Nome, Alaska. Miners risk their lives diving below the ice on the frozen Bering Sea for a fortune in gold. While one miner nearly loses his life, another hits his biggest payday ever.
Summer encroaches, and the Bering Sea ice shelf begins to break up - putting every dredge at risk. As the ice season comes to an end, the fleet scrambles for their last pans of gold. While some captains meet their goals, others continue to struggle.
Nome, Alaska. It's getting late in the ice mining season and the challenges of finding gold are wearing on the miners. Tensions run high and some important relationships are beginning to fray.
The dredgers race to put in one last dive before the ice melts from under them. Zeke's most profitable season has taken its toll. Emily goes to drastic measures to earn her crew's and her own self respect. Steve R faces Vern to settle their bet.
Nome, Alaska. Gold fever is on the rise as the season's end draws near. The deep waters of the Bering Sea put one miner's health at risk and his partnership on the rocks.
Nome, Alaska. Time is running out for the ice mining fleet, and competition is on the rise. The lure of gold has already pitted one partnership against each other, will it infect others.
Nome, Alaska - With temperatures rising and the Bering Sea melting, time is running out for the fleet of gold dredgers. As the ice begins to fracture, one team sees their dream of getting on the gold float out to sea.
Halfway through the winter dredging season, tempers flare on THE CLARK.The LAZY GATORS do a perilous freedive to try and recapture their only breathing apparatus, tangled underwater in a buoy. A new SHAMROCK diver tests his own nerve and Shawn's patience.
Zeke takes a gamble on a new dredger with game-changing technology but a huge ego. Emily chafes under her dad's laidback management style and challenges his captaincy. She also tangles with Shawn, trying to buy a key piece of equipment out from under him.