Bering Sea Gold

Bering Sea Gold
Narrated by	Thom Beers
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2+(1)
No. of episodes	-
Production
Executive producer	Thom Beers
Running time	approx. 45 minutes
Production company	Original Productions
Original release
Network	Discovery Channel
Release	January 27, 2012 (2012-01-27) – present
Related
Flying Wild Alaska, Gold Rush, Jungle Gold

Bering Sea Gold (also known as Gold Divers) is a reality television series set in Nome, Alaska that airs on Discovery Channel, with reruns also airing on TLC. It is from the creators of the Deadliest Catch reality TV show.

Cast

Season 1 Cast:

Name	Dredge	Details
Ezekial 'Zeke' Tenhoff	The Clark	Owner of 'The Clark', who built 'The Clark' from scratch in 2008.
Emily Riedel	The Clark	Deckhand on 'The Clark'. Daughter of Steve Riedel and childhood friend of Zeke Tenhoff
Ian Foster	Sluicey	Owner of the 'Sluicey'.
Scott Foster	Sluicey	Deckhand on the 'Sluicey'.
Steve Pomrenke	Christine Rose	Owner of the 'Christine Rose' and father of Shawn Pomrenke.
Shawn Pomrenke	Christine Rose	Co-owner of the 'Christine Rose' and son of Steve Pomrenke.
Cody Moen	Christine Rose	Deckhand on the 'Christine Rose'.
Robbi Wade	Christine Rose	Deckhand on the 'Christine Rose'.
Vernon Adkinson	Wild Ranger	Owner of the 'Wild Ranger'.
Scott Meisterheim	Wild Ranger	Captain of the 'Wild Ranger'.
Jason Walker	Wild Ranger	Deckhand on the 'Wild Ranger'.
Steve Riedel	Wild Ranger	Deckhand on the 'Wild Ranger'. Father of Emily Riedel.

Under The Ice - Season 1 Cast:

Name	Dredge	Details
Steve Pomrenke	Shamrock	Owner of the 'Christine Rose' and father of Shawn Pomrenke.
Shawn Pomrenke	Shamrock	Co-owner of the 'Christine Rose' and son of Steve Pomrenke. Owner of the 'Shamrock'.
Cody Moen	Shamrock	Diver on the 'Shamrock'.
Phil Rode	Shamrock	Diver on the 'Shamrock'.
Jason Higa	Shamrock	Diver on the 'Shamrock'.
Vince Skiba	Shamrock	Diver on the 'Shamrock'.
Ezekial 'Zeke' Tenhoff	The Clark	Owner of 'The Clark', who built 'The Clark' from scratch in 2008.
Emily Riedel	The Clark	Diver on 'The Clark'. Daughter of Steve Riedel and childhood friend of Zeke Tenhoff.
Steve Riedel	The Clark	Diver on 'The Clark'. Father of Emily Riedel.
John Bunce	The Clark	Team Member on 'The Clark'.
Grant Wilkins	The Clark	Diver and mechanic on 'The Clark'.
Jesse Strickling	Lazy Gator	Diver on Lazy Gator.
Joe Fullwood	Lazy Gator	Diver on Lazy Gator.
Derek McClarty	Lazy Gator	Diver on Lazy Gator.
Jakob Musich	Lazy Gator	Diver on Lazy Gator.
Ricky Larsen	Lazy Gator	Diver on Lazy Gator.

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Special(s)	Average U.S. viewers (million)	Originally aired
					Season premiere	Season finale
	1	8	2	3.04	January 10, 2012 (2012-01-10)	March 16, 2012 (2012-03-16)
	(1)	5	3	-	August 24, 2012 (2012-08-24)	September 21, 2012 (2012-09-21)
	2	TBA	TBA	TBA	January 4, 2013 (2013-01-04)

Episodes

Season 1 (2012)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"Paydirt"	January 27, 2012	3.66
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.
2	2	"One Bad Deal"	February 3, 2012	3.73
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.
3	3	"Suction"	February 10, 2012	3.48
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.
4	4	"A Viking Funeral"	February 17, 2012	3.05
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.
5	5	"Captaincy"	February 24, 2012	3.12
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.
6	6	"Eureka"	March 2, 2012	2.77
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.
7	7	"Bad Vibrations"	March 9, 2012	2.24
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?
8	8	"The Bitter End"	March 16, 2012	2.28
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.
Post-Season Specials
9	-	"After The Dredge - Risks and Relations"	March 23, 2012	1.49
The Bering Sea Gold crews gather and sound off about life in Nome during and after the show. Wild Ranger Scott and Vern's reunion is explosive. Emily and Zeke answer about the exact nature of their relationship. Meet the mysterious white-bearded dredger.
10	-	"After The Dredge - Gains and Losses"	March 30, 2012	1.04
The Bering Sea Gold crews gather and sound off about gold gained and relationships strained. Christine Rose's Shawn talks about his being stabbed. The Clark's Zeke drops a bombshell on the Sluicey crew. Wild Ranger's Scott responds to Vern's accusations.

Under The Ice - Season 1 (2012)

A series by the creators of Deadliest Catch following some of the dredgers from Bering Sea Gold during the ice season.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
Pre-Season Special
1	-	"Special Preview"	?	-
Discovery's new series "Bering Sea Gold: Under the Ice" is more dangerous than the original. Watch daring crews dive under 5 feet of ice to dredge up riches from the ocean floor. The quest for frozen gold begins Friday August 24th at 9pm on Discovery.
Regular Season
2	1	"The Gold Don't Care"	August 24, 2012	-
The summer season over, 3 teams of miners dive under the ice to dredge gold on the floor of the Bering Sea. Two dredge teams struggle to winterize their operations, train their crews, and get the gold. But one new, scrappy crew of friends hits pay dirt.
3	2	"Smoke Under Ice"	August 31, 2012	-
SHAMROCK's electrical fire forces a diver's emergency ascent. THE CLARK's rookie ice divers gasp for air. THE LAZY GATORS's Joe finds a huge "picker", but their operation grinds to a halt when an accidentally sucked up boulder clogs the hose.
4	3	"All for Naught"	September 7, 2012	-
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.
5	4	"Fractures on the Mend"	September 14, 2012	-
Winter is on its way out. SHAMROCK Phil gets one last chance. CLARK's Zeke gets pinned up under the ice when he loses his weight belt. A LAZY GATOR tender nods off, unaware of diver Jesse's distress call when his hose gets caught on an ice chandelier.
6	5	"Leads to an End"	September 21, 2012	-
With the winter dredging season coming to a close, the crews scramble for one more dive before the cracking shifting ice sinks their operation or worse, traps a miner down below. THE CLARK's Zeke loses his weight belt and is pinned up underneath the ice.
Post-Season Specials
7	-	"After the Dredge: Part 1"	September 28, 2012	-
Dredgers from the CLARK, SHAMROCK, and LAZY GATOR gather to relive the treacherous winter gold dredging season under the ice-covered Bering Sea.
8	-	"After the Dredge: Part 2"	Oktober 5, 2012	-
The dredgers gather together again to explain how to find the big gold, to mourn a lost friend, and to share a sneak peek into their summer season when the crew of the Wild Ranger gets wilder and the authorities try to shut down the Christine Rose.

Season 2 (2013)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
11	1	"Point of No Return"	January 4, 2013	-
The Pomrenkes get off to a bad start with family squabbles and a $25K bill. Zeke and Scott M have powerful new dredges but can they rely on their crew of friends? Vernon goes all in, gambling all his savings and his deckhand daughter.
12	2	"Dead Men Gather No Gold"	January 11, 2013	-
EDGE dredger John is out of the hospital and on the gold, but Zeke may lose it all when accused of claim jumping. Scott puts the crew at risk taking the dredge out during a storm. The DNR shuts the Pomrenkes down. "Hurricane Dave's" antics test Vernon.

Gold totals

Season 1

Christine Rose Ep. Oz's Dollar value 1. 45.00 oz. $74,000.00 2. 50.00 oz. $78,000.00 3. 75.00 oz. $125,000.00 4. 96.00 oz. $155,238.00 5. 98.00 oz. $166,000.00 6. 112.00 oz. $196,000.00 7. 110.00 oz. $192,500.00 8. 166.00 oz. $283,220.00 Total 766.00 oz. $1,302,200.00	The Clark Ep. Oz's Dollar value 1. 5.00 oz. $8,225.00 2. 1.50 oz. $2,175.00 3. 9.50 oz. $16,000.00 4. 7.00 oz. $11,300.00 5. 3.40 oz. $5,780.00 6. 4.00 oz. $7,000.00 7. 8.00 oz. $14,000.00 8. 0.00 oz. $0.00 Total 38.00 oz. $64,600.00	Sluicey Ep. Oz's Dollar value 1. 0.00 oz. $0.00 2. 3.00 oz. $4,700.00 3. 3.00 oz. $5,200.00 4. 4.00 oz. $6,400.00 5. 2.00 oz. $3,400.00 6. 3.60 oz. $6,400.00 7. 3.00 oz. $5,250.00 8. 19.00 oz. $36,000.00 Total 44.00 oz. $74,800.00	Wild Ranger Ep. Oz's Dollar value 1. 0.00 oz. $0.00 2. 0.25 oz. $400.00 3. 0.25 oz. $425.00 4. 0.25 oz. $425.00 5. 0.00 oz. $0.00 6. 0.00 oz. $0.00 7. 0.00 oz. $0.00 8. 0.00 oz. $0.00 Total 0.75 oz. $1,250.00

Under The Ice

Shamrock Ep. Oz's Dollar value 1 0.00 oz. $0.00 2 0.00 oz. $0.00 3 6.50 oz. $10,669.75 4 9.00 oz. $14,773.50 5 53.95 oz. $88,558.93 Total 69.45 oz. $114,002.18	The Clark Ep. Oz's Dollar value 1 0.00 oz. $0.00 2 0.00 oz. $0.00 3 0.00 oz. $0.00 4 2.00 oz. $3,283.00 5 5.70 oz. $9,356.55 Total 7.70 oz. $12,639.55	Lazy Gator Ep. Oz's Dollar value 1 0.00 oz. $0.00 2 0.00 oz. $0.00 3 27.52 oz. $45,174.08 4 21.00 oz. $34,471.50 5 47.43 oz. $77,856.35 Total 95.95 oz. $157,501.93

Syndication

Season 1

• Discovery Channel Canada Bering Sea Gold
• Discovery UK Gold Divers

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• Poland: Morze złota Discovery Channel

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Under The Ice

• Discovery Channel Canada Bering Sea Gold: Under the Ice
• Poland: Morze złota - pod lodem Discovery Channel

See Also

• Jungle Gold
• Bering Sea Gold: Under The Ice
• Gold Rush (TV series)
• Moonshiners (TV series)
• Flying Wild Alaska
• Deadliest Catch
• Gold Mining in Alaska

External links

• Official Discovery Channel - Bering Sea Gold - web page
• Official Discovery Channel - Bering Sea Gold: Under the Ice - web page
• Discovery Channel Canada - Bering Sea Gold