Emily Riedel, dredge captain and star of Discovery Channel's "Bering Sea Gold," is the sole female captain of The Eroica, in Nome, Alaska. She originally studied music before hunting for gold.
Mining was not her career of choice
Born in 1988 in California, Riedel is a third-generation Alaskan. Her father is miner Steve Riedel, although not much is known about her mother. She also has two other siblings. Riedel displayed a keen interest in music and studied opera.
However, in 2012, she decided to try her hand at mining, to help fund her education, seeing that she needed the cash to study abroad in Vienna, Austria. She started as a deckhand on The Clark, alongside her childhood friend, Ezekiel Zeke Tenhoff.
It wasn t long before she realized that she had developed a passion for the same and that mining in Nome is where the money is at, literally. In a conversation with Medium, Riedel explained that there was never a boring moment at work. One of the benefits of this career is that there is no shortage of interesting stories, she added.
‘Bering Sea Gold’ returns for 10th year | How to watch, live stream, TV channel, time
Posted Apr 30, 2021
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Gold prices are on track to hit an all-time high when
Bering Sea Gold returns for its 10th year tonight, April 30, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Discovery. You can also watch it on FuboTV (free trial), Sling and Philo.
An epic mining season is brewing in Nome, Alaska, and everyone will have to own a claim to guarantee a place to mine. Returning this season is Shawn Pomrenke, former “Mr. Gold.” He will try to work alongside a new ally: Rival Dave Young of Arctic Sea Mining. Shawn will risk it all in the hopes of taking over his family’s inland mine, buying out his dad, Steve Pomrenke, and having the most profitable mining season yet.