Operation Gold Rush with Dan Snow

Name: Operation Gold Rush with Dan Snow
Released: 2016-10-30T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Dan Snow, Kevin Fong, Felicity Aston

TV Show · Documentary · Adventure

Following in the footsteps of the last Klondike gold rush of the 19th century, historian Dan Snow leads an expedition to strike gold in the remote Canadian wilderness. The team sets out to retrace a 600-mile trek that was once attempted by tens of thousands hoping to claim their share of the fortune that lies buried deep beneath the frozen tundra. On their way from the coast of Alaska to the edge of the Canadian arctic, Dan, polar explorer Felicity Aston and remote environment medic Dr Kevin Fong face deadly obstacles including vast, avalanche-prone mountain ranges and icy rivers that helped derail the attempts of two out of every three previous Klondikers.

2016 · 59m

Starring Dan Snow, Kevin Fong, Felicity Aston

Director Ben Crichton

EPISODE 1

Mountain Passes

Dan and his team take on the Alaskan Coastal Mountains, a wall of snow and rock blocking their way to the Klondike and its gold. Following the routes used by the Klondikers, they'll split up to experience two very different gold rush journeys.
EPISODE 2

Lakes and Rivers

Dan and the team begin a marathon boat trip. They travel in a specially built replica wooden boat based on original designs from the gold rush. It's difficult to control, but they're going to have to navigate it across hundreds of miles of water.
EPISODE 3

Digging for Gold

The team have just a few dozen miles left to cover of their nearly six hundred mile journey to the gold fields. Following in the footsteps of their 19th-century forerunners they have crossed snowy mountains; run terrifying rapids and navigated hundreds of miles of water in a replica historical boat.

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Dan Snow

Host
Kevin Fong

Host
Felicity Aston

Host
Ben Crichton

Director
Cameron Balbirnie

Producer
Jonathan Renouf

Producer
Ben Crichton

Producer

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