From the creators of the award-winning reality television show ‘Deadliest Catch’, comes an equally popular show – ‘Bering Sea Gold’, set on the same waters in Alaska where all the crab fishing takes place. The show, also known in the UK as ‘Gold Divers’, follows the lives of the local gold miners, and while it … Read more
• Reality TV often exaggerates or changes scenes and situations to create greater appeal • John Bunce, one of the divers from the dredge The Edge, committed suicide • Scott Meisterheim generated animosity and was fired from the show • Ken Kerr was sued by two teenagers for an accident caused by his dredge • … Read more
• The Bering Sea provides Alaska with abundant resources, which have been exploited by reality shows such as ‘Deadliest Catch’ and ‘Bering Sea Gold’. • ‘Bering Sea Gold’ documents the exploits of dredging vessels searching for gold in the Norton Sound inlet. • Steve Pomrenke, a former captain of the dredging vessel ‘Christene Rose’, left … Read more