It was over a decade ago when Emily Riedel came to Nome, Alaska during the summer in hopes of getting enough gold to fund her opera studies. Her childhood friend, Zeke Tenhoff, suggested she could ...

Emily Riedel of Eroica has a lucky run of gold in a day’s work. Pic credit: Discovery On tonight’s Bering Sea Gold, it’s a fantastic mother lode of gold, as Emily Riedel and her Eroica crew are atop a ...

In the annals of scary jobs, Emily Riedel's must be near the top. The 26-year-old is captain of a dredge boat off the coast of Nome, Alaska. She and her crew are looking for gold at the bottom of the ...

EMILY RIEDEL really hit the jackpot when the Discovery Channel came calling to cast her on the rugged Alaska mining show “Bering Sea Gold.” “I was going to take some crap job in Nome to make enough ...

From Discovery Channel, discovery.com/profiles/ Seven years ago, Emily came to Nome for a summer to mine with her childhood friend Zeke Tenhoff. Hoping to fund her ...