Season 1
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Aug 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.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Aug 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.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Sep 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.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Sep 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.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Sep 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.
Season 2
Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Nov 8, 2013
The crews take the ice. Zeke's new crew is on the gold, so they shut out late-arrival Emily. She joins her gung-ho dad Steve, who wagers Vernon. Nome's angriest dredger Scott returns with a new dredge and attitude but will it last?
Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Nov 15, 2013
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.
Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Nov 22, 2013
Midseason, patience is thin. Scott's dredge is literally running on fumes. Cocky newcomer Glen clashes with Zeke over how to best run the dredge. Emily's fed up with how her dad is running their dredge. Shawn's on a paystreak that stretches out of reach.
Episode: 2x04 | Airdate: Nov 29, 2013
Pressure mounts as days get warmer. It's parent vs child as Shawn and Emily try to prove their captaincy skills to their fathers. After months of nonstop work without taking time to grieve his best friend's death, Zeke finally reaches his breaking point.
Episode: 2x05 | Airdate: Dec 6, 2013
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.
Season 3
Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Aug 22, 2014
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.
Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Aug 29, 2014
Nome, Alaska. The hard reality of the winter season begins to set in. Partnerships become strained as tempers and egos flare.
Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Sep 5, 2014
Nome, Alaska. The dangers of working under the ice are starting to become glaringly apparent to the fleet's greenhorns and veterans.
Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Sep 12, 2014
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.
Episode: 3x05 | Airdate: Sep 19, 2014
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.
Episode: 3x06 | Airdate: Sep 26, 2014
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.
Episode: 3x07 | Airdate: Oct 3, 2014
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.
Episode: 3x08 | Airdate: Oct 10, 2014
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.