Shawn Pomrenke
Self
Bering Sea Gold (2012)
Season 1
In the frontier town of Nome, Alaska, there’s a gold rush on. But you've never seen gold mining like this before — here, the precious metal isn't found in the ground. It’s sitting in the most unlikely of places: the bottom of the frigid, unpredictable Bering Sea. And there are a handful of people willing to risk it all to bring it to the surface.
Released Jan. 27, 2012
Episode 57 min
None+
Genres: Documentary, Reality, Reality TV
Keywords: tmdb.alaska, tmdb.gold-miner, tmdb.bering-sea, imdb.severe-weather, imdb.seabed, imdb.looking-for-gold, imdb.gold-mining + 3 more, imdb.dredger, imdb.non-fiction, tmdb.gold-mining
Watch Providers: Discovery, Discovery, Spectrum On Demand, Discovery +, Discovery+ Amazon Channel + 4 more, HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max, Philo, YouTube TV
Production Companies: Original Productions
Network: Discovery
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Paydirt
In Nome, Alaska, the gold rush is on. Meet the dredgers, driven by gold fever and sometimes desperate need, who pilot their ragtag dredges and dive with hoses to suck up gold from the bottom of the frigid, unpredictable Bering Sea.
Jan. 27, 2012, midnight
S1E2 - One Bad Deal
A bar brawl threatens not only Shawn's health but the Christine Rose's future. The Wild Ranger's luck is getting worse as they're down a man and have sprung a leak. The Sluicey's Ian calls in a friend who offers both experience and criticism.
Feb. 3, 2012, midnight
S1E3 - Suction
The weather may be perfect, but storms are brewing onboard the dredges as egos clash and tempers flare. Emily's first dive is almost her last when she learns the dangers of dredging first-hand.
Feb. 10, 2012, midnight
S1E4 - A Viking Funeral
The season is halfway over, and tensions are running high as the dredgers search for new sweet spots. An accident with the 15 ton excavator threatens to end one deckhand's season.
Feb. 17, 2012, midnight
S1E5 - Captaincy
A season of simmering grievances comes to a boil. Wild Ranger owner Vern fires one of his crew. Emily falling overboard and a blocked sluice box test Zeke's patience. Rocks falling out of a faulty sluice box rain down on solo-diving Scott Foster's head.
Feb. 24, 2012, midnight
S1E6 - Eureka!
Bad luck and bad vibes. The crews have a car accident on the way home from some hot springs R&R. A hastily welded winch roller gives way, releasing a cable that lashes Cody's leg and sends him overboard. Scott dives with an injured leg out of stubborness.
March 2, 2012, midnight
S1E7 - Bad Vibrations
The dredging season is quickly coming to an end, and so are once trusted relationships between Zeke and Emily as well as Scott F and Ian. Shawn sends crewmember Robbi packing while Scott M swallows his pride and invites Steve back. But will he accept?
March 9, 2012, midnight
S1E8 - The Bitter End
Winter sets in. The now short-staffed crews try to go out once more before the ice blocks them in. Each on their own, Emily salvages and Scott M finds salvation. The crews take their earnings and face off at an auction for next year's dredging grounds.
March 16, 2012, midnight
Discovery
57 min/ep
11457 min
Jan. 27, 2012
Oct. 10, 2025, midnight
Returning Series
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