[narrator] throughout nome, the end of winter looms.
Holy [bleep]. Look at that crack.
[narrator] it's a battle to see which is hotter:
The soaring temperatures...
It could go really bad, but hell, we're gold mining.
[narrator] ...Or the miners...
This is what we have to do right now to get gold today.
[narrator] ...As they tap in to the richest gold of the season?
-I think there's gold through this whole area. -All right!
You get a good horse, ride it, baby, ride it.
You seeing any color?
Yeah. We could lean in to really hot gold.
[screams]
pull in! Pull in, pull in!
[screaming]
[kris] holy [bleep], huh?
We are sinking.
Mother nature is not cooperating with me.
[narrator] while winter melts away, the kellys find themselves
out of debt, but still underwater.
[kris] there's so much [bleep] snow on the ice,
it's pushing us down, and the water's coming up.
So first, the good news. After a mostly crappy season, we're ending strong.
I have a beautiful baby girl.
We're on great gold, and it's all profit the rest of the way.
The bad news? This warm weather is making the snow wet,
and it's weighing down the ice, meaning water's bursting up through the ice.
It's like a hawaii out here. It's a [bleep] show.
Well right now, I just popped a hole into where my foot valves go,
and the water is pumping right out the hole, on top of the ice,
because the weight of the snow is pushing the ice down,
and then the water rushes through once you break a hole through.
We're gonna flood this entire area.
Just keep going. There's nothing we can do. We just have to push forward.
This is what we have to do right now to get gold today.
Look, it's clear we're running out of time this season.
But we're finally getting gold for ourself.
This gold is ours now.
There's nothing left to pay back at this point.
So we have to keep clearing out the water, to get as much gold as we can,
and hope to god our operation doesn't fall through the ice.
We're sending down andy first, 'cause he was already on the gold.
He's gonna mow up as much as he can, then I'm gonna go down there
and just take over my shift, and mow up the rest.
Are these conditions dangerous?
Yes. That's why my dad slipped on the ice and broke his shoulder.
So we're short-staffed to boot, but we have no choice. I need that gold.
My baby needs that gold.
My baby's expensive.
You know what to do. Get down there. Try to cover as much ground as you can.
Good. We're ready to go.
Okay, go. Make me money!
[breathing]
[andy] all right. Idle up. Let's see.
[kris] okay.
Idle up!
And now it's really gonna flood, now that we have the engines up.
And I don't feel safe with so much water being pumped on top of the ice.
Hopefully it holds.
Fast as I get it out, it comes in.
It's gonna be a long day.
It's gonna be a fight the whole way through.
[breathing]
[kris] idled up.
[andy] all right. Thank you.
So are you seeing gold already?
Yeah.
[kris] okay, good job.
[andy speaking]
oh, thank god.
That is such great news.
[andy speaking]
all right, andy. That's all that I care about.
[bleep] the snow. [bleep] the water. As long as the gold looks great.
[andy speaking]
[kris] all right, buddy! I'm glad you're in a better mood.
[andy speaking]
[kris] okay, 10-4.
Andy's found gold. So I'm gonna be down right after.
We're gonna save our entire season.
That's a miracle.
[narrator] 11 miles east...
[vernon] I mean, let's just go ahead and set a goal.
You almost clocked in six hours the other day.
I'd think you could probably shoot for eight. What do you think?
Yeah, I think I can definitely easily do eight.
Okay, well, I... If you can do eight, that'll be a, um, record.
[narrator] on scorching hot gold, but nearing an expiration date on the ice,
vernon adkison's launching a dive for the ages.
[vernon] all right, the gold marathon.
This has been a winter to remember.
But this winter is not gonna be around much longer.
We're playing with fire.
We're right up against a massive open water lead,
and it's getting wider every day.
At this point, every minute under the ice is critical.
So, even though it's getting toasty up here, I'm looking to heat up production.
All right, so uh, give me at least eight hours in, I'll be happy.
Okay, will do.
-All right. Well, here, we'll even shake on that. -All right.
Okay, good show. Be careful down there.
We're looking to set a team record for the longest dive today.
The longest one we've ever had was a little over seven hours,
so I'm gunning for eight.
[crew member] yeah, that looks good right there.
Good suction, good flow in the box.
He's set, and he's ready to rock and roll.
[vernon] we need it, if I'm gonna hit my 200 ounces.
And with this weather, and that lead, this might be the last tango.
[breathing]
[gary] all right, let's get busy.
[breathing]
so, gary, are you seeing anything?
[underwater breathing]
[gary] oh yeah, I'm seeing it.
[breathing]
now I'm going through some funny rocky stuff, and... So far, so good.
You're all hydrated. You got plenty of chow this morning.
All rested up. You think you can go the distance?
[underwater breathing]
[gary] yeah, I think I can. I know I can.
All right, gary.
[breathing]
I think there's gold through this whole area.
Whoo!
All right, all right!
So far, it seems like everything's working.
He's down there picking away at it.
Oh! Whoo!
We're gonna dive him hard. If he can do eight hours, I got a new name for him.
He'll be "the gold gorilla."
and I can just shorten that. We'll call him "goldrilla."
[gary] there's gold back here.
Hang on, gary. We're gonna rename you. You'll be "gary the gold gorilla."
[gary] [bleep], man!
[vernon] we'll put you in the record books.
[narrator] 12 miles west...
Yeah!
[shawn] we got the pad built up. And we got everything moved over.
Now it's time to see if there's any gold down there or not.
[narrator] shawn pomrenke's on to his last move...
[narrator] ...Racing to find the epicenter of a storied jackpot,
or watch the trail dissolve in the mounting heat.
[shawn] putting all this weight on the ice,
and now it's starting to crack. Holy [bleep]!
Look at that crack there.
[bleep] damn.
I'm still not where I need to be.
I need another 30 ounces to meet my 120 ounces gold,
so I can make all of my payments that I owe.
I'm still looking for good gold on this jackpot.
I'm close, but I want to hit the bull's-eye.
That's what I'm after.
Problem is, the gold's getting hotter, but the temperature is, too.
And I'm worried there's not enough time left.
Oh, [bleep].
Damn it, already.
Basically, we've cracked the ice in a complete circle around us.
So we're just sitting on this, uh... Sitting on a chunk of ice...
Floating in the middle of the bering sea.
It could go really bad, but hell, we're gold mining.
Nobody said it was gonna be a safe job.
So, time to get in the water.
We're literally on an island right now.
We're floating on a circle of ice that's broken off
from the weight of the equipment and snow.
And it keeps getting weaker and weaker.
At any time, it's gonna collapse.
So the plan's simple. Mine as much as we can, as fast as we can.
Double dive day.
I'll go first.
Joe'll go after me.
We're prepared to work into the night.
Whatever it takes.
All right, let's do it.
[shawn] I'm good.
[breathing]
let's see what's here.
[breathing]
okay. Idle up.
All right. 10-4.
[joe] how's the material looking?
[breathing]
[shawn] it's a bunch of big rocks.
As the sand comes up, it meets the cobble.
Usually, it's hot right here.
[joe] hell yeah, sounds good.
I think there could be a chance that we're getting close to it.
[shawn] yeah.
[breathing]
[shawn speaking]
[breathing]
oh, there it is!
Ooh.
[breathing]
I found the gold, man! I found the gold!
[breathing]
[shawn speaking]
[joe] oh, yeah.
[shawn] I found great gold!
Almost got it!
There it is!
Perfect.
[narrator] as temperatures continue to climb...
[zeke] we'll be diving on this hole in no time.
[narrator] ... Zeke tenhoff's quest to save his season is heating up.
[zeke] the plan is, get as many dive hours as possible,
while the weather is nice.
It's turning into a giant swimming pool out here.
It's crazy how warm it's getting.
To make things even worse, we lost steve riedel.
He wasn't making enough money, so he decided to split.
Luckily, we've got our friend shlomo here to help get us across the finish line.
Oh, yeah!
Look at that! Yeah!
Right now, we barely have enough time to get eight ounces,
and keep the operation going.
Our last time out, we'd finally got on some really great gold.
So I just gotta get back on it fast and make sure that nothing slows us down,
'cause that could be the nail in the coffin.
[breathing]
you ready for the pumps?
[zeke on radio] uh, yeah, ready.
[gabe] okay. Here they come.
Yo!
All right, you're chilling.
[breathing]
[zeke] we're like, on top of a ton of cobble.
[gabe] all right. Roger.
You might run into something hot.
[zeke] yeah, it like, could lead into really hot gold.
[gabe] it's got a lot of radius, so we can punch a bunch of holes,
and either pick up what he was following in another spot, or find something new.
I don't know. Lots of cobble to work with, though. Lots of radius, lots of cobble.
So I'm optimistic that he'll get on something.
Stick and stay, make it pay.
[zeke] yeah, we're making it happen.
[narrator] one mile east...
[kris] everything's still good?
[andy] everything's great, j. Just a lot of really good gold. Everything is good.
Are you still in that black [bleep]?
[andy] yeah, it's never-ending.
And the gold's never-ending?
[andy] the gold's not ending. That means kris'll make his bills.
[kris laughs]
[narrator] after fighting off debt all season, the kellys are out of the red...
And into the black.
Hey, you've been down there a really long time. You gotta be getting tired.
[andy speaking]
[kris] are you ready to be done?
[andy] yeah, I'm done. Yeah, my arms are tired.
[kris] okay, come up. Your dive's done.
[breathing]
I'm gonna go get changed. James is gonna help andy out of the hole.
We're gonna get ready, as soon as andy comes up, I jump down there,
and I do... Dive as long as I can today.
It was good. Really good gold the whole time.
Yeah, best gold I've seen all season.
Well, andy says we're on some amazing gold...
So let's go see.
Judging by how quickly the area is flooding,
this could be our last day on the ice.
But you never know. The water's not flooding the shack yet.
We're on stellar gold, and there's no way we're packing it in yet.
You bet your ass we're gonna keep pushing as long as we can.
-Okay. -Okay.
[breathing]
okay.
[breathing]
how's it look, j?
[kris] looks great already.
Yeah, it does. It gives us a lot of ground.
[andy] hey, you see that black [bleep] I was sucking up?
[kris] yeah, I'm just working the edges of it right now.
[kris speaking]
I know there is. Wait 'til you get to the deeper black [bleep] .
Man, it [bleep] trickles down nice and says hi.
[kris] okay. Well, that's what I'm working on getting to. Right on.
Good stuff.
We're on really good gold. About time.
Everything's dialed in. Hey.
[kris] like I said, gold mining is luck.
You got that right.
[kris] yeah, baby!
[machine sputtering]
-yeah, something's not right. -Something's not right.
-No, it's not. Might be, too, something's not running. -Something didn't sound right.
[kris speaking]
what was that, j?
[kris screaming]
pull in! Pull in, pull in!
[kris screaming]
pull in! Pull in, pull in!
[strained breathing]
we've got you. You all right?
I just had trouble breathing. It wasn't, uh, plug-up, thank god.
You know, when I say, "pull the umbilical," pull it!
I... I yanked it, and the guy yanked back, and I was like...
Well, you [bleep] pull on it, then!
I was pulling myself out, [bleep]!
Okay.
We're having issues with our air compressor.
Every now and then, it's, like, really hard to breathe.
He said pull him up. I told james to pull him up.
And james pulled, and then stopped, and then kris is pulling the umbilical,
trying to get out, so...
...He's out.
Okay, whatever.
I put my mask on too [bleep] tight. I tried to put it on myself.
I couldn't do it.
Uh, nothing. My air got [bleep] loose. I tried to get back,
my [bleep] umbilical was stretched out...
-Yeah. -...And then I'm trying to get someone to pull me back,
and I'm pulling myself up, and [bleep] over here let it go back in!
So I was just [bleep] pulling to nowhere!
Yes, that was what I thought.
So yeah, that was kind of a disaster.
All this time, I'm worrying about getting flooded
and the operation falling through the ice. But instead,
the air compressor and james being a moron almost killed me.
But hey, we got good gold and the ice survived the day.
So I'll call it a success, with a minor asterisk.
[kris] I'm okay. Hey, everything's fine.
-I just was overtired... -[andy] it's just that air compressor.
...And all of a sudden, I was having trouble breathing.
-I know. -And when I have trouble breathing,
I'm not far away from the hole, and I'm super-tired,
-I need to get the [bleep] out of there. -Sure.
Anyway, let's pack everything up. Let's go home.
[james] I've gotta pull the pole umbilical,
so to pull the umbilical, I've gotta yank back.
And, um, they always tell me if, you know, they yank once, that means they're fine.
And if they yank twice, pull 'em up.
Sure as [bleep] was in, you know, a little bit of trouble, um,
you know, I kind of panicked a little bit, because, uh, he was running out of air.
Hey, let's go home. I've had enough.
Then it went green. We got a lotta gold. Pushed it to the limit.
We worked a lot harder than we should of worked.
Hopefully mom is cooking something good.
[narrator] one mile west...
[gabe] you seeing any color?
[zeke speaking]
all right!
[narrator] despite the melting ice,
zeke tenhoff is gaining steam as he hunts for the final ounces
to keep his operation afloat.
[gabe] we're ongoin'.
And he's just gonna cut a line and we're gonna mow through all of it.
You know, you gotta grind and scratch it out, and that's what we're doin'.
[oxygen tank hissing]
[generator thumping]
[zeke speaking]
yeah, I got you.
[generator thumping]
[bleep]
[groaning]
hey, zeke, how's that hot water feelin'?
[zeke speaking]
[gabe] okay. I'll be up top.
[gabe speaking]
I turned the generator off, and then back on again,
and it's starting to warm up slowly,
but it's, like, pretty much lost all its heat, but it's still running.
[generator running]
this is not what we need. Not at all!
We have almost no time left this season.
So, having to mess with an equipment issue, at this point,
is a absolute killer.
That's what it looks like.
With the warm temperatures we're having, there's a lot of moisture in the air,
and it gets sucked in to all the generators
and all the engines and everything that we're running.
And because it's out in the sun, it froze up.
Hopefully, if I just blast it with the blowtorch,
it'll do the trick and thaw it out.
[generator running]
perfect!
Well, that was annoying,
but I'm glad we got it fixed up super-fast so we can get back on our way.
The season has been a nightmare,
but I'm still super determined to keep at it.
We're gonna get what we need if it kills me.
[water gurgling]
[zeke] all right! Yep, feels good.
Good to hear it. We'll keep it hot for ya.
[zeke] yeah. I've got a lot of work to do.
I'm gonna pound it out so hard.
Hey, gary. How're ya holdin' up down there?
[gary] yeah, I'm doing real good.
[vernon] all right, because you got five hours.
Get yourself mentally prepared.
Three more hours and you're done.
[gary] all right, I'm ready.
[narrator] with weather quickly warming,
and the nearby open-water lead growing by the hour...
[gary speaking]
[gary] all right. All right.
[narrator] vernon's hoping diver gary simpson will go down in team history
with a record eight-hour dive.
[vernon] gary's gonna step it on. He's goin' for eight.
I think he can make it.
Do you know what they say? You get a good horse, ride it, baby, ride it.
Gary's down so long, we're actually able to pan a sample from the box,
and see how good this gold really is.
And it's looking smokin' hot.
[crew member] yeah, that looks pretty good.
That's sweet. There's tons of gold down there, baby.
You do the calculations. A quick mental extrapolation.
In that five hours' time, we probably cleared about 500 square feet.
Okay.
I love running the numbers in my head when it comes to gold.
But if you're not careful, it can get a little confusing at times.
How many square feet are in an acre?
Like 43,500-and-somethin', I think.
Ok, well, let's see. How many acres are in a yard?
I mean, you divide... You multiply that by 375, then divide it by 50.
-How many hours we got on that? -Okay.
-About... -[overlapping chatter]
[vernon] I got a couple of things
that have been bugging me on some of these gold chat groups.
It's a matter of public record.
I paid $50,000 for claim number 56.
I've got tons of gold.
[device beeping]
all right!
[vernon] hey, gary, you've got your time in, man.
You did your eight, and you're goin' down in the record books.
Good, you're now officially 'gary the gold gorilla.'
-[gary laughing] all right. -[vernon] come on up.
[gary] all right. It feels good, vernon. I'm on my way.
[vernon] this winter has been cray cray.
Gold in the sluice box. Gold in my pocket. Gold everywhere!
And this record-setting dive with gary, might just be the icing on the cake.
Eight hours, baby. That's just sick.
[beep] I'm tired, man. I'm beat down.
[vernon] I can't wait to weigh this one. It might just break the bank.
This has the makings of the best ice season ever.
All right! Gary the gold gorilla.
[mimics gorilla belching]
[indistinct]
[narrator] twelve miles west.
[gabe] man, how're we looking down there?
[zeke] I've definitely dredged a lot of what I can reach with the hose.
All right.
[gabe] come on up there, man. Let's go.
Yeah. I feel really lucky that I was able to get into some good gold.
[narrator] with the finish line in sight,
zeke tenhoff's refused to allow an equipment snafu to burn out his season.
[groans]
I'm getting worn out. I've got done for the day.
[gabe] okay, man. Come on up. Get outta there.
He's comin' up.
Well, let's see.
Wow, there's some flakes.
-[zeke] yeah? -Those are flakeys, dude.
Yeah. There's way more than I've seen all season.
Just touch this little bastard, dude.
Whoa!
-Cool, dude. -Yeah.
-Nice nugget. -Yeah, right in the top.
First place I looked. A big old chunk of gold.
[zeke] we're like the little engine that could.
Mother nature has been fighting us really hard the whole way.
We've had bad ground, we've had equipment shorting out,
but we just keep goin'.
I know we've got some gold here, but I'm not gonna clean up yet.
I'm just gonna go rest up so I'm ready for one more strong dive tomorrow.
Now we've seen gold. This is silly, my whole dive.
So, after, like, weeks of flailing about in the blizzards,
and not getting any gold at all, that's a pretty good feeling.
Here we go.
I'm satisfied with today's progress.
[narrator] one mile west...
So how's it going down there?
[shawn] it looks good. More clear gold.
More gold than I've seen all season.
Ah, perfect.
[narrator] over seven hours in, the trail to the golden jackpot
is heating up for shawn pomrenke.
[shawn speaking]
yes.
-[joe] excellent. -[shawn] it's looking really good.
-[joe] what? -[shawn] man, I'm exhausted.
-[shawn] ready? -Yeah, I'll put my suit on.
[shawn] let's get it done, buddy.
Hell, yeah.
[narrator] but the team's not quite ready to put the season to bed.
Yow!
I'm not seeing the nuggets I was hoping for in this jackpot.
But we're on some killer stuff.
That's the longest I've gone this season, and it was the best gold I've seen.
And not a minute too soon.
We're on a island of cracked ice.
God only knows if we'll be able to mine another day.
That was a good dive.
It's looking good.
I've gotta get out of this wet suit.
Gonna get joe in the water
we're not giving up. We're gonna keep on fighting for it.
Now we gotta get joe down there, and just keep grinding away at it.
The sun's going down, but it doesn't matter to us.
We're gonna do what we need to do.
[joe speaking]
[shawn] how's your air?
[joe] the air feels good right now.
Yeah, man, I'm seein' good gold.
Nice.
[joe speaking]
[laughing]
well, let's go ahead and just push on through the night.
[joe] all right. Suck-it-up and send-it-up time.
[shawn] when you're a gold miner, you know when you have to push.
Leave it all out there.
And it's that time.
We're burnin' the midnight oil.
We'll go all night if we have to.
And then we'll head back to town. Put it on the scale.
I'll be like a kid at christmas morning.
Keep gold running through that box.
Keep dirt running through the box. We're making money.
That's all that counts.
[joe speaking]
[kris] thank god my mom's coming.
My whole life's falling apart right now.
Your arm's broken. Today's andy's birthday.
Brand new baby, and my girlfriend tells me,
"I really need you to start helping me out."
the only thing I'm not doing is the baby's not sucking off my nipple.
-Hi, mom. -[mom] hi, babe.
Here, let me get your bag.
-Holy [bleep]. -No [bleep], it's heavy.
[kris] oh, mom, I'm so glad you're here. I'm not sleeping at all.
Bree has to feed the baby five times a night.
No, she doesn't. She's gotta get her on a schedule.
[kris] what the hell? That's not what the doctor said.
[mom] a lot of the time, they don't even take a lot of milk.
That's why you put 'em on a schedule.
Andy. It's me.
[andy] I already told you, man, I don't want to do anything for my birthday.
Two minutes.
Hey, buddy, you've gotta see your jenny craig memberships.
Hurry up.
Look what I got for you. I got you a nice cake.
-So you've got a minute. -Andy, grow up.
I didn't want to do this. I [bleep] told you for my birthday.
[all sing] ♪ happy birthday to you ♪
andy, come on!
This is the normal for our dysfunctional family.
Do you wanna know why we don't celebrate our birthdays?
Because we were always so poor that it's a bad reminder
on how [bleep] it is, when parents don't wanna work hard in their lives.
[bleep], kris.
Shut the [bleep] up.
[mom] you're an ass.
I am an ass, 'cause I hate my life.
There's definitely some big gold in that area.
[narrator] straight through the night, and straight to the scales,
shawn pomrenke and diver joe fulwood
look to weigh the hottest gold they've seen all winter.
I think we just tipped the icing on top of the cake.
Time to get in there and clean it up.
We're exhausted,
but that's what the last few days of winter are like if you wanna hit it big.
There's no rest for the wicked.
We're not dead center on that jackpot,
but I'll tell ya, we're more than nibbling on the edges.
Well, let's see. This was a good one.
Wow. Lots of nuggets.
Oh, we're onto something now, joe.
Hear that coarse gold.
-Whoo. -Not bad, huh?
Beautiful.
-25.2. -Oh, man, we're really comin' in to something.
[narrator] 25.2 ounces is worth over $47,000...
Whew!
...Bringing shawn just three ounces shy of his 120-ounce goal.
It's not the mother lode, but we are on the path to it.
[shawn] best gold of the season. Best clean-out of the season.
But I think there's either double or more within reach.
That's what I really want. That's the gold miner in me. The jackpot.
That's what I set out to do this winter.
I hope I get one more chance to get out and find it.
The season's short-lived, but I think we've got one more move out of her.
Yeah.
I think there's a bigger pile out there to be had.
This is amazing. This is amazing.
There's so much water on the ice, you know, I can feel the end coming.
Yeah.
[narrator] despite a teeny-weeny brush with death,
kris kelly and the gang are on the rise.
[kris] look, that's pretty good.
Let's see what you guys got.
[crew member] big chunks, right off the bat.
Oh, yeah. There's four.
We're already doing good.
There five... Six.
Come on, baby. Keep goin'. Going.
-Seven, uh... -Got eight there?
-[kris] eight and change. -That's good. Can't beat that.
Well, 16 would be the... Whatever.
8.45 ounces.
[narrator] 8.45 ounces is worth over 16 grand.
We did great. We killed it.
[narrator] the kellys are quickly banking a war chest for summer.
We had such a bad last year, and we were in the hole at the beginning of winter.
We were just backed out of it.
All the rest of the gold is profit right now. Everything's going good.
[kris] I have a beautiful daughter,
and I need to start building a future for her.
No more small-time kellys moving forward.
We're goin' straight to the top from now on.
This is the birth of the kelly empire. Trust me!
If we were smart we'd pull off the ice right now, though.
-Yeah. -We do the smart thing.
If you guys would make another 20 grand...
Oh, we will. We'll just like... Dude, we're killing it.
As long as the ice holds, we'll be okay.
[narrator] across town...
[man] hey, we were down for eight hours hammering it,
it's gonna be juicy.
Yeah, I think we knocked it out of the park.
Joe, I'm sure it looks like it.
[narrator] the longest dive in wild ranger history, is in the books.
Oh, [bleep].
[groans]
mind if I do a few curls? [groans]
[laughs]
[narrator] and vernon's ripped and ready
to see how much gold his diver lifted over eight hours.
That's quite a different pot of gold there.
-This is a heavy one here. -Oh, yeah.
There's not much time left this season. That's just a fact.
We might not get another dive in.
That's why this dive was so important.
We needed to crush it today, and I believe we did.
Let's weigh this up.
[gary] let's see what we got.
Two... Three...
Four, five, six, seven, eight.
I like the way you pour. 13, 14...
15, 16, 17, 18, 20...
[gary] there we go.
Twenty-three...
Twenty-seven...
Thirty.
30.2. Holy moly.
[narrator] 30.2 ounces is worth north of $57,000.
And while he may be short of his 200-ounce goal,
there is no question, the salty veteran has the hottest hand in nome.
That's the best count I've seen in a long time.
-I needed that. -Yeah.
This winter has been incredible.
I've been doing this for a lot of years,
and I have never had one like this.
My one wish is we could keep mining long enough
to crush 200 ounces.
How amazing would that be?
Shawn, you better be looking over your shoulder.
Let's get this tucked away, and get the hell on back out there.
We're on it. We're finally, finally on it.
[narrator] vernon continues his reign on top of the leaderboard.
But shawn remains within striking distance.
Next time, on the season finale of bering sea gold ...
Ice is starting to go [bleep]. But we still wanna keep goin'.
-Yes, you and I are now finishing it strong. - [crew member] all right.
One more dive and we're done.
[diver speaking]
well, get as much as you can.
Kinda like the last man out here.
[diver speaking]
or it means we're making the wrong decision.
[vernon] we got an open-water lead out there that's been closing on us.
It's over.
We've gotta move, like, right now.
[diver 2 speaking]
oh, [beep] come on.
Whoo-hoo!
Gotta good end to a for a long winter.