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[narrator] It's coming.
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They're saying this is gonna
be a hundred-year storm.
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[woman speaking]
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[narrator]
In less than 48 hours,
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the storm of the century
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will strike
the Nome mining grounds.
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This is our last window
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before we got
a historic storm coming in.
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[narrator] Now,
the deadly sprint begins.
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I got two things
running through my veins,
cold water and gold.
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[narrator] One shot
at a golden payday
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before time runs out.
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They're coming
into the worst spot.
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It snaps,
they could go into the rocks.
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[narrator]
If they can make it back
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in one piece.
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[Vernon] Conditions
are getting too rough.
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It can be a man-killer.
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Final stages!
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Get away from that line.
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[man] We're gonna smash
into the Christine Rose.
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Go! Go! Go down.
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[man 1] Oh, man!
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[man 2] Kris!
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Oh, yeah.
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There's a pretty
serious storm
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that's about to come in.
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So the plan is
I'll just pound out my dive
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as much as I can.
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I'll do five hours today.
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[narrator] The fleet
is in an all-out race
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to keep their mining
operations alive
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and Chris McCully
is first out of the gate.
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[Chris] I like when it starts
to get a little rocky,
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but yeah, we're gonna get
some more.
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I'll just play it by ear.
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And, you know,
I kind of developed
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a sixth sense already,
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so once I hear things,
sounds, and sights,
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I just... I just bail out.
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This is really intense.
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Since I've been
living in Nome,
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I never heard storm warnings
like this ever.
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It's crazy.
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So we know we got
less than a day
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before we get knocked off
our mining grounds
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for a long, long time.
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From the sounds of it,
maybe we won't be able
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to mine again this summer.
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So we gotta make today count,
like big.
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You wanna fire up
the generator?
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[engine revving]
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All right.
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The last time we were out,
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we were able to tap
in a new pastry.
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It's a hot ground,
so me and the night crew
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are getting it,
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but today,
this gotta be the best gold
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that we have seen all season.
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Oh, yeah, that's perfect.
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I'll try out here first
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and if I don't like it,
I'll just come right back up.
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Reset.
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So far, we've been
having a really good season.
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I'm gonna get changed.
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And we're on pace
to hit 300 ounce this summer.
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It would really suck
if the storm kept us
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from reaching it.
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I got two things running
through my veins,
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cold water and gold.
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Good?
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All right. Here we go.
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-How's the visibility?
-[Chris] Uh...
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[Chris speaking]
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Okay. Here we go.
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[Chris speaking]
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[Cam speaking]
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Keeping an eye
on the weather.
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Everything is good right now.
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Looking good down there?
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[Chris speaking]
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I think it's like one,
two, three, four, five,
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six, seven, eight, nine, ten,
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11, 12, 13, 14.
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Whoa!
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Damn.
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We're killing it.
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[narrator] While team McCully
zeroes in on the gold,
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back in the harbor...
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[Kris] Go out there,
work properly,
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stay safe and get that gold.
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[narrator] The Mistress
is setting sail
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for Reaper Nation.
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Okay. We just broke lines,
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getting ready
to pull the spuds.
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We're going mining, baby.
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[narrator] But without
its fearless captain onboard.
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[Kris speaking]
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This is the last day
I'm gonna be able to mine
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before that storm hits.
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We could be sidelined
for a while...
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and I'm nowhere near my goal.
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We gotta make today count
on all fronts.
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I'm sending James out first
to captain the Mistress
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and grind as long as he can.
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[James speaking]
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Bye.
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Have a great day at school.
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While that's happening,
I'm gonna get the crawler
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actually making money.
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Last time we got it
on the water,
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it didn't actually go
that well.
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And we lost the crawler?
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[man speaking]
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[Kris] The hook
that was holding
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my crawler came off.
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[man speaking]
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Andy, pull that [bleep]
crawler up.
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I'm never gonna let this
happen again.
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Today,
this nonsense has to end.
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It's gotta
become a money-maker.
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Are you ready?
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[man] Let's go.
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[engine revving]
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I'll see you guys pull off,
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then I'll jump in the skiff
and follow you.
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We wanna be at 45 feet deep.
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If we're not gonna
have divers,
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then let's use that
to our advantage.
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We're on the Tomcod,
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we can only dig about 18 feet
with the Mistress
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and Shawn can only dig about
26 feet with the Myrtle.
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Suction dredgers
almost never go
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more than 40 feet deep.
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That means if I can go deeper
than 40 feet with my crawler,
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I will hit something amazing
that's untouched.
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That's what the crawler
will allow us to do.
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See if Andy will go out there
and do a fathom check.
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-Fathom check?
-Yeah, captain's check.
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All right.
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Looking for 40
to 50 feet deep.
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Thirty, 35... 40.
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And I'm on an angle,
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-so it's pretty close.
-Mm-hmm.
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[Kris] Beautiful.
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Let's do it.
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Let's start off at 50 feet.
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There's no chance
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that anybody's mining
at 50 feet.
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And I know the crawler
has been giving me problems,
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but with this storm coming,
there's no time.
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Let's go for it.
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We're on a good spot.
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We're at the right depth.
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Everything's going good.
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We are operational.
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[Andy speaking]
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[engine revving]
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[Andy] The anchor on bottom?
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I feel click, click, click.
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It feels like
the anchor's dragging.
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[Andy speaking]
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Well, we've just set
a GPS coordinate
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so we can find out
if we're slipping or not.
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Now this is the location
of the boat.
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In just a few minutes,
we've drifted that far,
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about 60 feet.
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[Brad] They're not holding.
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[Andy speaking]
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You can feel it each time
it hits the rock and drives.
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Okay, so I have
a bit of an issue.
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I can't get the anchor
to catch
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because we don't
have enough line to it.
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[Kris] So the crawler
can go deep, real deep.
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But here's some
basic aquatic engineering.
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If the anchor line isn't long
enough to keep us in place,
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this is all worthless.
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So right now, the anchor line
is just long enough
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to reach the bottom
of the ocean,
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but it's not long enough
to catch and hold us in place.
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So the All-In right now
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is just drifting
all over the place.
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These are 400-pound anchors,
let's just chill out.
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Everything's fine.
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But we've gambled
to take the time to get here
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and get this set up.
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So now we don't really
have the time to move
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to a completely
different spot.
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We have to figure out a way
to make this work.
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So everything's fine.
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Don't let today
get us clouded.
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Everything's gonna be
a good day.
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Let's just work through it,
be in a good mood
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and make this happen.
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[Brad] All we can do
is bring it all the way in.
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We'll do it again.
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[Andy] Bring it
all the way in.
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[Andy] Man,
I'm not making no money
doing this [bleep].
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we got a massive storm coming
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and it's supposed
to be massive.
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I gotta make something today.
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[intense music playing]
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There's like a massive front
out there to the west.
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[Shawn] Oh, yeah.
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[narrator]
With the clock ticking,
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Mr. Gold is pushing
for one last big day
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of some much-needed gold
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before havoc strikes.
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We got a little short
weather window.
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Both the dredges are really
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kicking ass right now,
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piling up some gold.
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We're making money.
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Well, this is gonna be
the last gasp for a while.
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Nome's gonna get
its ass kicked.
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Hopefully there'll be
some mining left
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at the end of the season,
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but we'll see.
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Where are you at?
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There's... It's pretty good...
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It's pretty good gold all day.
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Meanwhile, the night crews
have been going at it nonstop.
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Cody and I will pick up
where they left off.
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We're gonna get the Myrtle
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and the Christine Rose
on the pay streaks
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and grind until Mother Nature
says there's no more.
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And we need
every second we can
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because we're still
behind the pace
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to hit our 3,000 ounce goal.
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Looks pretty good.
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[Shawn speaking]
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[Cody] Wow.
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[whistles]
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I'm pretty sure
that this box has got way more
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than the Myrtle.
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That's a lot of gold.
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It's like plastered in there.
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[Shawn] Cody got into a pile
of gold yesterday.
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Both boats are kicking ass
right now.
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Good news, the night
crew got on good gold.
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Now we just gotta pound it out
and load up these boxes.
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[Cody] This was all
really good yesterday
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so this should be
really good again today.
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[Shawn] Fire it up.
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[engine revving]
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[Shawn speaking]
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[Cody speaking]
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Rock and roll.
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Whoo.
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[Shawn] Oh, this
is gonna be fun.
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Stuff looks amazing.
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Yes!
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Hold on tight.
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We're gonna hunker down
on our excavators
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before we have to hunker down
on our houses.
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[Cody] Keep throwing dirt.
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[Shawn] You always fear,
though, knowing it,
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and that's what's coming.
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We're gonna fight it out.
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[narrator] While Shawn gets
the Pomrenke empire moving,
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back in the harbor...
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[Vernon] We're ready to go.
263
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Got all the crew aboard.
264
00:15:54,567 --> 00:15:55,767
According
to the weather forecast,
265
00:15:55,767 --> 00:15:58,567
we do have a window
of opportunity.
266
00:15:58,567 --> 00:16:00,467
We'll go out here
and get some gold.
267
00:16:00,467 --> 00:16:01,867
[dog barks]
268
00:16:01,867 --> 00:16:04,533
[narrator] Vernon Adkison's
hustling his team.
269
00:16:06,867 --> 00:16:08,934
Here. Sit. Sit.
270
00:16:09,567 --> 00:16:11,333
Right there. Sit.
271
00:16:13,767 --> 00:16:15,767
Well, ain't
this always the way.
272
00:16:15,767 --> 00:16:18,433
The first half of the season
was for the dogs.
273
00:16:21,367 --> 00:16:22,600
[Vernon] So the only
thing to do
274
00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:24,767
is just go on back
to the dock.
275
00:16:24,767 --> 00:16:26,000
The boat's ready to go.
276
00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:27,500
I got gold on my claim
277
00:16:27,500 --> 00:16:29,400
but I've got no divers.
278
00:16:29,400 --> 00:16:30,467
I had some repairs.
279
00:16:30,467 --> 00:16:31,667
I thought it would only take
280
00:16:31,667 --> 00:16:32,867
a couple of hours
281
00:16:32,867 --> 00:16:36,467
and damn if it hasn't
taken all day.
282
00:16:36,467 --> 00:16:39,100
But now I've got
a full, strong team.
283
00:16:39,100 --> 00:16:41,767
I got Gary,
my ace in the hole,
284
00:16:41,767 --> 00:16:43,166
my gold gorilla.
285
00:16:43,166 --> 00:16:45,867
Plus Brad,
who's a very seasoned diver.
286
00:16:45,867 --> 00:16:47,700
He's definitely got an eye
for the gold
287
00:16:47,700 --> 00:16:49,567
and we've got
a bold new strategy
288
00:16:49,567 --> 00:16:53,000
to go deeper than any other
dredges have gone,
289
00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:54,200
over 40 feet,
290
00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:55,734
and it's paying off.
291
00:16:56,867 --> 00:16:58,133
[Gary speaking]
292
00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:05,266
[Vernon speaking]
293
00:17:06,266 --> 00:17:08,700
I finally got
all my ducks in a row,
294
00:17:08,700 --> 00:17:11,634
but now we got the storm
headed our way.
295
00:17:13,100 --> 00:17:15,166
So we got to squeeze out
what we can
296
00:17:15,166 --> 00:17:17,100
while there's still time today
297
00:17:17,100 --> 00:17:19,367
because we are way behind
on our goal
298
00:17:19,367 --> 00:17:20,734
for the season.
299
00:17:21,567 --> 00:17:23,934
All right.
We're ready to push off.
300
00:17:24,967 --> 00:17:26,467
[Gary] We're getting
gold today.
301
00:17:26,467 --> 00:17:27,700
We're going out 40 feet.
302
00:17:27,700 --> 00:17:29,500
Nobody here in Nome
dives 40 feet,
303
00:17:29,500 --> 00:17:30,867
so it's all virgin ground.
304
00:17:30,867 --> 00:17:32,967
That's why there's
so much gold down there.
305
00:17:32,967 --> 00:17:34,467
[Vernon] Okay. Here we go.
306
00:17:34,467 --> 00:17:37,634
[intense music playing]
307
00:17:45,367 --> 00:17:46,567
Now, we're going
to go up here
308
00:17:46,567 --> 00:17:47,867
and drop a camera,
309
00:17:47,867 --> 00:17:49,767
see what the bottom looks like
310
00:17:49,767 --> 00:17:51,533
and then we'll put
a diver down.
311
00:17:52,166 --> 00:17:53,667
[man speaking]
312
00:17:53,667 --> 00:17:55,567
-Drop it?
-[Vernon] Drop it.
313
00:18:02,300 --> 00:18:03,500
[Gary] We're just looking
for some,
314
00:18:03,500 --> 00:18:05,333
you know,
decent-looking cobble...
315
00:18:14,900 --> 00:18:16,667
-See the cobble?
-[Vernon] Uh-huh.
316
00:18:16,667 --> 00:18:18,800
[Gary] You... It's mixed in
with sand a little bit,
317
00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:20,367
-but I--
-I don't care about that.
318
00:18:20,367 --> 00:18:21,967
-That's good, actually.
-Yeah.
319
00:18:24,500 --> 00:18:26,233
[Gary speaking]
320
00:18:29,667 --> 00:18:31,500
[Vernon] Yeah. That's perfect.
321
00:18:31,500 --> 00:18:33,000
All right,
coming down with it.
322
00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:34,066
Watch out.
323
00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:39,166
Going down this deep,
over 40 feet,
324
00:18:39,166 --> 00:18:40,767
is risky as hell.
325
00:18:40,767 --> 00:18:43,200
That's why divers
won't usually attempt it.
326
00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:44,567
If anything happens,
327
00:18:44,567 --> 00:18:46,300
it's a long ways to the top,
328
00:18:46,300 --> 00:18:48,767
and with lines
going down that far,
329
00:18:48,767 --> 00:18:51,000
it only adds to the trouble.
330
00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,000
There's no margin for error.
331
00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:54,900
[bleep] call it. Good.
332
00:18:54,900 --> 00:18:57,066
[Gary speaking]
333
00:18:59,367 --> 00:19:00,900
[Vernon] With this
storm looming,
334
00:19:00,900 --> 00:19:04,266
those swells are gonna start
building anytime.
335
00:19:04,266 --> 00:19:06,100
So we're playing
with fire here.
336
00:19:06,100 --> 00:19:08,734
Time is definitely not
on our side.
337
00:19:09,100 --> 00:19:10,467
All right.
338
00:19:10,467 --> 00:19:12,634
Getting ready
to send a diver down.
339
00:19:14,900 --> 00:19:16,533
Time is getting short.
340
00:19:17,667 --> 00:19:19,367
Chances are better
in the deep water
341
00:19:19,367 --> 00:19:21,066
than in the shallow water,
342
00:19:21,767 --> 00:19:23,300
but it's dangerous.
343
00:19:23,300 --> 00:19:25,000
[man] All right.
Get her done.
344
00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:28,133
[intense music playing]
345
00:19:44,567 --> 00:19:47,667
[breathing heavily]
346
00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:13,166
[Vernon]
So just take your time.
347
00:20:13,166 --> 00:20:15,200
Make sure you're safe.
348
00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:16,934
No sense to get in a hurry.
349
00:20:20,467 --> 00:20:23,266
[Brad speaking]
350
00:20:23,266 --> 00:20:25,767
-[Vernon] More umbilical.
-[Kevin] More umbilical!
351
00:20:31,867 --> 00:20:32,867
[Brad exclaims]
352
00:20:33,367 --> 00:20:34,567
[Brad speaking]
353
00:20:40,166 --> 00:20:41,433
[Vernon speaking]
354
00:20:46,100 --> 00:20:47,934
[Brad speaking]
355
00:20:57,567 --> 00:20:58,700
[Vernon] Okay. All right.
356
00:20:58,700 --> 00:21:01,533
Well, just do the best
you can.
357
00:21:03,767 --> 00:21:07,166
He's got zero visibility,
but he's gonna keep going.
358
00:21:07,166 --> 00:21:09,166
He likes the material.
359
00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:13,400
That's an indicator
that we're in an area
360
00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:15,233
where there's good gold.
361
00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,166
It's tough working
down there.
362
00:21:23,166 --> 00:21:26,533
Hey, just keep going
until you can't go anymore.
363
00:21:27,467 --> 00:21:29,533
[Brad speaking]
364
00:21:35,567 --> 00:21:36,667
[narrator] In Nome,
365
00:21:39,100 --> 00:21:41,467
it's a battle
to get the final hours in
366
00:21:41,467 --> 00:21:43,367
before the storm
of the century
367
00:21:43,367 --> 00:21:44,967
makes its descent.
368
00:21:48,367 --> 00:21:49,634
Out on the water...
369
00:21:59,300 --> 00:22:00,667
[Emily] This is like
our last window
370
00:22:00,667 --> 00:22:04,333
before we got a frickin'
historic storm coming in...
371
00:22:10,667 --> 00:22:12,667
[narrator] Emily is pushing
to get the newest diver
372
00:22:12,667 --> 00:22:15,667
on her expanding team
into the water
373
00:22:15,667 --> 00:22:16,967
while there's still time.
374
00:22:19,100 --> 00:22:21,467
-[Dan] Whoa.
-There's a micro buoy
over there.
375
00:22:21,467 --> 00:22:23,166
So we're on the spot.
376
00:22:23,166 --> 00:22:24,233
Let's do it.
377
00:22:24,967 --> 00:22:27,000
I realize that
after this storm,
378
00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,166
nothing in Nome
will ever be the same,
379
00:22:29,166 --> 00:22:32,266
but I'm still determined
to get a solid dive team going
380
00:22:32,266 --> 00:22:33,567
for the rest of the season.
381
00:22:34,667 --> 00:22:36,333
Let's go ahead and drop it.
382
00:22:39,567 --> 00:22:40,900
I've already got
Dan and David,
383
00:22:40,900 --> 00:22:42,467
and now I'm adding
Mark Gordon.
384
00:22:42,467 --> 00:22:43,767
Mark is a jack of all trades.
385
00:22:43,767 --> 00:22:45,100
I mean, he can do
frickin' anything.
386
00:22:45,100 --> 00:22:46,266
He's a boat mechanic.
387
00:22:46,266 --> 00:22:48,300
He's a fishing boat captain.
388
00:22:48,300 --> 00:22:51,867
He's a pilot and he's got
a lot of dive experience.
389
00:22:51,867 --> 00:22:55,100
He's super competent
in everything he does.
390
00:22:55,100 --> 00:22:56,767
Mark's a pro,
he can do anything
391
00:22:56,767 --> 00:22:58,166
and he's up for anything.
392
00:22:58,166 --> 00:22:59,667
And so gold mining
393
00:22:59,667 --> 00:23:01,166
is just gonna be
the next thing
394
00:23:01,166 --> 00:23:03,066
that he tries his hand at.
395
00:23:03,066 --> 00:23:05,634
But he's never mined
for gold in the Bering Sea.
396
00:23:07,066 --> 00:23:08,200
[Mark] I feel pretty good.
397
00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:09,734
Ready to get her done, man.
398
00:23:12,100 --> 00:23:13,767
[Emily] The problem is
we're already pretty far
399
00:23:13,767 --> 00:23:16,166
behind our season goal
right now.
400
00:23:16,166 --> 00:23:18,567
That storm's gonna
steal viable days,
401
00:23:18,567 --> 00:23:20,767
maybe even weeks
from our schedule.
402
00:23:20,767 --> 00:23:23,467
Mark's got to be brought up
to speed immediately.
403
00:23:23,467 --> 00:23:25,700
Like, there's no time
to kind of figure this out.
404
00:23:25,700 --> 00:23:28,800
He needs to be
a proficient gold miner ASAP.
405
00:23:28,800 --> 00:23:31,266
Yeah. We'll see
how it goes today.
406
00:23:42,300 --> 00:23:44,734
[Mark speaking]
407
00:24:10,667 --> 00:24:12,734
He's doing good so far.
408
00:24:22,300 --> 00:24:24,000
[Mark speaking]
409
00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,533
He's at the end of the hose.
Perfect.
410
00:24:28,467 --> 00:24:29,867
[Mark speaking]
411
00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:36,767
[Dan speaking]
412
00:24:36,767 --> 00:24:38,867
So he's gonna start dredging
right where he's at
413
00:24:38,867 --> 00:24:40,200
and see what happens.
414
00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:41,934
I bet you he sees gold.
415
00:24:43,166 --> 00:24:46,266
[breathing heavily]
416
00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:50,734
[Mark speaking]
417
00:24:59,567 --> 00:25:00,867
Oh, he's working.
418
00:25:00,867 --> 00:25:02,266
Not quite, he's dredging.
419
00:25:05,467 --> 00:25:07,934
[Mark speaking]
420
00:25:23,166 --> 00:25:26,233
[dramatic music playing]
421
00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:30,567
[Mark speaking]
422
00:25:32,700 --> 00:25:34,133
[Emily speaking]
423
00:25:35,767 --> 00:25:37,800
Oh, hell yeah.
424
00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:39,166
[Mark speaking]
425
00:25:40,266 --> 00:25:41,934
[Emily speaking]
426
00:25:42,467 --> 00:25:43,734
[Mark speaking]
427
00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:51,967
Mark's diving. He's on gold,
which is awesome.
428
00:25:51,967 --> 00:25:53,467
Now, we just have
to make every second
429
00:25:53,467 --> 00:25:54,567
of that dive count
430
00:25:54,567 --> 00:25:56,767
because Mother Nature
is coming.
431
00:25:59,767 --> 00:26:01,467
I know, dude.
432
00:26:01,467 --> 00:26:03,634
He just jumped right
in the saddle and went for it.
433
00:26:06,467 --> 00:26:08,100
[Mark] Ooh!
434
00:26:08,100 --> 00:26:09,767
There's definitely gold here.
435
00:26:30,667 --> 00:26:32,233
[Chris speaking]
436
00:26:36,467 --> 00:26:38,166
How's it looking down there?
437
00:26:40,100 --> 00:26:42,767
[Chris speaking]
438
00:26:51,767 --> 00:26:54,233
[narrator] What started
as promising ground...
439
00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,066
[Chris speaking]
440
00:26:59,367 --> 00:27:00,567
[narrator] ...has grown cold
441
00:27:00,567 --> 00:27:03,033
at a bad time
for Chris McCully.
442
00:27:04,867 --> 00:27:05,867
[Chris speaking]
443
00:27:16,066 --> 00:27:17,834
[Cam speaking]
444
00:27:26,767 --> 00:27:28,266
[Chris speaking]
445
00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:40,367
[Cam] Okay.
446
00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:45,367
So after about an hour
and a half,
447
00:27:45,367 --> 00:27:46,800
uh, he's on his way back up
448
00:27:46,800 --> 00:27:48,967
and we're gonna
re-anchor and...
449
00:27:50,100 --> 00:27:51,433
go from there.
450
00:28:06,367 --> 00:28:08,066
[Chris] This is really
bad timing.
451
00:28:08,066 --> 00:28:09,667
There's no way around it.
452
00:28:12,700 --> 00:28:14,266
[Cam] Good.
453
00:28:14,266 --> 00:28:15,467
[Chris] The storm of
the century
454
00:28:15,467 --> 00:28:17,767
is lurking around
the horizon,
455
00:28:17,767 --> 00:28:20,767
so we're gonna be down
for who knows how long.
456
00:28:20,767 --> 00:28:22,867
And now,
I have to look for gold.
457
00:28:22,867 --> 00:28:25,467
This is the last thing
I wanna be doing right now,
458
00:28:25,467 --> 00:28:27,433
but I've really got no choice.
459
00:28:29,266 --> 00:28:31,667
There's, like,
worked area over there
460
00:28:31,667 --> 00:28:34,533
and then there's quite a big
boulder patch over there...
461
00:29:09,266 --> 00:29:11,567
[growls, laughs]
462
00:29:17,367 --> 00:29:18,433
[Cam] All right.
463
00:29:47,567 --> 00:29:48,867
Round number two.
464
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:56,266
Chris just got in the water.
465
00:29:56,266 --> 00:29:57,400
I'll throttle him
up here pretty soon.
466
00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:58,767
-[Chris speaking]
-There it is.
467
00:29:58,767 --> 00:30:00,200
I'll throttle him up now
468
00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:01,900
and see
what we got down below.
469
00:30:01,900 --> 00:30:05,066
[engine revving]
470
00:30:09,867 --> 00:30:11,834
[Chris speaking]
471
00:30:20,500 --> 00:30:22,900
I'm thinking
about a good 15 minutes,
472
00:30:22,900 --> 00:30:25,767
he'll have an idea if
there's gonna be enough ground
473
00:30:25,767 --> 00:30:28,000
around here to work
or, you know,
474
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:29,634
he should be
seeing gold by then.
475
00:30:30,867 --> 00:30:32,233
[Chris speaking]
476
00:30:35,166 --> 00:30:36,333
[Cam speaking]
477
00:30:38,967 --> 00:30:40,667
Keeping an eye on the weather.
478
00:30:43,967 --> 00:30:47,233
[tense music playing]
479
00:30:48,867 --> 00:30:50,634
[Chris speaking]
480
00:31:06,867 --> 00:31:09,967
[tense music playing]
481
00:31:15,967 --> 00:31:17,567
Area looks good.
482
00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:22,900
Oh, this stuff
looks amazing, actually.
483
00:31:22,900 --> 00:31:26,000
[narrator] As the storm
creeps ever closer,
484
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:28,967
the Pomrenke team
isn't giving an inch.
485
00:31:30,567 --> 00:31:32,834
There's a big base
streak right here.
486
00:31:37,400 --> 00:31:39,166
[Cody] Yeah. That's real
good-looking right there.
487
00:31:39,166 --> 00:31:41,166
That nice gravelly clay.
488
00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,066
It crumbles up on its own
489
00:31:44,066 --> 00:31:45,567
and we're trying to stick
490
00:31:45,567 --> 00:31:47,166
in this channel
where the good gold is
491
00:31:47,166 --> 00:31:49,533
and I'm just trying
to stay in it.
492
00:31:50,767 --> 00:31:52,567
Like the stuff
we're digging right now,
493
00:31:52,567 --> 00:31:54,333
nobody's ever touched it.
494
00:31:55,367 --> 00:31:56,767
It's good
when you're on good gold.
495
00:31:56,767 --> 00:31:59,433
Just keep hammering it,
keep going, keep going.
496
00:32:00,567 --> 00:32:03,266
Just dig nice and easy
and keep the wash plant going
497
00:32:03,266 --> 00:32:05,467
and be nice
to the old excavator.
498
00:32:17,467 --> 00:32:19,567
These swells are starting
to get a lot bigger.
499
00:32:19,567 --> 00:32:21,900
That storm's not
too far out at this point.
500
00:32:21,900 --> 00:32:23,900
As much as I wanna
keep on grinding,
501
00:32:23,900 --> 00:32:27,400
the priority now
is to keep the empire intact,
502
00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:29,700
and I got to make sure
every vessel in my fleet
503
00:32:29,700 --> 00:32:32,533
is secure before
this storm hits the shore.
504
00:32:36,367 --> 00:32:38,667
[Shawn speaking]
505
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:41,934
[Cody] It's going pretty good.
506
00:32:42,767 --> 00:32:44,266
How's it going with you?
507
00:32:45,567 --> 00:32:48,066
[Shawn speaking]
508
00:32:55,667 --> 00:32:57,233
[Cody speaking]
509
00:32:58,867 --> 00:33:00,567
[Shawn] Right now,
I'd rather be digging,
510
00:33:00,567 --> 00:33:03,233
but I have
to run the business.
511
00:33:05,467 --> 00:33:07,767
I'm not gonna take
any chances with something
512
00:33:07,767 --> 00:33:09,600
they're calling
"the storm of the century."
513
00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:11,467
I put my nose
to the grindstone
514
00:33:11,467 --> 00:33:13,066
for way too many years
515
00:33:13,066 --> 00:33:14,800
to get careless and greedy
516
00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:16,867
and put my fleet at risk.
517
00:33:16,867 --> 00:33:18,300
I need to come out
of this thing
518
00:33:18,300 --> 00:33:20,667
on the other end
as strong as I can be.
519
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:25,600
This is how we make a living.
520
00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:27,300
We got to protect what we...
521
00:33:27,300 --> 00:33:29,967
what we worked
so hard to get.
522
00:33:32,867 --> 00:33:34,333
[narrator] Ten miles east.
523
00:33:36,266 --> 00:33:39,367
[pensive music playing]
524
00:33:51,900 --> 00:33:55,533
[Emily] Hey, Mark, how's your
first dive in the Bering Sea?
525
00:33:57,367 --> 00:34:00,467
[Mark speaking]
526
00:34:07,100 --> 00:34:08,133
[Emily speaking]
527
00:34:20,166 --> 00:34:21,166
I can see that...
528
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:32,433
[Mark speaking]
529
00:34:34,767 --> 00:34:37,634
[Emily speaking]
530
00:34:38,967 --> 00:34:40,934
[Mark] Sounds good.
Here I come.
531
00:34:50,667 --> 00:34:53,066
There's definitely a problem
with our air supply
532
00:34:53,066 --> 00:34:55,000
and it's not safe for him
to be diving
533
00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,200
at like 50, 40 PSI,
534
00:34:57,200 --> 00:34:59,266
so we've got to kind
of halt the dive
535
00:34:59,266 --> 00:35:00,934
until we can figure out
what's going on.
536
00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:04,266
All right. Kind of a--
537
00:35:04,266 --> 00:35:06,066
So this right here
kind of slid up.
538
00:35:06,066 --> 00:35:07,400
Oh, sliding up on you, huh?
539
00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:08,834
Sliding up on the chin.
540
00:35:10,700 --> 00:35:11,967
[Dan speaking]
541
00:35:14,066 --> 00:35:15,266
[Dan] That means...
542
00:35:17,667 --> 00:35:19,000
See this?
543
00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:20,667
This is all jammed
back in there, so maybe--
544
00:35:20,667 --> 00:35:21,967
[Mark] That might be
the problem.
545
00:35:21,967 --> 00:35:23,734
[Dan] Maybe that was part
of the problem.
546
00:35:24,567 --> 00:35:26,300
[Emily] The rubber seal
around his mask
547
00:35:26,300 --> 00:35:28,066
was kind of folded down,
so that might've been
548
00:35:28,066 --> 00:35:29,800
contributing to the problem
we were having
549
00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:30,867
with our air pressure.
550
00:35:30,867 --> 00:35:32,467
And this is not
a safe situation
551
00:35:32,467 --> 00:35:34,367
when you're in over
20 feet of water.
552
00:35:34,367 --> 00:35:35,800
I'm ready to go,
if you guys were good.
553
00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:37,233
-Give it a whirl?
-Yup.
554
00:35:39,367 --> 00:35:40,867
We made an adjustment
to the masks,
555
00:35:40,867 --> 00:35:42,667
so hopefully
that does the trick.
556
00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:45,634
Good, good, good.
557
00:35:46,066 --> 00:35:47,166
[Emily speaking]
558
00:35:48,667 --> 00:35:50,000
So that fix to the mask
559
00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:51,567
better do it
because the swells
560
00:35:51,567 --> 00:35:53,000
are starting to build
and we don't have
561
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:54,634
a lot of time left out here.
562
00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:57,734
All right, man. Go get 'em.
563
00:35:58,667 --> 00:36:01,734
[dramatic music playing]
564
00:36:06,467 --> 00:36:08,367
[Emily speaking]
565
00:36:22,667 --> 00:36:24,533
[Mark speaking]
566
00:36:25,600 --> 00:36:26,734
You know what...
567
00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:38,700
[Mark] We got five pieces
of gold here on this spot.
568
00:36:38,700 --> 00:36:40,634
[Emily] Uh, yeah,
yeah, roger that.
569
00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:44,467
Just keep working.
570
00:36:45,867 --> 00:36:47,100
[narrator] While Team Eroica
571
00:36:47,100 --> 00:36:48,934
tries to keep ahead
of the storm,
572
00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:52,533
across the water...
573
00:36:54,767 --> 00:36:57,834
[dramatic music playing]
574
00:37:06,567 --> 00:37:07,934
[Vernon] Waves are picking up.
575
00:37:11,467 --> 00:37:13,433
[Vernon speaking]
576
00:37:14,567 --> 00:37:16,767
He's just been
trying to hang on.
577
00:37:17,867 --> 00:37:21,533
[narrator] Trying to snag
gold at plus-40 feet below...
578
00:37:23,100 --> 00:37:24,066
[Vernon] Damn it.
579
00:37:25,700 --> 00:37:27,100
[narrator] ...Vernon
Adkison's fighting
580
00:37:27,100 --> 00:37:29,467
to keep Gary Simpson
on the target.
581
00:37:35,867 --> 00:37:36,967
[Vernon speaking]
582
00:37:39,667 --> 00:37:42,667
Waves are picking up.
It's white-capping.
583
00:37:42,667 --> 00:37:44,767
I think it might be
the end of the show.
584
00:37:44,767 --> 00:37:46,133
[Gary] Yeah.
585
00:37:46,867 --> 00:37:49,467
[Gary speaking]
586
00:37:57,100 --> 00:37:59,300
[Vernon] Well, Gary,
at this point,
587
00:37:59,300 --> 00:38:02,066
there's nothing we can do
to stop the dragging.
588
00:38:03,600 --> 00:38:05,367
I can nab more anchor chain,
589
00:38:05,367 --> 00:38:08,834
but you're gonna drag
until it fetches up.
590
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:13,834
[Gary speaking]
591
00:38:22,100 --> 00:38:26,367
[Vernon speaking]
592
00:38:26,367 --> 00:38:29,166
Let me do that,
I'll let out about 30 or 40
593
00:38:29,166 --> 00:38:32,333
more feet of chain
on both anchors.
594
00:38:33,266 --> 00:38:35,867
So just be prepared to move.
595
00:38:35,867 --> 00:38:37,166
[Gary] Roger that.
596
00:38:39,867 --> 00:38:41,333
[Vernon] Okay, here goes.
597
00:38:42,400 --> 00:38:45,634
[tense music playing]
598
00:38:49,266 --> 00:38:50,634
Okay, that's it.
599
00:38:51,667 --> 00:38:53,567
We're not letting out
any more.
600
00:38:54,500 --> 00:38:55,767
[Gary] Okay.
601
00:38:58,166 --> 00:39:00,634
[Gary speaking]
602
00:39:06,300 --> 00:39:09,634
Uh, guys, I am hauling
ass across the bottom.
603
00:39:12,367 --> 00:39:13,767
All right. If, uh...
604
00:39:13,767 --> 00:39:15,166
If that's the case,
605
00:39:15,166 --> 00:39:17,400
I'm gonna give you
a couple more minutes
606
00:39:17,400 --> 00:39:18,867
to see if you fetch up.
607
00:39:18,867 --> 00:39:20,667
If not,
we'll have to pull you.
608
00:39:23,667 --> 00:39:24,834
[Gary] Okay.
609
00:39:26,867 --> 00:39:28,367
We've added more anchor line,
610
00:39:28,367 --> 00:39:29,900
but Gary's
still getting pulled
611
00:39:29,900 --> 00:39:31,734
around like
a ragdoll down there.
612
00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:36,066
[Vernon speaking]
613
00:39:37,867 --> 00:39:39,266
He's dragging,
614
00:39:39,266 --> 00:39:40,767
we've let out anchor.
615
00:39:40,767 --> 00:39:43,300
That's about all we can do.
616
00:39:43,300 --> 00:39:45,000
I'mma give him
a couple more minutes
617
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:46,800
to see if he fetches up.
618
00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:49,000
So we're gonna pay out
some more anchor line
619
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:50,767
and hope that anchor
gets caught on
620
00:39:50,767 --> 00:39:51,867
some rocks down there.
621
00:39:51,867 --> 00:39:52,967
[Gary] Whoo.
622
00:39:52,967 --> 00:39:54,000
[Vernon] And keep Gary
623
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:54,967
from getting drug away
624
00:39:54,967 --> 00:39:56,667
like a runaway train.
625
00:39:56,667 --> 00:40:00,100
[Gary speaking]
626
00:40:00,100 --> 00:40:03,367
But even if it doesn't,
that guy's not gonna quit.
627
00:40:03,367 --> 00:40:05,367
I know him. He's fearless.
628
00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:08,934
[upbeat music playing]
629
00:40:09,967 --> 00:40:12,567
[Vernon] Damn, I just
saw a great white shark
630
00:40:13,300 --> 00:40:16,700
just went by the boat here.
631
00:40:16,700 --> 00:40:18,367
[Gary speaking]
632
00:40:18,367 --> 00:40:20,767
And you're down there
trolling like a damn
633
00:40:20,767 --> 00:40:22,767
piece of meat on a fish hook.
634
00:40:27,900 --> 00:40:29,467
[Gary speaking]
635
00:40:30,100 --> 00:40:32,133
[Kevin speaking]
636
00:40:34,066 --> 00:40:35,667
[bleep] damn,
I didn't know they had
637
00:40:35,667 --> 00:40:36,800
great whites up here.
638
00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:38,667
[Gary speaking]
639
00:40:48,066 --> 00:40:50,433
[Vernon speaking]
640
00:41:03,500 --> 00:41:06,634
[dramatic music playing]
641
00:41:09,700 --> 00:41:12,200
We gotta keep feeding
the wash plant.
642
00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:13,700
It's all about yardage.
643
00:41:13,700 --> 00:41:15,634
How many yards you can move.
644
00:41:17,767 --> 00:41:20,100
[narrator] As the storm
creeps ever closer,
645
00:41:20,100 --> 00:41:21,967
Cody Moen is holding on
646
00:41:21,967 --> 00:41:24,567
as long as possible
for the Pomrenke empire.
647
00:41:26,567 --> 00:41:28,600
[Cody] Biggest thing
though is just know
648
00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:30,667
when to hold 'em
and know when to fold 'em.
649
00:41:37,100 --> 00:41:38,667
[Cody speaking]
650
00:41:40,900 --> 00:41:42,700
Yeah, I think
we're gonna have to get back,
651
00:41:42,700 --> 00:41:46,066
it's picking up real fast,
it's gonna get real rough.
652
00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:55,066
Oh, yeah. You can see
the big waves way out there.
653
00:41:58,166 --> 00:42:01,133
It's gonna get real rough.
These swells are getting big.
654
00:42:03,100 --> 00:42:04,500
You don't wanna get
caught out in it,
655
00:42:04,500 --> 00:42:05,867
that's the big thing.
656
00:42:06,667 --> 00:42:08,066
We're gonna take off.
657
00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:12,266
That's a really
good two days of mining.
658
00:42:12,266 --> 00:42:14,367
[dramatic music playing]
659
00:42:21,266 --> 00:42:22,433
[narrator] Nearby...
660
00:42:36,000 --> 00:42:37,133
[man] Yeah.
661
00:42:37,867 --> 00:42:39,166
[narrator] Another dredge
662
00:42:39,166 --> 00:42:42,333
is in a losing battle
with the rising swells.
663
00:42:53,367 --> 00:42:56,333
[radio static]
664
00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:01,634
[Cody speaking]
665
00:43:03,567 --> 00:43:05,667
[radio static]
666
00:43:05,667 --> 00:43:07,233
It's gonna get real rough.
667
00:43:07,867 --> 00:43:09,567
I'll call Shawn real quick.
668
00:43:10,467 --> 00:43:13,233
[tense music playing]
669
00:43:15,367 --> 00:43:16,433
Hey.
670
00:43:17,300 --> 00:43:19,667
Hey, uh, dude, it got...
671
00:43:19,667 --> 00:43:21,667
It's gnarly out here
on the west end.
672
00:43:21,667 --> 00:43:24,266
That Patriot looks
like they're having a problem.
673
00:43:24,266 --> 00:43:26,000
I tried calling them
on the radio,
674
00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:29,367
but their prop
is just standing
675
00:43:29,367 --> 00:43:31,867
and they're heading
like straight out now.
676
00:43:32,500 --> 00:43:34,266
Okay. Thank you, bud.
677
00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:37,867
[Shawn speaking]
678
00:43:37,867 --> 00:43:39,066
All right, bye.
679
00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:43,000
Cody just called,
said the Patriot
680
00:43:43,000 --> 00:43:45,467
looks like that the boys
are having some trouble.
681
00:43:46,967 --> 00:43:49,467
He can't get ahold
of them on the radio.
682
00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:53,166
We're gonna go see
if they need some help.
683
00:43:53,166 --> 00:43:56,667
[dramatic music playing]
684
00:43:56,667 --> 00:43:58,567
Patriot's another mining rig.
685
00:43:58,567 --> 00:44:01,867
Looks like their engines
are struggling in the swell.
686
00:44:01,867 --> 00:44:03,266
Cody says
they're having trouble
687
00:44:03,266 --> 00:44:04,567
getting back to the harbor.
688
00:44:04,567 --> 00:44:06,200
So I'm gonna go check it out,
689
00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:07,667
see if they need help.
690
00:44:07,667 --> 00:44:09,367
It's the miner's
code out here.
691
00:44:09,367 --> 00:44:10,767
We take care of each other,
692
00:44:10,767 --> 00:44:13,066
especially with a storm
like this coming.
693
00:44:13,066 --> 00:44:16,467
So here we go.
694
00:44:17,867 --> 00:44:21,934
To risk my life to save
somebody else's, again.
695
00:44:24,367 --> 00:44:26,266
Oh, there's
the CR right there.
696
00:44:31,667 --> 00:44:33,867
Yup, I'll go get 'em.
697
00:44:40,867 --> 00:44:43,166
That looks like
the Patriot boys.
698
00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:48,066
[tense music playing]
699
00:44:48,567 --> 00:44:51,867
And she is angry.
700
00:44:51,867 --> 00:44:54,467
[bleep] Yeah!
701
00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:57,266
[laughs]
702
00:44:58,200 --> 00:45:00,233
This is the [bleep]
I live for.
703
00:45:02,367 --> 00:45:03,467
Hang on.
704
00:45:09,100 --> 00:45:10,967
It got big real quick.
705
00:45:10,967 --> 00:45:14,166
We were just out here
a couple hours ago.
706
00:45:22,967 --> 00:45:23,867
[Shawn speaking]
707
00:45:36,300 --> 00:45:38,033
[man speaking]
708
00:45:40,166 --> 00:45:41,533
[Shawn] Sixty-three?
709
00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:49,066
[man speaking]
710
00:45:49,667 --> 00:45:52,967
[Shawn speaking]
711
00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:56,166
[man speaking]
712
00:45:56,166 --> 00:45:58,166
[Shawn] Yeah, once they get
the line straightened out,
713
00:45:58,166 --> 00:45:59,667
I'll come over and grab it.
714
00:45:59,667 --> 00:46:00,934
[man speaking]
715
00:46:04,266 --> 00:46:06,967
Worst-case scenario,
these guys blow up their motor
716
00:46:06,967 --> 00:46:08,734
and then get blown out to sea.
717
00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:13,467
You got a tow rope?
718
00:46:14,266 --> 00:46:15,467
-[man speaking]
-[Shawn] Chuck it,
719
00:46:15,467 --> 00:46:16,834
chuck it, chuck it.
720
00:46:19,867 --> 00:46:20,734
[man speaking]
721
00:46:24,166 --> 00:46:25,400
[Shawn] [bleep].
722
00:46:25,400 --> 00:46:26,834
[indistinct shouting]
723
00:46:28,967 --> 00:46:30,033
[Shawn] Oh, [bleep].
724
00:46:32,467 --> 00:46:33,867
Let's go get these boys
725
00:46:33,867 --> 00:46:36,333
into the harbor
where it's safe.
726
00:46:38,700 --> 00:46:40,567
Get away from that line.
727
00:46:40,567 --> 00:46:41,767
[man] Huh?
728
00:46:41,767 --> 00:46:43,400
[Shawn] Don't be
around that line,
729
00:46:43,400 --> 00:46:44,967
it could snap!
730
00:46:44,967 --> 00:46:46,200
[man] It's just a rope.
731
00:46:46,200 --> 00:46:49,533
[rope creaking]
732
00:46:50,900 --> 00:46:52,066
[Shawn] Hang on.
733
00:46:52,066 --> 00:46:55,367
[dramatic music playing]
734
00:46:55,367 --> 00:46:56,634
[rope creaks]
735
00:46:59,800 --> 00:47:01,867
[metal creaks]
736
00:47:06,166 --> 00:47:07,900
They're coming
into the worst spot.
737
00:47:07,900 --> 00:47:10,667
This is the Bermuda Triangle.
738
00:47:10,667 --> 00:47:14,367
The current hits the rocks
from the jetty and come around
739
00:47:14,367 --> 00:47:16,734
and they get big
and they get big fast.
740
00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:20,533
We got a little tiny line
onto this boat.
741
00:47:21,367 --> 00:47:24,266
And it's creaking,
it's making noise,
742
00:47:24,266 --> 00:47:26,767
and if she snaps,
they could go into the rocks.
743
00:47:26,767 --> 00:47:28,634
[rope creaks]
744
00:47:29,700 --> 00:47:31,600
And we still got four,
745
00:47:31,600 --> 00:47:33,734
five-foot waves coming at us.
746
00:47:36,367 --> 00:47:38,467
Not the best
situation to be in.
747
00:47:40,867 --> 00:47:42,166
Hang on.
748
00:47:43,567 --> 00:47:45,333
Oop, oop, oop.
749
00:47:47,200 --> 00:47:50,333
[tense music playing]
750
00:47:58,800 --> 00:48:00,166
We're good now.
751
00:48:08,567 --> 00:48:10,133
-[man] Thank you, Shawn.
-[Shawn] Yeah.
752
00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:13,300
Got them into the harbor.
753
00:48:13,300 --> 00:48:14,667
They're all good now.
754
00:48:16,000 --> 00:48:17,433
[over radio]
755
00:48:22,100 --> 00:48:23,266
[Shawn] No problem.
756
00:48:23,266 --> 00:48:25,000
That's what
we're here for, buddy.
757
00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:28,834
Never a dull moment
on the Bering Sea,
boys and girls.
758
00:48:32,767 --> 00:48:33,934
[Shawn speaking]
759
00:48:45,667 --> 00:48:48,834
[upbeat music playing]
760
00:48:50,266 --> 00:48:52,000
[Brad] Hey.
We're on a lead drag.
761
00:48:52,000 --> 00:48:54,066
We're coming up
on the stern anchor.
762
00:48:54,066 --> 00:48:55,166
Give it a lead drag.
763
00:48:55,166 --> 00:48:57,667
We're coming out
on the stern anchor.
764
00:48:57,667 --> 00:48:59,700
[narrator]
As the winds gain strength,
765
00:48:59,700 --> 00:49:02,967
Reaper Nation is aiming
to go 50 feet below.
766
00:49:02,967 --> 00:49:06,233
But so far,
they've gone nowhere.
767
00:49:09,567 --> 00:49:10,934
[Brad speaking]
768
00:49:12,567 --> 00:49:13,667
[Brad speaking]
769
00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:17,834
They're not holding.
770
00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:21,266
[Andy] This is a fun day, huh?
771
00:49:21,266 --> 00:49:24,233
I'm making so much money
right now dropping anchors.
772
00:49:25,767 --> 00:49:27,900
[Kris] Okay.
The situation is not great.
773
00:49:27,900 --> 00:49:31,000
So we have a storm
of the century moving in
774
00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:33,166
and this is our
last day to mine here.
775
00:49:33,166 --> 00:49:35,333
We got the Mistress out.
That's good.
776
00:49:36,000 --> 00:49:37,767
But we spent all day long
777
00:49:37,767 --> 00:49:40,000
trying to hook the anchor
onto anything
778
00:49:40,000 --> 00:49:41,467
on the bottom of the ocean
779
00:49:41,467 --> 00:49:43,100
without any success.
780
00:49:43,100 --> 00:49:44,367
The depth is too much
781
00:49:44,367 --> 00:49:46,567
and the anchor line
is just too short.
782
00:49:46,567 --> 00:49:48,000
If I had known
we were gonna spend
783
00:49:48,000 --> 00:49:49,667
the whole day on anchors,
I would have faked
784
00:49:49,667 --> 00:49:51,033
an injury and stayed home.
785
00:49:52,266 --> 00:49:54,333
[Brad speaking]
786
00:50:05,900 --> 00:50:08,166
The anchor is not holding us.
787
00:50:09,367 --> 00:50:11,400
I don't have
the anchor line to set here.
788
00:50:11,400 --> 00:50:12,433
It's too deep.
789
00:50:14,166 --> 00:50:15,634
What do you wanna do?
790
00:50:25,000 --> 00:50:26,033
[Andy] Okay.
791
00:50:27,266 --> 00:50:29,100
Hey, my brother said
just pack it up.
792
00:50:29,100 --> 00:50:30,667
Let's go in.
793
00:50:30,667 --> 00:50:32,066
It's gonna get a lot rougher.
794
00:50:33,800 --> 00:50:36,100
So that was a disaster.
795
00:50:36,100 --> 00:50:38,967
I rolled the dice
and it came up snake eyes.
796
00:50:38,967 --> 00:50:40,567
We don't have time
to do anything.
797
00:50:40,567 --> 00:50:43,300
We don't have
time to set, move,
798
00:50:43,300 --> 00:50:44,500
not with the storm coming.
799
00:50:44,500 --> 00:50:46,767
The swells
are already getting big.
800
00:50:51,500 --> 00:50:52,900
[Andy] The winds picked up.
801
00:50:52,900 --> 00:50:54,166
The waves have picked up.
802
00:50:54,166 --> 00:50:56,367
My anchors
aren't holding my boat.
803
00:50:57,667 --> 00:51:00,100
So here we are, going back in
804
00:51:00,100 --> 00:51:01,767
with our tail
between our legs.
805
00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:04,634
It sucks, dude.
806
00:51:06,066 --> 00:51:08,233
[narrator]
As the All-In heads in,
807
00:51:09,867 --> 00:51:11,233
across the water...
808
00:51:14,266 --> 00:51:16,333
[man on radio]
Extreme weather advisory.
809
00:51:17,467 --> 00:51:20,000
Dangerous conditions expected
810
00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:23,166
off the coast
between Golovin and Nome.
811
00:51:26,567 --> 00:51:28,233
How's your visibility, Chris?
812
00:51:29,367 --> 00:51:31,834
[Chris speaking]
813
00:51:58,000 --> 00:51:59,300
[narrator]
With increasing swells
814
00:51:59,300 --> 00:52:02,000
making conditions
worse by the minute...
815
00:52:02,000 --> 00:52:04,734
[Chris] I can't really see
what's going on around me.
816
00:52:05,767 --> 00:52:08,834
[Chris speaking]
817
00:52:09,467 --> 00:52:10,567
[Cam] Roger.
818
00:52:10,567 --> 00:52:11,767
[narrator] Chris McCully
819
00:52:11,767 --> 00:52:13,934
is still searching
for a hotspot.
820
00:52:14,700 --> 00:52:15,500
[Cam] Yup.
821
00:52:15,500 --> 00:52:17,367
[Cam speaking]
822
00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:30,567
[Chris speaking]
823
00:52:40,100 --> 00:52:41,533
I'm gonna come up.
824
00:52:46,967 --> 00:52:48,133
[Cam] All right.
825
00:52:50,667 --> 00:52:52,266
Yeah, McCully's gonna
come up here and...
826
00:52:52,266 --> 00:52:54,333
To get an idea
of what the plan is.
827
00:52:59,100 --> 00:53:01,200
[Chris] Whoo!
The viz is not that great
828
00:53:01,200 --> 00:53:02,767
but this is it.
829
00:53:02,767 --> 00:53:04,333
No time to mess around.
830
00:53:05,767 --> 00:53:07,567
We're gonna see
what I did on that two hours
831
00:53:07,567 --> 00:53:08,934
and 45 minutes.
832
00:53:11,567 --> 00:53:13,066
We're running out of time.
833
00:53:13,066 --> 00:53:15,467
I've got to know if we're
really on good gold or not.
834
00:53:15,467 --> 00:53:17,100
So if we are,
I can keep pushing
835
00:53:17,100 --> 00:53:18,467
for a while longer.
836
00:53:18,467 --> 00:53:20,800
But if we're not,
I've got to be honest,
837
00:53:20,800 --> 00:53:23,066
it might be time
to bail and head on
838
00:53:23,066 --> 00:53:25,100
to the shore with our tail
in between our legs,
839
00:53:25,100 --> 00:53:26,667
and that would
be tough to take.
840
00:53:27,700 --> 00:53:30,066
So far so good.
I like what I'm seeing.
841
00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:33,700
[Chris speaking]
842
00:53:33,700 --> 00:53:35,667
-Look at that. Whoo!
-[Cam] Hey, hey!
843
00:53:35,667 --> 00:53:37,333
[Chris] It's like
a little banana.
844
00:53:39,800 --> 00:53:41,400
Seeing that kind of
gold in the box
845
00:53:41,400 --> 00:53:44,166
shining like that,
that's all I need to know.
846
00:53:46,166 --> 00:53:47,567
Back on track, baby.
847
00:53:47,567 --> 00:53:50,800
We ain't slowing down.
Ain't no storm gonna stop us.
848
00:53:50,800 --> 00:53:52,333
I'm gonna finish my dive.
849
00:53:54,100 --> 00:53:56,300
We're gonna get the last bit
of hours of diving
850
00:53:56,300 --> 00:53:59,066
before the storm kicks up.
You know what I mean?
851
00:53:59,667 --> 00:54:01,500
So the mission is clear.
852
00:54:01,500 --> 00:54:04,600
We're on good gold
and the time is ticking.
853
00:54:04,600 --> 00:54:06,567
So we need
to get as much as we can
854
00:54:06,567 --> 00:54:08,233
and as fast as we can.
855
00:54:10,266 --> 00:54:11,634
All right. Good luck.
856
00:54:17,100 --> 00:54:18,133
[Chris] Whoo!
857
00:54:19,000 --> 00:54:21,033
[Chris speaking]
858
00:54:34,100 --> 00:54:35,066
[Cam] Roger.
859
00:54:43,200 --> 00:54:45,333
[Chris speaking]
860
00:55:04,667 --> 00:55:06,467
[narrator] While Chris
presses his luck,
861
00:55:08,500 --> 00:55:09,767
back in the harbor...
862
00:55:18,100 --> 00:55:20,934
[man speaking]
863
00:55:25,667 --> 00:55:27,600
[Kris] Very sexy-looking boat.
864
00:55:27,600 --> 00:55:29,600
Looks like a rich dude
owns that boat.
865
00:55:29,600 --> 00:55:31,634
I don't know
how the [bleep] I got it.
866
00:55:32,300 --> 00:55:33,900
Okay. There is the Mistress.
867
00:55:33,900 --> 00:55:35,367
I'm glad it made it
back in safe.
868
00:55:35,367 --> 00:55:38,133
Let's get to position
so we can get bowlines.
869
00:55:40,266 --> 00:55:42,266
[narrator]
The Mistress returns
870
00:55:42,266 --> 00:55:44,567
as Captain Kris Kelly
prepares
871
00:55:44,567 --> 00:55:46,233
for the mighty storm.
872
00:55:47,000 --> 00:55:48,467
[Kris] We're bringing
the Mistress in
873
00:55:48,467 --> 00:55:50,500
and we're calling it a day.
874
00:55:50,500 --> 00:55:53,300
We gotta make sure
that boat's tied up right.
875
00:55:53,300 --> 00:55:55,767
If it gets trashed,
we have no insurance
876
00:55:55,767 --> 00:55:58,567
and it will ruin me
for the rest of my life.
877
00:56:05,166 --> 00:56:06,500
Boy, [bleep] it's gonna be
878
00:56:06,500 --> 00:56:08,433
a little dangerous
bringing this in.
879
00:56:11,166 --> 00:56:13,066
I'm a little worried.
880
00:56:14,667 --> 00:56:16,166
Are you guys okay?
881
00:56:17,066 --> 00:56:20,567
[man speaking]
882
00:56:20,567 --> 00:56:22,867
[bleep] I hope everything
is gonna be okay.
883
00:56:22,867 --> 00:56:23,767
[man speaking]
884
00:56:24,867 --> 00:56:26,266
[Kris speaking]
885
00:56:27,800 --> 00:56:30,266
So, right now,
the Thrustmaster is out
886
00:56:30,266 --> 00:56:32,066
and we can't really
control it.
887
00:56:34,467 --> 00:56:37,166
So it's headed right towards
the barge parked next to us.
888
00:56:37,166 --> 00:56:38,433
And, of course...
889
00:56:39,867 --> 00:56:41,467
it's the Christine Rose.
890
00:56:42,367 --> 00:56:44,100
'Cause I'm, like,
that close to losing
891
00:56:44,100 --> 00:56:45,934
my $2 million operation.
892
00:56:51,567 --> 00:56:53,467
-[man speaking]
-[Kris] [bleep] man.
893
00:56:57,166 --> 00:56:58,900
This is [bleep].
894
00:56:58,900 --> 00:57:02,066
[dramatic music playing]
895
00:57:03,867 --> 00:57:06,467
[Kris] We're gonna smash
into the Christine Rose.
896
00:57:09,467 --> 00:57:11,233
Watch out. Watch out.
897
00:57:14,100 --> 00:57:15,934
[bleep] man.
898
00:57:18,700 --> 00:57:20,300
[man] Kris!
899
00:57:20,300 --> 00:57:21,133
[man speaking]
900
00:57:21,667 --> 00:57:22,934
[man 2 speaking]
901
00:57:31,900 --> 00:57:33,233
[Kris speaking]
902
00:57:37,266 --> 00:57:38,133
[man speaking]
903
00:57:46,567 --> 00:57:48,066
Go down. All the way down.
904
00:57:49,867 --> 00:57:50,900
[Kris speaking]
905
00:57:57,800 --> 00:58:00,333
[Kris] Oh, you [bleep] piece
of [bleep], start.
906
00:58:04,700 --> 00:58:07,066
Come on. Come on. Come on.
907
00:58:11,667 --> 00:58:13,734
[Kris speaking]
908
00:58:14,000 --> 00:58:14,934
[man speaking]
909
00:58:15,667 --> 00:58:16,900
[Kris] No, he doesn't
have [bleep].
910
00:58:16,900 --> 00:58:19,266
We're gonna smash
into the Christine Rose.
911
00:58:19,700 --> 00:58:20,533
[man speaking]
912
00:58:21,266 --> 00:58:22,567
-[man 2] Kris!
-[man 1 speaking]
913
00:58:33,500 --> 00:58:34,867
[man speaking]
914
00:58:36,567 --> 00:58:37,834
[Kris] Get out of my way.
915
00:58:50,667 --> 00:58:51,867
[Kris] Andy!
916
00:58:53,100 --> 00:58:54,166
Andy, help!
917
00:59:06,300 --> 00:59:07,333
[Kris speaking]
918
00:59:07,800 --> 00:59:09,567
[man] Yeah, baby!
919
00:59:11,500 --> 00:59:13,433
Oh, my God. I was scared.
920
00:59:14,967 --> 00:59:16,800
What happened?
921
00:59:16,800 --> 00:59:19,600
So coming into harbor, Kris,
right when we made that turn,
922
00:59:19,600 --> 00:59:21,667
go to throttle back,
everything out.
923
00:59:21,667 --> 00:59:23,166
Lost all my [bleep] steering.
924
00:59:24,066 --> 00:59:25,734
All electronics went out.
925
00:59:27,166 --> 00:59:29,767
So it's bad enough right now
that this giant storm
926
00:59:29,767 --> 00:59:31,767
is blowing us off the water,
927
00:59:31,767 --> 00:59:33,467
but then to worry
about my barge
928
00:59:33,467 --> 00:59:35,634
being damaged
before it even gets here.
929
00:59:37,300 --> 00:59:39,734
Well, it doesn't get
closer than that.
930
00:59:41,300 --> 00:59:43,166
What the [bleep] huh?
931
00:59:45,066 --> 00:59:47,567
Everybody's ass was puckered
on that one, baby.
932
00:59:47,567 --> 00:59:49,533
[laughs]
933
00:59:51,000 --> 00:59:53,567
It's insane
that we almost wiped out
934
00:59:53,567 --> 00:59:55,634
our dredge and Shawn's.
935
00:59:56,100 --> 00:59:57,667
But you know what?
936
00:59:57,667 --> 00:59:59,166
No one really saw this.
937
00:59:59,166 --> 01:00:00,667
So as far as I'm concerned,
938
01:00:00,667 --> 01:00:02,200
this didn't happen.
939
01:00:02,200 --> 01:00:03,667
Now, it's time to batten down
940
01:00:03,667 --> 01:00:05,533
the hatches and prepare
for the storm.
941
01:00:06,066 --> 01:00:07,200
[man] All right.
942
01:00:07,200 --> 01:00:08,333
[Kris speaking]
943
01:00:14,300 --> 01:00:17,266
That... Man,
thank you very much.
944
01:00:17,266 --> 01:00:19,467
Oh, my God. That scared
the [bleep] out of me.
945
01:00:19,467 --> 01:00:20,467
Were you scared?
946
01:00:21,166 --> 01:00:22,867
You're the man. You could--
947
01:00:25,200 --> 01:00:26,300
[Kris] Scared the [bleep]
out of me
948
01:00:26,300 --> 01:00:27,567
something fierce.
949
01:00:29,467 --> 01:00:32,166
Lost another five years
off my life right there.
950
01:00:32,166 --> 01:00:33,800
But [bleep] this
has been a bad year
951
01:00:33,800 --> 01:00:35,967
for that [bleep].
I've aged about 20 years.
952
01:00:38,967 --> 01:00:41,867
-[man] That was close.
-[Kris] That was way
too close for me.
953
01:00:45,100 --> 01:00:46,533
[narrator]
Back out on the water...
954
01:00:47,200 --> 01:00:50,333
[dramatic music playing]
955
01:00:57,400 --> 01:00:59,266
[Emily speaking]
956
01:01:09,667 --> 01:01:12,200
[narrator] With the safety
of her crew on the line,
957
01:01:12,200 --> 01:01:14,300
Captain Emily
is keeping one eye
958
01:01:14,300 --> 01:01:16,467
on diver Mark Gordon,
959
01:01:19,066 --> 01:01:22,233
and the other on the
fast-approaching surge.
960
01:01:42,567 --> 01:01:44,166
[Dan speaking]
961
01:01:46,100 --> 01:01:47,634
[Mark speaking]
962
01:01:49,266 --> 01:01:50,967
Yeah. He says there's
definitely gold.
963
01:01:50,967 --> 01:01:52,667
Definitely gold on the mud.
964
01:01:58,900 --> 01:02:01,233
[Emily speaking]
965
01:02:03,300 --> 01:02:05,467
[Mark speaking]
966
01:02:13,667 --> 01:02:14,934
I mean, I think that's--
967
01:02:18,100 --> 01:02:19,133
Okay.
968
01:02:20,867 --> 01:02:21,934
-So--
-Okay.
969
01:02:24,066 --> 01:02:25,567
[Emily] This is the question
that every captain
970
01:02:25,567 --> 01:02:27,000
of a gold-mining dredge
971
01:02:27,000 --> 01:02:30,000
has to wrestle with
in their career.
972
01:02:30,000 --> 01:02:31,700
It's like how far
can you push it?
973
01:02:31,700 --> 01:02:34,000
We desperately need the gold
in our sluice box,
974
01:02:34,000 --> 01:02:37,266
but conditions are getting
a lot worse by the minute.
975
01:02:37,266 --> 01:02:39,000
When do you finally decide
to call it?
976
01:02:39,000 --> 01:02:40,767
What is that breaking point?
977
01:02:40,767 --> 01:02:44,433
For me, with this huge storm
coming in, that point is now.
978
01:02:47,367 --> 01:02:48,400
Hey, Mark.
979
01:02:48,400 --> 01:02:49,433
[Mark] Yeah.
980
01:02:50,166 --> 01:02:52,667
[Emily speaking]
981
01:03:00,166 --> 01:03:02,767
[Mark] All right.
See you at top-side.
982
01:03:02,767 --> 01:03:05,166
[Emily speaking]
983
01:03:06,367 --> 01:03:07,634
[Mark] Oh, yeah. I got you.
984
01:03:15,200 --> 01:03:16,867
[Mark] Nice and slow
coming up.
985
01:03:20,767 --> 01:03:22,433
[Dan] All right. There he is.
986
01:03:28,000 --> 01:03:29,634
-[Emily] Nice job.
-Whoo!
987
01:03:37,367 --> 01:03:38,734
Time to go.
988
01:03:54,300 --> 01:03:56,767
-[Dan] We got it now.
-[Emily] Yeah. We're out.
989
01:03:59,467 --> 01:04:02,166
[Emily speaking]
990
01:04:12,066 --> 01:04:14,433
[narrator] As the Eroica
throws in the towel...
991
01:04:19,500 --> 01:04:22,634
[dramatic music playing]
992
01:04:29,667 --> 01:04:30,734
[Vernon] You still
dragging, Gary?
993
01:04:32,600 --> 01:04:35,433
[Gary speaking]
994
01:04:36,800 --> 01:04:38,367
[Vernon] It's white-capping.
995
01:04:38,367 --> 01:04:42,000
We got a pretty nice swell
thumping in here.
996
01:04:42,000 --> 01:04:42,867
[Gary] Okay.
997
01:04:42,867 --> 01:04:44,767
[narrator]
Vernon Adkison and crew
998
01:04:44,767 --> 01:04:46,233
are still holding out.
999
01:04:51,100 --> 01:04:53,333
[Gary speaking]
1000
01:04:56,367 --> 01:04:58,333
[Vernon] Okay. That's it.
That's it.
1001
01:04:59,467 --> 01:05:02,467
[Vernon speaking]
1002
01:05:03,000 --> 01:05:05,567
[Gary speaking]
1003
01:05:05,567 --> 01:05:08,433
[Vernon] All right.
Places, everybody.
1004
01:05:10,100 --> 01:05:12,567
Come up slowly.
Come up slowly.
1005
01:05:15,600 --> 01:05:17,133
We gotta pull the diver.
1006
01:05:18,600 --> 01:05:21,433
Conditions are getting
too rough and he's dragging.
1007
01:05:22,300 --> 01:05:24,166
Coming up for the nozzle line.
1008
01:05:26,367 --> 01:05:28,567
He's not doing
any good down there.
1009
01:05:29,500 --> 01:05:31,900
Look, we desperately
wanted to get a good,
1010
01:05:31,900 --> 01:05:33,667
long dive down there today.
1011
01:05:33,667 --> 01:05:35,000
We know what's coming.
1012
01:05:35,000 --> 01:05:36,500
This could be our last shot
1013
01:05:36,500 --> 01:05:38,166
for quite a while.
1014
01:05:38,166 --> 01:05:41,066
But we're no match
for Mother Nature right now.
1015
01:05:41,800 --> 01:05:43,367
Turn off the engine.
1016
01:05:46,100 --> 01:05:48,300
I'm just glad Gary
was the one down there.
1017
01:05:48,300 --> 01:05:50,867
He muscled through
more than anyone else could.
1018
01:05:51,567 --> 01:05:53,467
Well, I did what I can do.
1019
01:05:53,467 --> 01:05:56,600
The guy's a beast,
but even he has limits.
1020
01:05:56,600 --> 01:05:58,967
Okay. It's getting pretty
frisky out here, guys.
1021
01:05:58,967 --> 01:06:00,867
Y'all gotta be careful.
1022
01:06:02,867 --> 01:06:04,867
Now, we just gotta
hightail out of here
1023
01:06:04,867 --> 01:06:06,767
before this storm
gobbles us up.
1024
01:06:08,700 --> 01:06:10,266
Battle stations.
1025
01:06:10,266 --> 01:06:12,033
I wanna take the anchors
in first.
1026
01:06:12,600 --> 01:06:13,767
That's it.
1027
01:06:13,767 --> 01:06:14,834
Pull it up.
1028
01:06:16,166 --> 01:06:19,066
[Vernon speaking]
1029
01:06:19,066 --> 01:06:21,200
All right. Hold it. Hold it.
Hold it. Hold it.
1030
01:06:21,200 --> 01:06:22,667
That's [bleep].
1031
01:06:22,667 --> 01:06:25,233
Let's just...
Everybody take a deep breath.
1032
01:06:27,467 --> 01:06:28,967
[Brad speaking]
1033
01:06:31,867 --> 01:06:33,100
Six-foot waves
all of a sudden.
1034
01:06:33,100 --> 01:06:34,333
This is fun.
1035
01:06:39,700 --> 01:06:42,533
[Vernon speaking]
1036
01:06:42,967 --> 01:06:44,333
Okay. All right.
1037
01:06:48,367 --> 01:06:50,166
[Vernon speaking]
1038
01:06:55,066 --> 01:06:56,200
[Vernon] Well,
this kind of work we do,
1039
01:06:56,200 --> 01:06:57,767
this is pretty rough.
1040
01:06:58,667 --> 01:07:00,667
Getting this gear aboard is...
1041
01:07:00,667 --> 01:07:03,066
If you don't do it
exactly right,
1042
01:07:03,066 --> 01:07:04,934
it can be a man-killer.
1043
01:07:06,867 --> 01:07:09,634
[Vernon speaking]
1044
01:07:16,967 --> 01:07:18,467
[Vernon] Get the [bleep]
out of here.
1045
01:07:18,467 --> 01:07:20,266
See how Gary did today
1046
01:07:20,900 --> 01:07:22,600
and, hopefully,
1047
01:07:22,600 --> 01:07:25,066
finish the season out
with a bang.
1048
01:07:35,166 --> 01:07:38,233
[dramatic music playing]
1049
01:07:43,000 --> 01:07:45,000
[Cam speaking]
1050
01:07:45,000 --> 01:07:47,200
We got a fishing boat
over here.
1051
01:07:47,200 --> 01:07:49,867
They're getting ready
to head back into the harbor.
1052
01:07:56,600 --> 01:07:58,000
We might not be able
to see the storm
1053
01:07:58,000 --> 01:08:00,233
coming along on the horizon.
1054
01:08:02,367 --> 01:08:03,967
Yeah, I'm gonna go
let Chris know
1055
01:08:03,967 --> 01:08:05,567
that this fog's rolling in.
1056
01:08:10,667 --> 01:08:12,567
[Cam speaking]
1057
01:08:12,567 --> 01:08:13,667
[Chris] Okay.
1058
01:08:15,667 --> 01:08:17,166
Like right
after you jumped in,
1059
01:08:17,166 --> 01:08:18,734
the swell started picking up.
1060
01:08:20,100 --> 01:08:22,233
[Chris speaking]
1061
01:08:53,000 --> 01:08:55,867
[Cam speaking]
1062
01:09:01,300 --> 01:09:03,734
He'll come up and get dressed
and we'll start
1063
01:09:03,734 --> 01:09:05,367
pulling the hose
and head into the...
1064
01:09:05,367 --> 01:09:06,967
Head into the harbor.
1065
01:09:08,767 --> 01:09:10,266
[Chris speaking]
1066
01:09:38,967 --> 01:09:40,834
Nice. That was a good run.
1067
01:09:42,734 --> 01:09:44,266
It wasn't perfect
1068
01:09:44,266 --> 01:09:46,367
but we pushed it
as long as possible
1069
01:09:46,367 --> 01:09:47,967
and we put some more gold
in the box
1070
01:09:47,967 --> 01:09:49,600
while we still could.
1071
01:09:49,600 --> 01:09:52,000
But it's a serious one.
I can't [bleep] around.
1072
01:09:52,000 --> 01:09:53,567
I know my limits.
1073
01:09:55,500 --> 01:09:57,967
But I know when it's time
to call it.
1074
01:09:57,967 --> 01:09:59,300
With what we're about to face,
1075
01:09:59,300 --> 01:10:00,533
it's time to go.
1076
01:10:03,567 --> 01:10:04,667
[Chris speaking]
1077
01:10:04,667 --> 01:10:05,800
You can already tell just
1078
01:10:05,800 --> 01:10:08,233
from the atmospheric pressure.
1079
01:10:15,000 --> 01:10:16,867
You can feel it in the air
1080
01:10:16,867 --> 01:10:19,066
that this great storm
is about to happen.
1081
01:10:22,567 --> 01:10:24,567
Mother Nature will kick
1082
01:10:24,567 --> 01:10:27,333
your ass back into the harbor.
1083
01:10:33,400 --> 01:10:36,367
Yeah. All right.
1084
01:10:44,400 --> 01:10:46,266
But we're the last ones out,
1085
01:10:46,266 --> 01:10:47,634
so I feel good.
You know what I mean?
1086
01:10:50,467 --> 01:10:52,734
It looks good that we were
able to squeeze
1087
01:10:52,734 --> 01:10:54,934
every dive hour we can get.
1088
01:10:57,967 --> 01:11:00,767
Not much days left
in this season,
1089
01:11:00,767 --> 01:11:03,467
so really happy
that we're making the most
1090
01:11:03,467 --> 01:11:05,300
of our time here.
1091
01:11:05,300 --> 01:11:06,934
The ocean gets pissed off.
1092
01:11:22,467 --> 01:11:24,467
[Vernon] Looking pretty juicy.
1093
01:11:25,000 --> 01:11:26,467
[Gary] Let's see what we got.
1094
01:11:30,200 --> 01:11:33,367
This is gold that we got out
1095
01:11:33,367 --> 01:11:36,734
at the deep water end of 56.
1096
01:11:38,667 --> 01:11:40,233
[Gary] Oh, yeah.
This looks good.
1097
01:11:41,400 --> 01:11:44,166
[narrator] After fighting
the elements in deep water...
1098
01:11:44,166 --> 01:11:46,200
[Vernon] At this point
in time, I don't know
1099
01:11:46,200 --> 01:11:47,734
what it's gonna weigh out at.
1100
01:11:47,734 --> 01:11:50,667
-I really don't.
You never can tell.
-Good.
1101
01:11:50,667 --> 01:11:52,066
[narrator]
Captain Vernon Adkison
1102
01:11:52,066 --> 01:11:54,800
is hoping to see a knockout
on the scale.
1103
01:11:54,800 --> 01:11:57,433
This is my favorite dish
right here.
1104
01:11:58,100 --> 01:11:59,667
That storm is rolling in
1105
01:11:59,667 --> 01:12:01,467
and it's gonna be a killer,
1106
01:12:01,467 --> 01:12:03,066
so our mining window
is shut down
1107
01:12:03,066 --> 01:12:04,867
for who knows how long.
1108
01:12:04,867 --> 01:12:07,100
I just hope the risk
we took today
1109
01:12:07,100 --> 01:12:08,734
was worth it on the scales.
1110
01:12:10,467 --> 01:12:14,467
Do you see the smoke
that's coming off?
1111
01:12:14,467 --> 01:12:17,667
Most likely, it got a little
mercury mixed in with this.
1112
01:12:17,667 --> 01:12:20,266
Mercury, in large doses,
1113
01:12:20,266 --> 01:12:23,066
it makes you go crazy.
1114
01:12:23,066 --> 01:12:24,667
But if you just get...
1115
01:12:25,567 --> 01:12:28,367
a few sniffs of that mercury,
1116
01:12:28,367 --> 01:12:31,467
it just speeds up
your brain processes
1117
01:12:31,467 --> 01:12:35,800
and it makes you just, like,
really sharp on the uptake.
1118
01:12:35,800 --> 01:12:37,734
[exhales] That'll tighten
1119
01:12:37,734 --> 01:12:39,467
you right up in the morning.
1120
01:12:40,467 --> 01:12:42,433
We're just about done.
1121
01:12:43,166 --> 01:12:45,367
Okay. That's good enough.
1122
01:12:54,100 --> 01:12:55,333
That's one...
1123
01:12:57,767 --> 01:12:58,834
two...
1124
01:13:01,166 --> 01:13:02,233
three...
1125
01:13:06,500 --> 01:13:07,934
four...
1126
01:13:11,266 --> 01:13:12,533
five.
1127
01:13:16,467 --> 01:13:17,934
Come on, baby.
1128
01:13:20,100 --> 01:13:22,333
6.53.
1129
01:13:23,066 --> 01:13:24,567
All right.
1130
01:13:24,567 --> 01:13:26,367
[narrator] 6.53 ounces
1131
01:13:26,367 --> 01:13:28,467
is worth over 11 grand.
1132
01:13:28,467 --> 01:13:30,200
Not enough to get
the old skipper
1133
01:13:30,200 --> 01:13:32,266
on pace to hit
his season goal
1134
01:13:32,266 --> 01:13:34,467
but not a bad haul
in rough conditions.
1135
01:13:35,166 --> 01:13:36,634
That's what I'm talking about.
1136
01:13:37,500 --> 01:13:40,266
The gold is good,
but it's complicated
1137
01:13:40,266 --> 01:13:42,600
diving in those depths,
1138
01:13:42,600 --> 01:13:44,066
40-plus feet.
1139
01:13:44,734 --> 01:13:47,266
It just gets real complicated
1140
01:13:47,266 --> 01:13:49,800
and it's dangerous.
1141
01:13:51,500 --> 01:13:53,400
It wasn't easy,
but I'll take it,
1142
01:13:53,400 --> 01:13:56,066
especially with the storm
of the century coming in.
1143
01:13:56,800 --> 01:13:58,567
It's better than a poke
in the eye.
1144
01:13:58,567 --> 01:14:00,066
That's all I gotta say.
1145
01:14:00,066 --> 01:14:02,667
All we can do now
is just hunker down
1146
01:14:02,667 --> 01:14:05,266
and hope we still have
a season ahead of us.
1147
01:14:05,266 --> 01:14:07,500
With this team,
I think we can do great stuff
1148
01:14:07,500 --> 01:14:10,567
the rest of the way
if Mother Nature lets us.
1149
01:14:10,567 --> 01:14:13,467
All right. Well, let's get
this bagged and tagged.
1150
01:14:15,100 --> 01:14:16,500
It's all coming together.
1151
01:14:16,500 --> 01:14:18,233
I'm feeling pretty good
about this.
1152
01:14:19,066 --> 01:14:20,767
I'd say we got a team here.
1153
01:14:20,767 --> 01:14:22,166
Okay.
1154
01:14:22,166 --> 01:14:23,634
That's it.
1155
01:14:26,767 --> 01:14:28,533
[narrator] On the other
side of Nome...
1156
01:14:32,000 --> 01:14:33,333
[Emily] Yeah, this is it.
1157
01:14:35,667 --> 01:14:37,900
This is the last bit
of gold before the way out.
1158
01:14:37,900 --> 01:14:40,367
[narrator] Emily's team
has been pushing hard
1159
01:14:40,367 --> 01:14:42,000
before the storm.
1160
01:14:42,000 --> 01:14:43,266
Now, it's time
1161
01:14:43,266 --> 01:14:45,967
to make it rain on the scale.
1162
01:14:45,967 --> 01:14:47,133
Let's go burn it off.
1163
01:14:51,467 --> 01:14:52,667
[Dan] Oh, man.
1164
01:14:52,667 --> 01:14:54,367
This is where we find out
how rich we are.
1165
01:14:58,100 --> 01:15:00,300
[Emily] We've been having
a rough go of it.
1166
01:15:00,300 --> 01:15:02,467
Like we're trying to make up
for the losses in the early
1167
01:15:02,467 --> 01:15:04,867
part of the season and now
we're trying to get everything
1168
01:15:04,867 --> 01:15:06,734
that we can
before the storm hits.
1169
01:15:07,734 --> 01:15:09,166
-[Dan speaking]
-[Emily] All right.
1170
01:15:10,567 --> 01:15:12,867
We've been on the water
every hour that we can,
1171
01:15:12,867 --> 01:15:15,300
but we are finishing off
with a rookie diver
1172
01:15:15,300 --> 01:15:16,867
as the last gold in the box,
1173
01:15:16,867 --> 01:15:18,500
so we're gonna see
where we stand.
1174
01:15:18,500 --> 01:15:19,900
We really need
a strong showing
1175
01:15:19,900 --> 01:15:21,133
before the storm comes.
1176
01:15:23,767 --> 01:15:25,900
-Weigh it out.
-Okay.
1177
01:15:25,900 --> 01:15:27,667
You ready?
1178
01:15:27,667 --> 01:15:30,266
[Emily] All right.
Emotionally, spiritually.
1179
01:15:33,867 --> 01:15:35,166
Five...
1180
01:15:36,100 --> 01:15:37,634
10...
1181
01:15:40,767 --> 01:15:41,934
15...
1182
01:15:42,967 --> 01:15:44,433
20...
1183
01:15:45,734 --> 01:15:47,333
27...
1184
01:15:50,166 --> 01:15:52,066
35.
1185
01:15:54,800 --> 01:15:56,834
Oh, oh.
1186
01:15:57,567 --> 01:15:59,100
-Oh, 40.
-[Mark chuckling]
1187
01:15:59,100 --> 01:16:00,967
-[chuckling]
-[Dan] Wow.
1188
01:16:00,967 --> 01:16:03,867
-40.3.
-Nice.
1189
01:16:03,867 --> 01:16:05,667
[narrator] 40.3 ounces
1190
01:16:05,667 --> 01:16:08,100
is worth over $72,000,
1191
01:16:08,100 --> 01:16:09,767
and the Eroica team
1192
01:16:09,767 --> 01:16:12,767
may be peaking
in the nick of time.
1193
01:16:12,767 --> 01:16:14,967
[Emily] And a lot of
those hours were on,
like, a diver
1194
01:16:14,967 --> 01:16:16,500
-who had never dove before.
-[Dan] That's true.
1195
01:16:16,500 --> 01:16:17,567
That's pretty good.
1196
01:16:19,000 --> 01:16:20,900
We finally got a ride
in the second half.
1197
01:16:20,900 --> 01:16:24,266
We have a solid team
and we're putting in
the hours nonstop.
1198
01:16:24,266 --> 01:16:26,000
And that's exactly
what we did today,
1199
01:16:26,000 --> 01:16:27,533
and so I think
we're in a good spot.
1200
01:16:29,567 --> 01:16:30,867
Now, it's just a matter
of seeing
1201
01:16:30,867 --> 01:16:32,734
what the damage
from the storm is gonna be.
1202
01:16:32,734 --> 01:16:34,400
Okay. I think
you guys did great.
1203
01:16:34,400 --> 01:16:35,467
Yeah. That's just killer.
1204
01:16:35,467 --> 01:16:36,800
[David] Yeah. All right.
1205
01:16:36,800 --> 01:16:38,233
Let's divide this up.
1206
01:16:40,100 --> 01:16:41,600
[Emily] That's super exciting.
1207
01:16:41,600 --> 01:16:42,934
[Dan] That was good.
1208
01:16:44,166 --> 01:16:46,166
[dramatic music playing]
1209
01:16:47,834 --> 01:16:50,767
It's gonna be 70 miles
an hour gusting
1210
01:16:50,767 --> 01:16:55,867
and 44 miles of... windstorm.
1211
01:16:55,867 --> 01:16:58,367
So, that's pretty extreme.
1212
01:17:00,367 --> 01:17:01,834
The good thing about it is
1213
01:17:01,834 --> 01:17:04,000
I have an ocean dredge,
you know?
1214
01:17:04,000 --> 01:17:05,867
I'm able to pounce
right through
1215
01:17:05,867 --> 01:17:09,634
this nasty swell, you know?
1216
01:17:10,834 --> 01:17:13,266
You gotta have a nice dredge
when you're out here.
1217
01:17:13,900 --> 01:17:16,600
That one guy, the rumor was
1218
01:17:16,600 --> 01:17:19,500
he built a six-inch dredge
1219
01:17:19,500 --> 01:17:22,500
and that he crushed it one day
1220
01:17:22,500 --> 01:17:24,967
that his sluice box
was full of gold
1221
01:17:24,967 --> 01:17:29,300
and he was trying
to get through this big swell
1222
01:17:29,300 --> 01:17:32,233
that ultimately he sank
his dredge, you know?
1223
01:17:33,100 --> 01:17:35,367
And he didn't have GPS
at the time
1224
01:17:35,367 --> 01:17:39,166
so he wasn't able
to track his dredge down.
1225
01:17:39,166 --> 01:17:41,100
So all that hard work,
1226
01:17:41,100 --> 01:17:43,800
just back into the ocean.
1227
01:17:45,767 --> 01:17:47,867
That's the fine line between
1228
01:17:47,867 --> 01:17:50,500
the dredger and Mother Nature,
1229
01:17:50,500 --> 01:17:51,867
that storm.
1230
01:17:51,867 --> 01:17:53,567
But one of these days,
1231
01:17:53,567 --> 01:17:55,567
I'm gonna go find that dredge.
1232
01:17:55,567 --> 01:17:57,066
[chuckles]
1233
01:17:59,166 --> 01:18:01,133
Gonna be good stuff.
1234
01:18:18,066 --> 01:18:21,166
[dramatic music playing]
1235
01:18:22,467 --> 01:18:24,467
[man] Security. Security.
1236
01:18:24,467 --> 01:18:28,400
Myrtle Irene,
inbound, home harbor.
1237
01:18:28,400 --> 01:18:31,266
[Shawn] Myrtle lost
both engines on the way in.
1238
01:18:31,834 --> 01:18:34,500
Had to help them come in.
1239
01:18:34,500 --> 01:18:37,934
Pretty nice, we're in
the safety of the harbor now.
1240
01:18:38,467 --> 01:18:40,567
When it rains, it pours.
1241
01:18:40,567 --> 01:18:42,100
With a storm like this coming,
1242
01:18:42,100 --> 01:18:43,667
everybody's worried as hell.
1243
01:18:43,667 --> 01:18:45,033
We're just trying
to get everything
1244
01:18:45,033 --> 01:18:47,467
in the operation ready for it.
1245
01:18:47,467 --> 01:18:50,467
Then I get a call,
the Myrtle's engines
have gone out.
1246
01:18:50,467 --> 01:18:52,033
Not the end of the day
I wanted
1247
01:18:52,033 --> 01:18:54,233
but the end of the day I got.
1248
01:18:55,867 --> 01:18:58,033
I went out and got her,
but it's just the way
1249
01:18:58,033 --> 01:18:59,200
the season has gone.
1250
01:18:59,200 --> 01:19:01,033
One thing after another,
1251
01:19:01,033 --> 01:19:03,533
and, right now,
it couldn't be a worse time.
1252
01:19:05,100 --> 01:19:06,433
Frustrating.
1253
01:19:10,300 --> 01:19:13,600
Everything was running exactly
the way it's supposed to.
1254
01:19:13,600 --> 01:19:16,667
We are on good gold.
Everything's working well.
1255
01:19:16,667 --> 01:19:18,367
And then, boom, here we go.
1256
01:19:19,367 --> 01:19:21,266
One thing after another.
1257
01:19:21,266 --> 01:19:23,934
I can't get a break
with this thing.
1258
01:19:26,266 --> 01:19:27,834
I'm getting frustrated.
1259
01:19:27,834 --> 01:19:29,867
I wanna give up
but I'm not going to.
1260
01:19:29,867 --> 01:19:31,166
I'm gonna get it fixed.
1261
01:19:31,166 --> 01:19:32,767
But we're at the end
of the season.
1262
01:19:32,767 --> 01:19:33,867
Can we get it fixed
1263
01:19:33,867 --> 01:19:35,667
and then get it running?
1264
01:19:35,667 --> 01:19:37,233
I don't know.
1265
01:19:42,266 --> 01:19:44,166
[bleep]!
1266
01:19:52,066 --> 01:19:54,834
The Myrtle,
big piece of [bleep].
1267
01:20:01,734 --> 01:20:03,467
[narrator]
Across the harbor...
1268
01:20:06,667 --> 01:20:09,233
[Kevin] This is the calm
before the storm.
1269
01:20:10,667 --> 01:20:12,934
They're putting wind
warnings out.
1270
01:20:12,934 --> 01:20:16,467
They've got evacuation
notices up
1271
01:20:16,467 --> 01:20:19,567
all around town.
And even Vernon's apartment
1272
01:20:19,567 --> 01:20:22,066
got an evacuation notice.
1273
01:20:22,066 --> 01:20:23,934
But he's on the top floor,
1274
01:20:23,934 --> 01:20:25,934
so we could run a skiff.
1275
01:20:25,934 --> 01:20:29,066
Run the skiff to his front
door and pick him up.
1276
01:20:29,066 --> 01:20:31,033
[narrator] With all boats
off the water,
1277
01:20:31,033 --> 01:20:33,567
Vernon Adkison's team
is hoping to keep
1278
01:20:33,567 --> 01:20:37,467
the gold ship safe
from the giant storm ahead.
1279
01:20:37,467 --> 01:20:40,867
Yo, Kevin, we gotta
really get prepared
1280
01:20:40,867 --> 01:20:43,266
-for some serious,
serious [bleep].
-[Kevin] Uh-huh.
1281
01:20:43,266 --> 01:20:46,934
It might come up
over this rail here.
1282
01:20:49,400 --> 01:20:52,667
We'll put double lash
and triple lashings
on everything.
1283
01:20:52,667 --> 01:20:55,000
Anything that's not heavy
1284
01:20:55,000 --> 01:20:57,467
is getting battened down.
1285
01:20:57,467 --> 01:20:59,567
We're all going
into the survival mode.
1286
01:21:01,266 --> 01:21:03,100
Getting our rigs tied down,
1287
01:21:03,100 --> 01:21:04,567
trying to do everything we can
1288
01:21:04,567 --> 01:21:06,433
to make sure
we survive the storm.
1289
01:21:07,767 --> 01:21:10,834
There's potential
of this whole area flooding.
1290
01:21:12,600 --> 01:21:15,200
[Vernon] It's all unknown
right now. How bad will it get
1291
01:21:15,200 --> 01:21:17,734
and how much damage
will be done?
1292
01:21:17,734 --> 01:21:19,400
It's pretty stressful.
1293
01:21:19,400 --> 01:21:20,600
I'm not gonna lie.
1294
01:21:20,600 --> 01:21:22,300
Right now, I'm hearing...
1295
01:21:22,300 --> 01:21:25,467
Expecting a 17-foot surge.
1296
01:21:25,467 --> 01:21:27,467
-Oh.
-[Vernon] That's a lot.
1297
01:21:27,467 --> 01:21:28,834
-[Kevin] That's a lot.
-I mean,
1298
01:21:28,834 --> 01:21:31,166
that'd put our boat
up here somewhere.
1299
01:21:32,567 --> 01:21:33,934
I'm expecting we'll probably
1300
01:21:33,934 --> 01:21:36,667
be taking seas
over this mooring here.
1301
01:21:37,667 --> 01:21:40,000
Hope we don't end up
with the damn thing
1302
01:21:40,000 --> 01:21:41,533
over here on the beach.
1303
01:21:43,767 --> 01:21:47,233
This is a storm
for the record books.
1304
01:21:48,100 --> 01:21:49,800
[Vernon] It's gonna get hairy.
1305
01:21:56,000 --> 01:21:57,934
[narrator]
As the winds build...
1306
01:21:59,200 --> 01:22:02,934
The Myrtle is gonna be
our protective barrier.
1307
01:22:04,567 --> 01:22:06,500
Land it. Let's hit it.
1308
01:22:06,500 --> 01:22:08,967
[narrator] The miners brace
for what lies ahead.
1309
01:22:08,967 --> 01:22:11,367
[Shawn] It's coming
and it's gonna come in
1310
01:22:11,367 --> 01:22:12,600
with some fury.
1311
01:22:12,600 --> 01:22:14,867
[narrator]
In less than 36 hours,
1312
01:22:14,867 --> 01:22:16,734
the storm of the century
1313
01:22:16,734 --> 01:22:19,166
will hit the Nome shores
1314
01:22:19,166 --> 01:22:23,166
and their world will be
turned upside-down.
1315
01:22:25,100 --> 01:22:27,667
Next time
on Bering Sea Gold...
1316
01:22:27,667 --> 01:22:31,033
Right now, it looks like
an absolute warzone.
1317
01:22:31,033 --> 01:22:33,266
[sirens blaring]
1318
01:22:33,266 --> 01:22:35,767
Well, my sailboat
has cut loose.
1319
01:22:35,767 --> 01:22:38,100
This is coming
over the seawall.
1320
01:22:38,100 --> 01:22:39,400
That's 20 feet.
1321
01:22:39,400 --> 01:22:41,367
[Chris] We're gonna have
to evacuate.
1322
01:22:41,367 --> 01:22:43,100
[Kris] If my boat breaks off,
1323
01:22:43,100 --> 01:22:44,266
it'll start wiping out
buildings.
1324
01:22:44,266 --> 01:22:45,967
Hey, watch out. [bleep].
1325
01:22:45,967 --> 01:22:47,166
Flying off the building.
1326
01:22:47,934 --> 01:22:49,233
[Shawn] This is crazy.
1327
01:22:53,166 --> 01:22:55,166
[woman] Oh, damn.
1328
01:22:55,166 --> 01:22:56,600
-This thing could explode.
-Move back.
1329
01:22:56,600 --> 01:22:58,767
They're trying to get us out.
So let's just move back.
1330
01:22:58,767 --> 01:23:00,166
[Emily speaking]
1331
01:23:09,967 --> 01:23:12,000
[Vernon] It's gonna be
a wipeout for this town.
1332
01:23:13,500 --> 01:23:15,166
[Shawn] Everybody is screwed.