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Yes Theory's Alaska journey closes at a working Nome gold mine

The final Alaska episode connects present-day mining with a police ride-along examining the town's unresolved disappearances.

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"FBI got involved" - Inside the US town where people disappear

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1:38With no taxis available, Thomas and Staffan accept a ride from a gold miner known as Radar.
10:48At the Board of Trade Saloon, they discover that local resident Jim also directs search and rescue.
18:30Police Chief Mike Heintzelman takes them on a ride-along to discuss Nome's disappearance cases.
20:00Heintzelman visits the beach where Florence Okpealuk was last seen and describes the unresolved investigation.
24:14Radar shows the team around the gold mine's machinery and sluice boxes.

Radar first meets Thomas Brag and Staffan Taylor when they cannot find a taxi in Nome. By the end of their visit, the gold miner has become their guide to an active open-pit mine, where machinery and sluice boxes offer a working counterpart to the town's gold-rush history.

That return to Radar gives Yes Theory's only upload of the week a broader frame than its title, "\"FBI got involved\" - Inside the US town where people disappear", might suggest. The third installment of Uncovering Forgotten Alaska spends time with people making their lives in Nome, while taking its unresolved disappearances seriously.

Police Chief Mike Heintzelman takes the presenters to the beach where Florence Okpealuk was last seen. He describes years of searches reaching dead ends and explains that the FBI was brought in because investigators needed additional resources. The episode distinguishes the community's missing-person cases from the speculation surrounding them online.

The film has reached roughly 3.4 million views and is the channel's busiest upload right now. The earlier Kivalina episode and "50 hours in a Secret Russian town in America" are its other main sources of daily viewing, giving the Alaska journey a presence beyond its final chapter.

Yes Theory added 100,000 subscribers over the week, although its current daily viewing is well below its usual level. That slower daily pace is shared by travel channels including Kara and Nate and Itchy Boots. For Yes Theory, the week's new film ends by looking back across the two-week Alaska trip, with its residents as central as its landscapes.

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