Frozen Gold
November. 14,2021This weekly adventure series follows six Americans who embark on a dangerous quest to uncover wealth on an Arctic journey through uncharted land. Frozen Gold highlights one of the many impacts of global warming, as the resulting melting ice sheets have exposed land in Greenland believed to be filled with large pockets of untouched gold.
Seasons & Episode
The miners realize Greenland's harsh environment is a monumental challenge. Their equipment isn't good enough, they've found nothing but rocks on the claim, plus a long and dangerous prospecting trek thru Greenland's infamous polar bear territory creates tension that spills over and threatens the whole mission. Ray begins to wonder if he's done the right thing.
The mining team faces another setback when their excavator can't dig deep enough to get to the gold; Ray faces a hard-bargaining Greenlander who owns the biggest digger on the island.
Christian faces a crucial skills test on a 38-ton excavator and digs down to the blue clay layer that Ray hopes will be the key to the team finding a fortune; Elley and Christian do some prospecting and find the biggest piece of gold so far.
Ray and Elley face a grueling trek to a neighboring claim site; Erik, Kimberley and Tiffany rebel after their attempt to set up the sluice is an epic fail. Erik challenges Ray's leadership, which divides the team and has devastating consequences.
With Greenland's harsh winter fast approaching, Ray and his team are halfway through their 12-week mining season; as each member of the team thinks they have found the right spot for the biggest gold haul, a crucial weigh-in has surprising results.
Kimberly and Tiffany get a rare chance to contact loved ones back home; Christian and Elley follow a hunch that there's better gold on a neighboring claim; Ray and Erik embark on an adventure of a lifetime to a reindeer station.
Ray must build a crucial piece of mining equipment; Erik and Christian head to a neighboring claim where the promise of bigger gold is hard to resist; Elley goes in search of other minerals.
Greenland's winter threatens the team's gold mining efforts; as an Arctic storm rolls in, the miners stay, brave it out and follow their dreams; Elley returns to a frosty welcome from the team but plans to win them over.
Ray's super sluice is finished, but moving it into position poses huge challenges; in a mammoth test of skill and endurance, the team transports it across treacherous terrain; they are rewarded when Greenland finally gives up more of its gold.