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[narrator] as winter mining
races to a finish...
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Left drive.
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[narrator] ...Who will take
home the ice crown?
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[shawn speaking]
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[narrator] a titan
fighting to retain his title.
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We're off to the races, baby.
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[narrator] or an unlikely
underdog, risking it all
to unseat a legend.
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[vernon speaking]
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[narrator] while
the battle rages...
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[man speaking]
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we can push it one more day.
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[narrator] a new father
hopes to water seeds
for a future empire.
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He better put
as much gold in there,
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because it's going
to blow the ice away.
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[narrator] and a trailblazing
innovator,
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just tries to keep
his operation alive.
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[zeke] if I can't make
ends meet,
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I'm going to have
a serious doubt about
my future as a gold hunter.
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[narrator] where will
the chips fall
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on the season finale
of bering sea gold?
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-[man speaking]
-this is it.
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Look at that nugget.
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[narrator] it's been
the worst winter in 100 years.
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A relentless barrage of storms
has assaulted nome.
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Now, in less than 24 hours,
the brutal season...
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Will be history.
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A blizzard looms
less than 100 miles away.
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With winds and downfalls
so severe,
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there is no chance
the rapidly deteriorating ice
will survive.
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As most miners flee
for the safety of shore...
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A brave few head out
for one last chance
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to make their golden dreams
come true.
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[vernon] so the weather report
has changed.
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Now, it looks like the wind
picked up some,
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it's going to be a toss-up,
whether or not it's workable,
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I'm thinking it's probably
still going to be workable.
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[narrator] vernon adkison,
currently the miner with
the most gold in the fleet,
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readies to push his luck
one last time.
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We got an open water
lead out there that's struck
down here by the nome river,
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and then it goes on out there.
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And then all the way
to the west,
as far as I can see.
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The ice has broken off
and drifted out to sea,
so it's encroaching on us.
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I knew
this was too good to last.
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Best season of my life,
but now this storm is going
to put the kibosh on it.
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And that lead
has been exploding
in the last day or two.
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More ice is breaking off
every hour.
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With this wind bearing
down on us, we're playing
russian roulette for sure.
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[speaking]
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[vernon] you never
can tell what the damn ice
will do.
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I'm thinking,
I'm always knocking on wood.
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Most people would
run for cover
under these circumstances,
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but I'm on
the best gold of my life.
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I'm going for 200 ounces
this season.
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Let's dive.
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Yeah. Let's dive.
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This is our last
chance to grab the good stuff.
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There's no way
we're sitting it out.
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You're ready to go get it?
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Going to get it. Yeah.
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All right.
That's your last chance.
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Yeah.
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[narrator] 12 miles west...
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[shawn] heading out
to the tomcod,
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got a storm brewing,
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that's coming,
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but we still want
to keep going.
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[narrator] in the final hours
of the season,
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mr. Gold's
trying to tap into a jackpot
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and retake his place
atop the gold count.
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Hey joe!
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[joe speaking]
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but we're going
to get that gold, hey?
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[shawn] hmmm-hmm.
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Last chance at greatness.
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We've been searching for this
jackpot all winter long.
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Last time out, we were on
the hottest gold thus far.
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We're definitely at the cusp,
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but we're not
at the epicenter yet.
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Today, we should be able
to find the last three ounces
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I need to make up my payments.
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But that's not all I'm after,
I want the motherlode.
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I want the stuff of legend.
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We're going to hop
in this hole
and see what's here?
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Might be a pile of gold
down there.
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[shawn] gold's going
to go down first
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and then I'll go down
and finish this hole off.
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Storm's going to bear down
on us fast,
so I got to be tight.
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I want to get off the flicks
and get into the nuggets.
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[shawn speaking]
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[gary speaking]
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okay, gary,
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why don't you try to give me
an assessment
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on how much ground you think
we've got to work?
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[gary speaking]
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I don't know. You tell me.
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[gary speaking]
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it's, I mean,
pitch blackness down there.
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[gary speaking]
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so he's trying
to figure out...
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What's been cleaned out
and what hasn't.
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He's working
in pitch blackness own there,
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except for what he sees
with his light
right in front of him.
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It's like
looking through a tunnel.
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[gary speaking]
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[man speaking]
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oh [bleep] come on [bleep]
break it down.
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[gary speaking]
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all right.
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We're starting
to waste time here.
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[gary speaking]
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[vernon speaking]
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[gary speaking]
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[vernon speaking]
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[gary speaking]
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[gary] I see gold
all through this.
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It's coming down on this rock.
Quite a bit.
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See the gold all over it.
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[vernon] all right, gary.
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[gary speaking]
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[vernon speaking]
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[gary speaking]
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we're off to the races baby.
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[narrator] while the salty
veteran rakes it in,
back on tomcod...
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How's that gold looking
down there?
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[joe speaking]
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[narrator] shawn and joe
are still on the hunt
for the jackpot.
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[joe speaking]
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[shawn speaking]
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tap the floor.
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This is not it.
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Last day, last chance.
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This ain't it.
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Look, we'll have a good day.
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Bills will get paid.
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But looking for that jackpot,
all winter long
and just missing it,
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it's not easy one to swallow.
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[joe speaking]
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yeah, this really sucks.
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But we're going to keep diving
and keep making gold.
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[narrator] in the end
of season battle,
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00:09:04,411 --> 00:09:06,578
between the two captains,
vernon,
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00:09:06,580 --> 00:09:09,848
at least for now,
has the upper hand
in the gold count.
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00:09:09,850 --> 00:09:14,019
Nothing would
please me more
than to stick it to mr. Gold.
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[narrator] as the storm
that'll shut down
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winter mining grows
ever closer,
nine miles west of town...
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[zeke] I was seeing gold,
right over in there,
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and then I was
within the call,
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edge of the call field
went over there
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and I think
that's my best bet.
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So we're going to go,
just kind of like
30 feet over that way.
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And I think that's
where the gold's going.
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[narrator] zeke tenhoff's
looking for one last dive
to save his season.
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[gabe] we got one more hole
and we get to get this,
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put this bastard
of an ice season
in the rearview mirror.
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So it's all come down to this,
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with all the bad weather
and the crappy ground,
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this season has been
really rough.
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We're finally on to something
good at tomcod.
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00:10:01,835 --> 00:10:04,135
If I can stay ahead
of the storm and have
a good day today,
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00:10:04,137 --> 00:10:07,806
I'll be able to get
the eight ounces that I need
to get through till summer.
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00:10:07,808 --> 00:10:10,041
If not, then I don't know
what I'm going to do.
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00:10:10,043 --> 00:10:12,010
I mean, am I going
to hang up my wetsuit?
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This could be it.
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00:10:16,883 --> 00:10:20,952
This might be a really
productive hole,
might be a really good one.
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It's been a nightmare,
an absolute slog,
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00:10:23,757 --> 00:10:28,226
but she finally warmed up
at the top
of the mountain here.
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One more dive and we're done.
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Very excited.
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[zeke] okay.
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00:10:45,312 --> 00:10:48,213
All right,
I'm going to go kinda
to the southwest of the hole.
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Let me go investigate.
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[gabe speaking]
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00:11:02,396 --> 00:11:04,362
[zeke speaking]
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00:11:18,078 --> 00:11:19,244
gotcha.
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00:11:20,047 --> 00:11:23,248
[zeke speaking]
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00:11:25,385 --> 00:11:27,385
[gabe speaking]
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00:11:30,057 --> 00:11:33,024
[zeke speaking]
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seems like, from
everything that he's said that
it's been kind of patchy,
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so that can go
a lot of different ways.
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[zeke speaking]
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00:11:47,007 --> 00:11:48,406
[zeke] what the [bleep].
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There's some gold here.
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00:11:51,578 --> 00:11:53,311
[gabe laughs]
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[zeke speaking]
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tell me about it.
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[zeke speaking]
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00:12:03,990 --> 00:12:05,090
it's a lot of coarse?
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00:12:05,092 --> 00:12:07,058
[zeke speaking]
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00:12:15,001 --> 00:12:16,367
[zeke] dude, look at this.
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00:12:18,038 --> 00:12:20,338
[zeke speaking]
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00:12:27,814 --> 00:12:29,547
-[phone rings]
-[gabe] uh-oh.
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00:12:29,549 --> 00:12:31,583
Weather advisory
just popped up.
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00:12:34,020 --> 00:12:35,887
-Hey, zeke.
-Yeah.
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00:12:35,889 --> 00:12:37,856
Hey,
we got a weather advisory.
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00:12:37,858 --> 00:12:42,193
So, in an hour,
the wind is going to pick
up to 35 miles an hour.
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00:12:42,195 --> 00:12:43,528
[zeke speaking]
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00:12:45,065 --> 00:12:46,131
what do you want to do?
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00:12:46,133 --> 00:12:50,101
[zeke speaking]
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00:12:50,103 --> 00:12:52,337
all right.
It sounds like a great plan.
Perfect.
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00:12:52,339 --> 00:12:54,172
[zeke speaking]
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00:13:02,149 --> 00:13:03,081
[gabe] last hole.
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00:13:03,083 --> 00:13:05,316
Whoa!
Let's make some money.
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00:13:05,318 --> 00:13:09,487
[narrator] while zeke
gets on the gold, one
mile east...
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00:13:17,197 --> 00:13:19,564
[kris speaking]
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00:13:20,667 --> 00:13:22,967
my [bleep] baby's
killing me all night long,
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00:13:22,969 --> 00:13:24,536
waking up 10 times
a night screaming.
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00:13:24,538 --> 00:13:25,670
[man speaking]
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00:13:25,672 --> 00:13:27,338
you are so lucky.
209
00:13:28,575 --> 00:13:30,208
Perks of being on the other
side of the house.
210
00:13:30,210 --> 00:13:31,976
Anyway, but it's not going
to be like this for long.
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00:13:31,978 --> 00:13:34,012
I hope a couple of weeks
of hell
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00:13:34,014 --> 00:13:37,582
and then the baby gets on
a sleep schedule and...
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-[man speaking]
-[kris] yeah, couple of weeks.
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00:13:40,020 --> 00:13:41,853
By the time,
the baby's a month old,
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00:13:41,855 --> 00:13:43,321
everything should be
better in my life.
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00:13:44,891 --> 00:13:47,091
[laughing]
217
00:13:47,093 --> 00:13:48,493
that's the strategy, okay.
218
00:13:48,495 --> 00:13:50,128
Don't [bleep] with me.
219
00:13:50,130 --> 00:13:53,064
The best strategy
is throw the [bleep] out
the door right now, buddy.
220
00:13:53,099 --> 00:13:55,834
[laughing]
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00:13:55,836 --> 00:13:57,902
[narrator] as the kelly's head
out for the last time,
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00:13:57,904 --> 00:14:00,805
they're hoping the ground
they're on is so rich,
223
00:14:00,807 --> 00:14:03,975
it'll be like
taking candy from a baby.
224
00:14:03,977 --> 00:14:05,410
You know, we didn't do great.
225
00:14:05,412 --> 00:14:08,313
No, there's too many excuses.
226
00:14:08,315 --> 00:14:10,014
Got that right.
227
00:14:10,016 --> 00:14:11,983
Too many things to dial in.
228
00:14:11,985 --> 00:14:13,318
Throw a baby on top of that,
229
00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:17,956
you know, throw a crazy winter
on top of that,
230
00:14:17,958 --> 00:14:19,557
but nothing lit on fire yet.
231
00:14:22,929 --> 00:14:24,362
[man] get away.
232
00:14:24,364 --> 00:14:26,030
[man] [bleep].
233
00:14:26,566 --> 00:14:28,967
Yet.
Please don't light on fire.
234
00:14:29,669 --> 00:14:32,203
Look,
most of the seasons sucked,
235
00:14:32,205 --> 00:14:34,973
but you never remembered
for how you start,
only how you finish.
236
00:14:34,975 --> 00:14:37,108
And right now,
we're out of debt,
237
00:14:37,110 --> 00:14:40,178
making money on the best gold
we've seen this season.
238
00:14:40,180 --> 00:14:42,180
That's where you want to be.
239
00:14:42,883 --> 00:14:44,849
We should be
pulling out right now.
240
00:14:44,851 --> 00:14:48,453
Yeah, we shouldn't be,
we can push it one more day
and dive one more day.
241
00:14:49,990 --> 00:14:52,023
Almost every miner's
off the ice,
242
00:14:52,025 --> 00:14:54,192
but we're the desperate guys
still out here.
243
00:14:54,194 --> 00:14:56,060
Desperate equals crazy.
244
00:14:56,062 --> 00:14:57,161
Desperate equals desperate.
245
00:14:57,163 --> 00:14:58,763
Desperate is dangerous.
246
00:14:58,765 --> 00:15:00,832
But I have a family
to take care of now,
247
00:15:00,834 --> 00:15:02,066
and I have huge plans
for this summer.
248
00:15:02,068 --> 00:15:03,501
I need a war chest,
249
00:15:03,503 --> 00:15:06,404
so screw this storm coming,
we're going for it.
250
00:15:08,541 --> 00:15:11,009
[andy] you better do something
down there and put
as much gold in there,
251
00:15:11,011 --> 00:15:13,611
because wind is going to blow
the [bleep] ice away
252
00:15:13,613 --> 00:15:15,580
and we're going to lose
all of our stuff,
253
00:15:15,582 --> 00:15:19,050
so we should be actually
packing up right now
and leaving too.
254
00:15:26,726 --> 00:15:28,526
[breathing heavily]
255
00:15:33,266 --> 00:15:39,304
[kris] hey, hot water
works great, the air is good.
256
00:15:41,041 --> 00:15:43,708
I'm seeing
some great material.
257
00:15:43,710 --> 00:15:46,277
Everything's going great
down here.
258
00:15:46,279 --> 00:15:48,346
[andy] everything's
going great up here.
259
00:15:48,348 --> 00:15:51,549
Fine. Finally,
everything's going great.
260
00:15:51,551 --> 00:15:54,052
[kris speaking]
261
00:15:55,155 --> 00:15:58,356
hell, now we're kind of
like the last man out here.
262
00:15:58,358 --> 00:16:01,960
[kris speaking]
263
00:16:03,229 --> 00:16:08,900
or it means we're
making the wrong decision.
Could work 50-50.
264
00:16:08,902 --> 00:16:11,436
[kris speaking]
265
00:16:27,253 --> 00:16:29,020
I'm on the gold.
266
00:16:33,927 --> 00:16:35,693
Uh, well,
get as much as you can.
267
00:16:35,695 --> 00:16:37,061
The wind's picking up.
268
00:16:37,063 --> 00:16:40,832
We got to make this dive
count man and get the [bleep]
out of here.
269
00:16:40,834 --> 00:16:43,334
[kris] I told you
we're going to do really good.
270
00:16:44,604 --> 00:16:47,071
It will be set up
for the summer.
271
00:16:48,942 --> 00:16:52,610
[narrator] by nightfall,
winter mining will be over,
272
00:16:52,612 --> 00:16:54,879
as the last storm
of the season
273
00:16:54,881 --> 00:16:59,083
is about to terrorize nome
and out on the ice...
274
00:17:04,691 --> 00:17:08,126
[kris speaking]
275
00:17:09,929 --> 00:17:14,966
[narrator] after four hours of
trying to outrace the storm,
one kelly down...
276
00:17:14,968 --> 00:17:17,935
[kris speaking]
277
00:17:17,937 --> 00:17:20,038
[narrator] and one left to go.
278
00:17:20,040 --> 00:17:22,807
Well, you can man up
and take it yourself
if you want.
279
00:17:22,809 --> 00:17:24,542
[kris speaking]
280
00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:42,827
right now,
I'm going to get andy
underneath the water
281
00:17:42,829 --> 00:17:45,563
and I'm going to figure out
how to get this operation
wrapped up.
282
00:17:47,233 --> 00:17:49,067
Andy, last dive.
283
00:17:49,069 --> 00:17:51,736
Get in the water.
284
00:17:51,738 --> 00:17:54,872
The gold looks great,
I couldn't ask for more
from that last dive.
285
00:17:54,874 --> 00:17:59,243
Now, we just have
to get andy in there
before the fat lady sings.
286
00:17:59,245 --> 00:18:01,979
Do what you do best right now,
get down there
and just clean this up.
287
00:18:01,981 --> 00:18:02,880
We're almost at the end.
288
00:18:02,882 --> 00:18:04,882
I need andy to come through.
289
00:18:04,884 --> 00:18:08,319
The more he gets,
the better chance we can start
the kelly empire this summer.
290
00:18:08,321 --> 00:18:10,455
-Hey, are you ready?
-I'm ready.
291
00:18:10,457 --> 00:18:11,789
Hey, your light's good, go.
292
00:18:17,397 --> 00:18:20,565
[kris] okay. This is
the end, are you ready
to rock and roll?
293
00:18:22,001 --> 00:18:23,201
[andy] I'm ready.
294
00:18:27,273 --> 00:18:29,240
I'm seeing some good material.
295
00:18:33,847 --> 00:18:35,179
I'm on the gold.
296
00:18:35,582 --> 00:18:36,581
Oh, yeah.
297
00:18:37,917 --> 00:18:39,016
[kris speaking]
298
00:18:39,018 --> 00:18:40,985
[andy speaking]
299
00:18:41,788 --> 00:18:42,987
[kris]
okay. Well, that's great.
300
00:18:42,989 --> 00:18:46,557
Just you and I now,
finishing strong.
301
00:18:46,559 --> 00:18:50,528
[narrator] as the kellys
press on, 11 miles east...
302
00:18:56,136 --> 00:18:57,502
[gary speaking]
303
00:18:59,038 --> 00:19:01,005
[vernon speaking]
304
00:19:02,575 --> 00:19:04,775
[narrator] fighting to keep
his lead over shawn,
305
00:19:04,777 --> 00:19:08,980
vernon's playing chicken
with a different kind of lead.
306
00:19:10,884 --> 00:19:14,886
We've got some dangerous
open leads out there,
307
00:19:14,888 --> 00:19:16,587
but the wind seems
to be picking up.
308
00:19:18,958 --> 00:19:20,458
[speaking]
309
00:19:34,874 --> 00:19:37,041
[gary speaking]
310
00:19:39,279 --> 00:19:40,378
[vernon] gary.
311
00:19:40,380 --> 00:19:42,914
[vernon speaking]
312
00:19:42,916 --> 00:19:45,283
[gary speaking]
313
00:19:58,998 --> 00:20:01,465
[wind whooshing]
314
00:20:04,237 --> 00:20:06,370
the wind has picked up
quite a bit.
315
00:20:06,372 --> 00:20:09,006
[vernon speaking]
316
00:20:10,176 --> 00:20:12,476
[gary speaking]
317
00:20:13,146 --> 00:20:14,946
yeah, yeah, I got you.
318
00:20:14,948 --> 00:20:15,980
I mean, we got to...
319
00:20:15,982 --> 00:20:19,050
[vernon speaking]
320
00:20:25,391 --> 00:20:29,360
[vernon speaking]
321
00:20:38,204 --> 00:20:39,937
[gary speaking]
322
00:20:42,308 --> 00:20:44,508
[vernon speaking]
323
00:20:44,510 --> 00:20:47,478
[gary speaking]
324
00:20:49,115 --> 00:20:53,150
so, yeah, you know,
when you're sitting there
in your rocking chair,
325
00:20:53,152 --> 00:20:55,086
you know,
40 or 50 years from now,
326
00:20:55,088 --> 00:20:56,887
you just tell your grandkids,
327
00:20:56,889 --> 00:20:59,557
yeah, I used to dive
with vernon on 56.
328
00:21:01,160 --> 00:21:04,262
[gary speaking]
329
00:21:05,064 --> 00:21:07,131
I had to drag gary
off that primo gold.
330
00:21:07,133 --> 00:21:09,367
It's hard to leave
gold behind,
331
00:21:09,369 --> 00:21:12,003
but I don't want to leave
any dead bodies down here.
332
00:21:12,005 --> 00:21:12,970
Yeah.
333
00:21:12,972 --> 00:21:15,339
We might end up dead ducks
334
00:21:15,341 --> 00:21:17,575
and I'm not
in the dead duck business.
335
00:21:18,444 --> 00:21:20,211
You know, it's over.
336
00:21:20,213 --> 00:21:22,046
The ice is bad.
337
00:21:22,048 --> 00:21:23,681
We've got to move
like right now,
338
00:21:23,683 --> 00:21:25,883
but we had
one hell of a season
339
00:21:25,885 --> 00:21:29,820
and I'm hoping
this last clean out
will tie everything up
340
00:21:29,822 --> 00:21:30,821
in a pretty little bow.
341
00:21:30,823 --> 00:21:34,091
That maybe, just maybe,
342
00:21:34,093 --> 00:21:37,862
we got more gold than
anybody else in the fleet.
343
00:21:37,864 --> 00:21:39,463
All right, well,
let's get out of here, guys.
344
00:21:40,566 --> 00:21:41,532
[man] yeah.
345
00:21:41,534 --> 00:21:45,803
Going to gear up
and get the hell out of here.
346
00:21:45,805 --> 00:21:49,173
[narrator] vernon ends
his season as the current
gold count leader...
347
00:21:50,076 --> 00:21:51,942
But 12 miles west...
348
00:21:55,381 --> 00:21:57,214
[shawn] how's it going
down there, joe?
349
00:21:57,216 --> 00:21:59,050
[joe speaking]
350
00:22:03,556 --> 00:22:05,323
[narrator] as the storm
grows closer...
351
00:22:07,493 --> 00:22:10,328
Shawn's not going down
without a fight.
352
00:22:10,330 --> 00:22:12,396
[joe speaking]
353
00:22:13,366 --> 00:22:15,132
smooth!
354
00:22:17,937 --> 00:22:19,370
[joe speaking]
355
00:22:21,107 --> 00:22:22,573
[shawn] I'm going
to have to accept it.
356
00:22:22,575 --> 00:22:24,909
No jackpot this winter.
357
00:22:24,911 --> 00:22:26,010
It's fine.
358
00:22:26,012 --> 00:22:28,079
We'll stay profitable.
359
00:22:28,081 --> 00:22:29,213
Keep moving ahead.
360
00:22:29,215 --> 00:22:30,214
I'll get over.
361
00:22:30,216 --> 00:22:32,516
[joe speaking]
362
00:22:38,891 --> 00:22:40,391
on top of black sand?
363
00:22:41,327 --> 00:22:42,460
[joe speaking]
364
00:22:49,202 --> 00:22:51,135
that's what we need.
365
00:22:51,137 --> 00:22:53,170
Come on up.
I'm going to get suited up.
366
00:22:53,172 --> 00:22:55,072
We'll do a hot swap.
367
00:22:55,942 --> 00:22:58,576
Well, I got the nozzle
sitting right here.
368
00:22:58,578 --> 00:23:00,978
I'll head on up to switch out.
369
00:23:03,082 --> 00:23:04,949
I can't wait
to get down there.
370
00:23:04,951 --> 00:23:06,250
[joe] I'm heading up.
371
00:23:07,653 --> 00:23:09,954
We may have
one last ray of hope.
372
00:23:09,956 --> 00:23:13,858
Seems to be getting coarser
as we're coming up
to that rock pile.
373
00:23:13,860 --> 00:23:17,294
Coarse gold, black sand,
for a miner,
374
00:23:17,296 --> 00:23:19,830
this is the stuff
dreams are made of.
375
00:23:19,832 --> 00:23:21,999
Outlook pretty good.
376
00:23:22,001 --> 00:23:23,868
Yeah, looks pretty good.
377
00:23:23,870 --> 00:23:25,469
Yeah, got nice big cuts.
378
00:23:26,572 --> 00:23:28,172
Look,
it hasn't happened all winter,
379
00:23:28,174 --> 00:23:32,209
but this, this could be it,
this could be the jackpot.
380
00:23:32,211 --> 00:23:34,779
Sounds like joe's got it
right where we want it.
381
00:23:34,781 --> 00:23:37,248
[intense music]
382
00:23:45,892 --> 00:23:49,994
yeah, there was a nice
soft sand patch, right where
the nozzle dropped,
383
00:23:49,996 --> 00:23:54,965
and I worked, I worked
that coming up
to a big pile of rock.
384
00:23:54,967 --> 00:23:59,170
And it was getting pretty rich
coming up to it right before
shawn got in the water...
385
00:24:00,406 --> 00:24:02,473
So curious to see
what he's going to find
down there.
386
00:24:05,845 --> 00:24:08,979
[shawn speaking]
387
00:24:17,757 --> 00:24:20,090
come on. [groans]
388
00:24:25,965 --> 00:24:28,199
yeah, I wasn't seeing nuggets,
where I was diving.
389
00:24:28,201 --> 00:24:29,934
I was just south in the...
390
00:24:29,936 --> 00:24:31,135
[shawn speaking]
391
00:24:36,676 --> 00:24:38,075
what's that?
392
00:24:41,547 --> 00:24:46,984
[shawn] look at that nugget,
oh, that's a beauty.
393
00:24:49,055 --> 00:24:50,521
That one's going in the glove.
394
00:24:53,092 --> 00:24:54,391
Woo-hoo.
395
00:24:56,028 --> 00:24:57,294
[shawn] ah,
here's another one.
396
00:24:58,030 --> 00:25:00,130
Ah, oh, oh!
397
00:25:01,267 --> 00:25:05,102
Finding nuggets
coming in behind
this big rock, you know.
398
00:25:07,139 --> 00:25:09,106
Holy [bleep].
399
00:25:10,076 --> 00:25:13,043
There's like $5,000
right there.
400
00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:15,279
Yeah.
401
00:25:15,281 --> 00:25:16,947
Woo-hoo.
402
00:25:16,949 --> 00:25:19,183
[joe speaking]
403
00:25:20,686 --> 00:25:23,020
he might have a whole glove
full of gold.
404
00:25:23,022 --> 00:25:24,388
[shawn] I'm pulling
it outta here.
405
00:25:25,391 --> 00:25:27,124
[shawn speaking]
406
00:25:27,126 --> 00:25:28,292
this is it.
407
00:25:28,294 --> 00:25:29,693
This is why we get here...
408
00:25:29,695 --> 00:25:31,529
[shawn speaking]
409
00:25:32,331 --> 00:25:34,265
ka-ching, ka-ching,
ka-ching.
410
00:25:36,502 --> 00:25:37,401
Whoa!
411
00:25:49,982 --> 00:25:52,349
[shawn]
oh, we're kicking ass
now, boy.
412
00:25:53,819 --> 00:25:56,253
[narrator] suddenly,
in the gold count battle,
413
00:25:56,255 --> 00:25:58,088
it's anybody's game.
414
00:26:15,341 --> 00:26:17,975
Hey, how are you doing
down there bud,
you're still seeing color?
415
00:26:18,878 --> 00:26:20,477
[zeke speaking]
416
00:26:24,951 --> 00:26:26,116
[gabe] okay.
417
00:26:26,118 --> 00:26:28,786
[narrator] determined
to keep his operation afloat,
418
00:26:28,788 --> 00:26:33,290
zeke tenhoff is pushing
into the face of a storm.
419
00:26:33,292 --> 00:26:36,560
Well, it looks like
we're in a really consistent
pay layer.
420
00:26:36,562 --> 00:26:37,861
It's amazing.
421
00:26:37,863 --> 00:26:41,365
And so, we're just
kind of at that grind stage.
422
00:26:42,568 --> 00:26:45,135
[zeke] I don't really have
any way to accurately assess
423
00:26:45,137 --> 00:26:47,071
what I think the cleanup
is going to be.
424
00:26:47,740 --> 00:26:48,706
[gabe] all right.
425
00:26:48,708 --> 00:26:50,307
Just some stripper money,
you know,
426
00:26:50,309 --> 00:26:52,376
it's all I'm asking for,
I'm a simple man.
427
00:26:56,749 --> 00:26:58,248
All right.
428
00:26:58,284 --> 00:27:01,318
That northwest wind just hit,
and it's starting to get
real bitchy out here.
429
00:27:02,555 --> 00:27:04,154
How are you feeling
down there?
430
00:27:04,957 --> 00:27:07,157
[zeke speaking]
431
00:27:17,236 --> 00:27:20,104
[gabe] all right.
Yeah, the weather's
really starting to pick up.
432
00:27:22,241 --> 00:27:24,508
[zeke speaking]
433
00:27:38,157 --> 00:27:39,423
yo.
434
00:27:40,693 --> 00:27:43,093
-It's a wrap?
-It's a wrap.
435
00:27:43,095 --> 00:27:45,896
I'm not going to lie,
this is not an easy season.
436
00:27:45,898 --> 00:27:47,765
I was really worried
for a minute there
437
00:27:47,767 --> 00:27:50,434
that the whole thing
was going to be
a huge bust for me.
438
00:27:50,436 --> 00:27:52,136
-Looks good to me.
-[gabe] hell, yeah.
439
00:27:52,138 --> 00:27:55,039
[zeke] but once
we moved to tomcod,
the fortunes turned around.
440
00:27:55,041 --> 00:27:56,940
I'm really happy
that we found it in ourselves
441
00:27:56,942 --> 00:27:58,876
to keep our heads down
and keep going.
442
00:27:58,878 --> 00:28:00,844
I'm psyched to see
what we got today.
443
00:28:00,846 --> 00:28:02,279
Fingers crossed
is what we need.
444
00:28:02,281 --> 00:28:03,547
[engine revving]
445
00:28:08,988 --> 00:28:12,589
[narrator] as the winds reach
30 knots, one mile east...
446
00:28:19,165 --> 00:28:21,098
How's it going down there?
447
00:28:21,100 --> 00:28:23,534
[andy] it's going good.
Everything's good.
448
00:28:24,904 --> 00:28:27,838
[andy speaking]
449
00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:31,909
[narrator] the brothers
kelly may have taken it
as far as they can.
450
00:28:31,911 --> 00:28:34,945
Andy's probably getting
as much gold as we can
451
00:28:34,947 --> 00:28:36,980
before it's the end,
it's the end.
452
00:28:36,982 --> 00:28:38,982
So we got to get out of here.
453
00:28:42,121 --> 00:28:45,989
Look, we pushed it like
basically to the point
of insanity,
454
00:28:45,991 --> 00:28:48,358
but the fat lady
is losing her voice right now.
455
00:28:48,360 --> 00:28:49,960
She's singing so loud.
456
00:28:52,264 --> 00:28:54,231
[kris speaking]
457
00:28:55,801 --> 00:28:57,935
[andy] this hole's
basically finished.
458
00:28:57,937 --> 00:29:00,304
[kris] okay.
Come on, let's get
the hell out of here.
459
00:29:01,874 --> 00:29:05,309
You did a great job.
I'm proud of you.
We count this out together.
460
00:29:07,313 --> 00:29:09,446
Okay, I see you.
Let's rock and roll.
461
00:29:10,616 --> 00:29:13,083
For where we came this season,
disaster halfway
462
00:29:13,085 --> 00:29:16,019
through the season
with no gold
to where we ended up
463
00:29:16,021 --> 00:29:18,856
out of debt, making money,
ready to kill this summer.
464
00:29:18,858 --> 00:29:20,657
I'm really proud
of how we stuck it out
465
00:29:20,659 --> 00:29:22,359
and we came out on top
at the end.
466
00:29:23,562 --> 00:29:25,763
The nozzle's at the bottom
of the hole, hooked.
467
00:29:25,765 --> 00:29:28,565
[kris] okay. Good. Change.
I'm going to start taking
everything apart.
468
00:29:29,969 --> 00:29:32,069
Now we're done. Pack it up.
Let's go.
469
00:29:33,005 --> 00:29:35,172
Time to get the hell
out of here.
470
00:29:35,174 --> 00:29:37,574
[narrator]
while the kellys head
for the safety of shore,
471
00:29:39,111 --> 00:29:40,444
one mile west...
472
00:29:42,982 --> 00:29:45,015
[shawn speaking]
473
00:29:45,918 --> 00:29:47,117
woo-ee.
474
00:29:50,156 --> 00:29:53,390
[narrator] there's still
one last miner under the ice.
475
00:29:54,026 --> 00:29:55,192
Woo-ee!
476
00:29:55,895 --> 00:29:57,461
[laughing]
477
00:30:03,235 --> 00:30:04,434
[shawn speaking]
478
00:30:05,204 --> 00:30:06,570
yeah. She's pretty brisk.
479
00:30:08,007 --> 00:30:09,373
[shawn speaking]
480
00:30:11,277 --> 00:30:13,043
[laughing]
481
00:30:17,049 --> 00:30:18,549
[shawn speaking]
482
00:30:23,189 --> 00:30:24,521
[wind whooshing]
483
00:30:38,370 --> 00:30:39,570
she's pretty brisk.
484
00:30:40,139 --> 00:30:41,939
[shawn speaking]
485
00:30:46,245 --> 00:30:50,113
it sounds like we've got
a good end to a long winter.
486
00:30:50,115 --> 00:30:52,049
[shawn speaking]
487
00:30:57,156 --> 00:30:58,355
[laughing]
488
00:31:05,297 --> 00:31:07,030
look at this, joe.
489
00:31:07,032 --> 00:31:09,199
[joe] what we got?
What we got?
490
00:31:09,201 --> 00:31:11,535
-[shawn] there you go.
-[joe] oh, man.
491
00:31:14,373 --> 00:31:17,441
Thicker rocks [bleep],
man, dude.
492
00:31:17,443 --> 00:31:19,176
[laughing]
493
00:31:20,679 --> 00:31:22,112
woo-ee!
494
00:31:23,282 --> 00:31:28,252
I'm a big believer
in perseverance pays off.
And today it did.
495
00:31:28,254 --> 00:31:29,720
Nugget.
496
00:31:29,722 --> 00:31:32,789
Oh, that's a dime.
497
00:31:32,791 --> 00:31:35,692
Wish we could
have found it
earlier in the season.
498
00:31:35,694 --> 00:31:39,029
But bottom line,
it's one hell of a way
to end the winter.
499
00:31:39,031 --> 00:31:41,131
It'll be a great way
to start summer.
500
00:31:41,133 --> 00:31:43,100
The box is loaded.
501
00:31:43,869 --> 00:31:45,335
Man, look at that.
502
00:31:51,577 --> 00:31:53,510
[narrator] and now
social hour with vernon.
503
00:31:55,714 --> 00:31:57,447
Ah, let's see.
504
00:31:57,449 --> 00:31:59,716
Somebody named billy's
mullet.
505
00:31:59,718 --> 00:32:02,552
[reading]
506
00:32:02,554 --> 00:32:04,187
more than
they're in the sluice box?
507
00:32:04,189 --> 00:32:05,555
[laughing]
508
00:32:05,557 --> 00:32:09,159
well, I've been known to eat
a cookie or two.
509
00:32:10,996 --> 00:32:12,529
Okay. One more and I'm done.
510
00:32:13,766 --> 00:32:15,232
Have I been vaccinated?
511
00:32:15,801 --> 00:32:20,103
I was circumcised
against my will,
512
00:32:20,105 --> 00:32:23,807
I might add, I mean,
when you're making your way
through this world,
513
00:32:23,809 --> 00:32:27,377
well, you need every edge
you can get.
514
00:32:29,048 --> 00:32:29,780
[man] I didn't expect that.
515
00:32:29,782 --> 00:32:31,248
[laughing]
516
00:32:36,555 --> 00:32:40,657
[narrator] this has been
another episode
of social hour with vernon.
517
00:32:40,659 --> 00:32:43,760
Things are going down
the tube real fast.
518
00:32:43,762 --> 00:32:47,264
I got to get out of here
before I get canceled.
519
00:32:47,266 --> 00:32:49,967
I'd be canceled already,
but you know what?
520
00:32:52,871 --> 00:32:54,371
[narrator]
off the coast of nome,
521
00:32:54,373 --> 00:32:57,407
the spring breakup
is officially underway.
522
00:32:59,378 --> 00:33:00,944
And in town...
523
00:33:07,286 --> 00:33:09,019
[zeke] this will be our last
clean-up.
524
00:33:09,021 --> 00:33:12,055
I hope we're breaking
even to be honest.
525
00:33:12,057 --> 00:33:14,558
Yeah, worst
season I've ever seen.
526
00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:16,126
It was well thought.
527
00:33:16,128 --> 00:33:18,795
[narrator] zeke tenhoff's
hoping to spoils of war
528
00:33:18,797 --> 00:33:20,831
will be enough to keep he
and his crew
529
00:33:20,833 --> 00:33:22,966
on the battlefield
this summer.
530
00:33:22,968 --> 00:33:25,202
That doesn't look too shabby.
I like it.
531
00:33:25,204 --> 00:33:26,103
I mean, I was seeing
some good gold.
532
00:33:26,105 --> 00:33:28,538
So I'm super stoked
533
00:33:28,540 --> 00:33:32,409
to have color
in this coming up
after what we've been through,
534
00:33:32,411 --> 00:33:34,644
I mean, it's just amazing
to see.
535
00:33:34,646 --> 00:33:38,715
I love it.
I'm a happy, happy man.
536
00:33:38,717 --> 00:33:42,052
[zeke] I'm totally exhausted,
but I'm feeling optimistic.
537
00:33:42,054 --> 00:33:44,554
We only need about two ounces
to keep going,
538
00:33:44,556 --> 00:33:46,556
and I know we've given it
everything that we've got.
539
00:33:46,558 --> 00:33:49,993
I think the gold gods
will smiled down upon us
on this day.
540
00:33:54,433 --> 00:33:56,466
Now, we got half an ounce.
541
00:33:57,336 --> 00:33:59,069
There's one,
542
00:34:00,973 --> 00:34:02,172
one-and-half,
543
00:34:02,841 --> 00:34:06,843
and we're coming right by 2,
544
00:34:06,845 --> 00:34:09,413
and 2.5, I think
we're going to hit three.
545
00:34:10,382 --> 00:34:12,582
Come on. All right.
546
00:34:13,085 --> 00:34:16,753
3.63.
547
00:34:16,755 --> 00:34:21,792
[narrator] 3.63 ounces
give zeke 8.67 ounces
for the season.
548
00:34:21,794 --> 00:34:26,263
That's over $16,000,
enough to carry the boys
from winter...
549
00:34:26,265 --> 00:34:29,866
That's going to be enough
of a payday to roll me
over into the next season.
550
00:34:29,868 --> 00:34:30,901
[narrator] into summer.
551
00:34:30,903 --> 00:34:33,970
Yeah, I mean,
the ocean's melting,
as we speak.
552
00:34:33,972 --> 00:34:37,340
I mean, I only got a few weeks
to get my boat ready
for the summertime.
553
00:34:38,077 --> 00:34:39,810
I know that ice mining
is hard,
554
00:34:39,812 --> 00:34:43,947
but this was way harder
than I anticipated
and it definitely tested me.
555
00:34:43,949 --> 00:34:46,249
I mean, how much
can get thrown in our faces
556
00:34:46,251 --> 00:34:48,018
and we can still keep going
and survive?
557
00:34:48,020 --> 00:34:50,554
That affirmation
is very rewarding.
558
00:34:50,556 --> 00:34:53,557
And now, I'm super stoked
about this summer.
Let's do it.
559
00:34:53,559 --> 00:34:54,458
To one more ice season.
560
00:34:54,460 --> 00:34:56,093
Don't spend it
all in one place.
561
00:34:57,029 --> 00:34:58,128
Daddy and a caddy.
562
00:34:58,130 --> 00:34:59,763
We'll get there.
563
00:34:59,765 --> 00:35:01,298
[narrator] down the road...
564
00:35:03,569 --> 00:35:05,402
[kris] yeah.
The material is looking good
right now.
565
00:35:06,839 --> 00:35:11,007
Oh, gold in here
is starting to stack up.
566
00:35:11,643 --> 00:35:13,343
We did better
than I thought we did.
567
00:35:14,546 --> 00:35:16,947
[narrator]
despite starting the season
deep in debt,
568
00:35:16,949 --> 00:35:19,116
the kellys crawl back
569
00:35:19,118 --> 00:35:23,420
and they're ready to see
how high of a note
they've finished on.
570
00:35:24,189 --> 00:35:25,989
[kris] we did great.
We killed it.
571
00:35:25,991 --> 00:35:29,192
We're in the black now.
Everything's going good.
572
00:35:29,194 --> 00:35:31,294
I'm glad
we're done with the season.
My body is done.
573
00:35:31,296 --> 00:35:32,129
I'm done too.
574
00:35:32,131 --> 00:35:34,197
You need to heal
your [bleep] arm.
575
00:35:34,199 --> 00:35:37,000
We need to start going
to the gym more or something,
576
00:35:37,002 --> 00:35:40,036
just because
we need more stamina.
577
00:35:40,038 --> 00:35:42,072
You know, in the past,
I'd be really pissed off
578
00:35:42,074 --> 00:35:44,541
when we had an
unsuccessful season,
579
00:35:44,543 --> 00:35:46,776
but I would have
just accepted it and move on.
580
00:35:46,778 --> 00:35:50,180
Not now, not with the baby.
We had to succeed.
581
00:35:50,182 --> 00:35:54,184
And you know what? We did,
now we're just counting
how big our profits are.
582
00:35:54,186 --> 00:35:56,553
What a great feeling that is.
583
00:35:56,555 --> 00:35:58,021
Hey, let's see what we got.
584
00:35:59,992 --> 00:36:01,091
Come on.
585
00:36:01,860 --> 00:36:05,061
Three ounces, lots of chunky.
586
00:36:05,063 --> 00:36:08,765
That place has got
everything chunky, fine.
587
00:36:08,767 --> 00:36:10,200
Oh, I love that gold.
588
00:36:12,638 --> 00:36:15,939
6.8 ounces, good day at work.
589
00:36:15,941 --> 00:36:20,911
[narrator] 6.84 ounces
brings the kelly total
to 45 ounces,
590
00:36:20,913 --> 00:36:22,946
worth over 85 grand,
591
00:36:22,948 --> 00:36:26,550
giving them a hearty war chest
for summer.
592
00:36:26,552 --> 00:36:28,418
But now we're back on,
not on top,
593
00:36:28,420 --> 00:36:29,986
but at least
we're at one, two.
594
00:36:29,988 --> 00:36:34,191
We're at two,
so we're slowly
crawling back up there.
595
00:36:34,193 --> 00:36:37,227
This is the dawning
of a new day for the kellys,
596
00:36:37,229 --> 00:36:39,029
money in our pockets
to start with.
597
00:36:39,031 --> 00:36:40,931
Are you kidding me?
598
00:36:40,933 --> 00:36:42,365
This summer
is going to be great.
599
00:36:42,367 --> 00:36:45,835
We're going to take this money
and make this operation grow
a lot.
600
00:36:45,837 --> 00:36:48,905
We're aiming for an empire.
Mark my words.
601
00:36:48,907 --> 00:36:49,973
This summer,
if everything works out,
602
00:36:49,975 --> 00:36:51,875
we'll have a brand new
eight-inch boat.
603
00:36:51,877 --> 00:36:53,944
You know, we'll get out there
and we'll just kill it.
604
00:36:53,946 --> 00:36:57,047
This is probably going to be
a 200-ounce summer for us.
605
00:36:57,816 --> 00:36:59,683
[andy]
I'm just looking forward
to no snow.
606
00:36:59,685 --> 00:37:02,752
[kris] I am so looking forward
to no snow.
607
00:37:02,754 --> 00:37:04,354
[narrator]
on the outskirts of nome...
608
00:37:11,730 --> 00:37:14,731
The nuggets are just
pouring out of the gravel,
609
00:37:14,733 --> 00:37:17,968
just kept pouring
and it was like,
tink, tink, tink.
610
00:37:17,970 --> 00:37:19,736
Did you hear them
hitting the nozzle?
611
00:37:19,738 --> 00:37:22,138
[narrator]
mr. Gold is about to find out
612
00:37:22,140 --> 00:37:26,076
just how big of a jackpot
was at the end of his rainbow.
613
00:37:26,078 --> 00:37:28,578
[shawn]
one of the hardest winters
we've ever had.
614
00:37:28,580 --> 00:37:30,247
It's definitely worth
pushing through,
615
00:37:30,249 --> 00:37:32,749
because that last hole
was a hot one.
616
00:37:32,751 --> 00:37:34,284
[narrator] and across town...
617
00:37:39,458 --> 00:37:43,093
-Final weigh up right here.
-Yeah.
It's been a hell of a run.
618
00:37:43,095 --> 00:37:46,363
[narrator]
shawn's unlikely competition
for the gold crown
619
00:37:46,365 --> 00:37:47,764
is making his final weigh out.
620
00:37:47,766 --> 00:37:50,367
We've dug down
right on top of it,
621
00:37:50,369 --> 00:37:55,972
I'm telling you buying 56
was the best move
I've ever made in my life.
622
00:37:55,974 --> 00:37:57,274
That's quite a haul.
623
00:37:57,776 --> 00:37:59,609
For a little pan...
624
00:37:59,611 --> 00:38:01,978
Look at all those nuggets.
625
00:38:01,980 --> 00:38:04,514
You got to weigh it up, gary,
let's see what we got there.
626
00:38:05,717 --> 00:38:09,352
[narrator] with 125 ounces
to shawn's 117,
627
00:38:09,354 --> 00:38:13,023
vernon is clutching
a slim 8-ounce lead.
628
00:38:13,025 --> 00:38:14,491
Lots of nuggets.
629
00:38:15,460 --> 00:38:17,160
[vernon] pour it up.
Let's find out.
630
00:38:18,864 --> 00:38:21,464
One, two.
631
00:38:25,003 --> 00:38:26,403
[shawn] oh, nuggets.
632
00:38:28,040 --> 00:38:30,307
Seven, eight.
633
00:38:30,309 --> 00:38:34,344
That's a heavy pan, joe,
it's a heavy pan.
634
00:38:34,346 --> 00:38:36,012
[joe] and we're in it.
635
00:38:36,014 --> 00:38:36,980
[vernon] nine,
636
00:38:38,417 --> 00:38:40,216
10.44.
637
00:38:40,986 --> 00:38:42,319
[shawn] 53.
638
00:38:43,121 --> 00:38:46,089
-Ho, yeah.
-Look at this.
639
00:38:46,091 --> 00:38:51,328
[narrator] 53.1 ounces
give shawn 170 ounces
for the season,
640
00:38:51,330 --> 00:38:54,931
worth a whopping $323,000.
641
00:38:54,933 --> 00:38:56,099
We're in it now.
642
00:38:56,101 --> 00:38:58,501
[narrator]
while vernon's 10.4 ounces
643
00:38:58,503 --> 00:39:05,108
brings his final haul
to 135.5 ounces,
not enough to steal the crown,
644
00:39:05,110 --> 00:39:08,945
but enough to ring in at over
a quarter million dollars.
645
00:39:08,947 --> 00:39:11,715
That's a nice little top up
for the end of the season.
646
00:39:11,717 --> 00:39:12,949
[laughing]
647
00:39:12,951 --> 00:39:13,917
-yeah.
-[vernon] I needed that.
648
00:39:13,919 --> 00:39:15,085
[gary] yeah.
649
00:39:15,087 --> 00:39:19,255
I may not have hit
my 200-ounce gold,
but 135 ounces,
650
00:39:19,257 --> 00:39:22,792
that's a real banger
under any circumstances,
I'll take it.
651
00:39:22,794 --> 00:39:25,862
-Yeah, 56 has got it.
-56.
652
00:39:25,864 --> 00:39:28,865
And come the summer,
when I've got months
653
00:39:28,867 --> 00:39:32,435
instead of a few weeks
to mine this stuff,
the sky's the limit.
654
00:39:33,772 --> 00:39:37,073
It is going to pile up
this summer,
we're going to kill it.
655
00:39:37,075 --> 00:39:38,975
Mining's not just about
grinding it out,
656
00:39:38,977 --> 00:39:41,544
paying the bills,
staying in the black.
657
00:39:41,546 --> 00:39:45,248
To me,
it's something way bigger.
That's following my dream.
658
00:39:45,250 --> 00:39:46,249
It's the hunt.
659
00:39:46,251 --> 00:39:49,352
It's finding something
that nobody else can find.
660
00:39:49,354 --> 00:39:52,756
It's times like these,
that rekindle my passion
for mining.
661
00:39:52,758 --> 00:39:55,558
Reminds me
of why I got into it
in the first place.
662
00:39:55,560 --> 00:39:59,562
And let me tell you,
it doesn't hurt
when it's a boatload of money.
663
00:39:59,564 --> 00:40:01,064
Unstoppable.
664
00:40:01,066 --> 00:40:03,900
Yeah. This is going
to fill up some buckets.
665
00:40:03,902 --> 00:40:06,469
[shawn] I can't wait
to get back out there
this summer.
666
00:40:08,006 --> 00:40:11,241
Days like that
is what keeps you mining.
667
00:40:13,044 --> 00:40:14,911
[narrator]
in the final moments
of winter,
668
00:40:14,913 --> 00:40:20,150
shawn vaults to the top
while vernon stand strong
as a titan.
669
00:40:21,953 --> 00:40:24,120
Next summer
on bering sea gold...
670
00:40:24,122 --> 00:40:26,089
Battle stations!
671
00:40:26,358 --> 00:40:28,892
It's a clash of empires.
672
00:40:28,894 --> 00:40:30,326
You're going to go down.
673
00:40:30,328 --> 00:40:32,095
Hey, you want to fight
[bleep].
674
00:40:32,097 --> 00:40:36,533
This is all very crazy,
been using that word a lot,
because that is what it is.
675
00:40:36,535 --> 00:40:38,568
You got jane kilcher here.
676
00:40:38,570 --> 00:40:40,003
It's like the wild wild west
out here.
677
00:40:40,005 --> 00:40:41,204
-[bleep] you.
-[bleep]
678
00:40:41,206 --> 00:40:44,174
yeah, baby, it's gold time.
679
00:40:44,176 --> 00:40:46,976
[kris] come on, andy,
get in there. Yeah.
680
00:40:46,978 --> 00:40:49,312
I can see the hospital
right there. That's good news.
681
00:40:49,314 --> 00:40:51,714
[kris] we took a big wave.
He flipped over.
682
00:40:51,716 --> 00:40:52,849
It's not looking good.
683
00:40:52,851 --> 00:40:55,952
Now, they do call me
the naked sponge diver.
684
00:40:55,954 --> 00:40:57,320
Biggest nugget
I've ever found.
685
00:40:57,322 --> 00:40:59,189
That's huge!
686
00:40:59,191 --> 00:41:00,557
There's going to be more gold.
687
00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:03,092
We're making money, baby.
688
00:41:03,094 --> 00:41:04,694
We gave it our all.
689
00:41:04,696 --> 00:41:06,296
[narrator] so man,
your battle stations.
690
00:41:06,298 --> 00:41:08,932
Not going to [bleep] quit
and I'm not backing down.
691
00:41:08,934 --> 00:41:10,200
[narrator] because the fight--
692
00:41:10,202 --> 00:41:11,935
I'm going to get
your permit pulled.
693
00:41:11,937 --> 00:41:13,303
[narrator] is on.
694
00:41:13,305 --> 00:41:15,305
Not until I get
my [bleep] damn money.
695
00:41:15,307 --> 00:41:17,040
[laughing]
696
00:41:19,511 --> 00:41:21,411
[911 operator] 911,
what is your emergency?