Bering Sea Gold: Under the Ice

Bering Sea Gold: Under the Ice is a reality TV show on Discovery that follows daring gold miners as they search for treasure beneath the frozen waters of Alaska’s Bering Sea. The series showcases crews who brave extreme cold, dangerous ice conditions, and unpredictable weather to dredge for gold under thick sheets of ice. Using specialized equipment, these miners cut holes in the ice and dive into freezing water to suck up pay dirt from the sea floor. The risks are high—equipment failures or shifting ice can be life-threatening—but so are the rewards if they strike it rich. Viewers get an inside look at teamwork, rivalry, and survival skills required in such harsh environments. Bering Sea Gold: Under the Ice has ended, but sign up for a reminder just in case it returns.

The winters are brutal in Nome, Alaska, a frontier town in a world where few such curiosities remain. There's a new kind of gold rush going on here, and it's unlike any other. Daring gold miners set their sights on gold far beneath four feet of solid ice on the Bering Sea floor. Fierce conditions won't deter these gold-hungry men and woman, and after cutting through the ice to reach the black sea waters below, the adventure begins. Only an omnipresent fear of death and the physiological and psychological effects of cold water diving under solid ice, including hypothermia, hypoxia, hypercapnia, vertigo, and frostbite separate these miners from their fortunes.