12x19 - Up in Flames

[bunniefuu]

[ wind howling ]

♪♪

Narrator:
It's headed for nome...

Good, go!

Brad: We should really be
packing up right now.

We're getting into a blizzard.
There's a storm coming.

Narrator:
...A raging arctic blizzard

That could spell the end
of the season for the fleet.

Emily: We could lose everything
if we stay out here too long.

Narrator: Gale-force winds...

Oh, crap.

...Combined with
massive snowfall

That'll wreak havoc
on mining operations...

Where did we put the sluice box?

Narrator: ...And break
the thinning ice apart.

Emily: This storm might take out
the entire ice pack.

Vernon: It could break
the ice off and take us out.

That's the main worry.

Narrator:
It's the perfect storm...

Emily:
We got to get out of here.

It's fricking bad out.

Narrator:
...At the worst possible time.

Shawn: Oh!

This keeps going on, it's gonna
be the end of the season.

It's time to get out of here.

Get away!
What the [bleep] are you doing?

[bleep]

Emily: Time to get the hell
off the ice.

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Man: Blizzard warning now
in effect for coastal areas

Surrounding nome.

Heavy snow expected,

1 to 3 feet accumulation.

In addition,
high-wind warning in effect

With gale-force winds blowing
from the south

Up to 45 knots expected.

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Right now, we have a big storm
coming in.

We got to get the equipment
off the ice.

Narrator: Captain shawn pomrenke
is on a rescue mission.

Shawn: You don't know if
it's gonna come, go, stay,

What it's gonna do.

So instead of losing
all of our mining gear,

We're gonna go and get it
pulled off,

Get it off the ice
before it falls away.

Narrator: Mr. Gold's been on
pace to get the ounces needed

To complete his down payment
on the tomcod claim.

But one big, bad storm could
wipe out his whole operation.

Even though I need a couple more
big paydays to make my goal,

I can't risk losing everything.

The ice was thin
at the beginning of the season,

And with the warmer weather,
it's getting worse now.

This storm is a recipe
for disaster.

Ice has been pretty sketchy
this year.

You get high salt winds,
it picks it up

And blow it off the beach,
and then it doesn't hold.

And if it's not holding, you got
to get your stuff off the ice,

Otherwise you won't be
mining anymore.

Narrator:
There are already minefields,
even before the storm lands.

We're gonna go ahead
and keep our speed up

'cause if we hit some overflow,
we want to have enough speed

To make it through it.

Narrator: Warmer temperatures
cause the ice to thin,

Allowing seawater
to seep through the cracks.

Heavy snowfall adds even more
pressure from above,

Causing it to buckle.

And the storm surge can shove
the ice against the shore,

Breaking it up
or blowing it out to sea.

Oh, [bleep]

There is quite a bit
of overflow.

Not good.

[ chuckles ]

Lots of water on top of the ice.

Overflow.

Deep snow.

If this keeps going on,

It's gonna be
the end of the season.

Thank god we didn't
get stuck there.

Wouldn't be able to get
the equipment off the ice.

Ice conditions are
going downhill fast.

Visibility's horrible.

We better get our gear
off the ice now.

Oh!

Narrator: While mr. Gold
pulls off the ice,



Kris: Come on, everybody,
let's go.

Hey, are you guys ready
for another day?

Look, I know everybody wants to
go home today

And sort of call it a day.

Even though there's a big storm,
you can't take the chances.

...Kris kelly
is braving the elements,

And he's dragging
the family with him.

We got to get out there,

And we got to make
this gold today.

You understand
the wind's gonna blow



I don't [bleep]
if there's a storm today.

We're going gold mining
no matter what.

Narrator: Remaining days
are running out for the team,

Who are still short
of the ounces needed

To rent
the boat of their dreams.

Every other day,
there's a damn risk.

If we ran away out of
every little risk that happened,

I would never make any gold.

I know this is a big storm
coming in.

It could blow out
the ice for good,

But we're desperate to try to
get in as much hours as we can.

This could be our last chance
to make our 50-ounce goal,

So we're gonna take the risk.

We're gonna take it to the bank.

Let's not worry about this.

Let's just get ready, get going.

Everybody knows their job.
Let's make it happen.

Okay, the plan is
andy's gonna go first,

Lead the way, and get my gold.

- You're diving, buddy.
- What?

Andy: You're diving.

Get your a*s down there
and make make my gold.

Brad: Well, let's vote, then.
Okay?

How is this a voting situation?

- Who votes kris down?
- Paper, rock, scissors?

Shaunna did, too.
Oh-h*, [bleep], everybody.

I don't care. I'll dive first.

Shaunna's diving second.

Andy, you're gonna
clean up today.

Everybody knows their job.
Come on.

Brad: We should really be
packing up right now.

We're getting into a blizzard.
There's a storm coming.

We're not gonna be able
to get this equipment off

Once the storm gets...

We're supposed to get


It's too dangerous.

Kris: Right now, we're so close
to what we need,

I'm not gonna let anything
stop us.

We have to
cross that finish line.

Everybody's a little against me
right now

Because we have
a blizzard warning coming in,

We always have
some kind of warning.

I'm not really worried about it.

One thing or another,
every single day I'm out here,

We are getting gold and we are
going to elim this summer,

No matter what I have to do.

No, I know the rules.

Don't worry. I live by them.

Live by the rules,
or you die by the rules.

Good, go!

Ha, ha!

♪♪

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How's it looking down there?

We've got good suction.

Everything's working.
Everything's going great.

What are you seeing down there?
You seeing any good gold?

I'm seeing gold.

It's looking good.

Okay, good job.

We've got kris down right now
on the gold.

The crew voted he'd go down
and dive today.

Trying to put some gold
in the box.

Ice hasn't collapsed or nothing,
so things are going...

We're having
a pretty good day overall.

We'll see what happens.

[ wind howling ]

Narrator: Five miles west...

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There is a blow coming,



That's gale-force winds.

Narrator: Vernon adkison's also
facing the storm head on.

Vernon: We're on gold,

And we're sh**ting for


It's getting late in the season,
so to make that happen,

We're gonna have to hunker down
and get that gold.

Narrator: After putting in a bid
to purchase claim 16,

Vernon is still short
the gold to pay for it.

So today, the skipper
is throwing caution to the wind.

Vernon: Nothing comes easy
when it comes to gold mining.

We need more ounces.
There's no way around it.

As long as there's ice
out there, no matter how thin,

We're going mining,
storm be damned.

Now hopefully this beast
just fires right up.

We got the storm coming.

It could come out and break
the ice off and take us out.

That's the main worry.

♪♪

All right, jen.

Yep.

I know the guys down at tomcod,
I heard this morning,

They're all hitting the shore.

We're on the gold, and if we got
to take the chance,

We make everything safe.

This ain't our first rodeo.

Yeah, jenny's got to get down
in the water today.

Yep.

Everything's going smooth.
Everything's running perfectly.

It's cold,

But jenny's getting in the hole
today.

Gary: Windy day,

So hopefully nothing freezes up
and nothing moves.

We just have to keep
our eyes open.

Jenny: Go time.

I've been waiting long time.

So I'm, like, totally so stoked
to get down there.

Narrator:
With conditions topside
more uncertain than ever,

Gary will oversee the operation
while sister jenny,

An old favorite
from the wild ranger crew,

Picks a hell of a time
to make her ice-diving comeback.

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Vernon: Okay, jenny,
I'm on the comms now.

Get to work.

I want to get that gold.

All right. Get that gold, baby.

All right, I got it.

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Hey, jenny, it doesn't look like

You're moving
that much material.

You sure you don't have a plug?

I don't know.
Let me go check it out.

Oh.

It's at the nozzle.

Gary says it's at the nozzle.

Make sure you got that
flap moving, jenny.

Oh, yeah,
I'm sticking my hand in it.

All right, good job.
We're just double checking.

Well, yeah, see,
the flap's open.

My arm's in it.

We just want make sure
you come up with both of them.

I got it.

Oh, yeah!

Yes!

This gold is real fine,
so if you can see it,

That means there's a lot more
that you can't see.

But that box will catch it.

♪♪

The wind's picking up.

I'm gonna start doing
a little walk-around

Make sure everything's kind of
tucked away.

Vernon:
I don't want to shut it down.

I want this ice to last.

We've got to get some gold
in the box

And start paying some bills.

And we got to
clean this hole out.

We're making gold.

This is long overdue.

We're gonna hammer it.

But if the ice starts flooding,
then we'll move.

♪♪

Narrator: Coming up...

Emily: The blizzard is
escalating pretty quickly.

It's time to get the hell
off the ice,

Or we could lose everything
if we stay out here too long.

Let me get fire extinguisher.
Get out of the way.

Kris, come up right now.

There's a [bleep] fire
in the motor shack.

Kris: What?!

[ wind howling ]

Narrator: The massive storm
that threatens the fleet

Gathers strength
across the bering sea,

And an even bigger unknown
looms with it.

When the arctic blast hits,

Will it mean a sudden end
to the mining season?

♪♪

On the ice...

Emily: We got a blizzard
hitting us tonight,

So we're just racing to get
a couple dives in

Before the season
might effectively be over.

Narrator: ...Emily riedel is
trying to get in her last licks.

It's calm right now,
but the weather's gonna

Start building here
in a few hours.

We don't have a lot of time,

But we're on a spot
with some gold.

We've got to suck up
as much of it as we can

Before we've got to chip
the stuff out of the ice

And get it safely to shore.

♪♪

Narrator:
After struggling all winter...

I'm seeing some
really good colors.

That's awesome, dude.

Narrator:
...Emily finally found success

Back on her home turf
of claim 14.

Now she's racing to make up
for lost time to grab the ounces

Needed to prep
her growing fleet for summer,

Claim 14 was open water
just days ago.

The newly frozen ice
is dangerously fragile and thin.

Emily: We see a huge storm
coming our way,

And though, you know,

I want to get the equipment
off the ice,

I also know that
we've really got to push it.

We finally get
our stuff working.

We finally got on
some good ground.

This could be our last chance.

If we don't make
some serious gold today,

All of my future plans
are up in smoke.

The weather front
should be moving in

Within the next few hours.

So let's put some more gold
in the box

Before we've got to start
chipping away at things.

♪♪

We'll send jeff down first,

And then hopefully
we'll sneak grant in

Before things start to get
too critical out here.

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How's that ground looking,
buddy?

- It's looking really good.
- Yes.

I'm seeing a nice layer
of gold on it.

Nice. It's gonna be
making money.

It sounds like even though
we're not gonna profit

As much as I'd hoped
this season,

We're gonna at least break even
with the gold that we're on now.

Yeah.

♪♪

Conditions are getting bad
up here.

The blizzard's
definitely starting, dude,

So we don't have
a lot of time yet.

So keep on sucking it up,

And I'll call you off
when it's time to go.

Okay.

I'm getting kind of worried
about conditions getting bad,

So suck up some more "g"

And call it good on this dive.

We got to get out of here.

♪♪

Narrator: Two miles west...

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Vernon: So, jenny,
once you're moving that sand,

You sucking the top
of that hard sand real good?

Jenny: Yeah, I'm just trying to
remove some sand

So I can see all the hard pans.

Good, all right.
You're moving material.

Yeah, yeah. Roger, roger.

Narrator: ...Vernon's plan
to hold out against the storm

As long as possible
is in full swing

As diver jenny
enters hour number two.

Vernon: Yeah, we've got a blow
coming in tonight,



But we're gonna hunker down,

Put down some more lashings
on this tent.

We persevere.

Yeah, baby!

Yeah, look at all that gold.

Uh...

Vernon: All right, jenny.

Oh, holy cow.

Oh! Oh.

Now we're finally on good gold,

Sucking it up.

We be rocking and rolling.

Ugh!

Ugh.

Man.

What's that, jenny?

Oh.

You got to come up.

The regulator's stuck open.

Gary, she said
the regulator's not working.

[ gasping ]

♪♪

Okay.

Whoo!

She's done.

Vernon:
When that regulator freezes up,

You got to bring the diver up
and reset.

With this storm coming in,

We just don't have
the time to do that.

We're gonna call it a day.
That was frustrating.

I was hoping to get
some more time in,

But that's gold mining.
You gotta know when to say when.

Ah, you gave it a college try
there, kiddo.

I am whooped. [bleep] damn.

You don't realize how it kicks
your a*s down there.

I'm sure it does.

We not only
ended our dive early,

But with the storm coming in,

We might have ended
our season also.

Let's go ahead and shut it down.

♪♪

Narrator: Five miles east...

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How's it going down there?

Kris: It's going good.

I see gold.

Narrator: ...Despite
the oncoming blizzard,

Kris kelly is determined to
keep on grinding under the ice.

We got lots of material
flowing through the box.

Kris: All right.

You see it?
That gold right there?

It looks like a nugget.

Yeah, oh, it's a nugget!
There it is.

Good. Now get to work.

I'm going to work.
I just bet you're jealous.

Ah-ha-ha!

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Yeah, baby, that's what I like.

Everything's good.

It's gonna be a good day.
Everybody just work.

♪♪

Brad: Oh, dude, get the [bleep]
away from there!

Look out, kris!
Kris is still down.

Hang on.

Kris, you need to
come up right now.

There's a [bleep] fire
in a motor shack.

Get up fast. Kris: What?!

Get up here!

Get up here!
The air line's gonna burn up.

Man, it's burning bad.
Look at it.

Kris, kris, come up right now.

There's a fire in a motor shack.

Get up fast. Kris: What?!

Get up here!

Just get up here!
The air line's gonna burn up.

Man, it's burning bad.
Look at it.

Hurry up, get out of the hole.

I'm coming! Hang on!

Kris: [ shouts indistinctly ]

Get buckets of water!

I'm trying to put
water in there!

- Get the fire extinguisher!
- Get out of the way!

Holy [bleep] watch out.

- Oh!
- Watch out, kris!

Kris, get out of there!

- Gotta get that out!
- Get away!

- Hey!
- Get away!

What the [bleep] are you doing?

Get away!

♪♪

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We just lost everything
in a blink of an eye.

Oh, we just lost our entire
winter mining operation.

It's always two steps forward,
and one step back.

We should have packed up
and went home like I said.

If it wasn't for bad luck,
I'd have no luck at all

We're [bleep] now.

[bleep]

Now we've lost everything.
Now what do we do?

Now we've lost
every [bleep] thing.

Dude, that shed went up
like a bonfire,

The absolute worst thing that
could have happened to stop me.

This is a disaster.

It's a total [bleep] show
disaster.

Well, I can't believe we lost
so much so fast.

There was a lot of fuel
in there.

That was dangerous.

We should have taken
a little bit more time

And cleaned up
everything in the shack.

This is a hard lesson to learn.

It's an expensive lesson
to learn.

It's a kick in the nuts
and then some.

I don't want to keep
standing here.

Let's pull that sluice box up

And get that out of the hole.

Let's clean up everything.

We're gonna lose everything
in this blizzard.

It's a real kick in the nuts
right now being this close

To the end of our goal,
and we're done in the water.

Hold on. Let me get my foot.

I've done too much to this point
to lose everything.

We were so close to getting
the gold we needed this season.

Now we have nothing...
No operation, no way to get it.

Let's go.

Let's just get out of here.
I'm tired of looking at it.

♪♪

[ wind howling ]

Narrator: 15 miles west...

Shawn: We got a storm coming.

Get all this stuff off the ice.

We've got a lot of snow,
making it a big pain in the a*s.

Where did we put the sluice box?

Narrator:
...The storm is growing...

...As shawn
and tender joe fullwood

Rush to get their operation
off the ice

And out of harm's way.

As long as we can pass
this overflow, we'll be good.

♪♪

This time of the year,

The weather up here
is very unpredictable.

You never know
what's gonna happen.

I mean, right now,
we've not hit our goal.

We are not there.

I don't have
the tomcod secured yet.

I need to get back to mining,

And we need to get back out
on the ice as soon as possible,

Because if I can't mine,
I can't make gold,

I can't make my payment.

There's a lot at risk.

Mission accomplished.

♪♪

Narrator:
As the blizzard gains strength,



Hey, buddy,
how you doing down there?

...In a last-ditch effort

To turn her season
of frustration around,

Emily riedel still has
a diver under the ice.

Hey, listen, it's...

I'm getting kind of worried
about the weather.

It's really starting
to pick up out here.

We're losing visibility.
I can't see the shore.

♪♪

Yeah, I guess we'll risk it
for a couple more ounces,

So, okay,
I'm gonna bring jeff up,

And I guess get changed,
get you down there.

All right, jeff, you...
I'm gonna send grant down.

You ready to come up?

Yep, sounds good.

♪♪

It's definitely time to pack up
and get the gear out of there,

But jeff said he's on good gold,

So, I mean, we're making money,
and what can I say?

I'm gonna push it
a little bit longer.

We don't have
a whole lot of time,

But suck it up
while you can, dude.

Put some ounces in the box.

- Yeah.
- Do what you can, bud.

- I'm on it.
- Yeah, dude, change out.

Emily: We're gonna try to
get as many ounces as we can

Before we've got to go.

This could be
the end of our season.

This blizzard
starts getting crazy,

I'll call you up.

But good on you
for get down there

And sucking up that nice "g."

♪♪

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Hey, grant, do you think
this is the best gold

You've seen so far this season?

You know we need it.

♪♪

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Narrator: Coming up...

Ah, crap.

The ice will not hold up
much longer.

Right now it's time
to get out of here.

Hi. This is kris kelly with
"secrets underneath the ice."

Today, we're gonna talk about
the gear.

There's not one thing that you
can do without for ice mining,

And there is a lot, lot of gear,

And everything will
give you problems.

First on the list
is the ice auger,

Essential piece of equipment,
usually $450 waste of money.

The auger [bleep]

We just bought
the [bleep] thing.

Next piece of gear...

The chipper.

The biggest thing to remember

Is keep this wristband
on your wrist.

I don't know how many times I've
lost my chipper in the ocean.

Well, there goes my [bleep] day.

So my operation is very simple.
It's two buildings on the ice.

The communication shack over
here is where we all hang out.

Brad: Weather's nice.
It's sunny, it's warm.

Kris: How would you know?
You're in the [bleep] shack.

I was outside...

What the [bleep] is everybody
doing out there?!

And we can see all our problems

Because I have a big window
right in front.

Brad: There's a fire
in the motor shack.

[bleep]

So really all I've done

Is I've taken
everything on my boat...

...And I put it in a pump shack
so we don't have to hear it.

No, look, really, let me tell
you the trick to mining.

Buy brand-new
and don't [bleep] around.

Seriously, [bleep]

[bleep]

Okay.

♪♪

Narrator: On the coast, the
blizzard begins its onslaught

With a barrage of harsh winds
and driving snow.

Out on the ice...

I need to get us to
that 200 ounces

So I can pay for this lease.

It's out here.

Narrator: ...With the hatches
battened down,

Vernon adkison's ready to see
what his team was able to grab

Before shutting down the day.

♪♪

Vernon: We finally tapped
into the paystreak.

That's the key to 16
right there.

Whatever we get today could be
just the tip of the iceberg.

Vernon: This is exactly
the kind of material

We were looking to get into.

Okay, let's see
what we got here.



There's 4.







Just a tad over 8.

Call it 8.1.

Narrator: 8.1 ounces
is worth over $12,000.

Based on how it...
That's not bad.

Vernon: Jenny was barely
even down there.

Look at what she got.

This was the kind of gold we've
been waiting to see all season.

It's critical that this storm
doesn't shut us down.

We know there's good gold here.

We're on the verge of greatness.

This ice will not
hold up for much longer.

We've got to get it
while the getting's good, guys.

I think it's on us.

Ah, crap.

Right now it's time
to get out of here.

We're not pulling off the ice,

We're gonna secure the gear
and go ashore.

Hopefully the operation survives

And we live to mine another day.

♪♪

Narrator:
With the storm bearing down,

Most of the fleet has retreated,

But one miner
is still on the ice.

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Hey, we're gonna pull grant off.
I'm not liking this.

It's getting worse.
Let's get out of here.

Tell him... give him like
another half hour or something,

Or you want to
just pull him now?

I think I want to pull him now.

It's getting pretty bad out.

Okay.

In the face of howling winds
and driving snow,

Emily riedel has pushed her luck
as far as she can.

Yo, grant, you got a copy?

We got to get out of here.

It's getting pretty
fricking bad out.

The wind speed's gone up
at least four or five knots,

And the snowflakes are
pretty [bleep] big, dude.

So it's time to call it,
time to go home.

See you at the top.

Emily: The blizzard is
escalating pretty quickly,

So we got to chip this baby out
and get the hell out of here.

We mined as long
as we possibly could.

So we'll see if it makes
a difference for our season.

We've got to get
the hell out of here.

This ice is brand-new.

It's been just a couple of days
ago this was open water.

So the first thing to go
in the storm would be the ice

We're standing on right now,
so it's time to go.

Need to get the [bleep]
out of here.

Let's try to use our hot water.

Skids underneath our dredge
are completely frozen in.

You guys just need to work at
the front a little bit,

And then we can hook up and tow
this thing forward,

Get it out of here.

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[ grunts ]

- Okay!
- Go for it.

♪♪

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Emily: [ shouts indistinctly ]

Stop!

It's time to get the hell
off the ice.

We're gonna get out of here,
but everything's just

Super stuck in the soft ice.

It's taking a lot longer
than I thought it would

To be able to get out.

All right, stop!

The tender tent's gonna
have to stay.

We just...
We're just out of time.

I mean, hopefully the ice pack
won't break up.

It would suck to lose the tent.

We could lose everything
if we stay out here too long.

Whoa, there, buddy.

But we'll bring our sluice box
in and do a cleanup

And see if our gamble paid off.

Let's get out of here.

♪♪

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Narrator: Coming up...

Kris: Okay, well, this is it.

Whatever gold we get here
right now

Is the end of our season.

Agh!

Jenny: Jenny is diving today.

It's my mom's suit.

It's all beat-up.

Vernon: Both jenny and gary...

I think they got their love
for the quest for gold

From their mother.

She was quite the miner.

When she was 9 years old,
seeing her mother

Get dressed up in a wet suit

And go out on this lake
in california

That had ice
floating around in it,

She said she was impressed
with her mom back then,

Thinking, "geez, look
what my mom is doing."

You know, she was
quite proud of her mom.

She just reflected on that
this morning.

She said,
"now I'm doing the same thing."

Well, yeah. Jenny, you are.

Jenny, how you feeling?

Jenny:
Uh, ready to get that gold.

Ready to take it home
for my kids.

I do all this for them.

♪♪

[ wind howling ]

♪♪

♪♪

Andy: That was an expensive day.

Right here is the last gold

That we needed for the season.

We lost everything.

Everything burned to the ground.

But we still made it together.

That's all that matters.

Narrator:
The kellys have one last chance
to salvage hope from the ashes.

We fight. We stumble.

We always have problems
along the way.

But in the end,
we always come through.

And that's all that matters.

Brad: Oh, that is
all that matters.

Okay, let's go weight this
[bleep] and get out of here.

Kris: We're so close to getting
the ounces we need

To rent the boat for the summer.

If we have a record day,
there's a slim chance,

But it's a long shot.

We didn't even go down
in a blaze of glory.

We just went down in a blaze.

Okay, well, this is it.

Whatever gold we get here
right now

Is the end of our season.

You know how hard we work,

And then we lose everything
right at the end.

It's what a kick in the nuts.





Agh!

- Got more than last.
- Over 7 ounces.

Okay, over 7 ounces.

Narrator: 7 ounces
is worth over $11,000,

A strong haul for a short day,

But not enough for the kellys
to hit their goal.

This is depressing.

We didn't make our goal to elim.

We burned up everything
along the way,

And we're [bleep] right now
because of it.

We didn't even make the money

To buy the stuff back
that we lost.

There's nothing we can do.
It is what it is, right?

Right now, I'm just trying
to think of a way

That this could have gone worse,

But right now I'm stumped.

Our shed went up in flames,
we didn't hit our goal,

And there's no way
to mine anymore.

This is probably gonna
drive me insane.

But what am I kidding?
I'm already insane.

You know, I'm just...
I'm a really poor loser,

And I feel that
I lost right now,

And I don't like that.

Let's just go.
Let's go and clean up our mess,

Pack, throw everything
in the [bleep] conex,

And let's call it a year
'cause we're done.

I've had enough of this [bleep]

♪♪

Narrator: Across town...

♪♪

Emily: Oh.

Yeah, I was really nervous about
letting these dives happen

'cause we had these blizzards
forecast.

But, you know, we really
desperately needed the ounces.

So I took a big risk
to stay out,

Keep working in that weather,
but...

And I think we're gonna be happy

With the gold that we're making
this cleanup.

Narrator: After two dives
in the face of a blizzard,

Emily riedel is hoping
the risk was worth it.

Emily: It's nice to see
the faith pay off

In a nice, sexy pan of gold.

You know, we should easily
be able

To get some more pans like this.

Hopefully once the storm
clears up,

We'll be able to get back
out there, get back on it.

Yeah.

♪♪

This looks pretty good,
and honestly, like,

Every ounce right here is
something I didn't anticipate

Being able to make
because of the frickin' storm.

Right.

Like, I'm glad
we stayed out there,

But it did freak me out.

♪♪

All right, we're at 7.

Let's see. Show me 10!

Yeah! Come on, double digits.

Double digits, come on!

- Whoa!
- Yeah!

Yeah!


That's what I like to see...

Double digits on the scale.

Narrator: 10.18 ounces
is worth over $16,000.

All right. [ laughs ]



- A good week.
- Ow!

[bleep]

After all the disappointments
and the delays,

This feels pretty amazing.

It was a gamble to stay out
as long as we did,

But we got there on the end.

Emily: 10 ounces richer!

Sweet.

If the ice holds,
we know where the gold is,

And we can have a shot
at making our season's goal.

We could be set up
for a pretty good comeback here.

It's blowing
pretty hard out there,

And we're supposed to
accumulate a couple feet.

Not a great, great scenario
for the ice.

So if the pack ice stays,
we're in good shape

To get back out there
and hit the spot again.

The gold's too good
to leave it behind, so...

- Yeah.
- ...Let's get back out there.

- Yep.
- Whoo!

Whoo!

Narrator:
Mr. Gold is at a standstill.

Vernon and emily mount
late-season moves,

While the kellys may have ended
their season

Just shy of their goal.