12x20 - No More Mr. Ice Guys

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Narrator: today is judgment day.

Shawn: time's running out.

It's do or die, and that's when
you really

Start feeling the pressure.

Narrator: after a winter
filled with direct hits...

Pull the umbilical!

Narrator: ...near misses...

What the are you doing?

...and a blizzard that sent
the fleet running for cover...

We got to get out of here.

Shawn: we got to get
the equipment off the ice

Before it falls away.

Narrator: ...the miners
are living on borrowed time.

Vernon: at this point in the season,
the ice could go at any minute.

Narrator: now...

As they raced back onto the ice
for the home stretch...

Shawn: dive to get down there
and get it.

Narrator:
...it's time for big risks...

That hose extension's ready.

Shawn: this is sketchy,

Maybe too sketchy.

Narrator: ...and digging
deeper than ever...

We're going to make gold and
we're going to make this work!

...to keep their seasons alive.

Shawn:
it's a race to the finish.

- Oh, boy!
- Whatever it takes.

Narrator: the arctic storm
that rocked the bering sea

May have come and gone...

...but it's cost the miners
precious time

In the final days of the season.

Kris: what a
depressing-looking sight, man.

Narrator: but for the kellys,
it's already too late.

Kris: place looks naked without
my other building.

I want to get this cleaned up

And find out
how bad of a situation we're in.

Brad: watch out, kris!

Narrator: in their last effort,
before the blizzard...

Get away!

...kris and the team flamed out,
literally...

You're not gonna put it out!

What the are you doing?!

...as their shed caught fire

And shut down
their ice mining operation...

...just shy of
their season goal.

Let's just start digging it out,
find all of our stuff,

Find our sluice box,
get our hoses.

Let's get this going
so we can get out of here.

Gold mining is filled
with frustration.

One, two, three!
Oh, that didn't work.

Alright, kris!
Way to pull your weight!

Kris: but I've never been
more frustrated than right now.

I had a perfect plan.

This is our future!

To rent the boat and get
down the coast.

But everything went to crap,
and I was like this close

From making it work.

One little fire and
everything goes to.

And it wasn't even that big.

It's ridiculous.

We lost air compressor.
We lost the pump engine.

We lost an umbilical.
What else did we lose?

And we lost the shack
to put it all in.

We lost quite a bit, huh? Yeah.

We lost it all now.

We're not making any money
doing this.

I know. Get to work.

This is some deep-a*s

- This sucks.
- Yeah, this sucks.

We should be working hard,

Getting gold, and everything
should be running.

It's stupid.it's ridiculous.

Okay. Now that I think about it,

I just had an epiphany.

Oh,. I'll tell you
what we're gonna do.

We're gonna work really hard,
we're gonna rebuild our shed,

We're going to go around town,
get all these

Little necessary parts,

And we're gonna
come back here and get our gold.

That's what we're gonna do.

I think it's time to go.

We got 43 ounces. That's
enough gold in the pocket.

We're only like seven ounces
short of our goal.

That's nothing.

It really wouldn't take that
much to set everything back up.

Okay, now, look, I know
this sounds insane,

But we don't really need
that many pieces

To really go ice mining.

Technically, I only really need
a pump engine,

An air compressor,
and an umbilical.

Screw the shed.
Who needs a damn shed?

I'm just gonna set up
right on the ice and I can find

The rest of the pieces
that I need right here in nome.

We need to do this
as a family, too,

Because I know we can do this.
It's nothing.

Kris, the only problem
with your idea

Is that everything's burned up.
The weather's.

I mean, look, there's gonna be

More aggravation
than it's worth.

We're not done yet, okay? I don't get it.

We need to push hard
and make this work.

I'm done with this.
You're done with it.

Andy's done with it.

We're packing it up
for the year.

Let's just call it, dude.
We burnt the shack.

A lot of our equipment's

I need the money from this
to make it all work.

We need money.

All this heavy weight
of snow sitting on the ice

Can break it off at any time.
Do you understand that?

I don't care. I don't care.

That's the same thing
you said the day

The shack burnt down.i
don't care about that either!

I don't care if they burn down!
This shack!

We're gonna go back to work,

We're gonna make gold,
we're gonna make this work!

That's what we're doing.
Let's go.

No more arguing.
Let's just make this work.

I've made a decision.

I'm glad we had
a good company meeting.

Everybody go to work now.

The challenge of rebuilding
my operation

This late in the game
is I'm surrounded

By a bunch of that don't
want to put in 120%

To make sure we get over
that finish line.

Look, we are on the gold.

We just need to get down there
one more time,

And I can make it all work.

I'm not quitting
when I'm this close.

Well, I'm glad we decided
to keep doing this.

I feel way better. You.

I came in a bad mood
this morning thinking

Was gonna go bad.

Bam! We're back on top!

It's stupid.

The reaper will rise again.

Don't worry about
a little setback.

Let's go.

It's your story. You tell it
any way you want.

That's right. My story.
Let's live it.

Narrator: while the kellys try
to rise from the ashes,



On our way back out.

It's time to get back to mining.

Captain shawn pomrenke's headed
back onto the b*ttlefield.

Shawn: ice conditions
are going downhill fast.

Pretty slushy out.

A lot of water on top
of the ice.

Not good,
but we're going to do it

Because we don't have an option.

We're here.

Everything survived the storm.

Oh, here's joe now.

Narrator:
the blizzard threw a wrench
into shawn's attempt

To secure the down payment
on the tomcod claim.

So now, with the window
closing on ice mining,

He needs a game plan that'll
get him to the finish line.

Shawn: that hose extension's
ready, huh?

Yeah.

And it should just go
right to the nozzle?

Yep. Oh, yeah.
Slide right on there.

Yep. Sounds good.

Ooh.

Shawn: this hole's basically
tapped out.

Before the storm,
we were getting ready to move,

But to do another move,
it'd take a whole 'nother day,

And we don't have
that kind of time.

We've got the extension.
Getting ready to go down.

I'm going to put the longest
extension I got

And try to reach out
and reach that pay.

- Be careful out there.
- I know.

Well, last time I was stretched
out like that,

I froze up like 75 feet
away from the hole.

I'm freezing up!

Coming up!

Come on!

It sucked.

Last time I barely made it
back, and the hose was shorter,

And now we're going to extend it
almost 100 feet.

That's about the furthest
I've ever dove away

From the ice hole.

Something goes wrong and you're
that far and that deep...

This is going to be fun.

...it could be disaster.

Every piece gets us a little
bit closer to the goal.

Excited to get down there
and get it.

Oh, yeah. Get that gold.

Get it, boy!

I'm on the bottom.

Alright, I'm headed
for the nozzle.

Alright, shawn, watch out below.

John's gonna drop the extension
down to you.

Sounds good.

There we go. It's on there now.

Alright, I got the hose
hooked up.

Think I'll see what's out here
in front of us.

Perfect. Might get another 40
yards of ground run.

Obvious trench down here.

Here we go.

Got it stretched out right now.

Definitely a little spooky

Being this far away
from the hole.

How's it going?
You seeing that black gravel?

Not seeing a whole lot of color.

Coming up to a couple of
nice sized rocks here.

I don't know what's
going on with the mask.

What's that, shawn?

Oh,...

Damn it.come on.

Coming up!

Come on!

Coming quick.

Feel him pulling
for his life down there.

Damn it.

Whew.you alright?

It's a little scary.yeah?

Yeah. Like...

Like, "ah, ah, ah."

The freeze-up did spook me,
and as young as I used to be,

So...

There's a lot that can go wrong
in that 100 feet,

Trying to make it
back to the top.

Whew.

We're running out of time,

But this is sketchy.
Maybe too sketchy.

I don't know if I should
be doing this or not.

Narrator: coming up...

- Coming up.
- Pull him up.

It's a little scary. Yeah?

Yeah. Like...

Like, "ah, ah, ah."

Narrator:
shawn pomrenke's season

May have
reached the end of the line.

You got to know when to hold
them and know when to fold them,

But you started getting 100 feet
away from the ice hole

And the ice is rotting,

Probably should have
folded a week ago.

Got really, really good
for a little bit there.

There's a big rock,

And then there's a...
It kind of dips.

It's looking pretty damn good.

But I'm a gold miner,

And that lure of what's
at the end of the nozzle

Keeps me going.

I know it's there.
I just started to see it.

I feel good.

Freezing up,
but no time to waste.

It's time
to push it to the limit.

Don't want to leave
anything behind.

Alright. I'm hooking
you back up.

This might be my last chance
to get a dive in.

In this game, you're either
all in or you're out.

You got to take those risks.

How's that, shawn? Better.

Alright. That should be good.

Crisis averted.

Here we go again.

Shawn: well, that was fun.

Nothing like a little freeze-up

To get the old blood pumping.

Back on the bottom.

So how's it going
down there, shawn?

I'm feeling pretty good.

Alright.

Nothing too amazing yet.

Where are you at?



Oh, there we go.

Yeah, I'm seeing some color now.

Oh, yeah.

Nice.

Hell yeah. Good deal.

Nice.

Time to put
some gold in the box.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah.

Narrator: back in nome...

Vernon:
I got an investor coming in.

He's got a lot of experience

In large-scale mining.

Narrator: vernon adkison's

Looking to make the most
of winter's final days

By reeling in a big fish.

Vernon: he's the real deal.

He was originally a diver
down in south africa,

And he's got an operation set up
down in new zealand right now.

So, he knows the game
and knows what he's doing.

He wants to look over what I've
got going on here in nome,

And then if he likes
what he sees,

Maybe he'll pop
with some serious cash.

It takes money to make money,
and I've got a big investor

That's interested
in funding our operation.

The season is coming to a close.
It could end any day.

The storm cost us valuable time.
I'm not where I need to be.

This fella could be
the answer to our prayers.

Narrator:
the veteran skipper is still far
from the cash he'll need

If he wins the bid on claim 16.

So, an investor could be

Just what the doctor,
or banker, ordered.

I just had to put out
a 5% deposit,

And then if I'm the high bidder,
I've got like 10 days

To come up with the other


So, if that happens,
I'm going to need somebody

With some deep pockets
to help me out.

So, if he turns out
to be the real deal,

He came on at just
the right time.

Before anybody with
any heavy money

Is going to buy
into an operation,

They've got to be convinced

That I can walk the walk
in addition to talking the talk,

And that's what I intend
to show him while he's up here.

Jaco.

Hey, vernon. Hey, buddy.

How are you, mate? Damn.

You've been doing some mining.

Very right. Alright.

Well, welcome to alaska,

The frozen wasteland
of the north,

But there's gold here.

You reckon? Yeah, yeah.

Put your gear aboard,
and we'll talk business.

Oh, that sounds good.

Alright.

I've got to make my operation

Seem like it's the biggest,
baddest one on the bering sea.

What we're looking for is
major gold.

Two years ago,
we got on this lease tract

That we're operating on
right now

And we got 2.7 ounces
in 45 minutes,

And that's the best tip
we've ever gotten in nome.

Excellent.

Jaco's interest has
definitely been piqued.

As long as our campsite
survived the storm,

We may be in business.

It actually
doesn't look too bad.

The job site is not flooded.

The ice has not broken off.

The only bad thing
that's happened is

There's a gap of water

Between the shore-fast ice
and the shore

That goes all along the beach.

Yesterday, we couldn't get
the snow machines across that

Without sinking them.

It looked like the season
was over.

But this morning, it was
packed in with snow,

So we were able to
get across okay.

But we're operating
on borrowed time right now.

Narrator: as the team rushes
to get back in the water...

Vernon: we're getting
everything hooked up.

Joey's attaching
the pump back to the motor.

Jenny's thawing things out.

Narrator: ...it's time
for the razzle dazzle.

It'll be interesting
to see how all of this works.

I'm just worried
you'll get tangled

In all these
pipes and cables and things.

Vernon: jaco's getting a feel
for the operation here,

Checking it out.

I hope he sees what he likes.

That's what we got.

That's what you have? No.

It's not no three-ton pump.

You can't hold no
three-ton pump around here.

Not on this ice.

Interesting.

We try to keep it
as simple as possible

Because every complication

Just adds time and extra effort.

We're gonna have to design
another sled for that.

But this is what
we've got right now,

And it works.

Vernon: well, this is not going
according to plan.

Jaco's a pro.
He's sniffing out anything

And everything
that could be an issue.

Looked like he might think
this is a rinky-dink operation.

Might be a long day.

Kris: it's gonna be great,
everybody.

Brad: no, it's not.

It is gonna be great.

Narrator:
despite enduring a fire
that shut down the operation,

Kris kelly is determined
to go down swinging.

I think you're crazy.

Look at it out there.

All the weight of the snow
is sitting on this ice.

It can bust off at any time now.

We're not gonna quit.
We're professionals.

You know, like,
let's just go get this stuff

And get back here and do it.

The reaper will rise again.

The is he on?

♪ Do-do-do-do-do ♪

Kris: we are literally on the edge
of everything coming together.

I can smell success.

I'm more than resourceful enough

To pull this out of my hat.

I'm throwing away
all the burnt crap that we have,

I'm going around
and borrowing new equipment.

I know what we need to do
to finish this,

And we're gonna do it.

I'm telling you, this is all
gonna work out better.

I'm just looking at
the good side right now.

Narrator:
for the kelly resurrection,

They'll just need to acquire
three pieces of equipment...

A pump engine, and umbilical
hose, and an air compressor.

Basically, most of the stuff
you need to ice mine.

Kris: so, what we have
to do right now,

We got to go pick up the pump
from the reaper.

We have another pump engine.

It's with our reaper gear
in storage.

I haven't touched it
or tuned it up in months.

We would have to repurpose it
to make it run in the winter.

Oh, lookit. The reaper's covered
in bloody snow. Look at that.

It's gonna be a long,
miserable-a*s walk, man.

My dad's truck
won't make it there.

So, the only way
we can get this,

Andy and I are going to have
to walk like a mile

Through the snow
to make this work.

Aw, , it's deep as.

- Look at that.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

- Come on. Let's go.
- I'm coming. Trust me.

Snow.

You get it?

There's no way we're going
to get that engine

Out of this deep snow.

But it's a damn junkyard
over here.

There's got to be something
somewhere to slide it.

Good luck on that one.

For us to carry our engine

And then walk through that
, we can't set it down

Because that'll sink right in.

Kris better find something.

I got it.
I don't know what it is,

But I think it'll work.

It's a safety rescue sled.
Dump it over.

Kris: okay, spin it sideways,
kind of,

So we can get it...
And watch my fingers.

Alright, kris,
rise to the reaper, huh?

Yeah. Just be quiet, okay?

Kris:
so, you got to ask yourself,

Is this how the greats
made their fortune?

This sucks, dude.

Do you think jeff bezos
has a fat brother

That all he does is complain?

Wish dad would help us, but,
you know, he's an a*s-.

Oh, you dumped it.shut up!

Right now, I'm trying to put
this together

With bubble gum and spit,

And my dad is just, like,
trying to bring me down.

Yah, mules. Come on, mules.

Shut up.

He really just wants us to quit.

He doesn't want to go.
The extra 20%

To put those all together,

So he can go himself.

I refuse to give up.

That engine was a real b*tch.

Now we only have the easy part.

I'm going to go pick up
the umbilical

From the conex,
which won't be hard.

So, we're almost there.

This is going to be so easy.

Except look at all that snow.

Holt.

Damn.

I don't know how
easy this is gonna be.

There's four and a half
feet of snow here.

Holy.

You want me to go by myself?

Okay, I'll be right back.
I'm going to go get it,

Since everybody's going to
stand here and watch me.

No, we're cheering you on.

Go, kris. Go, kris.

Holy crap.

You know, smart guy that he is,

He didn't even
bring a shovel out here.

So, his dedication
is showing a lot

When he's digging it
out by hand.

Plus, it makes me feel good
to see him

Doing all that physical labor.

We got it.
A little bit of effort.

Kris, let's go.

Oh, this snow.

Andy's supervising and I'm
giving him mental support

Right now, while
I eat my chicken sandwich.

You got to love my team.

It's like, "yeah, kris,
everything will work out,

As long as you take care of it."

Yeah.

This could look
kind of pathetic.

You know what I say to those
people that call me pathetic?

If you let every setback

Stop you from getting to your
goal, you're done.

I refuse to give up right now.

My dad and brother will not
stop bitching, but I don't care.

We're going to make this work.

Two pieces down. One to go.

Let's just keep pressing for it.

Narrator: back on the ice...

There you go.

I want to see this.

Narrator: ...vernon atkinson's
looking to impress

An investor with deep pockets.

You're good?

Vernon: fingers crossed.

Narrator:
but so far, the skipper's song
and dance has failed to dazzle

The mining heavyweight.

Vernon: I think jaco
might have some concerns

About investing
in the operation.

We're going to up the ante.

I've got to send gary down
on a pay streak.

I think when he sees
what's in that box,

Jaco will swing over
to our side.

Tear it up, gary.

Gary: alright. Cool.

Vernon: how's it looking, gary?

Gary: yeah, it looks really
good. I'm at the bottom right now.

Alright, I'm at the nozzle.

Everything is good, gary.

See what we got going on here.

See if we can see any gold.

Alright. Here we go.

Now, this stuff looks good.

Okay, that looked really good.

Looked like you just got
a couple of inches of sand

And then you get
into the cobble, right?

Yeah.yeah, that's good.

Alright. Great.

Ooh, nice black layer.

Yeah, I like this stuff.

Whew.

We got gold, dude.

Vernon: yeah, that's what
I'm talking about.

Gary: alright. Sweet.

Vernon: alright, that's what
I want to hear.

Gary: whoo.

Alright, this is awesome.

Happy now. Keep on going, baby.

Keep on going.

Gary, that's looking like
bursting ground

Down there, correct?

I want to stay on this gold
and go for it.

Yeah, yeah. That's what we're
here for. Let's work it.

I'm kind of liking this, too.

Yeah.

This is how you reel
in a big fish.

Show him the goods.
Show him the gold.

Now we're cooking, baby.

This is pretty good stuff.

Whew.

Oh, yeah. I'm liking it.

Alright. Great, gary. Great.

The air is low.
Are you coming up?

Yeah, I'm coming up.he's coming up.

- Pull him out?
- Yeah.

Vernon: pull him out!

Vernon: having problems
with the equipment,

Now we're on major gold
in front of an investor,

Is about as bad timing
as I can imagine.

This deal may have gone out
the window now.

May not have enough money
to buy this claim.

Ah.

I can't afford this, man.

If it ain't one thing,
it's another.

Narrator: it's judgment day
for vernon adkison.

And the impending verdict
is not looking too promising.

I look at the air compressor

And the air compressor
belt came off.

Vernon: I think jaco might have
some concerns

About investing
in the operation.

Problems with ice mining...
They're unavoidable.

They're going to happen,
but you just don't want it

To happen while mr. Moneybags
is standing there watching.

We got to drill a hole and
tighten it a little.

But there's a lot of things
that can go wrong.

It's just part of mining.

The winning team is the team
that can solve those problems

Fast and do it in such a way

That that same problem
don't happen again.

Yes.

I got it.

I was pretty worried that jaco
was going to lose faith in us,

But he sees that we have
a hell of a team.

I'm pretty sure he's impressed.

I'm proud of the people
I have working for me.

They always come through for me.

Narrator: with the air
compressor working...

...the crew readies
to get gary back in the water.

Hopefully, it's just easy
sailing from here.

Narrator:
but the big investor...

...has other ideas.

Alright. We'll give it a shot.

This is a first for me.

Jaco's involved in deep diving,

But usually the guys
with the money

Want you to do all the work.

The fact that jaco wants
to go down

And see it with his own eyes,
I respect that.

I just hope nothing goes wrong
with the system.

If it does, might as well
just roll me in the snow

And bury me out here.

There you go.

Jaco: I'm still considering
which way to go.

I want to see the source
of the gold

To show me the value
of what I'm facing here,

And then I will form
my opinion after that.

Alright, I think you're good!

You ready to rock and roll?

Yes. Okay.

Tear it up.

How is your air?

Okay, if it starts getting hard
to breathe, come on up.

How's it looking down there?

Yeah, that's the way to do it.

Alright, so the deeper you go,
the better it's looking. Great.

Yeah, yeah, that's a good size.

Hey, jaco, you seeing any gold
down there yet?

Tourist miners,
they come up here,

They want to get
a little taste of nome.

Well, the guy... He's really
getting a taste of nome.

Getting a taste of that
bering sea gold tonight.

Alright, that what
I wanted to hear.

Vernon: this day has totally
turned around.

He saw how my crew performs.

Now, he went down,

He saw the gold
with his own eyes,

And he's blown away.

And I'm going to go get
my pen all shined up

So he can sign that checkbook.

Jaco: there's definitely
a lot of gold.

I'm convinced of that.

Vernon: it turned
into a pretty decent day.

Narrator: ten miles west...

Joe: how's it going
down there, shawn?

Shawn: going good.

Man, the gold's
so good down here.

Hell yeah. Wonderful.

Narrator: ...mr. Gold is pushing
himself and his equipment

As far as he can.

How's that extension
working for you?

I got it
stretched out right now.

I'm out here at
the end of the hose.

I'll bet you're really
enjoying it,

Being your claim you're on, eh?

Yeah.

Gold's really good.
Sucking it up.

Oh. Yeah, that's it.

I'm maxed out.

If I pull any harder,

I'm going to pull a hose
out of the diffuser.

I'm all stretched out.

Sounds like
you ran out of reach.

I'm coming up,
although I don't want to.

Alright. 10-4.

Put that extension on there,
it really helped out.

Awesome. Ah.

Hey, what do you know?
I got away with it.

The box is looking good.

Yeah, there's gold everywhere.

Yeah. I mean, this is
packed in here.

I pushed myself past the limit,

But I got a box
full of gold out of it.

Fortune favors the foolish.

Looks like it was a good move
buying this claim.

Heck yeah.

Ready to rock and roll.

Hi, I'm kris kelly,

And welcome to another special

Of "secrets underneath the ice".

Today, we're gonna... To be
talking about advanced tips.

The biggest tip
I can give everybody out there

That wants to become a miner...
Don't do it.

You know, that's probably going
to save you a lot of trouble.

Your children are going
to love you a lot more.

You're going to keep your wife
and your house and, you know,

You're probably going to keep
all your teeth along with it.

That's probably the best tip
I can give you.

Tip to emily...

If she wants to become
a real miner

And figure out
what she's doing...

Ice mining's easy.

You've already been doing it
like 10 years.

Maybe get your head
out of your a*s.

Audience: ooh!

Kris: tips I have
for vernon this year...

Shawn's already cleared
that area out.

Are you stupid?

Shawn went there for like
six years in a row,

Took all the gold out at 16.

Everybody in town knows that,
but vernon, I guess.

It's not rocket science.

It's seventh grade geology.

Geology... Is that
water... The ocean, too?

I wouldn't follow vernon
anywhere. That fool...

I don't think he could get gold
if he was laying on it.

And I love vernon, too.

It hurts me to see that.

No, it doesn't hurt me
that much.

Ah, you don't have to
give to him.

I'm jealous of shawn.

Shawn is actually a person that
understands the value of a crew.

Here I am. I'm working
with a bunch of clowns.

And shawn's got joe.

He's actually one of the best
miners in town.

Next question.

There is no best thing
about ice mining.

I can't think of one good thing
about ice mining.

It's probably the biggest tip
I've ever learned.

This has been "advanced tips
with kris kelly".

Emily: claim 14's been
kind of a mess all season.

All of the claim was open water,

But we kind of lucked out
and the ice came back in.

But before, you know,
we get the team out here,

I want to see
how solid the ice really is.

Gosh, it's trippy
out here right now.

The whole landscape's
changed out here.

We have this massive
crusher ridge.

We had all these storms
from the south,

And it totally, like,
rearranged the ice.

Wow. There's some
cool formations out there.

Dude, this is the coolest thing
I've ever seen out here,

Just the way
that these cracks form.

This is the coolest thing.

I mean, it's really dangerous,
but it's really cool.

What's happening is the most
giant pressure ridge

I've ever seen
is blocking these cracks.

These cracks are trying to get
through this pressure ridge,

And they honestly... They might
succeed at any moment.

Once they break through
this pressure ridge,

This mountain
that we're standing

Is going to break apart, too.

Hopefully not with us on it.

It feels kind of scary
to be out here on this claim.

I think we can risk mining
one more time out on the ice

And then we've got to
wrap it up,

Get our stuff off the ice,
and call it a season.

This is not a safe place to be.

I'm going to get
the heck out of here,

So I'm not a part of this year's
darwin awards.

Kris: okay, we're here
at turtle's place,

Picking up the air compressor.

Narrator: kris is on the final
leg of his scavenger hunt,

Trying to get the operation,

Or at least some form of it,
back up and running.

I'm gonna go knock on the door
and get this going.

At least I don't have to trample
through 10 feet of snow

To get there

Turtle's kind of like a hoarder.

So, I'm pretty sure turtle's
got an air compressor

Somewhere around his property.

And that's where we are
right now,

Walking around the streets of
nome,

Knocking on doors of hoarders,
trying to find the pieces

We need to start this piece
of crap operation again.

So, I already
got the pump engine

And I got the umbilical.

So, do you think this thing's
going to run?

Okay, well, great.

We'll figure it out.

Well, kris, looks like you put
all the pieces together.

Well, whatever.
Hopefully they all run.

Just because we have pieces

Doesn't mean
they're going to work.

Ah, you'll get them to work.
I wouldn't worry about it.

So, we have all the pieces.

I don't really know
if it works right now,

But now it's time to build
our shackless winter operation.

Here's to the beginning
of the great new kelly empire.

Another successful mission.

You're back in the water,
simple as that.

It was a little harder
than "simple as that",

But hey! Come on, let's go.

Narrator: out on the ice...

I think jaco was
pretty satisfied

That there's major gold
in this area.

Yeah.

I mean, hell,
he jumped right in there.

Jaco had to go back
when we were cleaning the gold.

I told him I'd take a picture.

Honestly, between what gary
got and jaco pulled in,

It's going to knock
his socks off.

Alright.
Well, let's see what we did.

Okay. Alright. Here we go.

One.

Alright, that's two.

Four, five...

Seven, eight...

Nine, 10, 11, 12.







Maximum gold.

Narrator: 16.2 ounces

Is worth over $25,000,

And despite the hiccups,

Vernon, jaco, and the team
delivered a hefty haul.

I'm quite happy with it.

Good job, guys.

I can't wait to show
jaco the results.

You never know how things
are going to work out.

He could have had some bad eggs
for breakfast and said,

"I don't want to make a deal."

But my heart says I've found
my investor,

And claim 16 is
going to be mine.

If I'm the top bidder, this
lease is gonna belong to me.

Narrator: back in nome...

Shawn: extended the hose,

Was able to
reach out quite a bit further

Than what I was,

Got into some really good gold.

Some big nuggets.

You got to take those risks,

And with the ice this thin,

Probably won't be the last risk
I take this season

If I get a chance
to keep mining.

Here we go.

Let's see what we got here.

Seven.











This is kind of cleanups
we need to hit our goal.

Narrator: 30.2 ounces

Is worth over $48,000,

One of shawn's biggest hauls
of the season,

And just in time.

Shawn: right now,
I can just about taste victory,

But we're running out of time.

The ice is going to go
out any day now,

And it's a race to the finish.

I need to make that
$40,000 goal.

We need that big one,

That one move that'll really set
it apart from the other ones.

Whatever it takes.

Narrator: shawn vaults to the
cusp of greatness,

While the kellys,

Well,
we'll just have to wait and see.

Vernon: the ice is rotting.

Too damn warm.

Kris: holy,
is it getting bad out here!

The ice is starting to sink.

Shawn: time to get
the hell out of here.

Kris: the ice is rotting.
It's gonna be dangerous,

But we're going to take
that risk.

I don't really care. We're going
to make this no matter what.

Emily: now it's just a matter
of scrambling.

Vernon: we're going to be
out there getting gold,

And that's what
you've got to do.

You've got to persist.

Come on!

Yeah!

Gold's so good down here.

Whoo! Well, keep sucking it up.

We're on gold.
That's all that matters.

Whoo-hoo!