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Gold Rush: White Water (2018)

Gold Rush: White Water poster
Genre
reality, documentary, drama
Country
United States
Length
9 seasons, 104 episodes
Rated
TV-14
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 40 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A father and son placer mine for gold in remote Alaskan creeks using suction dredges in whitewater. They face dangerous conditions as they try to find enough gold to keep their operation going.

adventurousruggedtensegrittydeterminedhigh-stakesgroundedoutdoorsy

What happens

Gold Rush: White Water was a reality television series that aired on the Discovery Channel. A spin-off of Gold Rush, the series followed placer gold miners "Dakota" Fred Hurt and his son Dustin Hurt, in their return to the wilderness of Haines Borough, Alaska, to seek their fortune by suction dredge diving within its raging whitewater creeks. The series debuted in 2018, and eight seasons aired through mid-2024. It was announced that season nine (2025), filmed in 2024, would be the last season of the show. "Dakota" Fred Hurt died from brain cancer on July 11, 2023, a day after his 80th birthday. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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