Emily Riedel, the opera singer and gold hunter, says she won't give up to the reality show "Bering Sea Gold: Under the Ice " and is back for yet another season for the Discovery Channel tv program.
"It is a very difficult job mentally and physically, and there just aren't many women drawn to this career. Although there should be and I hope that changes," Emmily Riedel said. "A lot of guys have come up to me and told me that I inspire their daughters, and I am proud of that. I have had a lot of failures, but I have gone completely out of comfort zone and ventured into something that was dangerous, but challenging and rewarding."
"We were really limited by the elements, the winds 20 or 30 below. It was very difficult conditions to make money in," Emily Riedel told FOX411. "There were a lot of barriers we needed to overcome and we are all still learning. It was a chaotic and frustrating time drilling under the ice... we aren't certified divers and we are trying to do something that is very difficult and dangerous."
On the newest season of the show that follows teams of gold hunters in the Bering Sea, Steve Riedel, Emily's father, finally became a boss captaining "Steve's World on Ice" with a "natural ability to overcome all odds"
In a phone interview for Hollywood Soapbox, Steve Riedel admitted being a boss is a triple job managing people, managing equipment and diving by herself.
"Working with him was very difficult because you had to bite your tongue," said Riedel, who started his own team because he found Vernon Adkinson, his former boss, such a "curmudgeon". "He is very unforgiving and judgmental and bossy, so I had to leave. ... And I just made that choice because it appeals to me, making my own decisions and being, you know, the captain of your own ship. It's appealing to me. I like the independence, and I like the opportunities it creates for myself. You know, it's the American dream."
"Well, I think Emily's high spirit is broadly distributed to anyone within her earshot. So a large percentage of her high energy isn't because she's related to me; it's just because she is who she is. I get a little extra dose because I'm her father, a little extra feistiness because I'm Dad. I'm more of a target. I love working with her. She's great, she's straightforward. I like those kind of people. I like her high energy, her honesty. I like her work ethic. You know, yeah, I got sometimes more than I care to handle with her. I think she allows herself a little more feistiness because I'm Dad. That's okay. It's all good. I love working with her. She's a great woman, and I'm really proud of her for everything, all the things she's learned. And her attitude toward work is stellar. Her attitude toward challenges are incredible."
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