14x08 - Yo Brother, Where Art Thou?

[bunniefuu]

[man 1]
yeah, it'll be good to have
kris back again, you know,

he's got
a lot of responsibility
now besides being the captain.

He's got a little baby now.

[man 2] there he comes.

[kris] I'm back.

Meet the newest
member of the family.

Okay, so here's the deal,
I just have my new baby,

I owe a bunch of money
on my mining equipment
and I'm not sleepy.

And while I was gone,

I had to trust my dad
and brother to get gold.

It's cold out here.

Come on, baby, let's go.

-[man 2]
this baby's cute as hell.
-Be careful.

I know, let me watch
my baby there.

[kris] I'm freaking out.

I need this to work
more than ever.

I just need to stay positive,
focus on the future.

And, man, I hope my dad
and brother came through.

You better got gold yesterday.

[baby crying]

[andy] everything's actually
going good today.

Kris ain't here,
so I got to keep
this *bleep* going,

and I told them I would, too,

so I'm a man of my word.

When I say I'm going to do
something,

I'm going to
*bleep* try my hardest.

[narrator]
with bills to pay...

[andy] it's game time.

[narrator]
...There's a different kelly
at the helm.

So my brother's
in anchorage right now

dealing with his new daughter.

And here we are,
we're making the operation run

while he's away
and start the engines,
suit up,

jump in the water
and start making our money.

So my brother's down
in anchorage dealing
with his new baby.

He's worried
about how the operation
is going to run without him.

But think
about it, without my brother,

there's not going to be
yelling

and people
are going to actually
start working

and they're going to do
what the hell I tell them
to do.

I got this while he's gone.

It's a lot quieter
without kris here.

He gets too excited too easy.

You know what I mean?

If he'd calm down,

take a step back
and take a look
at the operation,

it's running all right.

We're in debt
this season and it sucks.

We need to get
another six ounces
just to break even.

The plan today is for me
to go down first

and hit the box hard
and then have another diver
go behind me.

James is sick, so my brother
has a new guy coming out,

so we'll check him out.

High pressures are on.

Once these things
start *bleep*,
I can go sit up.

We never sit up
until it's *bleep* running.

My brother's full
of negativity
and it brings the morale down

and makes it hard to be
focused on the gold.

We just got to stay positive
and on our game

and we'll make more gold.

[man speaking]

where's it?
I packed it all.

I don't know
how I didn't bring my boots.

I had it all packed.

[man speaking]

[man] I don't know
how am I going to make it?

[man speaking]

[music]

[andy]
my family just got bigger.

Need that money.

[air hissing]

andy, we just got
to keep the operation going

while kris is away
or you know what'll happen.

[andy speaking]

yeah. You're an uncle,
I'm a grandfather now.

Yeah. Wow.
This is great.

[andy] yeah.

[brad] how's it looking, andy?

[andy] it's looking good.

[brad] take your time,
just work the material.

[andy] I am.

[brad] what material
are you seeing, andy?

[andy speaking]

[andy] oh.

-Hey, pop.
-[brad] what?

[andy speaking]

keep working
that wall of gold, andy,

I love to hear that.

Put that gold in the box,
that's all that matters andy.

[andy] oh yeah, there we go.

[brad] make sure your brother
won a big clean out this time.

[narrator] while
the kelly's skeleton team
gets on the gold,

11 miles east.

[vernon]
we got to get some gold today.

Got everything thought out.

We've got some good ground
to work on.

We've got to take advantage
of every minute.

[narrator]
vernon adkison enters
the home stretch,

and he's stretching
his operation
as far as it'll reach.

The deal is we want
to stay on this much longer.

We had a 40-foot hose,
which by the time you
get down to the bottom,

it's only
about a 20-foot radius
to work in.

We put another 15 feet
on the hose,

a lot more area,
three times as much area,

which means we'll have
to move three times fast.

This season has been ba*ls
to the wall fantastic.

And now
we're on what's probably
the best gold of my career.

That's why we're calling it
primo gold.

I'm thinking
we'll got more gold
doing it this way.

I did not want to move again.

Problem is, the gold trail
is going straight towards

that open water lead out there

and we've already
tapped out this hole.

Honestly, that lead is getting
bigger every day

and the ice
is getting thinner.

It's not safe to move
any closer to that lead.

But I can put an extension
on this hose

and get my diver closer.

Let's keep
the good times coming.

Bam!

[vernon] having a diver
this far from the hole,

especially this close
to the lead is very risky,

but we're aiming
for 200 ounces

and I'm going to press
our luck.

[gary] there's a lot of gold
down there.

I'm looking forward
to the dive today,

it'd probably be a marathon.

[vernon] all right, gary.

-[laughs] yeah.
-I like it.

Big money today.

[gary speaking]

good.

Diver's down.

Gary, good time.
Good time, gary.

Be a little bit
extra careful
with that extension.

[gary speaking]

[vernon] the suction,
does it feel about
the same or less or what?

[gary speaking]

the more suction,
the more material
you can move,

so by adding the extra length
to the hose,

we sacrifice some suction.

It took that much further,
our system has to pull
the material.

But I'm hoping
we'll be able to, to function.

So, gary,
tell me about the bottom,

what are you seeing
down there.

[gary] uh...

[gary speaking]

[vernon]
oh, hell, that's great man.

That's perfect.

[gary speaking]

oh, that, that is sweet.
Very, very sweet.

[gary speaking]

[vernon] so far, it looks like
there's something,

knocking on wood.

[gary] whoa, yeah.

[vernon] all right.
Play it up.

We don't have much time
left in this season,

so we got to make
hay while the sun shines.

[gary] roger that, vernon.

Leave no gold behind,
just suck it up.

[narrator] ten miles west.

[shawn]
beautiful day in godiva,

but we have to get
as much time
on the bottom as possible,

figure out exactly
which direction
this gold's headed.

[narrator]
the end of winter mining
is fast approaching.

And shawn pomrenke believes

he's finally
on to a storied jackpot,

lurking on an ancient riverbed
on the tomcod claim.

I've seen really good gold,
where I was diving,

going to head down
and see if that thing
continues to the west,

that big pile of gold.
There's gonna be a big
pile out there somewhere.

Season's almost over.

I still need 45 ounces
to make all my payments,

so I need to pinpoint
this jackpot.

Oh, yeah.

Last time I used
the dowsing rods,

I got
one of the most promising gold
I've seen yet.

This is the spot.
I'm feeling good.

[shawn speaking]

I took a big gamble hunting

for it this winter
instead of playing it safe,

but I have faith, in the end,

it'll prove to be
the right move.

Got the hot water on.
Till we find some gold,

we're not giving up.

We're going to keep on
fighting for it.

We'll get it.

Fix me up.

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
Good job closing up here.

[shawn] thank you.

Time is ticking.
Failure is not an option.

I won't accept it.

I'm the top guy up here
for a reason.

I plan on keeping that streak
intact this winter.

We're running out of time.

We've got to make
the best of this.

[shawn speaking]

[man 3] let me know
when you want me
to throttle up.

[shawn speaking]

[man 3] going for it.

[shawn speaking]

[man 3] we're getting close,
close to it.

[shawn speaking]

[man 3] oh, nice.

Sounds like
he likes what he's seeing.

[shawn speaking]

booyah.

[shawn speaking]

[shawn]
there's a big pile of gold
down here.

[narrator] throughout nome,

the fleet is keeping
hope alive,

as time quickly runs
out on the season.

And nine miles west.

[zeke] so I looked at
shawn's gps

and where we're at is right

about at
the southern boundary,
where

shawn shoveled a whole bunch.

We found a little spot

and it's just
over to the west.

He doesn't have any record
of the christine rose having
shoveled right there.

It may be a little too deep
for the christine rose,

so I think that's a good
next step for us.

[narrator] zeke tenhoff sees
his last chance,

as his best chance.

-All right.
-Let's go shovel, boys.

[man 4] shovel.

[zeke]
this season has been brutal.

We basically have no gold.

We've moved over to
the coveted tomcod claim,

but we're still
coming up empty.

But finally,
some positive vibes
are coming our way.

Shawn gave us
some coordinates

where he hasn't mined yet.

That probably means
that there's some gold there.

If there is,
we can get enough gold

to save our season
and keep the operation going.

Look at all this water,
it just poured out of here.
Damn!

[zeke speaking]

...Causing the ice
to be pressed down
under the water level,

and it's just, it's not ideal.

This is the challenge
for the last days of winter.

We're on what should be
promising ground,

but we have massive overflow.

All this water is weighing
down on the ice,

which is already pretty thin
and weak

and could easily break apart.

We set up out here
and the ice collapses,

like, us
and all of our equipment
could drop

into the bottom of the sea.

But there's nothing I can do
about this overflow.

But I'm just going to set up
in this big pool of water

and hope it works out.

I don't have a choice.

I'm trying to get a hole
through this watery ice
in this big puddle,

and it looks like a chainsaw
is making pretty short work
of it.

We can get our block free
and get a get a hole open,

then we'll pull the sluice
right into it,

we'll see how it works out.

I didn't anticipate
being in water like this,

so it's going to be
a challenge.

[screaming]

[zeke] everything is in place,

so there's no reason
why I shouldn't be
able to dive on this.

This whole setup
is kind of crazy,

but this is it.

I got to find some gold here.
It's over.

We need to catch
a break here and get
into some gold for sure.

[zeke speaking]

[man 5] what's the ground
look like down there by?

[zeke speaking]

but these are all good signs.

[zeke speaking]

all right. That sounds great.

[zeke] this is good stuff.
It's actually
pretty phenomenal.

I love to hear it.

[zeke] I'm seeing some
pieces of gold now.

Yeah.

Thank god.

[man 4] 40 ounces of gold.

Let's go!

[narrator] two miles east...

[brad] what's happening, andy?

You're on pretty good
gold there?

[andy] yeah.

I got

flower gold all right here
and then I got
the bigger pieces over here.

[brad]
you're kidding me.
You hitting like that?

[andy] I got gold off *bleep*.

[narrator] no kris?

No problem,
as andy kelly is knee deep
in the good stuff.

[andy] really good gold.

[brad] come on, andy.
Lead us to victory.

We're on big gold right now.

Coarse gold, fine gold.

Andy,
everything is running smooth.

This is how we need to run
every day.

[andy speaking]

andy's on gold right now
and there's chunkies
on one side,

fine on the other.

So what more can you ask for,
except for pounds...

Are you hungry? You want me
to start barbecuing?

[andy speaking]

okay. Come on, andy.

This shift's over for you.
Come on back up.

You did a good job.

Well, what do you know,
kris is gone and we're having

the best day
of the season yet.

Sometimes you just got
to get that bad *bleep*
out of the way

and things come together.

So here's the deal,

we're going to get
more hours on the box.

We're bringing a guy
to pull in the second shift.

I hear he's good,
so hopefully,
he keeps the gold flowing.

Kris calls me,
said he had a baby,

so I said,
"well, I'm in to help."

I need to redeem
myself for the last one.

[narrator] if mikel henry
looks familiar,

you may remember him
from his short stint
with vernon,

which didn't go so hot.

[mikel] oh, vernon,
I didn't have any hot water,

so I had to come up
three times...

[mikel speaking]

oh, *bleep* damn it.

[mikel speaking]

[mikel] I just sat there
and froze for over 15 minutes
trying to get this done.

He's aggravating
the *bleep* out of me.

We're done.

And here I am.

[man 5] one thing
I have to say about mikel,

the weights on his boots.

He brought
his own weights though.

That's an indication
that he possibly could know
what the *bleep* he's doing.

Don't show
these young guys that.

They will feel real bad
if you show 'em up, okay?

-All right.
-[man 5]
are you ready to go?

[mikel] yes.

[mikel speaking]

[man speaking]

[brad speaking]

it's right
where that nozzle is.

[mikel speaking]

[brad]
are you seeing any gold?

That's the most
important thing of all.

[mikel speaking]

andy's saying,
do you have your glasses on?

Yeah.

[andy speaking]

don't look for chunkies,
it's all flower.

Just work it out, mike.

[mikel speaking]

[brad] lots of quartz.

-[andy] I know.
-[brad] that's a good sign.

[mikel speaking]

[brad]
things are going smooth.

I mean, there's no problems
with mike so far,

he's sucking up the material,
everything's going real good.

[mikel speaking]

just pee,
go pee real quick, mike.

[andy speaking]

[brad] come on, mike,
you're doing good.

You got
lots of material flowing
through the box.

[mikel speaking]

[brad] are you *bleep* real?

[brad]
it's like two minutes in.

[mikel speaking]

well, that sucked.

The jackass got cold
after five minutes.

What the *bleep*.

[mikel] I'm diving
same way as andy,

and it just wasn't enough
for water to get down in
and stay in the boot.

Maybe we should have
had mike dive in a hot tub.

It was a complete
waste of time.

So when I was down there,

I got enough for the day
to make it profitable,

so it wasn't a total loss.

He's not diving
with us anymore,
I can't have him.

Let's go
and come back tomorrow,

if it's not blizzarding.

[narrator]
hot gold versus cold feet.

You can't win them all.

[vernon]
gary, give me an update.

[gary speaking]

yeah, yeah, I see it, gary.

[gary speaking]

[vernon] that's great, man.

[vernon speaking]

...We'll finish
this damn season with a bang.

[narrator] after four hours
at the end of 40 feet of hose

underneath
a widening open water lead,

diver gary simpson is leading
the charge straight
into primo gold.

[vernon] it's about as good as
it gets right here.

We're on the best ground
that you can imagine.

Very little overburden,

there's gold in the two
or three inches of overburden
there is down there.

It doesn't get
any sweeter than this.

A lot of people
who looked out there
at that lead

and said "the hell with it"
and hightailed out of there.

But I'm a greedy
son of a b*tch.

If I'm on great gold
and there's something standing

in my way to keep me
from getting more,

you can bet your bippy,

I'll figure out
a way of getting around it.

And that's what this hose
extension is going to do
today.

[gary speaking]

hey, that's money
n the bank, baby.

[gary speaking]

[vernon] all right,
gary, get that gold.

[gary speaking]

you got
four hours and 40 minutes.

[gary speaking]

okay.

This gold cow, boy,
a couple more days,

I'll hit a record for sure.

Milk it baby.

But the ice
has got to hold out.

That's the great unknown,

moving forward
this late in the season.

Yeah.

If it does,
I'll be giving mr. Gold
a run for his money.

You can bet on it.

We'll see who's the daddy
goose around here.

That went really well.

Where we dredged,
there's gold.

[vernon] you got everywhere,
everywhere.

Absolutely.

Good dive.
Good dive.

[narrator] twelve miles west.

We're seeing
some good stuff down there.

[shawn speaking]

hell, yeah.

[narrator] for shawn pomrenke,

the trail to a golden jackpot
keeps getting hotter
and hotter.

[shawn speaking]

perfect.

[shawn speaking]

let me see if I can get
you a little more umbilical.

[shawn speaking]

I think
that's about all we got.

[shawn speaking]

yeah, sounds good.
Where at, you reckon?

[shawn]
probably, here right north.

All right. We'll all just
auger a hole and I'll tie
a rope to that one, red hook,

drop her down,
so we can find you.

[shawn] okay.

[man 2] shawn's stretched out
into the drift right now,

we're going to see
if we can find him.

That will give us
a little bit of an idea

where we want to do
our next dive hole.

[driller whirring]

we're going to tie
a rope to this hook here,

and we'll lower it down
the hole

we just augured
and see if shawn can find it.

He's seeing some really
good gold over this way.

Here goes.

Well, right here.
You almost hit me.

[shawn laughing]

I got a few
air bubbles coming up
out of the hole here.

Looks like
he might be in the vicinity.

[shawn] there it is.

You get a hold
of that hook down there.

[shawn] ...Yeah.
You're good, buddy.

That... Just pulled
on top of my head.

You drilled it
right in the right spot.

Booyah, that's right
where we want to go, eh?

[shawn] yeah, that's exactly
where we want to move to.

Ah, perfect.
Excellent.

[shawn] I'm out of here.

[shawn] gold is scorching
hot at the end,

it kills me that my umbilical
couldn't reach further,

this jackpot keeps teasing me.

At least now I know
where the crazy good stuff is,

and we'll have the hole ready.

Only thing is I don't know
how much time we have left.

Whatever the bering sea gods
have in store for us,

I'll be ready.

I stretched out
all the way down
to my line.

There's a bunch of gold
right there.

There's going to be
some gold in that hole.

We're going to keep
fighting for it.

Hey,
how you doing down there, bud?

[zeke speaking]

[gabe] you're perfecting
the art of this whole thing,

punching around.

This is the area that shawn
kind of gave us the okay
that the shovels didn't hit.

Now at least we have
some good looking ground.

[narrator] after nearly
six hours down below,

zeke's last ditch effort
is paying off.

[zeke speaking]

right. Well, that's great.

Now we're onto something.

[zeke speaking]

yeah, come on up.

We got
lots of work left to do.

[zeke] okay.

[zeke speaking]

[gabe] yeah.

Ye-hee-hee-hee!

How you feeling?

Good.
I'm over the moon.

That is awesome.

You gave the direction
and you do--

[zeke speaking]

[zeke]
dude, that could've gone
a lot of ways,

it's really like really hot,
it really could have.

I feel vindicated.
I feel relief and hope.

We're on some gold.

It's not just a few specks
at gold.

It's really good gold.

It may be the 11th hour,
but we're definitely on it.

Now we've just got to milk
it for as long as
mother nature will allow.

[indistinct chatter]

yeah.

[narrator] back in nome.

[shawn] no, it's there.

Sooner or later,

there's nuggets
in this dirt pouring

out of
the, out of the gravels

or they're just going to be
like a slab of gold in there.

I got it.
Put her on the scale.

That was easily
the hottest gold I've been
in this season.

Only got a few hours on it.

But if this is a big number,

it can mean
the rest of the season
is going to be massive.

See what we got.

Four, five, six, seven,

eight, nine, 10, 11,



Oh, yeah.

Perfect.

[narrator] 17.4 ounces
is worth over $30,000,

a hefty haul for a limited day
and quite possibly

the sign of bigger things
to come.

[shawn] we need to keep it up.

This is looking good.

Complete confirmation.

This spot's exactly
what we've been looking for.

I just need mother nature

to cooperate
a little bit longer.

These numbers
are going to get sick.

I'm talking nuggets.

I'm thinking it's that good.

We're definitely on the trail.

-Mm-hmm.
-Oh, yeah.

-We'll come across it.
-We'll get on it.

[narrator]
on the other side of town.

[andy]
take a look what we got.

[andy speaking]

oh, yeah.

[narrator]
after their new diver
left them out in the cold,

it's time
for the kris-less kellys
to weigh their riches.

[andy] good job.
Let's see.

So mikel was a complete
waste of time jackass

before his epic
five-minute dive,

I knew
I was on some really hot stuff
and it's been peaceful

with my brother being gone
and out of our hair.

Okay.
Go.

[brad] hopefully,
I'm happy with this.

One-and-a-half,
two, two-and-a-half.

[andy] still keeping
the operation running.

[brad] three,
three-and-a-half, four,

four-and-a-half, five--

six.

Almost six-and-a-half ounces,
you did real good.

Proud of you.

[narrator] 6.43 ounces
is worth just over $12,000.

And despite the absence
of their fearless leader,

the kelly's have hit
their season goal
of 25 ounces,

getting themselves out of debt
and into the black.

They'll be happy *bleep*.

[brad speaking]

no, pour it back in the jar
and hand me the jar *bleep*.

[brad] I was just checking...

-Yeah.
-We're not...

[brad] I wasn't
really going to take it,

I'm just seeing
if you are into it.

No.

So a shocker,
my brother goes to anchorage

to deal with all his *bleep*
and everything else,

and we had the best clean out.

We hit our goal.

Get rid of the negativity,
and everything's good.

[brad] okay.
Let's get out of here.

[andy] yeah,
that's the real deal.

[narrator] and now,
bering sea gold
goes to the dogs.

[brad] here comes my dog.

Here he comes.
[whistles]

come on, boy.

Good boy.

[gabe] stormy! Come here, boy!

Yeah, he's probably over
at the kelly's.

...Only knows what he gets up
to over there.

Drinking cheap beer...

[man 7] come here, boy.
Come on.

Hi, beautiful.
Pretty good, baby.

Oh, he's hungry.

Yeah, he is.
There you go.

The new addition
to the reaper crew.

Hi, beautiful.

He's a good-looking dog, eh?

-Yeah.
-There you go. *bleep*

I can't help it,
man. I love animals.

-[man 7]
you want another hotdog?
-[man 8] yeah.

Stormy
is zeke's little mascot.

Don't worry, zeke,

we're feeding
your dog for you.

Stormy loves
being at the reaper,

because we feed him
smokeys, hamburgers.

And yeah, we take
good care of that dog.

I think the dog gained
another 10 pounds this season.

We have special connection
with animals.

The kellys are
serious animal lovers.

But I'm just worried
that my dad is going to steal
the dog.

[brad] this dog's not liking
the cigarette smoke.

-[andy] well, the dog can get
the *bleep* out then.
-Come on, boy.

[zeke] I mean, that was some
good gold, that's for sure.

I would see
gold under some rocks

and I would see it
on the clay.

So I'm super stoked.

[narrator]
as the end of winter looms,

zeke tenhoff may be breathing

a life-saving gasp
into his season.

[zeke]
there's lots of gold
out there,

you know, I'd see it under
the gravel and sometimes

I'd see
it on top of the rocks.

Finally,
the season was looking
like it was essentially over,

but we finally got
into some gold on tomcod.

God, this is great.

I love this.

If we can keep
grinding on this pastry,

I think we'll get enough gold
to keep this operation alive.

Fingers crossed.

It's a tidy
little pile of gold here.

I'm not afraid
of this weigh out.

[gabe] all right, here we go.

[speaks indistinctly]

I'd always thought
tomcod had been beat up
and dredged out.

This tells me
that it's clearly not.

It's clearly not.

Yeah, we're up to
almost two ounces here.

All right.


That'll do.

[narrator] 2.94 ounces
is worth over $5,000.

And while it's not breaking
the bank,

it's the mad
scientist's biggest
haul of his winter

and just in the nick of time.

This is my favorite way
to make money.

[zeke] yeah, I'll do solid.
Hopefully, this keeps up.

I need at least eight ounces
to get through till summer,

and it really doesn't matter
if everything sucked up
until today.

All it matters
is the final tally,

when we walk off the ice,

and for the first time
all winter,

I'm starting
to feel optimistic.

It's going to take
another couple of clean -outs
to buy a caddy,

but we'll get there. We will.

[zeke] I like it.
I'm really happy that shawn
bought tomcod.

I could see myself dredging
out there for the next decade.

[narrator] across town.

-[vernon]
we're still on the gold.
-[man 9] yeah.

Adding an extension on
the hose, that was key.

That gave us
that much more ground.

Three times
as much ground to work.

[narrator] the man
with the hottest hand in nome

prepares to weigh
yet another solid haul.

[vernon]
so, yeah, weigh it up, gary.
Let's see what we got there.

[gary] all right.

[vernon] all right.
Let's go. That's two...

[gary] three, four, five,

six, seven, nine, ten, eleven,

twelve, thirteen,
fifteen, sixteen

seventeen, eighteen...

...Twenty...

[vernon] 20.36.

[gary] all right.

[narrator]
20 ounces is worth $38,000,

and the current king of nome
still has his grip
on the crown.

We're still on the gold.

-Yeah.
-Okay.

And I think we've got enough
ground left down there
for one more cleanup,

but we don't have time
to move.

When you got it, you got it.

The gold just keeps
getting hotter.

Everything's going right
these days.

If it keeps up like this,

I may have to go over
to tomcod

and give shawn a few tips
on gold getting.

The proof is in the pudding
and there's the pudding
right there, baby.

We're going to finish
with a bang,

looks like to me.

[narrator] while vernon
hauls in a bundle...

[kris] back in nome.

I got everything else.

[man speaking]

now you
*bleep* start taking bags.

[narrator] kris kelly's back
with a bundle of his own.

[kris] $1,900
down on baby crap so far.

But that's a drop
in the bucket, I hear.

Now,
I'm going to need three times
the amount of gold.

I'm a dad now.

That's crazy,

but pretty awesome
at the same time.

Hi, my baby.

And here
we are the newest member
to the kellys.

Christine jade kelly.

She even looked at me
when I said it.

In all that time I was gone
and worrying about my dad

and brother
taking care of things,

they crushed it.

Hell, we're out of debt now.
They did so good.

It's a little stressful.

A couple of months of hell
and then hopefully


But you know,
when you look at her,

you know
it's all going to be
worthwhile.

Kris started
his own little family now.

It's perfect.

[kris] I guess in the end,
you need to rely on family,

because family relies on you.

That's the only way
to weather this stuff,

what life in mining throws
at you.

Now it's all about the future,

and it's never looked
brighter.

She just looked at me.

I bought enough food
for four children
for three months.

You're going to feed andy...

[andy] well, you know, like,
I don't think so.

[narrator] vernon played
chicken with the lead

and widens his lead
over the rest of the fleet.

[vernon] milk it, baby.

[narrator]
next time
on bering sea gold...

Basically,
we've cracked the ice

in a complete circle around us
sitting on a chunk of ice,

floating in
the middle of the bering sea.

It could go really bad.

[man 8] there's so much
snow on the ice,

it's pushing us down
and the water's coming up.

[man 9] we're going to flood
this entire *bleep* area.

[vernon]
if we can do eight hours,

it'll be the gold gorilla.

[man 10] I'm on the gold,
man, I'm on the gold.

Does gold dust sh**t this far?

[man speaking]

[man 10]
move it, move it, move it.

[man speaking]

do hell with gold mining,
nobody said it was going to be
a safe job.