About this season
Bering Sea Gold: Under the Ice is a reality television series, from the creators of the Deadliest Catch, set in Nome, Alaska that airs on Discovery Channel. In the series we follow the crews on 'The Lazy Gator', 'The Clark' and 'Shamrock' during the ice season. Viewers of the Bering Sea Gold television series will recognise several crew members.
Episodes (5)
1. The Gold Don't Care
Aired 24 August 2012 • 44 min
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.
2. Smoke Under Ice
Aired 31 August 2012 • 44 min
Shamrocks electrical fire forces a diver's emergency ascent. The Clark's rookie ice divers gasp for air. The Lazy Gators Joe finds a huge picker, but their operation grinds to a halt when an accidentally sucked up boulder clogs the hose.
3. All for Naught
Aired 7 September 2012 • 44 min
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.
4. Fractures on the Mend
Aired 14 September 2012 • 44 min
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.
5. Leads to an End
Aired 21 September 2012 • 44 min
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.