Working Vacation Dredging the Bering Sea Nome AK

I was lucky enough to get hired as one of the two divers on the Norpac, a 50 foot landing craft supporting a 10" dredge. I have had very little time off so I will answer questions as I can, but if you are interested in any aspect of ocean dredging, mention it to me in a private message and I will try to answer your questions in films if I can. I will be uploading more videos as I have the time. I hope you enjoy watching them.

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• Nome
• Alaska
• Gold dredge
• prospecting
• Ocean dredge
• diving.

[Sodnal]

This is probably a silly question, but do you ever get bothered by the Bearing Sea sharks I've seen on documentaries? They appear quite aggressive.

[exanchorite]

@Sodnal

Yeah that girl in the show on Discovery has to stay out of the water 1 week a month, but the sharks don't bother the guys.

[big420bill]

im very interested in makin my own shoe string dredge boat.. question: is there used dredg boats to bought there?? or should i make my own before coming..any place you know of to find good plans to make a reliable dredge? help with all tips would be greatly appericated.. thanks man

[exanchorite]

@big420bill

There is no such thing as a shoe string Nome dredge. Your best bet is to come up 2 months into the season and buy a dredge that someone else built and are selling because they failed. Failure is high here.

[BoCoMoDave]

Can you show us a clean out?

[exanchorite]

@BoCoMoDave

Sure I'll film a cleanup this summer for you guys.

[darthvato666]

how do you go about getting hired on a dredge? do they look for locals in ak or can people from the lower 48 get hired too? im out in az and looking at getting diver certified.

[buckskin3030]

Amazing determination! You fellows should be on the History channel.

[SWMMI]

Cool vid & good music!

[TheGeorgeAskew]

Do you heat your suits? If so how exactly?