Bering Sea Gold


Bering Sea Gold is a reality television series set in Nome, Alaska, on Norton Sound, that airs on Discovery Channel. It is from the creators of the Deadliest Catch reality TV show. It achieved the 3rd highest ratings for a Friday cable telecast.
The show is divided into the summer dredging season, under the title Bering Sea Gold, and the spring dredging season, under the title Bering Sea Gold: Under The Ice. For the first three seasons, this distinction held; in the 2015 4th season of the spring ice dredging season, the title card changed to "Bering Sea Gold", making the title identical to the original summer dredging season show. This continued with the 2016 5th seasons.
The show follows boats equipped with various setups to achieve gold mining in a summertime, cold northern latitude, shallow water, ocean environment. The fleet each typically consists of a sluicing apparatus, a means of collection, and a cold-water-diving life support system. Conflict issues include choppy seas, poor underwater visibility, inconsistent fuel delivery, personnel issues, mining location rights, sufficient paydirt discovery, diver safety, and ocean-damaged equipment failures. Each season of episodes follow the current fleet of dredges.
The "ice" series follows dredges housed in temporary shelters set up over ice holes. Several crew members have appeared in both the summer dredging and spring ice dredging seasons.
On March 11, 2020, it was announced that the fourteenth season will premiere on April 1, 2020.

Cast

Season 1

Season 1 ICE

Season 2

Season 2 ICE

Season 3

Season 3 ICE

Season 4

Season 4 ICE

Dredges

''Under The Ice'' dredges

Episodes

Series Overview

Season 1 (2012)

Season 1 ICE (2012)

Season 2 (2013)

Season 2 ICE (2013)

Season 3 (2014)

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Season 3 ICE (2014)

Season 4 (2015)

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Season 4 ICE (2015)

Season 5 (2016)

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Gold totals

Season 1

Season 1 ICE

Season 2

Season 2 ICE

Season 3

Season 3 ICE

Season 4

Season 4 ICE

Syndication

Season 1
Season 2
With the popularity of the show, it has inspired many people to head to Nome, and suction dredge in Norton Bay. In 2015, over 100 gold dredges operated in the summer sea mining season, significantly more than before the TV show started.