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[woman screaming]
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[narrator] breakdowns.
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They can strike at any moment,
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be they physical or mental.
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And that's certainly true
with ice mining.
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[shawn] 20 below,
things don't like to run.
[bleep]
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[narrator] as the fleet
battles the worst known
winter in 100 years...
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[gabe] okay, this won't do.
[bleep]
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[zeke] somebody
should have noticed
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that the [bleep] generators
were in a puddle.
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[narrator] the question is...
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[vernon] he's aggravating the
[bleep] out of me.
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We're done.
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[shawn] go tell joe.
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[kris] we got a real problem.
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All right, guys,
it's not going to work.
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[narrator] will any team
be able to keep it together?
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[gabe] no!
Tell him to come up.
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[kris talking]
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[narrator] or will it all
break apart?
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[frustrated yelling]
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[mikel speaking]
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-[vernon] [bleep]
-[shawn speaking]
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[wind howling]
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[vernon] we've got to take
advantage of every minute.
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Some of the guys are hungry.
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They want gold.
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I want gold.
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The gold's down there.
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Can't get it
if we're up here.
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[narrator] as the second major
blizzard of the season
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finally passes...
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[gary] a lot of snow.
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A lot of snow,
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but you got to shovel
and move on.
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[narrator] vernon adkison
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is digging out
and doubling down on divers.
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What we'll do is
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we'll get mikel suited up.
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That will be his
first dive with us.
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Let's see how he does.
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Fifty-six
is absolutely loaded,
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so I'm shooting
for 200 ounces this season.
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That'd be a personal record.
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But these damn blizzards
just keep knocking us off
the ice.
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That's why I'm going
to expand my team
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and get more hours on
the box to when we can.
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So today we're breaking
in a new diver, mikel.
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He's supposedly a real pro.
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Hopefully,
he'll hit the ground running.
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[mikel] I'm a career diver.
I've been diving since '85.
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North slope, prudhoe bay,
blank islands.
Worked the cook inlet.
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Some of the most furious
current in the world.
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Very challenging
work in alaska.
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[mikel speaking]
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[gary] all right,
he's at the bottom.
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He's on the bottom.
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How's your hot water?
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[mikel] uh...
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[mikel speaking]
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you're not getting
any hot water?
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[mikel speaking]
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all right.
Okay, gary, he's coming up.
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[gary speaking]
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[vernon speaking]
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[gary speaking]
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[mikel speaking]
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what's going on?
You warming up?
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There's not enough
flow on the hot water.
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Hot water's the right
temperature,
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but if it can't get it
to your peripheral
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it's just passing the hose
from your feet to your hands.
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We're making some
adjustments to the system
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so that we can get
more flow down to him
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so that it goes
to all the body parts.
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[gary speaking]
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[mikel and gary speaking]
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[vernon] mikel
was complaining
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that he wasn't getting
enough hot water.
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That's the same flow that
the other divers were getting.
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But divers can be finicky.
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We dialed that up,
so the issue should be
behind us
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and we should
be back to getting gold.
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[mikel speaking]
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I think I heard him
say "payday."
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[mikel speaking]
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[bleep] damn it.
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So what about the hot water?
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[mikel speaking]
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[bleep] been down
there one minute
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and he's complaining
about the hot water again.
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Mikel said
there was a problem.
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Well, if there was,
it's fixed.
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I mean, he knows
this is not the bahamas.
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He's an ice diver.
Of course it's cold.
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We're maxed out on hot water.
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If this is not enough for him,
well, sorry, charlie.
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We're wasting time here.
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And if I'm going
to make that 200 ounces,
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I've got to have producers.
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He's got to warm his hands,
warm his feet.
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That's time away
from dredging.
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If he spends a third
of his time doing that,
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that's a third
less gold we'll get.
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[narrator] ten miles west...
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[shawn] hopefully
this is the hole.
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We'll keep looking for it,
we'll find it,
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we'll get on it eventually.
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[narrator]
to make the payments on
his rapidly expanding empire,
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shawn pomrenke is on
the trail of a golden jackpot.
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Let's get set up
and run it.
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If I want to make all
my payments this season,
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I still need
about 100 ounces,
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so I'm looking
for a big payout.
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And I think
I finally found one.
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I've drilled holes all over
this ancient riverbed
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and from the material
I've been seeing,
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I'm confident there's a giant
honey hole here
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just waiting to be tapped.
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So I'm going
to double up my efforts
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and I'm going to find it.
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I'm gonna get the hot water
heater fired up
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and we'll get
everything running
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and get you suited up
and get down there.
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Today, I'm going to dive
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along with my second
in command, joe fullwood.
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The guy's aces.
Best diver in nome.
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Well, second best.
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And the sluice box
should reflect that.
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Between joe and I that gold
doesn't stand a chance.
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Just getting the hot water
dialed in for joe.
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126 right now.
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Enough to keep him
nice and toasty.
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We got water running
in the sluice box.
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Oh, come on.
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Really?
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[generator starts running]
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20 below out
and nothing wants to work.
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Cold weather can really
test the equipment,
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but it's my responsibility
as tender to keep joe alive.
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The tender is the diver's
first line of defense.
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In ice mining,
there's just as many things
that can go wrong topside
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as there is on the bottom.
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[generator stops running]
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[bleep] thing doesn't
want to stay running.
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[generator starts running]
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seems to be running.
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I don't know about fine
but it's running.
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[joe]
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[shawn] there's
something close by.
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We'll get on to it.
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[joe speaking]
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let's go, joe!
Whoo!
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How are things going
down there, joe?
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[joe speaking]
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[shawn] sooner or later,
we should see
that big pile of yellow.
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[joe] hell yeah.
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[generator stops running]
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[bleep]
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[shawn speaking]
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go tell him!
Go tell joe!
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[generator starts running]
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[speaking]
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[joe] what's going on with it?
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It's just not wanting
to stay alive.
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[joe speaking]
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[shawn] air compressor
keeps dying.
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20 below,
things don't like to run.
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Well, I just laid
a towel over it,
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block off part of the intake,
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and put the hot air around
the carb and everything.
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Seems to be doing okay now.
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Joe is no rookie.
He knows how to gauge risk.
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Air compressor's not
working the best
in these temperatures,
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but if he wants to keep
looking for gold,
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I'll let him.
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I'm going to keep my eye
on that air compressor.
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But if I feel it's not safe,
I'm going to pull the plug.
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[joe] I just feel grateful
every second it's running.
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Yeah, I got her running,
but just barely.
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[joe speaking]
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suck her up, buttercup.
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[joe speaking]
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[mikel speaking]
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that's nice.
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That's what you look for
if you're an inlet miner
or a prospector.
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You look for veins of quartz,
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a lot of times there's
gold embedded in it.
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[narrator]
after a morning spent
fighting the cold,
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captain vernon adkison's
hoping his new diver mikel
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is on the verge
of getting hot.
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[mikel speaking]
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[vernon]
so you're on the gold?
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[mikel speaking]
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[vernon] so you're cold now?
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[mikel] yeah.
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All right, do you want us
to pull up the umbilical?
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[mikel] yeah, just pull it up
and then I'll climb it.
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All right.
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Pull up the umbilical,
he's coming up.
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Yeah, he's getting cold.
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He got cold in the beginning,
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and he never did get warm.
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Maybe got 20 minutes
of actual dredging.
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[gary speaking]
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[both speaking]
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-[gary] kill it?
-[mikel] yeah.
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[gary speaking]
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[mikel speaking]
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not good, not good.
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Thing about it is,
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this guy
ain't going to work out.
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-All right.
-[gary] I feel...
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No, no.
I, you know, I'm done.
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He's aggravatin'
the [bleep] out of me.
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[mikel speaking]
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[vernon] yeah, I don't think
he's up for the job.
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I don't want you
to overstress yourself.
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If you're done,
then leave it.
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I don't want to have
to drag you up.
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[mikel speaking]
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[vernon] we're done.
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This has been
a colossal waste of time.
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I mean, I like mikel,
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but if he wants to dive,
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it's probably better he find
another rig to dredge on,
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because right now
we've got to produce.
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There are a million things
that can go wrong out here
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and today it was the human
element that failed us.
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[mikel speaking]
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[vernon] we got
to find another diver.
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[narrator]
while vernon's forced
to pack it in,
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11 miles west...
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Joe's air supply...
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Right now she's dying,
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but he's on good gold
so he doesn't want to come up
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so I guess I got to babysit
this piece of [bleep].
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[narrator] mr. Gold's holding
out for a double dive day,
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but with a fading
air compressor,
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his plan may be
on its last breath.
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Plan was to double up
the hours on the box today,
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looking for that sweet spot.
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But with the air
compressor on the fritz,
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I'm not even sure we're going
to get one full dive in,
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let alone two.
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[joe] yeah, man,
I'm seeing good gold.
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He's seeing good gold
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and he's still
breathing, so...
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Hell, we're going
to keep on mining.
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No gold, no paycheck,
so we have to make it.
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And we just keep
limping it along.
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00:15:49,249 --> 00:15:51,582
[joe speaking]
253
00:15:52,385 --> 00:15:54,585
[generator revving]
254
00:15:56,423 --> 00:15:59,257
all right, air compressor
keeps [bleep] up.
255
00:16:06,333 --> 00:16:08,433
[generator stops running]
256
00:16:14,107 --> 00:16:15,506
[joe speaking]
257
00:16:17,644 --> 00:16:18,643
[bleep]
258
00:16:22,315 --> 00:16:24,148
[joe speaking]
259
00:16:29,022 --> 00:16:30,154
[generator starts running]
260
00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:35,626
[generator stops running]
261
00:16:36,496 --> 00:16:37,462
[bleep]
262
00:16:41,468 --> 00:16:42,667
[joe speaking]
263
00:16:44,270 --> 00:16:46,671
[shawn] come up, come up!
The compressor's quit again.
264
00:16:59,519 --> 00:17:01,386
Thing doesn't wanna
stay running.
265
00:17:02,956 --> 00:17:03,654
[bleep] thing.
266
00:17:05,025 --> 00:17:06,224
[joe] yeah. Yeah.
267
00:17:06,459 --> 00:17:08,793
No, there's not much diving
to be done with air like that.
268
00:17:08,795 --> 00:17:09,961
No.
269
00:17:11,231 --> 00:17:13,798
Today didn't go
according to plan at all.
270
00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:16,200
The whole tag team dive
thing didn't even happen.
271
00:17:16,202 --> 00:17:18,202
I didn't even get
a chance to dive.
272
00:17:18,204 --> 00:17:20,505
I'm pretty bummed the air
compressor crapped out,
273
00:17:20,507 --> 00:17:24,075
but I'm glad that joe got some
decent hours on some gold.
274
00:17:24,077 --> 00:17:26,310
Sometimes you just got
to look at the silver lining.
275
00:17:26,312 --> 00:17:28,012
One good dive from joe
276
00:17:28,014 --> 00:17:31,015
is like having 20 good
dives with the kellys.
277
00:17:31,851 --> 00:17:34,018
[joe speaking]
278
00:17:34,020 --> 00:17:36,387
[shawn] yeah,
definitely see some color.
279
00:17:36,890 --> 00:17:38,456
[joe speaking]
280
00:17:42,562 --> 00:17:44,295
[shawn speaking]
281
00:17:55,041 --> 00:17:58,643
[narrator] half the fleet's
already felt the sting
of breakdowns
282
00:17:58,645 --> 00:18:00,311
as dives have been cut short.
283
00:18:02,015 --> 00:18:04,182
But as clouds roll in,
284
00:18:05,852 --> 00:18:08,553
the others are just
getting started.
285
00:18:15,295 --> 00:18:17,095
[kris] team meeting everybody!
286
00:18:17,864 --> 00:18:20,298
Plan today is get gold.
287
00:18:20,300 --> 00:18:23,101
Okay, let's get the high
pressure lines locked on.
288
00:18:23,103 --> 00:18:24,569
Let's get the hose
in the water,
289
00:18:24,571 --> 00:18:26,003
let's get
the jet log in the water.
290
00:18:26,005 --> 00:18:30,174
I need that hot water
system rocking and rolling.
291
00:18:30,176 --> 00:18:32,810
[narrator] after a long
and stress-filled
start to the season...
292
00:18:32,812 --> 00:18:34,846
Y'all,
let's just do this today.
293
00:18:34,848 --> 00:18:38,983
[narrator] ...Captain
kris kelly is finally ready
to go under the ice.
294
00:18:38,985 --> 00:18:41,119
We're going to make
all of this come together,
295
00:18:41,121 --> 00:18:43,521
and we're going to make some
[bleep] gold on top of it.
296
00:18:45,125 --> 00:18:46,357
We're like that close.
297
00:18:47,894 --> 00:18:49,193
After our crap summer,
298
00:18:49,195 --> 00:18:51,295
I went big to try
to save everything.
299
00:18:51,297 --> 00:18:53,431
I got a top
of the line operation.
300
00:18:53,433 --> 00:18:56,300
Eight inch nozzle,
new sluice box, new engines.
301
00:18:56,302 --> 00:18:58,636
I've got brand-new everything.
302
00:18:58,638 --> 00:19:00,671
There's no way
I can't succeed.
303
00:19:01,474 --> 00:19:03,274
But I racked up
so much debt doing it,
304
00:19:03,276 --> 00:19:05,209
I need at least 25 ounces
305
00:19:05,211 --> 00:19:06,577
to make it through
this season.
306
00:19:07,847 --> 00:19:09,180
Go ahead, connect it.
307
00:19:11,651 --> 00:19:14,886
[kris] come on [bleep].
Daddy loves you.
308
00:19:14,888 --> 00:19:17,088
The problem is
this season's been a disaster.
309
00:19:17,090 --> 00:19:18,222
It took days
310
00:19:18,224 --> 00:19:20,791
just to get on the ice
and get everything set up.
311
00:19:20,793 --> 00:19:22,126
So we're already behind.
312
00:19:22,128 --> 00:19:24,128
But the good news is
we are ready.
313
00:19:24,130 --> 00:19:26,931
So I'm pumped just to get
down there and get some gold.
314
00:19:26,933 --> 00:19:29,066
I know this dive
is going to be amazing.
315
00:19:29,068 --> 00:19:30,301
Everything's fine.
316
00:19:30,303 --> 00:19:32,970
We've got our hose connected,
high-pressure line connected,
317
00:19:32,972 --> 00:19:36,207
the hot water is running,
I'm gonna auger
my pump-down holes.
318
00:19:36,209 --> 00:19:37,575
And we're
going to put kris down.
319
00:19:38,077 --> 00:19:40,144
[drill whirring]
320
00:19:47,120 --> 00:19:49,053
[kris speaking]
321
00:19:56,996 --> 00:19:59,697
26 feet, dude.
322
00:19:59,699 --> 00:20:03,568
We broke off too much
of our [bleep] hose
in the move.
323
00:20:05,205 --> 00:20:08,973
So right now, we could have
a little itty bitty problem.
324
00:20:08,975 --> 00:20:12,109
We had a brand new
nice long hose to go
diving with this year.
325
00:20:12,111 --> 00:20:14,045
Emphasis on "had."
326
00:20:14,047 --> 00:20:17,014
my dad broke off a huge
chunk of our suction hose
327
00:20:17,016 --> 00:20:18,549
when we were hauling
our gear on the ice.
328
00:20:19,319 --> 00:20:21,252
[kris speaking]
329
00:20:22,322 --> 00:20:23,988
[andy speaking]
330
00:20:25,658 --> 00:20:27,491
it's not gonna...
Our dive's not gonna work.
331
00:20:27,493 --> 00:20:30,962
Like four feet of [bleep]
working underneath the water?
332
00:20:35,969 --> 00:20:38,236
So all the good gold is deep,
333
00:20:38,238 --> 00:20:40,271
and we're gonna have no hose
334
00:20:40,273 --> 00:20:42,974
at the bottom
of the ocean to get gold with.
335
00:20:42,976 --> 00:20:45,910
I'm basically stuck
with whatever I land on.
336
00:20:45,912 --> 00:20:48,212
So right now I have
to pray we land on gold.
337
00:20:48,448 --> 00:20:49,580
Fingers crossed.
338
00:20:53,953 --> 00:20:55,386
First dive of the season,
339
00:20:55,388 --> 00:20:57,288
we're ready to rock and roll.
340
00:20:57,290 --> 00:20:59,090
It's my chance
to go make the gold
341
00:20:59,092 --> 00:21:01,926
and see what
we're standing on right now,
342
00:21:01,928 --> 00:21:04,962
and I hope to god I can
actually make some gold today.
343
00:21:29,322 --> 00:21:32,523
My new nozzle looks awesome
underneath the water!
344
00:21:36,162 --> 00:21:37,862
[brad] tell us when
you want to us to idle
up.
345
00:21:37,864 --> 00:21:39,063
[kris] okay.
346
00:21:40,967 --> 00:21:42,833
It's our first dive
of the year.
347
00:21:42,835 --> 00:21:44,435
Kris is down under the water.
348
00:21:45,905 --> 00:21:47,238
[kris] okay, idle up.
349
00:21:48,908 --> 00:21:50,975
[brad]
okay, we're idling up.
Be careful.
350
00:21:58,418 --> 00:21:59,350
Breathing okay, kris?
351
00:21:59,352 --> 00:22:01,118
[kris speaking]
352
00:22:03,022 --> 00:22:04,855
it's a little bit of sand.
353
00:22:04,857 --> 00:22:06,590
[brad] hopefully
the sand's not too deep.
354
00:22:08,161 --> 00:22:11,095
Bottom's here and our nozzle's
like right here.
355
00:22:13,333 --> 00:22:15,366
[kris speaking]
356
00:22:19,972 --> 00:22:21,605
[brad] put us
on some gold now.
357
00:22:22,342 --> 00:22:24,942
[kris] right now
I'm clearing off the sand
358
00:22:24,944 --> 00:22:27,611
so I can hopefully
see what's in the cobble.
359
00:22:33,486 --> 00:22:35,519
[brad] so what's the bottom
looking like down there?
360
00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:40,458
[kris speaking]
361
00:22:44,030 --> 00:22:45,429
sand for miles.
362
00:22:46,399 --> 00:22:47,965
We got a real problem.
363
00:22:49,769 --> 00:22:52,036
We don't have
a long enough hose
364
00:22:52,038 --> 00:22:54,105
and we're on a sand bed
from hell.
365
00:22:54,107 --> 00:22:55,606
[grunts]
366
00:23:00,646 --> 00:23:02,012
[narrator] eight miles east...
367
00:23:11,858 --> 00:23:13,257
[zeke] looks like
steve's showing up,
368
00:23:13,259 --> 00:23:15,960
and that'll be good,
because he's going to have
369
00:23:15,962 --> 00:23:17,762
a long dive day today.
370
00:23:17,764 --> 00:23:19,163
We just hit daylight saving,
371
00:23:19,165 --> 00:23:20,598
so the day
just got a lot longer.
372
00:23:21,667 --> 00:23:22,767
[narrator] for zeke tenhoff,
373
00:23:22,769 --> 00:23:25,569
it's quickly getting
to be do or die time.
374
00:23:27,006 --> 00:23:30,374
[zeke] last week
was one of the hardest
weeks I've ever...
375
00:23:30,376 --> 00:23:32,810
Yeah, I just got
my ass kicked last week.
376
00:23:32,812 --> 00:23:34,378
In every sense of the word.
377
00:23:35,915 --> 00:23:38,115
This winter is not starting
out very well for me.
378
00:23:38,117 --> 00:23:40,785
I've had two dives,
both of them were cut short
379
00:23:40,787 --> 00:23:43,621
and we still
don't have any gold.
380
00:23:43,623 --> 00:23:46,223
I need seven or eight ounces
just to keep going at all.
381
00:23:46,225 --> 00:23:48,392
And right now,
that's looking pretty grim.
382
00:23:48,394 --> 00:23:50,094
Got to be honest with myself,
383
00:23:50,096 --> 00:23:52,029
if I can't keep it
going this winter,
384
00:23:52,031 --> 00:23:54,532
I might just have to move on
and do something else.
385
00:23:56,068 --> 00:23:57,668
We could get gold here.
386
00:23:57,670 --> 00:24:00,504
Best case scenario
is that today
387
00:24:00,506 --> 00:24:03,841
I have evidence that the gold
is going to be followable.
388
00:24:03,843 --> 00:24:05,075
And there's a lot more of it.
389
00:24:10,149 --> 00:24:11,949
All right. Fired up.
390
00:24:14,620 --> 00:24:15,653
[zeke speaking]
391
00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:22,626
getting it in the box,
that's the hard part.
392
00:24:24,363 --> 00:24:25,930
[zeke] we're way behind
this winter,
393
00:24:25,932 --> 00:24:27,898
we need all the aspects
of this operation
394
00:24:27,900 --> 00:24:29,266
to start firing
on all cylinders
395
00:24:29,268 --> 00:24:30,668
to be able to catch up.
396
00:24:30,670 --> 00:24:31,735
For the rest of this season
397
00:24:31,737 --> 00:24:33,370
there is not very
much margin for error,
398
00:24:33,372 --> 00:24:37,107
like everything needs to go
a lot more right than it has.
399
00:24:48,321 --> 00:24:50,020
All right, I'm heading down.
400
00:24:52,825 --> 00:24:54,258
Water's nice and clear.
401
00:24:56,896 --> 00:24:58,262
Beautiful down here.
402
00:25:08,107 --> 00:25:10,140
[gabe] all right.
We got him in the water.
403
00:25:10,142 --> 00:25:11,509
He's down. We're mining.
404
00:25:14,213 --> 00:25:15,279
[zeke speaking]
405
00:25:20,186 --> 00:25:21,552
you ready for your pumps?
406
00:25:22,822 --> 00:25:23,954
[zeke speaking]
407
00:25:50,650 --> 00:25:52,249
[gabe] [bleep] damn it.
408
00:25:52,251 --> 00:25:54,552
Okay, this won't do. [bleep]
409
00:25:56,289 --> 00:25:58,155
tailings hole
isn't big enough,
410
00:25:58,157 --> 00:26:01,025
and it's spilling that murky
water down into his dive hole
411
00:26:01,027 --> 00:26:02,626
and clouding him out.
412
00:26:07,333 --> 00:26:08,365
[zeke speaking]
413
00:26:16,208 --> 00:26:18,008
-yo, zeke.
-[zeke] what's up?
414
00:26:18,010 --> 00:26:19,109
[gabe speaking]
415
00:26:22,248 --> 00:26:23,447
[zeke speaking]
416
00:26:24,517 --> 00:26:26,150
just give us,
like, five minutes.
417
00:26:26,152 --> 00:26:28,152
[zeke] okay.
418
00:26:34,126 --> 00:26:36,527
[gabe] just might be good
to just have a bigger
opening, you know?
419
00:26:37,330 --> 00:26:39,430
[drill whirring]
420
00:26:51,243 --> 00:26:52,509
[gabe speaking]
421
00:26:54,380 --> 00:26:57,948
as you can see,
even though I was trying to
422
00:26:57,950 --> 00:27:01,752
get enough drainage
out of the sluice box,
423
00:27:01,754 --> 00:27:04,121
all the ice is so low
that the water level
424
00:27:04,123 --> 00:27:06,857
wants to sit above
where the hole is.
425
00:27:06,859 --> 00:27:09,360
It's kind of doing it
at his dive hole.
426
00:27:09,362 --> 00:27:11,929
But we're spilling right here
so we're punching holes.
427
00:27:11,931 --> 00:27:14,131
You can see we're
draining right here.
428
00:27:14,934 --> 00:27:17,101
But as we're trying
to remedy that,
429
00:27:17,103 --> 00:27:18,602
everything's backed up
430
00:27:19,071 --> 00:27:20,104
through this
431
00:27:20,239 --> 00:27:23,374
all the way around
the backside to the generator.
432
00:27:31,984 --> 00:27:34,018
[generator stops running]
433
00:27:35,054 --> 00:27:36,153
no!
434
00:27:36,355 --> 00:27:37,588
Tell him to come up!
435
00:27:39,291 --> 00:27:41,058
Get him up,
get him up right now.
436
00:27:41,060 --> 00:27:43,260
Yeah, come up right now,
please come up.
437
00:27:56,208 --> 00:27:57,408
[gabe] he's coming up.
438
00:28:20,933 --> 00:28:22,066
[gabe] it stopped
for a second.
439
00:28:22,068 --> 00:28:23,100
Dealing with
the tailings hole,
440
00:28:23,102 --> 00:28:24,735
we flooded the whole area,
441
00:28:24,737 --> 00:28:27,237
and it kicked off his air
compressor and everything.
442
00:28:28,407 --> 00:28:31,108
We have to address this issue
before we can keep mining.
443
00:28:35,815 --> 00:28:36,847
[zeke speaking]
444
00:28:38,350 --> 00:28:40,984
like, he's the one that
came upon it, I didn't.
445
00:28:55,234 --> 00:28:56,700
This is unbelievable.
446
00:28:56,702 --> 00:28:58,402
I was hoping
for a comeback today,
447
00:28:58,404 --> 00:29:01,338
but instead we just fried
our brand new generator
448
00:29:01,340 --> 00:29:03,207
in a big puddle
of salt water.
449
00:29:08,380 --> 00:29:09,413
Yeah.
450
00:29:11,917 --> 00:29:14,284
We have no gold, none.
451
00:29:14,286 --> 00:29:17,321
And it feels like
everything is falling apart.
452
00:29:17,323 --> 00:29:19,256
It's like,
how can I trust you guys
453
00:29:19,258 --> 00:29:21,091
to keep an eye
on what's going on
454
00:29:21,093 --> 00:29:23,994
if you've overlooked
something this basic?
455
00:29:26,098 --> 00:29:27,865
Somebody should have noticed
456
00:29:27,867 --> 00:29:29,633
that the [bleep] generators
were in a puddle.
457
00:29:29,969 --> 00:29:32,402
Like, seriously.
458
00:29:32,404 --> 00:29:35,038
I think that's like the only
thing that's actually
really important.
459
00:29:46,085 --> 00:29:48,652
First dive of the year, kris,
put us on some gold now.
460
00:29:50,623 --> 00:29:51,655
[kris speaking]
461
00:29:59,999 --> 00:30:01,331
I hate sand.
462
00:30:03,302 --> 00:30:05,936
[narrator] so far,
kris kelly is hosed,
463
00:30:05,938 --> 00:30:08,405
coming up short on his
first dive of the season.
464
00:30:10,109 --> 00:30:11,842
He doesn't have
a long enough hose,
465
00:30:11,844 --> 00:30:14,645
hot water is good,
the suction's good,
466
00:30:14,647 --> 00:30:16,380
but we're on sand,
that's the problem right now.
467
00:30:17,016 --> 00:30:18,148
[kris speaking]
468
00:30:18,384 --> 00:30:19,249
the truth is...
469
00:30:19,251 --> 00:30:20,484
[kris speaking]
470
00:30:46,946 --> 00:30:48,645
hey, but everything's
working great.
471
00:30:48,647 --> 00:30:50,113
That's all that matters.
472
00:30:50,482 --> 00:30:51,548
[kris speaking]
473
00:31:12,304 --> 00:31:13,670
[kris] ahh!
474
00:31:21,947 --> 00:31:24,648
-He just needs a longer hose.
-[kris] [bleep]
475
00:31:24,650 --> 00:31:27,117
kris' girlfriend told him
that lots of times.
476
00:31:28,153 --> 00:31:29,486
[kris speaking]
477
00:31:29,488 --> 00:31:31,355
[brad]
he's sitting right here,
you want to talk to him?
478
00:31:31,357 --> 00:31:33,056
[kris speaking]
479
00:31:34,326 --> 00:31:37,427
-[andy] you on any gold?
-[kris speaking]
480
00:31:37,429 --> 00:31:38,362
okay.
481
00:31:38,364 --> 00:31:39,529
[kris speaking]
482
00:31:40,900 --> 00:31:42,532
[andy] wave that wand, dude.
483
00:31:42,534 --> 00:31:45,035
You want the gold...
You want me to get down there
and find it for you?
484
00:31:45,037 --> 00:31:46,270
[kris speaking]
485
00:31:52,311 --> 00:31:54,077
well, just [bleep]
discover it already.
486
00:31:54,079 --> 00:31:55,245
[kris speaking]
487
00:31:58,217 --> 00:31:59,516
tell him to come on up then.
488
00:32:00,352 --> 00:32:02,085
Okay. Hook the dog
and let's go.
489
00:32:03,956 --> 00:32:05,022
[kris] [bleep]
490
00:32:08,661 --> 00:32:10,527
kris is coming up,
here he comes.
491
00:32:19,004 --> 00:32:20,470
Oh, how was it?
492
00:32:20,472 --> 00:32:23,840
Well, if there is gold here,
493
00:32:23,842 --> 00:32:25,008
it's so far down
494
00:32:25,010 --> 00:32:28,211
-that it's not
profitable to get.
-[brad] okay.
495
00:32:28,213 --> 00:32:30,380
[kris] it's a sand pit
down there too.
496
00:32:30,382 --> 00:32:31,982
Visibility sucks.
497
00:32:32,918 --> 00:32:34,084
This is another setback
498
00:32:34,086 --> 00:32:36,753
with a season
filled full of setbacks.
499
00:32:36,755 --> 00:32:38,121
I've got brand new equipment
500
00:32:38,123 --> 00:32:40,157
and I've got
a great team behind me,
501
00:32:40,159 --> 00:32:41,325
but the hose is short,
502
00:32:41,327 --> 00:32:44,127
we're in debt
and I'm not seeing any gold.
503
00:32:44,129 --> 00:32:45,862
What kind
of an operation is this?
504
00:32:45,864 --> 00:32:47,130
This is such a joke, man,
505
00:32:47,132 --> 00:32:49,866
and we still
don't have any gold at all.
506
00:32:49,868 --> 00:32:53,136
It's been one [bleep] problem
after another problem.
507
00:32:54,139 --> 00:32:56,506
I don't know what the [bleep]
I'm going to do.
508
00:33:00,112 --> 00:33:03,347
[narrator]
and now another episode
of social hour with vernon.
509
00:33:05,084 --> 00:33:06,450
So what have we got here?
510
00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:10,320
Next, batter up, kit smears.
511
00:33:10,956 --> 00:33:13,623
[reading]
512
00:33:16,061 --> 00:33:18,929
we're making money,
we're making money.
513
00:33:18,931 --> 00:33:20,163
We're on the gold.
514
00:33:20,165 --> 00:33:23,367
This claim out here
is loaded, baby.
515
00:33:24,203 --> 00:33:27,004
[reading]
516
00:33:31,210 --> 00:33:32,776
that's a good question.
517
00:33:32,778 --> 00:33:34,311
I've had a few good seasons,
518
00:33:34,313 --> 00:33:37,381
but I haven't topped
100 ounces since that year,
519
00:33:37,383 --> 00:33:39,616
and the weather
has a lot to do with it.
520
00:33:40,452 --> 00:33:43,153
Somebody named
"loves it big,"
521
00:33:44,156 --> 00:33:46,990
"vernon..." [reading]
522
00:33:49,895 --> 00:33:52,763
if I wasn't making
more than I spend,
523
00:33:52,765 --> 00:33:55,032
do you think I'd be here?
No.
524
00:33:55,034 --> 00:33:56,233
I mean,
you don't know everything
525
00:33:56,235 --> 00:33:57,267
there is to know in my life.
526
00:33:57,269 --> 00:33:59,936
You can't operate on
a zero balance.
527
00:33:59,938 --> 00:34:03,206
I mean, I am actually
making more than I spend,
believe it or not.
528
00:34:03,208 --> 00:34:05,108
All you guys
out there saying,
529
00:34:05,110 --> 00:34:06,376
"you know,
vernon can't find gold,
530
00:34:06,378 --> 00:34:08,111
couldn't find gold
if he fell on it,"
531
00:34:08,113 --> 00:34:11,214
well guess what, [bleep].
I'm doing it. You're not.
532
00:34:11,650 --> 00:34:13,216
And you're watching.
533
00:34:13,218 --> 00:34:16,553
Okay, I live it.
You watch it on tv. [bleep]
534
00:34:17,623 --> 00:34:19,122
[narrator] this has been
another episode
535
00:34:19,124 --> 00:34:21,224
of social hour with vernon.
536
00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:36,406
[steve] whoo-hoo!
537
00:34:36,408 --> 00:34:39,409
Here comes gabe to the rescue
with a new generator.
538
00:34:40,012 --> 00:34:41,111
Hallelujah.
539
00:34:41,914 --> 00:34:43,213
Yippee. [coughs]
540
00:34:44,083 --> 00:34:45,348
[narrator] after drowning
the generator
541
00:34:45,350 --> 00:34:47,951
in a pool
of bering sea overflow,
542
00:34:47,953 --> 00:34:50,287
gabe tenhoff's lassoed
a replacement.
543
00:34:55,027 --> 00:34:58,295
[narrator]
but the snafu has cost
them hours of valuable time
544
00:34:58,297 --> 00:34:59,496
under the ice.
545
00:35:01,100 --> 00:35:02,532
[gabe] I didn't want him
out of the water
546
00:35:02,534 --> 00:35:05,869
for long enough to really
lose steam and get cold.
547
00:35:05,871 --> 00:35:09,206
[steve] he's fine. He's now
in the meditative mode,
so he's good to go.
548
00:35:12,211 --> 00:35:15,245
[zeke] I feel like we're
losing our way this winter.
549
00:35:15,247 --> 00:35:17,147
I know that there are
different possible outcomes
550
00:35:17,149 --> 00:35:18,782
for all situations,
551
00:35:18,784 --> 00:35:23,120
but at present we are kind
of going down a negative path.
552
00:35:24,156 --> 00:35:26,256
But it doesn't have
to be this way.
553
00:35:26,258 --> 00:35:27,791
We just need to focus up,
554
00:35:27,793 --> 00:35:30,127
double down
and start off clean.
555
00:35:31,130 --> 00:35:33,330
[steve] all right.
Should fire right up.
556
00:35:36,235 --> 00:35:37,334
Is it going?
557
00:35:39,238 --> 00:35:43,673
So now we're back
in the water in five minutes.
558
00:35:43,675 --> 00:35:46,009
[gabe] there's
countless things
that can [bleep] out here,
559
00:35:46,011 --> 00:35:49,079
and we just lost
the generator to one.
560
00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:02,259
How are you doing, zeke?
561
00:36:02,394 --> 00:36:03,493
[zeke speaking]
562
00:36:08,867 --> 00:36:10,567
are you still
pretty murked out?
563
00:36:11,904 --> 00:36:12,936
[zeke speaking]
564
00:36:20,379 --> 00:36:21,478
[gabe speaking]
565
00:36:26,018 --> 00:36:27,150
[zeke speaking]
566
00:36:33,458 --> 00:36:34,558
[gabe speaking]
567
00:36:40,032 --> 00:36:41,131
[zeke speaking]
568
00:36:45,270 --> 00:36:46,369
[gabe speaking]
569
00:36:52,044 --> 00:36:53,210
[zeke] ahh!
570
00:36:57,883 --> 00:36:59,516
[gabe] all right.
You got jammed up?
571
00:36:59,985 --> 00:37:01,184
[zeke] ahh!
572
00:37:04,489 --> 00:37:06,223
-[gabe] is he okay?
-I don't know.
573
00:37:07,259 --> 00:37:08,391
[gabe] are you okay?
574
00:37:11,964 --> 00:37:13,163
Are you okay?
575
00:37:14,866 --> 00:37:15,665
Hey, zeke?
576
00:37:28,313 --> 00:37:30,046
[gabe] what's up,
you all right?
577
00:37:33,018 --> 00:37:34,150
[zeke speaking]
578
00:37:36,088 --> 00:37:37,554
[gabe] what happened?
579
00:37:39,992 --> 00:37:42,192
-[gabe] oh, buddy.
-[zeke] yeah.
580
00:37:42,194 --> 00:37:44,160
-[zeke] I'm way out there.
-[gabe] yeah.
581
00:37:52,938 --> 00:37:55,505
That's scary.
Oh, god.
582
00:37:56,942 --> 00:37:59,175
[zeke] I have noticed
in life that sometimes
583
00:37:59,177 --> 00:38:01,211
it seems like everything
just lines up against you.
584
00:38:01,213 --> 00:38:02,479
Maybe it's bad juju
585
00:38:02,481 --> 00:38:04,281
or it's just things
are out of your control.
586
00:38:05,017 --> 00:38:06,216
Regardless of why,
587
00:38:06,218 --> 00:38:08,218
that's exactly what's
happening right now.
588
00:38:08,220 --> 00:38:10,987
[gabe] it's like the scariest
thing about ice mining.
589
00:38:10,989 --> 00:38:12,255
Every single one
of your breaths
590
00:38:12,257 --> 00:38:13,857
could be your last breath.
591
00:38:13,859 --> 00:38:15,825
And it sounds
all melodramatic,
592
00:38:15,827 --> 00:38:18,161
but it's actually
completely accurate.
593
00:38:18,163 --> 00:38:20,230
-[zeke] it's not
an exaggeration.
-[gabe] at all.
594
00:38:20,232 --> 00:38:24,200
That's terrifying,
and there's nothing that
you can do about it up top.
595
00:38:24,202 --> 00:38:25,869
I know how to find gold.
596
00:38:25,871 --> 00:38:27,804
I've done it my whole
entire working life,
597
00:38:27,806 --> 00:38:29,239
so it's just maddening to me
598
00:38:29,241 --> 00:38:31,641
that I can't get under
the ice and find it.
599
00:38:31,643 --> 00:38:33,877
We need to regroup
and alter course fast
600
00:38:33,879 --> 00:38:36,279
because right now my back
is up against the wall.
601
00:38:39,384 --> 00:38:41,084
That was
a really scary one.
602
00:38:43,989 --> 00:38:45,188
[narrator] back in nome.
603
00:38:50,195 --> 00:38:51,594
[shawn] got to have
a good winter.
604
00:38:52,364 --> 00:38:54,664
Give us a nice start
for summer
605
00:38:54,666 --> 00:38:57,133
and take some
of the pressure off.
606
00:38:57,135 --> 00:39:00,837
There's definitely a pile
of gold on the compound.
607
00:39:00,839 --> 00:39:02,972
[joe] yeah, with all
the minerals we're
seeing over there.
608
00:39:02,974 --> 00:39:04,240
There's something big.
609
00:39:04,242 --> 00:39:06,109
-[joe] yeah.
-There's something huge.
610
00:39:07,012 --> 00:39:09,045
[narrator] breakdowns
in one form or another
611
00:39:09,047 --> 00:39:10,580
have hit the entire fleet.
612
00:39:11,183 --> 00:39:12,916
But captain shawn pomrenke
613
00:39:12,918 --> 00:39:15,285
still managed
to get gold in the box.
614
00:39:18,357 --> 00:39:19,823
Oh, that's the last of it.
615
00:39:19,825 --> 00:39:23,293
Let's get the stuff dry
and see what we have.
616
00:39:23,295 --> 00:39:24,661
Put her on the scale.
617
00:39:27,999 --> 00:39:29,599
[shawn] we've gotta
make up for lost time.
618
00:39:31,636 --> 00:39:38,908
Oh, yeah. 6, 7...
8, 9, 10... 12.85.
619
00:39:38,910 --> 00:39:40,343
[joe] that'll do just fine.
620
00:39:41,213 --> 00:39:43,146
Little bit of quartz
to go home.
621
00:39:43,148 --> 00:39:46,116
-Some little pickers.
-[joe] yeah.
622
00:39:46,118 --> 00:39:50,286
[narrator] 12.85 ounces
is worth $24,000.
623
00:39:51,990 --> 00:39:54,824
And while shawn
hasn't hit the jackpot yet,
624
00:39:54,826 --> 00:39:57,026
he may well be
closing in on it.
625
00:39:57,963 --> 00:40:01,331
I think there's a bigger pile
out there to be had.
626
00:40:01,333 --> 00:40:02,932
We're definitely
on the trail.
627
00:40:02,934 --> 00:40:03,933
[joe] mmm-hmm.
628
00:40:03,935 --> 00:40:04,934
Oh, yeah.
629
00:40:04,936 --> 00:40:05,702
We'll come across it.
630
00:40:05,704 --> 00:40:07,904
We'll get on it.
631
00:40:07,906 --> 00:40:10,173
This clean up proved that
I'm still on the right track.
632
00:40:10,175 --> 00:40:11,875
I'm gonna find that jackpot
633
00:40:11,877 --> 00:40:14,778
and when I do, it's going
to be something to remember.
634
00:40:14,780 --> 00:40:16,346
I'd better because
I'm still a long way
635
00:40:16,348 --> 00:40:19,048
from that 120 ounces I need.
636
00:40:19,050 --> 00:40:21,885
Not bad for getting
shut down a couple of times.
637
00:40:21,887 --> 00:40:23,319
[joe] oh, I'll take it.
638
00:40:23,422 --> 00:40:26,122
[shawn] we're gonna
hit some bigger gold
here sooner or later.
639
00:40:26,124 --> 00:40:27,357
[joe] oh, yeah.
640
00:40:28,193 --> 00:40:30,927
[narrator] next time
on bering sea gold.
641
00:40:30,929 --> 00:40:33,997
[vernon] this is what you
call a stellar day in nome.
642
00:40:33,999 --> 00:40:35,698
It doesn't get much
better than this.
643
00:40:35,700 --> 00:40:38,902
By the end of the day,
we'll have gold in the box.
644
00:40:38,904 --> 00:40:42,005
[shawn] it's been one
nightmare after another
out here this year.
645
00:40:42,007 --> 00:40:43,440
But at least
the sun's up.
646
00:40:46,244 --> 00:40:47,877
[kris] plan today
is get gold.
647
00:40:47,879 --> 00:40:48,912
We got a hose extension.
648
00:40:48,914 --> 00:40:51,047
We're going to add
another 25 feet.
649
00:40:52,150 --> 00:40:54,818
And maybe everything's
going to go good from now on.
650
00:40:54,820 --> 00:40:55,985
[gabe] sun's shining.
651
00:40:55,987 --> 00:40:57,821
We're going to get
6 hours on the box.
652
00:40:57,823 --> 00:40:59,189
[zeke speaking]
653
00:40:59,191 --> 00:41:02,392
-I'm going to
pound it out so hard.
-[gabe] I love it.
654
00:41:02,394 --> 00:41:03,660
[shawn speaking]
655
00:41:04,396 --> 00:41:06,029
[vernon] well, yippee ki yay.
656
00:41:06,031 --> 00:41:07,464
Just keep
sucking up that gold.
657
00:41:07,466 --> 00:41:09,132
Yeah. Yeah.
658
00:41:09,134 --> 00:41:10,166
[shawn speaking]
659
00:41:11,403 --> 00:41:12,368
[kris speaking]