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BY KATE O'HARE Steve Riedel, Vernon Adkison and Scott Meisterheim (from left) star in "Bering Sea Gold," premiering Friday on Discovery Channel. 1 x 2" ad 6:00 p.m. (ESPN2) 2012 Australian Open Tennis Men's and Women's Quar- terfinals. From Melbourne, Australia. (Live) (HD) For several seasons on Discovery Channel's "Deadliest Catch," executive producer Thom Beers has followed fishermen as they pull living gold in the form of king and snow crab from the waters of Alaska's Bering Sea, braving the fierce storms and frigid temperatures of autumn and winter in search of profit. Starting Friday, Jan. 27, Beers' new Discovery series, "Bering Sea Gold," follows treasure seekers of a different kind as they hunt for actual gold, deposited over millions of years on the sea floor by glaciers in the waters off Nome. They individually designed and built floating mining rigs, ranging from a tiny modified skiff to an 80-foot-long dredger that paddles itself out to sea using a backhoe. "It's coming out from the glaciers," says Beers, "just rolling out there. The glaciers have done all the work for you. The runoff has done most of the work for you. Off of Nome, it's just sitting there in that water." The goal is to dig up or suck up chunks of sea floor and send them through wash plants and filters in hopes of sorting heavy gold from lighter rocks and sand. With the price of gold – at this writing – north of $1,500 an ounce, even a little of the precious metal yields a lot of cash. FRIDAY 12:30 p.m. (ESPN) College Football Live (Live) (HD) 1:00 p.m. (ESPN) NFL Live (Live) (HD) 3:00 p.m. (ESPN2) NFL32 (Live) (HD) General internet population 9 hours Newspaper website visitors spend more time online than other internet users! Newspaper site visitors What's Tehama County's most visited Website? www.RedBluffDailyNews.com Over 80,000 site visits per month, and 350,000 page views! 4:00 p.m. (ESPN2) NFL Kickoff (Live) (HD) 5:00 p.m. (ESPN2) NFL Live (HD) 19 hours HOCKEY SUNDAY 9:30 a.m. (NBC-24) NHL Hockey Wash- ington Capitals at Pittsburgh Penguins. From CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh. (Live) (HD) SOCCER SUNDAY 7:30 a.m. (FOX-30) English Premier League Soccer Manchester United at Arsenal. (Live) (HD) TUESDAY 8:00 p.m. (CSNBA) English Premier League Soccer Everton vs. Black- burn. (HD) TENNIS SATURDAY 7:00 a.m. (ESPN2) 2012 Australian Open Tennis Third Round. From Mel- bourne, Australia. (HD) 2 x 5" ad January 21 - 27, 2012 6:00 p.m. (ESPN2) 2012 Australian Open Tennis Round of 16. From Mel- bourne, Australia. (Live) (HD) Did You Know? You have the choice to select your own repair facility. Fast, High Quality Repairs with 100% Satisfaction GUARANTEED! Red Bluff Collision Auto repair and refinishing, glass repair, custom paint and matching 530.527.6160 • 915 Madison St., Red Bluff The Daily News and North Valley Community Newspapers 2 x 3" ad © Tribune Media Services select TV 5 Out of the dozens of dredges working in the area, Beers and his team focus on four: The Christine Rose: Former land-based miner Steve Pomrenke has essentially put a terrestrial gold- mining operation to sea. The Clark: Zeke Tenhoff, a 24-year-old Nome native, captains his 20-foot rig, powered by a car engine. The Sluicey: Former social worker Ian Foster has bet his life savings on this barely two-seater skiff, only to arrive and find it underwater. The Wild Ranger: Retired military man Vernon Adkison owns this diver-operated dredger, but the captain is rookie Scott Meisterheim. SUNDAY 8:00 a.m. (ESPN2) 2012 Australian Open Tennis Round of 16. From Mel- bourne, Australia. (HD) 6:00 p.m. (ESPN2) 2012 Australian Open Tennis Round of 16. From Mel- bourne, Australia. (Live) (HD) 11:00 p.m. (ESPN2) Tennis Chris Evert/ Raymond James Pro-Celebrity Classic. From Delray Beach, Fla. MONDAY 9:00 a.m. (ESPN2) 2012 Australian Open Tennis Round of 16. From Mel- bourne, Australia. (HD) TUESDAY 9:00 a.m. (ESPN2) 2012 Australian Open Tennis Men's and Women's Quar- terfinals. From Melbourne, Australia. (HD) 6:00 p.m. (ESPN2) 2012 Australian Open Tennis Men's and Women's Quar- terfinals. From Melbourne, Australia. (Live) (HD) WEDNESDAY 9:00 a.m. (ESPN2) 2012 Australian Open Tennis Men's and Women's Quar- terfinals. From Melbourne, Australia. (HD) 6:30 p.m. (ESPN2) 2012 Australian Open Tennis Women's Semifinals. From Melbourne, Australia. (Live) (HD) THURSDAY 9:00 a.m. (ESPN2) 2012 Australian Open Tennis Men's First Semifinal. From Melbourne, Australia. (HD) FRIDAY 9:00 a.m. (ESPN2) 2012 Australian Open Tennis Men's Second Semifinal. From Melbourne, Australia. (HD)