Bering Sea Gold: Under the Ice
2012–2014 · Discovery · 60 min · 3 seasons
S03E08 · Sunken Treasure
Sat, 11 Oct, 12:00 pm
Summer encroaches, and the Bering Sea ice shelf begins to break up - putting every dredge at risk. As the ice season comes to an end, the fleet scrambles for their last pans of gold. While some captains meet their goals, others continue to struggle.
About
The winters are brutal in Nome, Alaska, a frontier town in a world where few such curiosities remain. There's a new kind of gold rush going on here, and it's unlike any other. Daring gold miners set their sights on gold far beneath four feet of solid ice on the Bering Sea floor. Fierce conditions won't deter these gold-hungry men and woman, and after cutting through the ice to reach the black sea waters below, the adventure begins. Only an omnipresent fear of death and the physiological and psychological effects of cold water diving under solid ice, including hypothermia, hypoxia, hypercapnia, vertigo, and frostbite separate these miners from their fortunes.
Episodes
- E01
Motherlode
Sat, 23 Aug· 60 minNome, Alaska. Miners risk their lives diving below the ice on the frozen Bering Sea for a fortune in gold. While one miner nearly loses his life, another hits his biggest payday ever.
- E02
Gold Luck
Sat, 30 Aug· 60 minNome, Alaska. The hard reality of the winter season begins to set in. Partnerships become strained as tempers and egos flare.
- E03
Gold from the Deep
Sat, 6 Sept· 60 minNome, Alaska. The dangers of working under the ice are starting to become glaringly apparent to the fleet's greenhorns and veterans.
- E04
The Champagne Kiss-Off
Sat, 13 Sept· 60 minNome, Alaska. It's getting late in the ice mining season and the challenges of finding gold are wearing on the miners. Tensions run high and some important relationships are beginning to fray.
- E05
Grounds for Divorce
Sat, 20 Sept· 60 minNome, Alaska. Gold fever is on the rise as the season's end draws near. The deep waters of the Bering Sea put one miner's health at risk and his partnership on the rocks.
- E06
Let the Gold Games Begin
Sat, 27 Sept· 60 minNome, Alaska. Time is running out for the ice mining fleet, and competition is on the rise. The lure of gold has already pitted one partnership against each other, will it infect others.
- E07
We're Gonna Be Rich
Sat, 4 Oct· 60 minNome, Alaska - With temperatures rising and the Bering Sea melting, time is running out for the fleet of gold dredgers. As the ice begins to fracture, one team sees their dream of getting on the gold float out to sea.
- E08
Sunken Treasure
Sat, 11 Oct· 60 minSummer encroaches, and the Bering Sea ice shelf begins to break up - putting every dredge at risk. As the ice season comes to an end, the fleet scrambles for their last pans of gold. While some captains meet their goals, others continue to struggle.
