12x16 - Total Meltdown

[bunniefuu]

Narrator: This winter...

Emily: I've never dealt with
unstable ice like this before.

This is freaking me out.

The ice is so thin.
That's pretty alarming.

Narrator:
...The fleets faced off

With a new enemy
on the b*ttlefield...

♪ never burning out,
burning out ♪

Narrator:
...Thinning, unstable ice...

♪ ...Burning out, burning out ♪

Narrator: ...Making a dangerous
mission even more lethal.

♪ Burning out ♪

♪ I get too deep sometimes
in my own head ♪

Shawn: I'm risking everything
working on this thin ice.

One wrong move,
it could be your last.

♪ Light from above ♪

♪ racing to the ends
of the earth ♪

Narrator:
Now as the teams push into

The back half of the season...

Shawn: We're gonna make money
any way we can this winter.

Narrator: ...The pressure rises.

We're ready to go,
and we're gonna make goal!

Narrator:
The window starts closing.

Vernon:
We're going for it this time.

The further out we go,
the thinner the ice gets.

Narrator:
But you've got to wonder...

Kris: I'm just trying to
make this work.

Narrator:
...What will crack first...

Emily's saying there's no gold,
but it's got to be there.

Narrator: ...The ice...

Emily: Whoo!
Damn, that ice is thin.

It's gonna go any minute.

Narrator: ...Or the miners?

Dude, go. You're a waste
of [bleep] time anyway.

I've had enough of your [bleep]!

This is [bleep]

♪♪

Narrator: In nome...

It's not always fun delivering

Such a small amount of gold
to the lease owner,

So definitely not looking
forward to this.

Narrator: Captain emily riedel's
tomcod coordinates

From shawn pomrenke
have fallen flat.

Emily: Now we got to figure out
where we want to go next.

We got to make some money
this winter.

Tomcod just felt like
a huge waste of time.

Narrator: So now,
before scouting new ground,

She has some unfinished business
with mr. Gold.

I mean, I made a deal
with shawn.

I'd give him 20% of any gold
that we found out of tomcod,

And we didn't do much,
so here's 20% of nothing.

How's it going out there?

Shawn: Well, we're doing
all right.

Yeah, clearly with your massive
jar of gold.

Any time somebody comes
to pay royalties,

You're counting your ounces.

A little bit of hard work
pays off.

How'd it go for you?

Uh, could have gone better.

That spot with the coordinates
you sent us,

We dove 20 hours on it,

And I think we got
just shy under 4 ounces.

So, yeah,
it's a little bit brutal.

That doesn't sound right.

I don't know. I mean,
we just didn't find anything

That was paying. Hmm.

So I'm gonna settle up with you,

And then we're gonna put
the operation on something

That pays a little bit better.

How much do you have?

I just got about three quarters
of an ounce here for you.

I wish it was more, man,
trust me.

- It's just over a half ounce.
- Yeah.

I mean, we made a little bit
of gold,

Covered some expenses,
but... It sucks.

There's definitely gold
in that area.

I mean, you know, things change,
bottom changes.

We're losing money so fast.

Yeah. Good look. Thank you.

All right. Thanks, man. Cheers.

- Yep. Bye.
- See ya.

See ya.

I mean, something's wrong,

Emily is saying there's nothing
on those coordinates.

Either emily's wrong

And I'm right
about these coordinates,

Or this claim's not what
I thought it was gonna be.

That would be devastating.

I gave her
these good coordinates.

She said there's no gold there.

But, I mean, from what
I'm seeing in here,

Some nice, big chunks of gold.

Maybe they just missed it.

♪♪

Emily: The season could end
at any minute.

The ice could go out any second.

Narrator: Facing the back half
of the season,

Emily's back
to the drawing board.

We're getting
the hell out of tomcod

'cause we got to go
make money somewhere else.

Narrator: At stake...
Her summer expansion plan,

And she's barely made a dent
in the cost.

Yeah, that was not fun,
but the big problem right now

Is that I don't have
anywhere to mine.

Everything this season
is falling apart so far,

So I need to come up
with a plan right away

Because it's critical
for the season.

We don't have much time

And it's time
to put some gold in the box,

And I don't know
how that's gonna happen.

You know, you got to make money
during ice mining.

Every hole you get on
has to be gold-bearing.

Every hole has to be
making you money,

Otherwise you're losing money.

So we've got to rethink
the plan here.

♪♪

Narrator: Five miles east...

♪♪

Kris:
We got everything up and going.

The wind chill is a b*tch.

So the stronger the wind is,
the colder the air is.

Narrator: ...To get hot for
the second half of winter...

We're ready to go,
and we're gonna make goal!

Narrator: ...Kris kelly's
determined to realize his goal

Of a three-person relay dive.

Everybody knows their jobs.
Everybody knows their job.

So I have this plan, right?
Three divers relay-style...

Shaunna, andy, then me.

Tons of hours on the box,
tons of production.

Kris: Come on. Let's get going.

Brad: What's the matter?

Narrator: Kris's first effort
at the mythical relay...

Yeah, I don't have my thermals.
I can't dive, guys.

...Came up short.

If it does, I'm [bleep]

Who the [bleep]'s allergic
to neoprene?

Last time andy screwed it up.

This time, no excuses.
It's got to happen.

We need more gold,
and we need it fast.

A third testicle
would be more useful than andy.

Andy!
- Yeah, I'm coming, I'm coming.

No water!

Is it me or does it always seem
like andy's doing nothing?

Narrator: Now, for the kellys
to make it in the long run...

Kris: Where's andy right now?

He's taking a [bleep]
for all I know.

I don't keep track of him.

I'm not the captain.

...They'll have to be...
Well, not the kellys.

Kris: Gold mining is ruthless.

In the middle of the season,
it can feel like a grind.

Your body's withered.

You can barely
handle it anymore.

You get tired,
unfocused, and cranky.

But if you let it affect you,
productivity drops,

Less gold comes in,
and the whole thing falls apart.

Kris: Dad, you think you can
come out here for five minutes

To get off your phone?

Brad: I'm not on my phone,
[bleep] idiot.

Kris: My dad just wants to sit
in the shed all day long

And do nothing.

My brother knows
there's a problem.

He just refuses
to take care of it.

It's somebody else's problem.

Everything is not their problem.
It's my problem.

Anything [bleep] up,
it's my problem.

Narrator: The captain's aiming
for 50 ounces to rent a ship

That will allow them to travel
down the coast this summer.

Kris: Everybody's just
standing around.

Narrator: But so far, that dream
is still out of reach.

I don't even know
what I'm doing here.

The truth is, my dad and brother

Are not pulling
their weight lately.

I know with andy
that's not easy to do,

But I feel like
I'm doing everything.

I'm the only one determined
to bring us to the next level.

Andy, chip that hole out

Until you can fit
that jet log in there.

You should have done that
like [bleep] hour ago.

Hey, look, you've got
to get out here

And start working.

Calm the [bleep] down, dude.
Really.

Do one hole right
the first time,

Then go to the next hole!

- I'm gonna kick you in the...
- I don't [bleep] care!

Get and do that [bleep] hole
the right way.

Shut up!

Trying to enjoy my [bleep]

Come on. We got to hurry up.

Everything's gonna freeze on me.

It's got to come in
from this angle or something.

You know, if I really
want something done,

I got to do it myself.

♪♪

I just lost my phone. - What?

That's it.
I've had it for the [bleep] day.

[ sighs ]

Shut up, stupid!

Ugh.

Honestly, I've just had enough.

Seven years
we've been doing this [bleep],

And you still have to tell them
to wipe their a*s.

You still have to tell them
to [bleep] do one job right

The right... the first time
and then move on.

Brad: If you're rocked out,
go home for the day,

And andy and I'll
run this [bleep]

You guys couldn't run [bleep]

- Go home and see!
- Shut up and go to work!

- I'm working.
- Whatever.

[bleep] you.

I try and find my happy place

When all the drama's going on.

Everything's going just fine.
Don't worry about it.

Welcome to another episode

Of "secrets under the ice
with kris kelly."

Today we're gonna talk
about being a leader.

What the [bleep] would I know
about being a leader?

Why don't we skip that one
and do the next one?

[ beep ]

Hello. Today we'll be looking
at being a leader.

And in case you don't know that,

I don't really know
how to do that, you know,

'cause nobody
will follow me anywhere.

How I convince people
to do things

That they don't want to do...
I b*tch, yell, and scream.

I make it so uncomfortable
to be around me

That you're [bleep] gonna do
what I tell you to do.

[ beep ]

You know, somebody else
should have done this.

You should have done this
[bleep] with emily, you know?

[ beep ] being a leader.

[ beep ]

[ beep ]
churchill was a good leader.

You know, roosevelt was
a really good leader.

Who, uh...

I don't know. They were loud,

Talked people into
doing their [bleep],

Inspired others around them

So they didn't have to get
their hands dirty.

I wish I could do
all of those things.

The reason why my leadership
is so bad

Is you do not hire family.

If I didn't hire family,
I'd probably be already rich.

I'm not doing any well
leading these fools.

You can lead a horse to water,
but you can't make him drink.

I don't really know what I have
to do it to inspire them.

They know their [bleep] job.

Why do I have to
tell you your job?

'cause you're jealous
and full of hate,

And they're pissed off
that I'm always right.

The only way
andy's a good leader

If he's opening the door to
all-you-can-eat chinese food.

My dad... he can't even
lead himself to the bathroom.

Don't hire family.

You want to know why
really don't hire family?

'cause you can't fire them
in the end.

That's been kris kelly's guide
to bitter leadership.

Thank you very much
for tuning in.

You [bleep] go to work
with my dad and brother.

You see if you can make
those fat [bleep] do something.

♪♪

Narrator: In nome, alaska,

The second half
of the winter mining season

Bears down on the fleet...

...Testing the miners to see
if they've got what it takes

To go the distance

Or be lost
to the icy burn of defeat.

[ wind howling ]

♪♪

♪♪

Ah.

All right.

Looks like things are humming
out here.

Narrator: Skipper vernon adkison

Is overhauling
his plan of attack

To kick his operation
into high gear.

Vernon: This looks damn good.

I've made a bet,
maybe the bet of a lifetime.

I believe claim 16
to be a money maker,

So I put in a bid for it.

So now I got to come up with
a small fortune to pay for it.

And I'm a long way
from having it,

So I'm making some big changes.
No more messing around.

All right. Now we got
a 35-foot hose

Versus a 25-foot hose.

We changed out the sluice boxes,
got a better one.

We improved
our hot-water system.

We have a good, strong chance
of reaching our goal

Of 200 ounces.

Narrator: 200 ounces will be
the payment due

If vernon wins his bid.

But still far off the mark,

He'll need
his second-half as*ault

To fire on all cylinders.

Vernon: Let's have a rally
over here right quick.

And vernon has got
just the soldier.

Okay, you know,
now since you're here, jenny,

We could send gary down now.

Yep.

Gary's sister jenny here,
she can tend.

I can finally get gary
down diving.

Gary's my ace diver.

He's probably the best ice diver
I've seen and known.

I know as soon as we can
get gary on the bottom,

The gold take is gonna
go up by quite a lot.

Love you. Be safe.

♪♪

Ooh.

All right, this is awesome.

♪♪

Vernon: How's it looking, gary?

It looks pretty good.
I'm at the bottom right now.

Letting the water even out.

He likes that gooey layer.

He's been out here before
and he knows

That it's like a gooey...
Almost like peanut butter

Except a little thicker layer.

The gold lays on top of that.

There's two layers only like
maybe one...

Under about a foot or so
of sand.

Gold is heavy.
It'll go down through the sand.

You don't get much gold
in the sand.

It goes, sifts through the sand

And usually bottoms out
on a clay layer,

But in this case,
gooey peanut butter layer.

Gary: And go for it.

Vernon: We know there's gold
on this layer.

We got to make tracks.
We got to scoop it up.

I mean, we can cover vast areas
of this

In a short period of time.

Everything topside's good.

All right, copy that.

I'll keep working down here.

Finding gold. Finding gold.

Narrator: Five miles east...

Kris: They're ready to go!

Okay, start it.

- There it is.
- Got it.

Yay!

We got it. [bleep]

Narrator: ...Captain
kris kelly's team has regrouped,

And now they're ready
for the mission at hand,

The three-man relay dive.

Kris: Okay, look, everything's
up and running and I'm happy.

Shaunna's gonna go down first.

Andy, you're going down
to clean everything up.

And I'm gonna be there
at the end of the day.

To do nothing.

I make the money around here.

- No, you don't.
- Yeah, okay.

You spend the money around here.

Let's go!

Kris: I have to keep pushing.

I feel like I have to drag
these guys to the holy land.

We would be so much stronger
if everyone did their part

Without the complaining.

But I'll put this team
on my back,

Carry them over the finish line.

Screw them.

Finally.

Let's get you going
rocking and rolling.

Narrator: First up...
Kris's protege,

Shaunna echohawk.

Good day to dive the bering sea.

There you go. Okay, good.

Okay, you should be good.

Okay.

Tell me if there's any problems.
I'll yank you up.

All right, kris.

Diver down!

[ breathing heavily ]

♪♪

- Boy, she breathes hard, huh?
- She does.

Try to slow down
your breathing a little bit.

There you go. Nice and slow.
Be calm.

Everything's cool.

♪♪

I don't see any rocks
coming through for some reason.

Are you sucking up any?

Doesn't look like it.

I don't have any suction.

Okay, well, I think you have
a rock jam.

Hit the box. - Looks like it.

Ready to go.
I'll call you right back.

Gotta go. Bye.

Dad, I wish you'd stop talking
on the phone all the time.

Don't worry about
what I'm doing.

Worry about what you're doing,
okay? [bleep]

Why can't you do
what I tell you?

Don't mind your own business
anymore.

Mind your own. You're...

She just asked if there's
anything coming through the box.

No, I don't see anything
coming through the box.

We're gonna hit the box.

It really pisses my dad
and brother off

That I make them work.

That's too bad.
This is what we're here to do.

And when we're rich
because I pushed everybody,

They're gonna be
too rich to complain.

♪♪

Walk the hose!

[bleep] idiot.

There's a plug in the hole.

And what happens is all the
rocks, like, cluster together.

So you need to walk the hose
and look for there...

We call it a rock jam.

Roger that.

What is your problem today?

What? How'd I get a problem?
I said I hit the box twice.

[ speaks indistinctly ]
you've got a problem with that?

You're my problem!

You're on your phone


I'm just trying
to make this work!

I don't know if I can tell.

I'm following it, though,
and trying to look.

Don't get scared.
Everything's fine.

Hit that box?

[ speaking indistinctly ]

What the [bleep] is up today?

I'm having a hard time
finding it.

So you can't find
where it's all clustered?

I don't think so.

I'm feeding it.

Anything?

Andy: There's no water going
through that box.

She's got a rock jam from hell.

♪♪

Kris: She's done. She can't...

She won't be able to get it
anymore.

I need you to go down there
and clean up her mess.

I got to go down there
and clean it up.

Andy is gonna come down
and take care of everything.

He'll clean up everything.

Just come on up,
and let's get you changed.

Roger that.

Honestly, I thought I had
this train on track.

But right now, I feel like
the train's flipping over,

Lighting on fire.

Kris: Andy, you got to
start getting changed.

Dude, I'm gonna have a rock jam
when I get down there.

- What do you want me to do?
- Get suited up.

Andy, come on. You got to get...

- I don't want to [bleep]
- you got to get suited up.

What the [bleep] is
everyone's problem today?

You! You're our problem,
to go with the truth.

- Go home, go home, go home.
- [bleep]

We don't even want you
to [bleep] be here.

Why don't you go home?

Just go, 'cause you're not even
doing anything there.

Just leave, like, please leave.

- I'm not going anywhere.
- I've had enough of your [bleep]

Brad: Go, kris.
We've had enough of you.

Andy's had enough of you, too.

Well, andy can go with you, too.

We need you
like we need a third...

No one wants to work with you.

- ...The end, then.
- There's no end here.

End for you.
Get on down the road. Go.

Fine. I'm just gonna leave.
You run everything, then.

Go ahead. - They just rattle us.

Yep, everything's gonna
be better now.

Dude, go. You're a waste
of [bleep] time anyway.

I've had enough of your [bleep]!

This is [bleep]

[bleep] you, yellow-belly punk.

I've had enough.

[ sighs ]

♪♪

♪♪

♪♪

I don't know.

It's a long walk to town
if he isn't.

Kris:
Enough with the whole thing.

Let him do my job.
He's a [bleep] idiot.

I feel bad about the situation.

I feel bad about
walking away right now,

Especially we're on gold.

Got to go clear the rock jam,
get it cleared up,

Now that the miner-whiner kris
is gone.

The miner-whiner.

Narrator: The remaining kellys
attempt to forge ahead

After captain kris's
abrupt exit.

♪♪

Kris: I created this whole
problem myself, too,

By always picking up after them
and going behind

And making sure
their jobs are done right.

They have no accountability
anymore for their actions.

I'm sick of having to tell them
their [bleep] jobs

When they know exactly
what to do.

- Yeah, I need a...
- I got it. I got it. Okay.

...Where I could actually
move my head.

Pull up on your weight, though.

It's where he really
wants to be anyways.

- What's up, kris?
- Oh, hey, bob.

You're not a cab, are you?
- Nope.

You want to give me a ride
into town?

- Sure.
- Okay, thank you, buddy, yeah.

He's got to stop
with his attitude.

I'm sick of it, aren't you?

Yeah, I'm tired of being [bleep]
the whole [bleep] day.

Me too.

Ah, kris got a ride.

I don't care. Let him go.

That's what he wanted to do
is go home anyways.

Let them go, man. [bleep]

Being up here, the thin ice,
the freezing cold,

So many things
can really go wrong up here.

It does get to you.

Am I in the wrong? Maybe.

But kris is just
a big damn baby.

That's the problem.
We can do this ourselves.

I don't even need kris,
to be honest with you.

How's that look?
Is my skin covered?

Yeah, skin's all covered.

Good to go. You good?

- Yeah.
- Okay. Be careful.

♪♪

You okay?

Yeah, just hold on.

♪♪

Man, this [bleep] is easier to
do in the summertime,

But not in the wintertime,

Andy, fix the rock jam,
okay, bud?

Yeah, I'm going to
the couple right now.

♪♪

Hey, dad?

Idle down.

Oh, you got
a five-foot rock jam.

[bleep] me.

Narrator: Five miles west...

I was hoping emily'd
bring me 20 ounces,

But that didn't happen.
Got me a little concerned.

Narrator: ...Shawn pomrenke
revisits his tomcod intel

After reports from emily

That her coordinates
were a bust.

Shawn: Emily's saying there's
no gold on that spot,

But it's got to be there.

It has to be there.

Narrator: Shawn's been clawing
toward the $400,000 needed

To secure the claim.

But with this news from emily,

Is tomcod really as rich in gold
as he's envisioned?

I'm really close to being
the owner of the tomcod.

Been putting gold in the box,

And we're getting closer
every day.

It does worry and concern me
a little bit

That she didn't find
anything there

'cause I got to give her
some credibility.

She has...

Has been mining for a while.

I gave her a good hole.

I just don't think that

She spent enough time
looking for it.

I hope that's what it is.

Putting all my eggs
in this tomcod basket.

It's a lot of money.

These drill logs show me
where the gold is on the claim,

Just like the ones I gave emily.

If it's not panning out
that way,

It gives me a little bit of
pause about this whole deal.

It's showing in the first meter


That's a pretty damn good
drill hole.

So it's saying it's there.

She's saying it's not.
But you know what?

Maybe it's a little bit deeper
than what she looked.

Maybe she just didn't
take the time to put in...

Put in enough time to find it.

If you're off 10 feet one way,




You can be off of the gold.

So you have to...
You have to look for it.

As far as I know,
the data doesn't lie.

The drill holes are accurate.

I know gold,

And I'm sure I'm not
misreading these drill logs.

If somebody tells me I'm wrong,
I don't like being wrong.

So it motivates me
to prove them wrong.

This deal's too big to have

Any lingering questions
like that out there.

I need to make sure
that there's gold on that spot.

I need to go down
and put my eyes on it myself.

Maybe there's nothing there.

Either the drill logs and years
of information and work is right

Or emily's right.

I have a funny suspicion
that the drill logs are right.

If you want something done
right,

You better do it yourself.

Narrator: Coming up...

Captain kris is gone.

There's no yelling,
no screaming,

Peace and quiet.

What I need him for?

You got her there.
It's coming out, man.

Andy: All right.

- [ laughs ]
- how's it look, boss?

It's not guaranteed necessarily
that there's gold here,

But I'm liking the chances.

Even though the risks are high,
we got to get some gold.

Whoo!

[ wind howling ]

♪♪

Should be flowing
a little bit more.

It's still plugged up
pretty good.

So andy's down right now
trying to fix it.

Narrator:
With their fearless leader
on the trail back to nome,

Father brad and brother andy

Try to get the gold flowing
without him.

[bleep] [bleep]

♪♪

Anything come out?

It's still jammed.

♪♪

Dad, idle up the engine.

You got it, buddy.

Okay, perfect.

Check your section.
It looks good.

Okay.

Yep, that's perfect.

What's happening now
is that captain kris is gone.

The ship's running
a lot smoother,

Except for shaunna's rock jam,

But there's no yelling,
no screaming,

Peace and quiet.

You know, we can... I can run
this [bleep] without him,

What I need him for?

♪♪

You got it, hey.
It's coming out, man.

Andy: All right.

We're not as worthless
as kris thinks we are.

You know, we're actually
pretty good workers.

We can do this without him.

Okay, maybe we did need
a little kick in the a*s,

But we're dialed in now.

Okay, buddy,
I'm ready to pack her up

When you're ready to pack up.

Okay, I'm good.

Good dive.

Good yeller.

Box is holding all my gold
at the top, so I'm happy.

All my gold's sitting right here
where it should be.

Good job, hey.

Go get changed out of that
wet suit before you freeze.

Yeah, I know, huh?

The way we do business
is called kelly style.

You know, it's kind of weird,
unorthodox to most people,

But it makes sense to us.
That's all that matters, right?

It's our form of communication,
yelling and screaming.

That's how we communicate.

Yeah, box is looking pretty.

Now I need my [bleep] brother
to come back

And put in his shifts.

Good job. Let's go home.

Since you got all the gold
today,

You get to buy the pizza.

♪♪

Narrator: Five miles west...

So, gary, it looks like
you went under

About a foot or
a foot and a half of sand,

Then you got to cobble, right?

Gary: Yeah.
Man, I like this stuff.

Narrator:
As the sun goes down in nome,

Vernon atkinson's lead diver
is also down...

- I'm liking what I see there.
- I am, too.

That's about as far
as I can go, actually.

All right,
I'm patched out, you guys.

He can't move it no more.

We just added 10 feet
to the length of the hose.

And that's giving us a lot more
maneuvering room down there.

Gary's been everywhere.

We wouldn't have even reached
the trench

With that shorter hose.

But it looks like
he stretched it

About as far as
this one will go.

Gary:
If we want to go any farther,

We're gonna have to move
the trench.

Oh, [bleep]

All right.

Why don't you come on up,

And let's check that box before
we waste any time, okay?

Yeah, copy that.

Gary's a monster.
He went down four hours,

And now it looks like
we're on something big.

♪♪

Watch yourself. Whoo!

All right!

Everything seemed to run
real well.

Good dive, gary.

Vernon: Things are looking good,

I'm excited about all this.

Narrator: Two miles east...

♪♪

♪♪

...Emily riedel is a miner
with nowhere to mine.

Emily: The first half
of this ice-mining season

Was really brutal.

Open water on 14 screwed us.

We didn't find any gold
really at tomcod.

Starting to look like

This season might be a failure
all over again.

We've heard some rumors
that the ice on 14 is back,

But we need to take the sleds
out and look at it more closely.

This could be our lifeline.

♪♪

Whoo!

[ laughs ]
- how's it look, boss?

Emily: There's no sign
of the lead.

Like, we're on ice,
as far as I know.

Just a few weeks ago,
this was open water.

It's open ocean.

That's bering sea right there.



But now it's frozen back up,
so we might have a chance.

The bering sea taketh away.
The bering sea giveth.

We were not counting on 14
coming back.

So this is a big deal.

The spot that I'm in here
with the snow machine

Is about 300 feet north
of a known waypoint with gold,

And it's not guaranteed
necessarily

That there's gold here,
but I'm liking the chances.

I'm liking...
I'm liking the idea

Of starting a hole here.

We got the auger.
We're gonna auger a hole,

Drop the camera down,
and if we're on cobble,

I think we're golden.

♪♪

♪♪

Damn, that ice is thin. Whoo!

♪♪

Whoo-whee!

This lead might have
come back in,

But it's gonna go any minute.

- It's over on the bottom.
- Ooh. Yeah.

- Oh, there's rock.
- Ah!

Oh, yeah! Whoo-hoo!

This looks awesome,
so I'm excited.

Let's get our [bleep] down here.

Yeah, we know the ice on 14's
broken off once already.

So is it thick enough?
Is it gonna hold?

We have no idea, but we
really have no other option.

So even though the thinner ice
is a lot more unpredictable,

We're just gonna roll the dice
and go for it on 14.

We got to take the risk
and dive on 14.

Leads are always gonna be
a possibility out here.

Even though the risks are high,
we got to get some gold.

Narrator: Coming up...

Emily dropped off
some royalty yesterday.

Very little bit.

Gonna get the shacks hooked up,
pull them out to the spot,

Go check it out.

Yeah! Let's go.

Vernon:
All right, come on, baby.

Seven, eight.

Sweet jenny from the block.

[ laughter ]

[ wind howling ]

Vernon: Damn.
Things are freezing up.

I mean, you look
at that icy hole there,

And you think about
going down in there...

It just looks cold.

Ah.

It takes a special kind of nut
to be up for all that.

Yep. [ laughs ]

But, you know,
if there's gold involved,

I could possibly make
an exception.

It's true.
I'll do just about anything

For that sweet, sweet gold.

It's like magic.

Gold heats up my body
and makes all that agony

Of operating in the ice
just melt away.

I'll sit on the ice all day.
It's worth it, baby.

I could just sit right here
and rake in the gold.

You can't have the gold
without the cold.

Bada-bing. We're gonna do it.

[ wind howling ]

♪♪

All right, this one's got
some weight to it.

Yeah, that looks good.

Narrator: After betting on
a move farther from shore,

Captain vernon adkison's
ready for a payout

From his thin-ice gamble.

Let's see what kind
of withdrawal we've made

From the bank
of the bottom of the bering sea.

♪♪

One ounce.

Two ounces.

Three.

Four, five.

Six, seven, eight.

All right, come on, baby.

There's nine.





Almost 11 ounces.

I think jenny's
bringing us luck.

- Hell yeah.
- Yeah.

Sweet jenny from the block.
[ laughs ]

Narrator: 10.56 ounces is worth
over $16,000.

And vernon's new plan of attack
for the second half of winter

Is hitting the target.

All right.

We're pushing it
because we have to,

And it's paying off.

The upgrades we've made,

Going out on this thinner ice,
getting gary down...

It's all starting to pay off.

Hey, we may win the battle
and the w*r.

We got to hammer it.

Now you got to tag it,

Get down there,
and get some more.

♪♪

Narrator: Two miles east...

♪♪

...Emily riedel's operation...

Let's get cutting,
let's get diving.

...Is finally returning home.

Well, all the stuff's here.

Let's cut some holes.
Let's get some gold.

[bleep] yeah.

Emily:
Claim 14 is back on the menu.

We took a lot of hits
this winter

And a lot
of unexpected obstacles,

But we're basically back
where we wanted to be.

I know this ground,
I know this claim,

And I think we're in a good
position to have a comeback.

Ah, it's so beautiful
to be back on 14, our lease!

- The real world.
- Oh, my god.

But please put gold on it.

Narrator: Emily's ready for
a new start in claim 14.

♪♪

But 12 miles west...

♪♪

How's this going, boy?

...Captain shawn pomrenke's
ready to see for himself

If the hot coordinates
he gave emily

Are indeed just a waste of time.

Emily dropped off
some royalty yesterday.

Very little bit.

So we're gonna go dive
on the hole,

See what's there.

Concerned maybe a little bit.

Are the drill logs wrong,

Or did emily just miss the gold?

I need to be 100% sure
which one it is.

The only way to do that
is to get down there myself

And look at it with my own eyes.

Gonna get the shacks hooked up,
pull them out to the spot,

Drill some holes,
push some ice under,

Get in the water,
suck up some gold.

♪♪

If I go diving on this hole
and there's no gold down there,

I'll be screwed.

Let's go check it out.

The whole future of my operation
depends on this,

So I'm hoping
she just missed it.

Yeah! Let's go.

Narrator: Captain kris kelly has
fallen victim

To winter's onslaught,
while the rest of the fleet

Stands ready
for the final rounds.