Original subtitles

Parker: MINING IN THE YUKON ORIGINATED WITH GUYS

WITH A GOLD PAN BACKPACKING AROUND IN PLACES

THAT HAD NEVER BEEN EXPLORED BEFORE.

AND THAT OPPORTUNITY STILL EXISTS.

IT'S NOT IN NORTH AMERICA, IT'S OUT IN AREAS

THAT ARE VERY DANGEROUS.

YOU MAKE A MISTAKE AND YOU'RE A DEAD MAN.

BUT IF YOU CAN SURVIVE AND YOU CAN HACK IT,

YOU'LL FIND PILES OF GOLD.

THAT TOTALLY MAKES ME WANNA GO THERE.

[BLEEP] YEAH.

Narrator: THIS OFF SEASON, PARKER SCHNABEL AND HIS TEAM

WILL SPEND FIVE WEEKS PROSPECTING FOR GOLD.

-THERE'S GOLD NUGGETS THIS SIZE? -YES.

IN THE EXTREME ENVIRONMENT OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA.

OH!

SO [BLEEP] DANGEROUS.

IF I RAN AN OPERATION LIKE THIS, I WOULD BE IN JAIL.

Narrator: FINDING GOLD IN THIS VOLATILE REGION

[ YELLING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE ]

WITHOUT MULTIMILLION DOLLAR MACHINERY

WILL BE THEIR TOUGHEST TEST YET.

Parker: THIS IS THE SAME WAY GOLD WAS FOUND 2,000 YEARS AGO.

HE DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A REAL SHOVEL.

Narrator: THEY WILL FACE DANGEROUS JUNGLE.

Fred: THAT'S A 60-FOOT FREAKIN' DROP.

Narrator: HOSTILE TRIBES.

[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]

AND EVERYTHING NATURE CAN THROW AT THEM.

[ SCREAMS ]

THERE'S BEEN A MASSIVE FLASH FLOOD OUT OF NOWHERE.

Narrator: PUSHING THEM TO THEIR BREAKING POINT.

MAKE A CALL, MAKE IT QUICK, PARKER'S TRAIL,

PARKER MAKES THE CALL, I GUESS.

OH, MY [BLEEP]

GOING TO PAPUA NEW GUINEA AND PULLING THIS OFF...

OH, YEAH!

...AND FINDING SOME GOLD WOULD BE

BY FAR THE BEST THING I'VE EVER DONE.

BAR NONE.

PARKER!

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CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS

♪

Parker: I'M EXCITED FOR THIS PART OF THE WORLD.

WE'VE GOT SOME REAL OPPORTUNITIES

TO CHECK OUT SOME AMAZING GROUND AND AMAZING MINE SITES.

ULTIMATELY, I HOPE THAT WE CAN FIND LOTS OF GOLD.

AND THE OTHER THING WAS MY GRANDPA SPENT FOUR YEARS HERE

IN WORLD WAR II.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALSO A VERY BIG DRAW FOR ME

TO COME TO THIS PART OF THE WORLD.

♪

Narrator: PARKER AND HIS TEAM HAVE TRAVELED 11,500 MILES

FROM THE KLONDIKE TO RABAUL IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA

TO LEARN ABOUT THE REGION'S REMOTE GOLD MINING.

♪

ALRIGHT, WELL SHALL WE GO HIKE A VOLCANO?

♪

I'M BREATHING OUT MY ASS.

-HOW DO YOU DO THAT? -[ LAUGHS ]

WOW.

Narrator: PARKER IS KICK STARTING THEIR EXPEDITION

WITH A LUNG-BUSTING 750-FOOT CLIMB UP MOUNT TAVURVUR.

Parker: YEAH, IT'S GOOD TO FIGURE OUT

WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND HERE.

BASICALLY, LOOKING FOR ANY EXCUSE

TO CLIMB AN ACTIVE VOLCANO?

YEAH.

Parker: YEAH, I MEAN, PAPUA NEW GUINEA'S

A BIT OF A DANGEROUS PLACE TO GO TO.

A TRIP LIKE THIS, YOU NEED GOOD, CLOSE FRIENDS

THAT HAVE YOUR BACK.

THAT'S A TEAM.

YOU SURVIVE OR YOU DIE TOGETHER.

Narrator: JOINING PARKER ON THIS YEAR'S EPIC ADVENTURE,

SO COOL.

Narrator: WILDERNESS EXPERT KARLA ANN.

WOW.

BRING IT ON, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, I THINK THIS IS THE PLACE

FOR TONS OF GOLD.

Narrator: AND EXPEDITION CAMERAMEN, SAM BROWN.

I DON'T LIKE HILLS.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA'S WITHOUT DOUBT THE MOST EXTREME ENVIRONMENT

THAT I'VE EVER TRIED TO FILM IN.

Karla: YOU'RE ALRIGHT.

[ SIGHS ]

GUYS, CAN WE STOP FOR A SEC?

SORRY I'M--

-YOU ALRIGHT? -YEAH. [ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]

ALRIGHT, HAVE A SEAT, MAN.

Narrator: PARKER HAS ALSO ENLISTED

FORMER SPECIAL FORCES MEDIC FRED LEWIS.

GIVE ME THIS HAND.

WITH 14 YEARS MILITARY EXPERIENCE,

INCLUDING TOURS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN.

RELAX.

FRED WILL HELP KEEP THE TEAM ALIVE.

Fred: THEY NEED TO HAVE SOMEONE THERE THAT KNOWS,

A, HOW TO TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE ON A DAILY BASIS

SO THEY DON'T DO STUPID THINGS AND GET SICK

AND B, THEY DON'T GET KILLED.

GOT A PULSE ABOUT 160, SO JUST DEEP BREATHS IN,

INTO THE NOISE, OUT THROUGH THE MOUTH.

THIS WAS ALWAYS MY FEAR WHEN RICK DROPPED OUT.

[ CHUCKLES ]

I WAS GONNA BE THE FATTEST, LEAST FIT ONE.

[ LAUGHING ]

SAM, IT'S JUST THE OLD TICKER WORKING THE COBWEBS OUT.

IT'S TOO MUCH COFFEE.

OF COURSE, KARLA HAS SOME CRITICISM OF YOUR LIFESTYLE.

-YOU GOT THIS. -LET'S GO.

♪

Narrator: PAPUA NEW GUINEA'S UNFORGIVING TERRAIN

PRODUCES TWO MILLION OUNCES OF GOLD EVERY YEAR,

WORTH $2.6 BILLION.

SOME OF THE BIGGEST GOLD MINES IN THE WORLD

ARE IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA.

SO I KINDA WANNA GO FIND THE RICHEST CREEK IN THE WORLD

AND PUT IT ON THE MAP.

HOLY! HOLY COW.

-OH! -LOOK AT THAT.

♪

THAT WAS WORTH IT. [ LAUGHS ]

GUYS, THIS IS AWESOME.

OVER THE NEXT FIVE WEEKS,

PARKER'S TEAM WILL HUNT FOR GOLD AND LEARN ABOUT MINING

RIGHT ACROSS THIS VOLATILE ISLAND CHAIN.

FROM RABAUL, THEY'LL FOLLOW A 600-MILE TRAIL

UNTIL THEY REACH MOUNT HAGEN, WHERE A LOST MINE

IS RUMORED TO EXIST.

[ WIND WHISTLING ]

I HOPE YOU'VE GOT YOUR LEARNING CAP ON.

I DO. [ LAUGHS ]

Sam: I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING SOME GOLD.

YEAH. MY GRANDPA WOULD'VE LOVED THIS.

JUST UNREAL.

HE'D BE PROUD.

♪

Narrator: PAPUA NEW GUINEA EXPERIENCED

ONE OF THE BIGGEST GOLD RUSHES OF THE 20TH CENTURY.

BUT IT WAS INTERRUPTED BY THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

Parker: MY GRANDPA WAS IN THE NAVY

AND STATIONED IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC.

MY FIRST GOAL HERE IS TO GET A TASTE

OF WHAT MY GRANDPA'S LIFE WAS LIKE FOR THOSE FOUR YEARS

THAT HE WAS IN WORLD WAR II.

MY GRANDPA WAS MY BIGGEST MENTOR,

BUT HIS TIME IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC

DURING WORLD WAR II, THAT WAS SOMETHING

THAT HE JUST WOULD NOT TALK ABOUT.

I WOULD GET A HUGE AMOUNT OF FULFILLMENT

OUT OF LEARNING WHAT HE WENT THROUGH

AND WHAT HE WOULDN'T TALK ABOUT.

Narrator: PARKER HAS ALREADY UNCOVERED SOME

OF HIS GRANDFATHER'S WAR HISTORY.

[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]

Parker: MY GRANDPA WAS DOING THIS EXACT THING

AT THE SAME EXACT AGE ON THE SAME EXACT PLANES.

THE AVENGER.

Narrator: GRANDPA JOHN MAINTAINED THE ICONIC TBF AVENGER

AS A NAVY MECHANIC IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC,

WHERE SOME OF THE BLOODIEST BATTLES OF WORLD WAR II

WERE FOUGHT.

OVER 100,000 AMERICANS LOST THEIR LIVES.

YEAH, WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS GUY THAT OWNS A BOAT,

AND HOPEFULLY HE'S GONNA HELP US FIND SOME PLANES

THAT MY GRANDPA WORKED ON.

♪

THE BARBARIAN.

THAT'S A GOOD NAME.

-THAT IS A GOOD NAME, EH? -YEAH, I'M DIGGIN' IT.

HOWDY!

-HI! -I'M PARKER.

PARKER? ROD.

ROD, NICE TO MEET YOU. ROD PEARCE.

NICE MEETING YOU.

THIS IS OUR TEAM HERE,

THIS IS FRED. -FRED.

-FRED. -NICE TO MEET YOU.

Narrator: LOCAL SCUBA DIVER RODNEY PEARCE

HAS A HISTORY OF FINDING WORLD WAR II AIRCRAFT

LOST TO THE OCEAN.

Sam: SO ROD, HOW LONG YOU BEEN DOING THIS?

I GUESS I STARTED AFTER I LEFT SCHOOL, '68.

Parker: HOLY COW!

AND I FOUND QUITE A NUMBER.

YEAH, I MEAN A BIG PART OF THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE

IS I'M LOOKING FOR A TBF AVENGER.

I COULDN'T EVEN BEGIN TO COUNT THE NUMBER OF LOST.

OVER ABOUT.

A LOT OF THEM ARE UNDERWATER, BUT THE WATER IS SO DEEP HERE.

GOTCHA.

THE DREAM WOULD BE WE COULD FIND A PLANE

THAT, YOU KNOW, JOHN SCHNABEL WORKED ON DURING THE WAR.

SO YEAH, EXCITING.

PARKER'S GONNA GET DOWN THERE AND HOPEFULLY GET SOME EYES

ON SOME STUFF HIS GRANDPA ACTUALLY PUT HIS HANDS ON.

SO IT'S PRETTY AWESOME.

Parker: I THINK THIS WILL BE TOUGH FOR ME,

AND I THINK THAT IF HE WERE STILL ALIVE,

IT WOULD BE TOUGH FOR HIM.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I FEEL LIKE IT WOULD HAVE

EVEN STRENGTHENED OUR RELATIONSHIP MORE

BECAUSE I WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT WITH HIM

ABOUT THOSE YEARS IN SERVICE.

Narrator: PARKER AND HIS TEAM WILL START THEIR JOURNEY

ON BOARD THE BARBARIAN, SEARCHING FOR THE WRECK

OF A TBF AVENGER IN THE BAY OF RABAUL.

THEN, THEY'LL BE DROPPED AT THE HEAD OF THE TRAIL

AND TREK INLAND IN SEARCH OF GOLD.

♪

Rodney: ALRIGHT, LET GO.

[ ENGINE REVVING ]

LET'S GO FIND THE AVENGER.

LET'S GO FIND THE AVENGER.

YEAH, WELL WE'RE SCANNING FOR IT NOW.

♪

♪

LET'S GO FIND THE AVENGER.

LET'S GO FIND THE AVENGER.

YEAH, WELL WE'RE SCANNING FOR IT NOW.

Narrator: CAPTAIN RODNEY IS USING THE BARBARIAN'S SONAR

TO SCAN THE DEPTHS AND PINPOINT THE WRECKAGE

OF A TBF AVENGER.

♪

ALRIGHT, NOW HERE'S WRECKAGE.

THIS IS A SHIPWRECK...

OH, WOW! OF SOME DESCRIPTION.

IT DOESN'T INTEREST US MUCH.

WHOA, WHAT HAVE WE GOT HERE? WHAT HAVE WE GOT?

THAT LOOKS LIKE AN AIRPLANE TO ME.

[ GROUP AHHS ]

-THAT'S MUCH CLEARER. -THAT'S REALLY GOOD QUALITY.

-JUST, UH... -SHOULD WE GO DIVE IT?

WE'LL GO DIVE IT.

♪

♪

♪

Sam: IT'S OKAY, MATE. IT'S OKAY.

YOU OKAY, PARKER?

YEAH, I'M GOOD.

YOU GUYS OKAY?

-YEAH, WE'RE DOING GOOD. -NICE.

♪

IS THAT A SHIPWRECK?

I'M GONNA GO CHECK IT OUT.

PARKER, STAY CLOSE, MATE. DON'T WANDER OFF.

♪

Narrator: RABAUL WAS A MAJOR JAPANESE NAVAL

AND SUBMARINE BASE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

THIS SHIPWRECK IS HAUNTING REMINDER

OF THE FIERCE BATTLES FOUGHT HERE.

MAN, THIS IS WILD.

♪

IS THAT IT? YOU THINK THAT'S THE AVENGER.

YEAH, LET'S GET CLOSER.

♪

♪

PARKER: It's unreal, man.

IT'S UNREAL, MAN.

I WISH WE COULD BE DOWN THERE. ME, TOO.

♪

CHECK THE SIDE, PARKER.

IT'S NOT AVENGER, IT'S JAPANESE.

THIS WRECK IS A MITSUBISHI ZERO,

IDENTIFIED BY THE JAPANESE FLAG ON THE WING.

THE ZERO GAINED A DEADLY REPUTATION

IN ITS FIRST THREE MONTHS OF COMBAT,

AND WAS USED TO ATTACK PEARL HARBOR IN 1941.

ITS LIGHTWEIGHT FRAME COULD EASILY OUT-MANEUVER THE AVENGER

IN A DOG FIGHT, BUT MADE IT VULNERABLE

TO EVEN MINOR BATTLE DAMAGE.

SAM: It's not the avenger.

YEAH, WE COPY YOU.

Fred: DAMN IT.

♪

WHAT'D YOU THINK OF THAT? EERIE, ISN'T IT?

YEAH. IT'S SPOOKY, YEAH.

IT FEELS LIKE A GRAVEYARD WOULD FEEL LIKE.

[ THUNDER RUMBLES ]

♪

ROD, WHAT'S HAPPENING OVER HERE?

OH, THAT'S--

THERE'S A BIT OF A FRONT COMING THROUGH.

Parker: THAT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.

OH, BOY.

Rodney: HERE COMES THE RAIN.

THAT HIT FAST.

OH, WATER'S COMING ONBOARD.

THIS IS PARTICULARLY A NASTY LITTLE STORM.

DOESN'T LOOK GOOD FOR CONTINUING THE SEARCH

FOR A AVENGER.

THE WIND'S PICKING UP QUICK.

Fred: WE'RE BEING CHASED BY A STORM.

[ WIND HOWLING ]

♪

Rodney: WE'RE GONNA MAKE A RUN FOR IT AND SEEK CALM WATER.

Fred: AND THE WAVES ARE GETTING BIGGER.

[BLEEP]

[ GROANS ]

[ RETCHES ]

ARE YOU ALRIGHT?

NO.

BUT YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT.

IT'S ALREADY CALMING DOWN.

THE PUKE'S OUT OF YOU. YOU'RE ALRIGHT.

♪

Narrator: PARKER'S SEARCH FOR THE WORLD WAR II AVENGER

WILL HAVE TO WAIT TIL MORNING.

Karla: GOOD NIGHT, EVERYONE.

THAT STORM SNUCK UP ON US PRETTY QUICK, HERE.

THERE'S ALWAYS A SENSE OF FEAR WHEN WEATHER ROLLS IN

THAT HARD AND THAT FAST AND THE GUYS ARE NERVOUS ABOUT IT.

I CERTAINLY WOULD'VE THOUGHT THE OLD GREEN BERET

WOULD'VE DONE BETTER, BUT FRED ENDED UP PUKING

ALL OVER THE PLACE.

YEAH, IT'S NOT EXACTLY THE WAY I WANTED

TO START THIS OFF.

FIRST THING THEY SEE OF ME IS VOMITING OVER THE SIDE

OF THE BOAT AND NOT REALLY BEING COMFORTABLE

IN MY ENVIRONMENT, BUT EVERYBODY HAS WEAKNESSES.

IT JUST SHOWS THAT I'M HUMAN I GUESS.

AND HOPEFULLY THE TEAM WILL UNDERSTAND THAT.

ANYWAYS, I THINK I'M GONNA TRY TO GET SOME SLEEP

ON THIS LITTLE BOAT, IT'S KIND OF A COMFY LITTLE

SLOT I FOUND HERE AND SEE WHAT TOMORROW BRINGS.

♪

Rodney: HELLO, GOOD MORNING!

Sam: SO WE'RE GONNA FIND THE AVENGER THIS MORNING?

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA FIND IT.

WE'RE GONNA GO LOOK FOR IT. YEAH.

♪

OH, HERE WE HAVE SOMETHING.

IF IT IS THE AVENGER,

IT'S OBVIOUSLY GONE IN VERY HARD.

THERE'LL BE A DEBRIS FIELD FROM BEHIND IT.

YOU WON'T FIND A COMPLETE AIRCRAFT.

ALRIGHT, SHOULD WE GO CHECK IT OUT?

LET'S GO DIVE IT.

YUP.

♪

♪

♪

♪

HEY, PARKER.

I THINK RODNEY'S FOUND THE COCKPIT.

♪

♪

YES! WHAT?

YEAH, BUDDY.

Narrator: THESE SKELETAL REMAINS

OF THE LEGENDARY TBF AVENGER ARE OVER 75 YEARS OLD.

ONLY THE COCKPIT AND LANDING GEAR

ARE NOW RECOGNIZABLE.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED BY THREE AMERICAN AIRMEN,

A PILOT, A GUNNER IN THE REAR TURRET,

AND A RADIO OPERATOR.

ACCORDING TO RECORDS, ALL LOST THEIR LIVES

IN THIS FATAL CRASH.

Parker: WOW, MAN THIS IS WILD.

♪

♪

DID YOU SEE IT?

YEAH.

TBF AVENGER.

FOUND IT.

♪

MY WHOLE CAREER STARTED WITH MY GRANDPA,

AND WE TALKED ABOUT EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN.

THIS IS WHAT WAS MISSING.

LIKE, HE WAS HERE.

WE JUST DOVE ON PLANE THAT PROBABLY A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE

THAT EITHER HE WORKED ON IT OR HE KNEW THE CREW OR BOTH.

THAT'S A GRAVEYARD, THREE GUYS ARE DEAD DOWN THERE.

I'VE ONLY EVER SEEN HIM CRY ONCE OR TWICE IN MY LIFE

AND ONE OF THEM WAS TALKING ABOUT HIS TIME HERE,

HIS TIME IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC DURING WORLD WAR II.

THIS IS AS CLOSE AS I'LL EVER BE ABLE

TO GET TO HAVING AN ANSWER.

I GUESS I'LL HAVE TO BE ALRIGHT WITH THAT.

♪

THIS IS LOOKING MUCH LESS LIKE A TRAIL.

Narrator: COMING UP...

Parker: HOLY [BLEEP.] WE GOT A VERY BIG WATERFALL.

OH, WE GOT SOMETHING. -WHAT?

[ SCREAMS ]

♪

-YOU READY, ROD? -YEP!

ALRIGHT, SWEET.

LET'S DO IT. LET'S GO FIND SOME GOLD.

[ ENGINE REVS ]

♪

Narrator: PARKER AND HIS TEAM ARE EMBARKING

ON THE NEXT STAGE OF THEIR MISSION.

Sam: SO, PARKER, WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT GOLD

IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA?

Parker: I KNOW IT'S ONE OF THE WORLD'S BIGGEST PRODUCERS

AND I THINK BY THE 20s AND 30s, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

WAS THE PLACE TO BE.

♪

PAPUA NEW GUINEA'S 1926 GOLD STRIKE

LED TO HUNDREDS OF PROSPECTORS RUSHING TO RABAUL.

MANY TRIED TO FIND THEIR FORTUNE PROSPECTING IN CREEKS

WITH NOTHING BUT THE CLOTHES ON THEIR BACK AND A GOLD PAN.

PARKER'S ON THEIR TRAIL TO SEE IF HE CAN PROSPECT

WITH BASIC EQUIPMENT AND FIND GOLD

LIKE THE OLD TIMERS DID 93 YEARS AGO.

Parker: A BIG PART OF GOING ON THESE TRIPS

AND HAVING THESE ADVENTURES IS GETTING OUTSIDE

OF OUR COMFORT ZONE.

WELCOME TO LAND.

I LOVE FINDING OUT ABOUT DIFFERENT CULTURES

AND ALSO DIFFERENT WAYS OF MINING

AND DIFFERENT GOLD DEPOSITS.

YEAH, IT'S GOOD TO GET ON THE TRAIL

AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND HERE.

Rodney: I'VE BROUGHT YOU A CHART. HEY, MAP!

ALL THESE CIRCLES MARKED ON THE CHART

ARE ALL JAPANESE TUNNELS.

YEAH, JUST FOLLOW THE TREELINE AND THEN FOLLOW THE CREEK.

YOU'LL COME ACROSS SEVERAL TUNNELS.

-THAT'S GOOD SHELTER. -YEAH.

Narrator: THE TEAM'S FIRST LEG TO FIND GOLD

IS A 15-MILE JUNGLE TREK FOLLOWING A CREEK

TOWARDS WORLD WAR II JAPANESE TUNNELS

THAT THEY PLAN TO USE FOR OVERNIGHT SHELTER.

FROM THERE, THE TEAM WILL CONTINUE PANNING FOR GOLD

ALONG THE CREEK, HEADING SOUTHWEST

UNTIL THEY REACH THEIR NEXT EXTRACTION POINT.

♪

Sam: NOW IT'S TIME TO GO FIND SOME GOLD, HUH?

I DON'T REALLY WANNA CARRY ANYTHING MORE.

I'M DEFINITELY NOT TRACK FIT.

Parker: YOU'RE GOOD, YOU'RE GOOD.

Karla: YOU DON'T HAVE TO FOLLOW OUR PACE,

JUST CREATE YOUR OWN PACE.

♪

WHOA!

WHAT DO YOU SEE, KARLA?

JUST A LITTLE TRINKLE OF WATER.

WHICH WAY ARE WE GOING?

WHAT DID RODNEY SAY?

RODNEY SAID FOLLOW THE CREEK.

ALRIGHT.

Fred: COULD THERE BE GOLD IN THIS CREEK?

Parker: DO YOU WANNA DO SOME PANNING?

YEAH, MAN. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.

WE'RE GONNA SHAKE ONE DOWN RIGHT HERE, FRED.

Fred: WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THERE'S A SPOT

THAT'S BETTER THAN OTHERS?

SOME PLACE WHERE HEAVY STUFF'S CONCENTRATED,

LIKE HERE'S SOME ROCK AND IT'S GIVING

STUFF A CHANCE TO STOP.

ALL THIS BLACK SAND MUST BE OUT OF THE VOLCANO OR SOMETHING, EH?

YEAH, PROBABLY.

♪

OH, WE GOT SOMETHING.

WHAT?

YOU [BLEEP].

[ LAUGHS ]

THEY'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE US.

WHAT IS IT, A FISHING HOOK?

ACTUALLY, I THINK IT IS A FISHING HOOK.

OR A BENT NAIL.

LET'S JUST KEEP GOING AND FOLLOW THE TRAIL.

THERE'S GOTTA BE GOLD HERE SOMEWHERE.

♪

[ THUNDER RUMBLES ]

♪

YEAH, IT'S DEFINITELY GOTTEN DARKER IN HERE.

AND I SEE THE BIRDS ARE STARTING TO FLY AWAY.

BY THE SOUNDS OF IT, IT MIGHT HIT FIVE TO TEN MINUTES.

SO WE REALLY HAVE TO START MOVIN'.

WE GOTTA HUSTLE.

Parker: I THINK WE MAKE A [BLEEP] BEELINE FOR THE TUNNELS.

IT'S GOOD SHELTER.

DOUBLE TIME.

[ THUNDER RUMBLES ]

OH [BLEEP] OH [BLEEP]

Karla: OH JUST, IF IT RAINS IN THE NEXT TWO MINUTES,

IT'S ABOUT TO GET REALLY SLICK IN HERE

AND POTENTIAL FLOOD.

-SEE ALL THIS DEBRIS? -YEAH.

Fred: THAT TELLS ME THIS PLACE FLOODS.

♪

THIS IS LOOKING MUCH LESS LIKE A TRAIL.

HOLY [BLEEP]!

Sam: CAREFUL, PARKER.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS ONE.

WE GOT A VERY BIG WATERFALL.

LET ME COME UP THERE.

HANG ON.

I DON'T SEE A WAY AROUND IT.

-WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THIS... -YEAH, WE'RE--

FLOOD ZONE. WE'RE IN A FLOOD ZONE.

FLASH FLOODS ARE CALLED FLASH FLOODS FOR A REASON.

WELL, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE TIME TO LOOK FOR A TRAIL.

WE'RE BETTER OFF JUST BULLDOZING THROUGH.

Karla: LIKE TWO MINUTES PAST HERE, THERE WAS AN OPENING.

THAT'S THE OPPOSITE WAY, THOUGH.

WE COULD JUST BULLDOZE OUR WAY THROUGH

BECAUSE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING DOESN'T GET US ANYWHERE

LET'S MAKE A CALL, LIKE THAT'S THE DIRECTION

MAKE IT QUICK. WE NEED TO HEAD.

-PARKER, YOU MAKE THE DECISION. -PARKER MAKES THE CALL, I GUESS.

OH MY [BLEEP]. IT'S A GROUP DECISION.

IF SHE'S GOING, WE SHOULD JUST [BLEEP].

KARLA, IF YOU GO, I'LL GO.

Karla: I SEE A TRAIL.

YEAH?

YEAH, THE GUYS ARE PISSING AROUND LOOKING

AT THAT WATERFALL AND WE SHOULD GET OUT OF HERE.

IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SQUABBLE, LET'S DO IT ON HIGHER GROUND.

[ THUNDER RUMBLES ]

♪

IS THIS DEFINITELY A TRAIL?

Karla: UM...

I THINK THIS LOOKS LIKE THE RIGHT WAY.

♪

NOBODY SAW THAT.

♪

OKAY, KEEP GOING.

♪

-OH, HEY, HEY, HEY, PARKER! -DID YOU SEE THIS TUNNEL?

-OH [BLEEP] YEAH! -LOOK AT THAT!

-OH, YEAH. -OH, YEAH!

-HOLY [BLEEP]! -TUNNEL!

♪

♪

-WOW. -THAT IS WILD.

Karla: AND MASSIVE.

Sam: SO WHAT'S THE PLAN, PARKER?

[BLEEP], LET'S GO EXPLORE IT.

SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND IN HERE.

AH, WE'RE TOTALLY STAYING IN HERE, BY THE WAY.

OH, YEAH!

Narrator: TO PROTECT JAPANESE SOLDIERS AGAINST THE ALLIES'

INTENSE BOMBING CAMPAIGN,

PRISONERS OF WAR WERE FORCED TO EXCAVATE 300 MILES

OF DEEP UNDERGROUND TUNNELS BY HAND.

THIS NETWORK CONNECTS A SERIES OF BUNKERS

WHICH CONTAIN HOSPITALS FOR OVER 1,000 PATIENTS,

LIVING QUARTERS FOR OVER 100,000 JAPANESE TROOPS,

AS WELL AS STORAGE FACILITIES FOR WEAPONS AND VEHICLES.

Parker: OH, [BLEEP]. HIT ME IN THE FACE.

AH! SHOVEL MARKS IN THE WALLS.

SEE THAT?

-YEAH. -WOW.

EVERY LITTLE MARK MEANT SO MUCH LABOR.

WHOA!

SMELLS KIND OF LIKE GASOLINE IN HERE.

SMELLS WEIRD, I KNOW.

IT'S LIKE THE SKELETON OF A WHALE.

♪

MAKE SURE WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION WHERE WE'RE TURNING.

[BLEEP] THIS PLACE IS HUGE.

Sam: OOH, HOW CREEPY IS THAT?

WAH!

Parker: I THINK THIS IS A DEAD END.

JUST ON FOR ME THERE.

WHAT?

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF ALL THIS?

[BLEEP] WILD.

LIKE WHAT THE [BLEEP] WOULD BE DOWN THERE?

MUST BE LIKE A CHUTE OR SOMETHING?

LET'S SEE WHAT'S IN THE BASEMENT.

-REALLY? -YEAH.

KEEP GOIN'.

OH!

♪

♪

LOOKS LIKE SOME SORT OF BOAT.

THEY'RE LIKE -- THEY MUST HAVE BEEN LITTLE

RESUPPLY BOATS OR SOMETHING.

THESE MIGHT'VE BEEN THE THINGS THEY

INVADED THE ISLAND WITH.

WE'RE DOWN IN THE BOWELS OF THESE TUNNELS,

AND THE JAPANESE DRAGGED A WHOLE PILE OF BOATS IN HERE.

ABSOLUTELY INSANE.

IT'S LIKE A WHOLE CITY UNDERGROUND.

YEAH.

OH, TARANTULA.

-IS THAT A TARANTULA? -YEAH.

[ LAUGHS NERVOUSLY ]

ALL RIGHT, I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS.

LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.

WE SHOULD GO CATCH UP WITH FRED AND KARLA.

OH.

DID WE COME THIS FAR?

I DON'T KNOW.

I THOUGHT THERE WAS A RIGHT HAND TURN SOMEWHERE UP HERE.

BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS LIKE A GRID,

BUT DID IT CURVE ROUND OR SOMETHING?

I DON'T REMEMBER ANY OF THIS.

OH [BLEEP]!

HELLO?

HELLO?

FRED?

HELLO?

KARLA?

-DO YOU HEAR ANYTHING? -UNH-UNH.

FRED?

[BLEEP]

I MEAN, WE'VE WALKED IN CIRCLES FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

I KNOW, BUT...

WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE.

KARLA!

[BLEEP]

I THINK WE MIGHT BE LOST.

♪

Narrator: IT'S BEEN ONE HOUR SINCE PARKER AND SAM SEPARATED

FROM KARLA AND FRED.

PARKER!

Karla: PARKER!

SAM!

WE GOTTA MAKE A PLAN, GO AND FIND THESE BOYS

'CAUSE THEY'RE FREAKIN'-

LET'S DO IT. BUT WE'RE NOT GETTING LOST.

NO, NO. WE WON'T -- WE WON'T GET LOST.

I KNOW.

I'VE GOT THESE FIRE STICKS

THAT MAYBE, IF WE JUST LIGHT A LITTLE BIT

OF A PATH FOR THEM?

THAT'S BADASS.

I'VE GOT SOME MED-KITS, I GOT A GAUZE

LIKE THIS, WRAP IT AROUND.

YEAH.

I ACTUALLY HAPPEN...

THAT'S PERFECT.

IT'S JUST VASELINE, BUT IT'LL BURN.

SO WE COULD COAT THIS IN VASELINE,

WE PUT DOWN A STICK AND THEN DRAW AN ARROW

TELLING THEM "GO THAT WAY".

YEP, LET'S DO IT.

♪

♪

THERE WE GO.

BOOM. NEXT.

♪

[BLEEP] CAVES. I'M OVER THIS [BLEEP].

WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR BATTERY?

Sam: UM...

-COUPLE MINUTES? -13 MAYBE, MAX.

OH, PARKER, LOOK, LOOK, LOOK!

LOOK, LOOK, LOOK, THERE'S AN ARROW!

THEY'RE GONNA KILL US.

OH, THERE'S ANOTHER ARROW.

WHERE, WHERE?

RIGHT THERE.

[BLEEP]

♪

♪

MUST BE KARLA AND FRED.

-HI. -HI.

Fred: YOU GUYS GET LOST, OR JUST GO SIGHTSEEING?

UM, SAM?

WE WERE [BLEEP] LOST.

FOUND SOME COOL BARGES AND STUFF THOUGH.

BIG BARGES INSIDE THE TUNNELS AND...

-WHAT? -YEAH.

Fred: [BLEEP] NOT ONLY WE WERE LOOKIN' FOR YOU,

WE DIDN'T GET TO SEE THE COOL [BLEEP].

♪

YEAH, I MEAN WE WERE JUST STUPID, I THINK.

WELL, I WOULDN'T CALL IT STUPID,

WE SAW A LOT OF STUFF THAT THEY DIDN'T SEE.

I DON'T PARTICULARLY REGRET ANY OF IT.

I MEAN, THOSE BARGES WERE PRETTY DAMN COOL.

YEAH.

Fred: SO WE REALLY HAVE TO START MOVING.

TO GET READY FOR CAMPS.

♪

THIS COULD BE A NICE LITTLE HOME.

FLAT FLOOR.

-JUST WHAT WE NEED. -OH, IT DOES LOOK GOOD.

Karla: OH, YEAH.

[ GASPS ]

WHAT?

WHAT?

UGH.

THAT IS SO NOT COOL.

[ GASPS ]

I'M GUESSING THESE THINGS GO CROSSWISE?

WHAT THE [BLEEP].

Sam: SO WHAT IS THIS CONTRAPTION?

A TENT.

KARLA'S FINISHED.

ARE WE GONNA GO MAKE A CUP OF COFFEE?

YEAH.

[ INSECTS CHIRPING ]

Fred: HEY, WE NEED TO START A FIRE.

[ INSECTS BUZZING, FIRE CRACKLING ]

♪

[ CRASH ]

Parker: [ Whispering ] DID YOU HEAR THAT?

[ FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING ]

♪

♪

[ Whispering ] WE JUST HAD A WHOLE PILE OF GUYS

SHOW UP HERE WITH A BUNCH OF MACHETES.

THEY'RE DEFINITELY NOT TOO HAPPY.

[ SPEAKING IN NATIVE LANGUAGE ]

♪

♪

Narrator: IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA,

A GROUP WITH MACHETES HAS SURROUNDED

PARKER AND HIS TEAM.

HI, IT'S STEVEN.

Narrator: THE SITUATION HAS HAPPENED SO QUICKLY

THE EMERGENCY SAFETY CREW IS TOO FAR AWAY TO HELP.

THINGS OUT HERE CAN SWIVEL ON A KNIFE EDGE.

IT JUST TAKES A LOOK OR AN ACTION

TO ESCALATE SOMETHING.

WE DON'T KNOW WHO IS FRIEND OR FOE.

WE WANNA HAVE A GREAT TIME, WE WANNA HAVE A GREAT ADVENTURE,

BUT ULTIMATELY, WE WANNA COME OUT OF THIS IN ONE PIECE.

♪

[ Whispering ] HERE WE JUST HAD A WHOLE PILE OF GUYS

SHOW UP HERE WITH A BUNCH OF MACHETES.

THEY'RE DEFINITELY NOT TOO HAPPY.

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

♪

WE'RE SLEEPING DOWN IN THE TUNNEL ACTUALLY.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, WE WERE DOING SOME TREKKING,

WERE WE DOING ANYTHING WE SHOULDN'T BE?

YEAH?

PEOPLE WERE DIGGING?

YOU ARE? -THIS IS YOUR LAND?

-YEP. -OH, OKAY.

WE DIDN'T KNOW.

SO IF IT'S YOUR LAND, SO IF THERE'S GOLD, IT'S YOUR GOLD?

OKAY.

NO, I UNDERSTAND.

LAND DISPUTES IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA

ARE COMMON AND CAN ESCALATE QUICKLY.

TRESPASSING IN PARTICULAR IS TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY.

[ Whispering ] IT'S DEFINITELY NOT A GOOD SITUATION.

TO HAVE GUYS THIS [BLEEP] CLOSE

WITH FIDGETY FINGERS ON MACHETES.

-HOW ARE YOU GUYS? -VERY FINE.

-MY NAME IS FRED. -FRED.

FRED, YEP. THIS IS PARKER.

HEY, GUYS.

YOU GUYS HUNGRY?

[ WRAPPERS OPENING ]

[ LAUGHTER ]

TALK ABOUT BEING IN AT THE DEEP END.

THIS IS WHY WE BROUGHT FRED, HE SEEMS PRETTY CALM.

I HAVE FOUR KIDS.

-HM. -YEP.

TWO BOYS, TWO GIRLS.

SEE YOU TOMORROW.

RIGHT?

Karla: I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA GET A GOOD SLEEP IN THESE TUNNELS.

Parker: YEAH, WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THAT COMING?

Sam: WHAT WAS YOUR TAKE ON THAT, FRED?

I WOULD CALL THAT POSTURING.

STILL A WRONG PLACE, WRONG TIME,

AND I THINK THAT'S ALL IT TAKES.

AND NEXT TIME WE SLEEP ANYWHERE

I JUST THINK WE NEED TO ASK FOR PERMISSION

TO SOMEBODY.

YEAH, IT'S VERY COMMUNAL TRIBAL TYPE

OF, YOU KNOW. -YEAH.

GOODNIGHT. PARTNER.

GOODNIGHT, GUYS. I HOPE WE GET SOME SLEEP.

Parker: IT IS VERY HOT AND BUGS EVERYWHERE.

-YEAH, THIS KIND OF SUCKS. -AND THE SPEAKING.

WHO'S IDEA WAS IT TO SLEEP IN THESE TUNNELS?

[ CHUCKLES ]

Sam: I THINK THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN YOURS FRED.

[ LAUGHS ]

♪

♪

♪

Parker: ALRIGHT, SWEET.

ONWARDS AND UPWARDS FROM HERE.

I'D LIKE TO FIND SOMEPLACE WHERE WE CAN

SEE SOMETHING SOLID UNDERNEATH.

Narrator: FROM THE TUNNELS, PARKER AND HIS TEAM

ONLY HAVE FIVE MILES OF CREEK LEFT

TO TREK AND FIND GOLD,

LIKE THE OLD TIMERS.

Sam: THIS MIGHT BE A NICE PANNING SPOT.

Parker: THERE WAS ACTUALLY A SPOT BACK THERE I SAW.

LIKE THIS KIND OF STUFF.

SOME ROCKY BOTTOM.

YEAH, ANYWHERE THERE'S KIND OF A NATURAL

LITTLE RIPPLE OR SOMETHING TO CATCH ON

STUFF LIKE RIGHT HERE.

THERE'S BED ROCK RIGHT HERE.

THERE'S A LOT OF HEAVY STUFF IN THERE.

YEAH, THERE IS.

A PRETTY TOUGH PLACE TO COME FIND GOLD, RIGHT?

YEAH. I MEAN, WE'VE ONLY BEEN HERE FOR

A LITTLE WHILE AND IT'S OBVIOUSLY

A VERY TOUGH PLACE TO COME AND GO MINING.

WHOA, WHAT'S THAT?

CHECK IT OUT. LOOK AT THAT.

-THERE YOU GO. -THREE.

WHOA.

THREE OF THEM -- ONE, TWO, THREE.

THAT'S PRETTY COOL.

THAT'S REALLY COOL.

ALRIGHT, WELL CONSIDERING THAT'S WORTH

ABOUT EIGHT CENTS, I'M GONNA PUT THEM BACK.

Parker: AND IT'S COOL TO COME TO A COUNTRY

LIKE THIS AND THROW A PAN IN A CREEK

AND FIND SOME GOLD.

I'M STARTING TO FEEL LIKE WE'RE KIND OF

ON OUR WAY TO WHY WE CAME HERE.

THERE'S A HUGE AMOUNT OF GOLD STILL TO BE FOUND,

TIME TO HID THE MAINLAND.

Narrator: NEXT TIME...

[ GRUNTS ]

PARKER AND HIS TEAM GO IN SEARCH

OF THE LEGENDARY EDIE CREEK.

[BLEEP] THIS IS STEEP.

Parker: THIS IS THE SPOT WHERE THE BIGGEST

GOLD RUSH OF THE 20TH CENTURY STARTED.

Narrator: AND EVERYONE LEARNS A VALUABLE LESSON

ABOUT MINING IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA.

IF I RAN AN OPERATION LIKE THIS, I WOULD BE IN JAIL.

PARKER!