Original subtitles

male narrator: IN A REMOTE

CORNER OF NORTH AMERICA...

ONLY A FEW DARE TO BRAVE

THE FROZEN TUNDRA.

THE ICE ROAD TRUCKERS.

[horn blaring]

WHOO-HOO!

HANG ON.

narrator: THIS SEASON, TWO

RIVAL COMPANIES ON A COLLISION

COURSE.

I'M NOT GOING DOWN WITHOUT

A FIGHT.

IF IT'S THE LAST THING WE DO

THIS WINTER, WE'RE GONNA PUT HIM

UNDER.

narrator: WITH MILLIONS OF

DOLLARS ON THE LINE...

MARK, YOU CAN KISS OUR LILY

WHITE ASSES.

[laughter]

ANYBODY WHO'S A HATER CAN GO

[bleep] THEMSELVES, BASICALLY.

narrator: LEGENDARY FOES...

I JUST HAVE TO TELL HUGH I'VE

BEEN PRAYING FOR HIM.

[laughs]

narrator: NEW SOLDIERS...

NOBODY LIKES NEW GUYS.

LET'S [bleep] GO!

narrator: AND AN ICE ROAD

ICON WILL PICK SIDES.

[horn blaring]

IT FEELS LIKE I'M GOING TO

WAR.

SHE SHOULDN'T EVEN BE HERE,

LIKE, BECAUSE SHE'S A GIRL.

GOOD LUCK TO HUGH AND HIS

BUSINESS.

[cracking]

narrator: JOIN THE GRUDGE

MATCH ON THE WORLD'S MOST

DANGEROUS FRONTIER.

THESE ARE THE ROUGHEST,

TOUGHEST ROADS IN NORTH AMERICA.

THIS IS A RODEO.

IT ALL COMES DOWN TO SURVIVAL

OF THE FITTEST.

DON'T QUIT.

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, DON'T QUIT.

SWEET [bleep]!

narrator: AS THE TEMPERATURE

DROPS...

[bleep] 40 BELOW, AND MY

BLOOD IS ABSOLUTELY BOILING.

narrator: TENSIONS RISE.

HE'S LUCKY HE AIN'T HERE.

I'D RING HIS [bleep]-SUCKING

[bleep] NECK.

[bleep] THREE-RING CIRCUS

AROUND HERE.

OH!

WOULD ANYBODY NORMAL WORK FOR

THESE PEOPLE?

MAYBE WE'RE ALL CRAZY.

THAT'S IT. WE'RE ALL CRAZY.

[laughs]

narrator: ON AN ALL-NEW

ICE ROAD TRUCKERS.

[rock music]

♪ ♪

IN THE NORTH, A WAR IS BREWING.

I'M HERE TO TAKE OVER

WINNIPEG.

narrator: HUGH "THE POLAR

BEAR" ROWLAND IS BACK.

THIS IS A BIG GAME SPORT.

AND SHE'S AN EXPENSIVE SPORT

TO BE IN.

narrator: FOR THE FIRST TIME

IN SEVEN YEARS, HE'S THE BOSS OF

HIS OWN ICE ROAD TRUCKING

COMPANY.

I TOOK VLAD OVER THERE, AND I

SAID, "LET'S START A BUSINESS

TOGETHER."

VP EXPRESS.

VLAD AND POLAR BEAR EXPRESS.

WE'RE READY TO KICK SOME ASS.

narrator: AND HE'S GOING

HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH HIS OLD BOSS,

POLAR INDUSTRIES.

THE END OF LAST SEASON, WE

PARTED OUR WAYS AND I HAVEN'T

TALKED TO HIM SINCE.

THERE'S NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT

THEY'RE GONNA COME CRAWLING BACK

AT THE END OF THIS SEASON.

THAT WAS THE BIGGEST MISTAKE

THEY COULD HAVE EVER DONE.

TRYING TO MAKE A MILLION

[bleep] DOLLARS HERE, I WOULDN'T

BE RUNNING IT LIKE THAT.

HELL OF A WAY TO RUN A BUSINESS.

IT'S PRETTY MUCH OF A JOKE.

I COME IN HERE ON A HANDSHAKE

THAT WE'RE GONNA DO THIS--WE'RE

GONNA DO IT RIGHT.

MY RESPONSIBILITY WAS TO GET

OUT AND GET THE LOADS.

AND I DID.

I'VE GOT A RECORD NUMBER OF

LOADS FOR THE COMPANY THIS YEAR,

AND NOTHING ELSE I COULD DO.

WORST THING YOU CAN DO TO ME

IS [bleep] WITH MY MONEY, SO

HANDLE IT.

GIVE ME YOUR FINAL INVOICES,

AND I CAN CUT YOU A CHECK RIGHT

NOW AND WE'LL SQUARE UP.

AND THE CHECK WILL BE GOOD?

I THINK I'LL BE RUNNING UNDER

SOMEBODY ELSE NEXT YEAR, THOUGH.

AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THAT'S

THE END OF POLAR INDUSTRIES.

I STARTED VP EXPRESS TO PUT

MARK OUT OF BUSINESS.

MARK IS JUST A CON MAN.

I KNOW GUYS THAT HE HASN'T PAID,

INCLUDING SUPPLIERS.

HE OWES VLAD.

YOU KNOW, I'M STANDING UP FOR

EVERYBODY THAT HE'S EVER

WRONGED.

WE'RE GONNA GET JUSTICE WHERE

JUSTICE IS DUE HERE.

IF IT'S THE LAST THING WE DO

THIS WINTER, WE'RE GONNA PUT HIM

UNDER.

narrator: HUGH'S BRINGING THE

BATTLE RIGHT TO MARK'S BACKYARD.

[sighs] JACKASSES.

TWO YEARS AGO, HUGH CAME IN HERE

TO LOOK FOR A JOB.

GAVE HIM A JOB, TOOK A CHANCE ON

HIM, HE LEARNED ABOUT THE

MANITOBA ICE ROADS.

STABBED ME IN THE BACK AND MOVED

IN NEXT DOOR.

AND NOW HE'S GONNA BE MY

COMPETITOR.

THAT'S A NICE THANK YOU.

AND THE ONLY THING THAT POLAR

CAN SEE WHEN HE LOOKS OUT HIS

WINDOW IS VP EXPRESS.

[laughs]

HE THINKS IT'S A BIG JOKE.

HE'S GONNA OPEN UP DOWN THE

STREET FROM ME?

THIS IS MY LIVELIHOOD.

I'M FIGHTING FOR THIS COMPANY.

I'M FIGHTING FOR ALL THE

EMPLOYEES HERE.

I'M FIGHTING FOR MY FAMILY.

FAMILY'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME.

I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO MAKE MY

DAD PROUD.

AND HE WAS JUST STARTING TO SEE

THIS BUSINESS GROW.

AND LIFE WAS JUST TAKEN TOO SOON

FROM HIM AND HE DROPPED DEAD OF

A HEART ATTACK.

SO SUCCEEDING IN THIS INDUSTRY

IS BIG.

IT'S SOMETHING I WANT TO DO FOR

HIM.

YOU CARRY ON THE LEGACY.

AND CARRY ON THE FAMILY NAME.

[horn tooting]

THAT'S--AS A SON, THAT'S YOUR

JOB, RIGHT?

OUR CUSTOMERS EXPECT THE BEST

FROM US.

I WANT TO DELIVER THE BEST.

NOBODY'S GONNA MAKE IT OUT IN

THESE MANITOBA ICE ROADS WITHOUT

THE BEST DRIVERS THAT ARE GONNA

MAKE IT IN THESE TOUGH

CONDITIONS.

[horn blaring]

narrator: AND MARK'S

RECRUITED ONE DRIVER SURE TO GET

HUGH ROWLAND'S ATTENTION.

I WANT TO BE THE BEST TRUCK

DRIVER THAT I CAN BE.

NOT THE BEST ONE IN THE WORLD.

JUST THE BEST ONE THAT I CAN BE.

LAST YEAR I WAS JUST TAKING A

BREAK, MAKING TIME FOR MY

FAMILY.

AND I WAS GETTING PRETTY

COMFORTABLE IN MY WAYS.

AND YOU GOT TO KEEP TAKING

YOURSELF OUT OF THAT COMFORT

ZONE TO KEEP GROWING AS A

PERSON.

THE THING ABOUT TRUCK DRIVING IS

THAT IT'S SO MANY DIFFERENT

THINGS.

IT'S COLD, IT'S BRUTAL, YOUR

TRUCKS DON'T WORK, YOU BROKE

DOWN, YOU'RE FREEZING TO DEATH.

AND IT IS THE SOLITUDE AND BEING

ALONE THAT CHALLENGES YOU TO

YOUR CORE.

I'VE ALWAYS DONE THE ICE ROADS

AT HOME.

AND THAT'S MY TERRITORY.

AND THAT'S WHAT I DO.

SO THIS IS GONNA BE AN

INTERESTING LEARNING EXPERIENCE,

STARTING AT THE BOTTOM AGAIN.

STARTING AT THE BOTTOM AGAIN,

BUT IT'LL BE OKAY.

THIS IS MY OPPORTUNITY TO SEIZE

THE DAY.

TAKE ON THE ICE ROADS OF

WINNIPEG.

narrator: A VETERAN OF THE

ALASKAN ICE ROADS, LISA KELLY,

IS ENLISTING WITH TEAM POLAR.

I'M READY TO WORK.

GOOD. EXCELLENT.

WHEN MARK ASKED ME TO COME

HERE AND WORK FOR POLAR, IT WAS

JUST A COOL OPPORTUNITY THAT I

CAN'T SAY NO TO, OF COURSE,

'CAUSE YOU KNOW ME.

[laughs] I CAN'T SAY NO.

MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS JUST DOING

WHAT YOU NEED ME TO DO AND

GETTING THE LOADS DOWN THE ROAD

AND HELPING YOU OUT THAT WAY.

FIRST RUN OUT HUGH EVER DID

IN MANITOBA, HE MADE A COMMENT

ABOUT LISA SAYING THAT THIS WILL

MESS UP LITTLE MISS MUFFET'S

HAIR.

WELL, WE'LL SEE HOW BADLY HER

HAIR GETS MESSED UP WHEN SHE'S

RUNNING CIRCLES AROUND HIM IN

THE BUSH.

THEY DON'T SEEM TO THINK YOU CAN

CUT IT OUT HERE.

SO WE'RE GONNA SHOW THEM THAT

NOT ONLY CAN YOU CUT IT OUT

HERE, YOU CAN MOVE EXACTLY WHAT

THEY'VE MOVED.

AND BETTER.

I'M GLAD YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE.

[laughs]

I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

BUT CONFIDENCE.

THAT'S WHY I CALLED YOU OUT HERE

TO COME OUT HERE AND NOT ONLY

PROVE SOMETHING TO THEM, BUT TO

HELP US PUT A STOP TO THIS

RIDICULOUSNESS THAT THEY THINK

THEY'RE GONNA ROLL IN HERE AND

START AN ICE ROAD TRUCKING

COMPANY.

IT TAKES HARD WORK, YEARS OF

DEDICATION.

AND I MEAN, THAT'S JUST

AN INSULT TO ME.

HUGH'S OPENED UP A SHOP AND

HE'S GONNA BE RUNNING THE ICE

ROADS TOO.

AND I KNOW HE RUNS HARD, HE GETS

HER DONE.

SO WE DEFINITELY HAVE OUR WORK

CUT OUT FOR US THIS YEAR.

WITH ALL THAT SAID, PLEASE

DRIVE SAFELY OUT THERE.

WE'VE ALREADY HAD TWO

FATALITIES.

THEY WERE OUT JUST DOING THEIR

JOB, CLEARING THE SNOW, CLEARING

THE ICE, GETTING THE ROADS

READY.

TWO GRADERS WENT THROUGH.

TWO LIVES WERE LOST.

AND WE'RE GONNA BE TRAVELING

THESE ROADS A WEEK LATER.

PEOPLE DIE ON THESE ICE ROADS.

IT'S INEVITABLE.

IF THE ICE DOESN'T GET YOU,

THE CONDITIONS WILL.

YOU'RE IN REMOTE BUSH COUNTRY

FOR 20, 30 HOURS STRAIGHT.

NO SHELTER, NO STOPS, NO REST

POINTS.

IT'S YOU AND THE ELEMENTS.

THAT'S IT.

YOU TELL ME THAT'S NOT GONNA

SCARE THE [bleep] OUT OF SOME

DRIVERS.

[organ playing]

♪ ♪

WELL, I'M COMPETITIVE.

I'M NATURALLY COMPETITIVE.

I ENJOY COMPETING.

I THINK COMPETITION ADDS SPICE

TO MY DAY.

SOMETIMES I GET A LITTLE CARRIED

AWAY AND TAKE A--YOU KNOW, TAKE

SOMETHING SMALL, IT ENDS UP

GETTING PRETTY BIG BECAUSE OF

THE ARGUMENT FACTOR.

BUT I THINK HUGH IS THE SAME

WAY.

HUGH AND I HAVE--I GUESS IN A

LOT OF WAYS, WE HAVE A LOT MORE

IN COMMON THAN MAYBE APPEAR ON

THE SURFACE.

WE'RE BOTH SURVIVORS, YOU KNOW.

WE'VE BOTH SEEN GOOD TIMES, AND

WE'VE BOTH SEEN, YOU KNOW, BAD

TIMES.

BUT I GOT AN EDGE ON HIM BECAUSE

I'M TALLER.

[laughs]

AND IF I CAN HELP IT,

I'M GONNA BE THINNER TOO.

[laughs]

narrator: WITH HUGH'S

LIFELONG TRUCKING RIVAL

ALEX DEBOGORSKI ABOARD...

OKAY, GUYS, LET'S GO.

LET'S GET THEM GOING.

LET'S GET THE TRUCKS ROLLING.

narrator: THE BATTLE LINES

ARE DRAWN.

I JUST HAVE TO TELL HUGH I'VE

BEEN PRAYING FOR HIM, AND HE

WILL JUST GO INTO A FURY

PROBABLY.

narrator: POLAR FIRES THE

FIRST SHOT.

OKAY.

narrator: AS THE 40-YEAR

VETERAN JOINS THE ALASKAN ICON

ON THE COMPANY'S FIRST MISSION.

LET'S GO TRUCKING.

narrator: HAULING

CONSTRUCTION SUPPLIES 200 MILES

NORTHEAST TO THE REMOTE VILLAGE

OF BLOODVEIN.

[horn blaring]

OKAY, LISA'S GONNA COME OUT

NOW.

narrator: AND THEY'LL DRIVE

1/2 A DAY ON THE HIGHWAY JUST

TO GET TO THE WINTER ROADS.

OH, YEAH! FOLLOWING ALEX.

narrator: BUT EVERY LOAD IS

BEING WATCHED CLOSELY BY

ARCHRIVALS HUGH ROWLAND

AND VLAD PLESKOT.

SO I HEARD ALEX IS OVER

THERE.

I DIDN'T EVEN THINK HE WAS

WAS COMING BACK.

HE'S GETTING PRETTY LONG IN THE

TOOTH THERE, BUT HE MUST HAVE

GOT CONNED IN BY THE CON MAN.

YEAH.

THEY HAVE LISA DRIVING FOR THEM.

[laughs]

IT'S NOT SAFE FOR HER.

NO MATTER WHO SHE'S WITH OR

ANYTHING, IT'S JUST NOT SAFE FOR

HER.

THEY'RE THE ROUGHEST, TOUGHEST

ROADS IN NORTH AMERICA.

AND I DON'T EVEN THINK LISA WILL

MAKE IT ON THESE ROADS,

LIKE, BECAUSE SHE'S A GIRL.

JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE A WOMAN,

DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T DO

THINGS.

I MAY BE A WOMAN IN A MAN'S

WORLD, BUT I'M NOT GONNA TRY TO

CHANGE IT, I'M NOT GONNA TRY TO

FEMINIZE IT, AND I'M NOT GONNA

BE PRETENDING TO BE A MAN.

I DON'T THINK LISA'S EVEN CUT

OUT--SHE SHOULDN'T EVEN BE HERE.

SHE'S NOT REALLY A TRUCK DRIVER.

SHE'S NO THREAT TO ME

WHATSOEVER.

NOT EVEN IN THE LEAST.

IT FEELS LIKE I'M GOING TO

WAR.

WE'RE JUST ABOUT TO CROSS ENEMY

LINES AND GO INTO ENEMY

TERRITORY.

THE MOMENT OF TRUTH.

THIS IS IT.

narrator: IN WINNIPEG...

WE GOT LOTS OF TRUCKS, WE'VE

GOT A LOT OF EQUIPMENT.

WOULD YOU HAVE SOME LOADS FOR ME

THIS YEAR?

narrator: VP EXPRESS OWNER

HUGH ROWLAND AND PARTNER VLAD

PLESKOT ARE SCRAMBLING TO GET

LOADS.

THIS IS BASICALLY THE DASH

FOR CASH.

THE MORE LOADS YOU MAKE,

THE MORE MONEY YOU MAKE.

AND I'VE BEEN A LOAD KING MY

WHOLE LIFE.

narrator: AND KEEP VALUABLE

CONTRACTS AWAY FROM HUGH'S OLD

BOSS, POLAR INDUSTRIES'

PRESIDENT MARK KOHAYKEWYCH.

NO, WE CAN DO THAT FOR YOU

RIGHT AWAY.

THANK YOU FOR THE BUSINESS.

WELL, THAT'S 22 LOADS VP IS NOT

GONNA BE GETTING NOW.

ISN'T THAT AWESOME?

I MEAN, I DIDN'T BUILD THIS

BUSINESS OVERNIGHT.

IT TOOK FIVE YEARS OF POUNDING

THE PAVEMENT.

OKAY. OXFORD HOMES.

YEP. NOT A PROBLEM, GUYS.

PERFECT. AND I'M GONNA MAKE

SURE THAT YOU GET THE BEST

SERVICE YOU CAN GET HERE.

EVERY LOAD THAT WE CAN GET IS

ONE THAT POLAR AIN'T GONNA

GET.

AND THAT'S WHAT--THAT'S OUR

GOAL.

YEAH, WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT

ONE?

REALLY?

VP EXPRESS HAS GOT THAT LOAD.

WE'RE GONNA GO A LITTLE BIT

LOWER ON THOSE PRICES BECAUSE,

YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO EARN

THE BUSINESS, AND WE'RE TRYING

TO EARN THE NAME.

THANK YOU.

HAVE A GOOD ONE.

WE'RE IN.

I LOVE THIS JOB, MAN.

both: [laugh]

WE JUST SECURED A CONTRACT,

ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONTRACTS ON

THE ROAD.

narrator: VP HAS SCORED AN

EXCLUSIVE DEAL TO HAUL EVERY

LOAD TO THE COMMUNITY OF

WASAGAMACK.

AND IT'S WORTH $1/2 MILLION IF

THEY CAN PULL IT OFF.

FOR A GOOD SEASON.

WHAT?

TO A GOOD SEASON.

YEAH. YEAH.

narrator: TO HELP FILL THE

MASSIVE ORDER, HUGH'S GOTTA FIND

DRIVERS TO JOIN HIS TEAM.

I WOULD CONSIDER MYSELF A GUY

THAT DOESN'T TAKE [bleep].

EVEN AT MY AGE, YES, I'LL

FLATTEN YOU.

YES, I WILL.

ONCE YOU GET A REPUTATION, YOU

GOT IT MADE.

PEOPLE LEAVE YOU ALONE.

BUT TO GET THAT REPUTATION, IT'S

REALLY ROUGH.

I GOT SCARS ALL OVER ME.

FROM THAT BIG, I WAS IN SCRAPS

EVERY TWO OR THREE DAYS.

LIKE, IT WAS JUST INSANE.

AND IT WAS RIGHT UP THROUGH MY

WHOLE LIFE.

AND YOU KNOW SOMETHING?

BETWEEN YOU AND I, I LIKE IT.

IT'S A RUSH.

AND I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE

A RUSH TOO.

I HOPE THESE ROADS ARE JUST

A BASTARD TO DRIVE ON.

narrator: FOR VP'S FIRST

HAUL, HUGH'S TAKING A CHANCE ON

ART BURKE.

IT'S ALMOST AS COLD INSIDE AS

OUTSIDE.

narrator: AN ICE ROAD

TRUCKER FROM HUGH'S OLD HOME

TURF IN YELLOW KNIFE.

I'VE BEEN DRIVING A TRUCK

FOR 13 YEARS.

I LIKE IT. I STILL LIKE IT.

I LOVE DRIVING A TRUCK.

I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO

DRIVING ON THE ICE ROAD HERE.

I CONQUERED THE ONES IN YELLOW

KNIFE.

AND I'M GONNA CONQUER THE ONES

HERE.

RIGHT ON!

WE'RE ALREADY MAKING MONEY!

[horn tooting]

THAT'S THREE OUT ALREADY.

THIS IS NOT GOOD.

ANY TIME I SEE A LOAD COMING OUT

OF THAT YARD IS MONEY OUT OF MY

POCKET.

AND THAT JUST PISSES ME RIGHT

OFF.

I'M EXCITED! I'M SO EXCITED!

IT'S JUST LIKE SANTA CLAUS!

NOW WE GOT HER, BOYS!

narrator: WITH NO TIME FOR

TRAINING, IT'S TRIAL BY FIRE.

OKAY, BUDDY.

narrator: AS HUGH PUTS HIS

NEWCOMER AT THE HEAD OF

THE CONVOY.

FIRST DAY AT WORK.

A LITTLE ON EDGE, TO TELL YOU

THE TRUTH.

[laughs]

THAT'S THE WAY SHE GOES, EH?

WE GOT 200 LOADS TO GET UP

THE [bleep] ROAD, AND HE'S GOT

TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE IT HIMSELF.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE PUTTING HIM OUT

FRONT HERE TODAY, AND SEE HOW HE

DOES.

[horn blaring]

HE'S THE FIRST ONE, HE'S

LEADING.

HUGH IS THE SECOND.

I'M THE THIRD ONE.

AND WE'RE FINALLY GOING NORTH.

I CAN FINALLY HEAR THE MONEY.

[chuckles]

I'M GOING WITH TWO BOSSES,

VLAD AND HUGH, AND I'M LEADING.

I DON'T REALLY LIKE LEADING THE

PACK WHEN I DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M

GOING HERE.

BUT WE'RE GONNA PULL HER OFF

ANYWAY.

THAT'S A GIVEN.

[bleep] HE MISSED THE CORNER.

HE DIDN'T SEE THE SIGN.

WE MISSED THE TURNOFF.

I THOUGHT WERE JUST SUPPOSED

TO STAY RIGHT ON THE 90 AND THEN

IT TURNED INTO THE 6.

[bleep].

I DON'T KNOW, MAN, WHERE WE ARE.

I WAS TOLD TO GO STRAIGHT.

BETTER TURN AROUND, ART.

OH, SHOOT.

HE FORGOT TO MAKE THE TURN.

FIRST CHANCE I GET, I'LL FLIP

HER.

THIS IS [bleep] RIDICULOUS.

I SHOULDN'T BE [bleep] LEADING,

EH, 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHERE

I'M [bleep] GOING.

THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS.

WHY I'M LEADING?

I HAVE NO [bleep] IDEA.

NOW WHERE THE [bleep] AM I GONNA

TURN AROUND HERE AT?

I MIGHT NOT GET A CHANCE TO FLIP

HER UNTIL [bleep] KNOWS WHEN,

EH?

WE ALWAYS HAVE A LITTLE BIT

OF TROUBLE WITH THE FIRST TRIP,

BUT NOBODY [bleep] UP THAT BAD.

narrator: WHILE VP EXPRESS IS

ON HOLD, POLAR INDUSTRY'S LATEST

SOLDIER REPORTS FOR DUTY.

EVERYTHING YOU GO THROUGH IN

YOUR LIFE, THERE'S ALWAYS A

LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.

AND YOU CAN SEE IT BUT YOU DON'T

EVER THINK YOU'RE GETTING CLOSER

TO IT.

MY GOD, THE DAYS DRAG ON.

COMING OFF THE DIVORCE, HAD TO

SELL MY BUSINESS.

HAD TO SELL EVERYTHING I HAD.

HAD TO FORK OUT A LOT OF MONEY

TO MY EX-WIFE.

ABOUT THE ONLY THING I KEPT OUT

OF THE WHOLE DEAL WAS MY SON.

BUT...I HAVE A DAUGHTER.

MY EX-WIFE TOOK HER BECAUSE SHE

DIDN'T THINK I COULD HANDLE HER.

I FIGHT FOR HER.

COURTS WON'T DO NOTHING BECAUSE

SHE HAS CUSTODY OF HER.

TARA TURNS 18 THIS YEAR.

TARA GETS TO COME HOME.

THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE

TUNNEL IS NOT FAR AWAY.

narrator: THE NEXT ACE IN

POLAR'S DECK IS MONTANA LEGEND

DARRELL WARD, A VETERAN OF ROCKY

MOUNTAIN LOGGING ROADS AND

ALASKA'S DALTON HIGHWAY.

IT'S DARRELL'S FIRST TIME

IN MANITOBA.

SO WHO ARE THESE JOKERS DOWN THE

ROAD WITH THIS NEW COMPANY THAT

ARE TRYING TO TAKE YOUR LOADS?

MR."POLAR BEAR" HIMSELF, HUGH

ROWLAND AND MY DISPATCHER

DECIDED THEY WERE GONNA START UP

A COMPANY.

ND THEY'RE GOING FOR BLOOD.

SO WE GOT TO FIGHT BACK.

RIGHT ON.

I ATE A LOT OF PORK CHOPS

LAST YEAR.

I HAVEN'T TRIED BEAR YET, BUT

I'M NOT AFRAID TO TRY IT.

I CAN GUARANTEE YOU WE'LL

BOTH BE TOASTING ON A LITTLE BIT

OF BEAR AT THE END OF THIS

SEASON.

RIGHT ON.

LET'S GO ROCK AND ROLL.

YOU KNOW, I KNOW WHAT IT'S

LIKE TO LOSE A BUSINESS.

AND THAT'S WHAT HUGH ROWLAND IS

DOING TO MARK.

HUGH...I'M GONNA DESTROY YOU.

OKAY.

THIS JOB IS PRICELESS TO ME.

I NEED ALL THE HAULS I CAN GET.

> narrator: FOR DARRELL,

A PROFITABLE SEASON MEANS TAKING

THE SUMMER OFF TO SPEND TIME

WITH HIS KIDS.

RENO, YOU KNOW, BEING OFF IN

COLLEGE.

AND I HATE TO SEE RENO STRUGGLE

OR ANYTHING--FOR MONEY OR

ANYTHING.

I'D JUST AS SOON HE CONCENTRATED

ON SCHOOL INSTEAD OF HIS

POCKETBOOK, SO...

TARA WILL BE GRADUATED FROM

HIGH SCHOOL DOWN IN KANSAS AND

SHE'LL COME HOME.

AND IT'LL BE THE BEST SUMMER

I'VE EVER HAD.

I CAN'T WAIT FOR IT.

I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THIS

SUMMER.

narrator: DARRELL'S

FIRST MISSION IS HAULING

CONSTRUCTION SUPPLIES TO BERENS

RIVER, ONE OF THE MANY

COMMUNITIES THAT SURVIVE ON

SHIPMENTS TRUCKED IN DURING

THE WINTER ROAD SEASON.

[horn blaring]

> YEAH, BABY! I AM ON THE

WINTER ROAD.

FIRST TIME.

narrator: DARRELL'S THE

FIRST TO BRAVE THE NEWLY OPEN

TRAIL THIS WINTER.

AND IF HE WANTS TO RACK UP

LOADS, HE'S GOTTA PLOW AHEAD

AT FULL STEAM.

GOT A LEFT-HAND TURN HERE.

WHOO!

THE SNOW IS A LITTLE DEEPER IN

HERE THAN WHAT I THOUGHT.

IT'S GETTING AWFUL HARD TO GET

THROUGH.

YOU KNOW, THIS [bleep] ROAD IS

A LITTLE--A LITTLE WESTERN.

THIS IS PRETTY RUGGED COUNTRY.

WHOA! HA!

WHOA! [bleep]

THIS IS THE LAST PLACE I WANT TO

BE SLIDING OVER THE ROAD AND

BEING STUCK AND SPENDING THE

NIGHT OUT HERE.

[horn blaring]

narrator: OUTSIDE WINNIPEG...

[horn blaring]

OKAY, NOW WE'RE GOING DOWN

THIS [bleep] THING HERE, EH?

narrator: VP EXPRESS'S NEW

DRIVER ART BURKE IS JUST TRYING

TO GET TO THE WINTER ROADS.

IT'S THEIR OWN [bleep]

FAULT.

WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE IN THE

[bleep] YOU'RE GOING, YOU DON'T

KNOW WHERE IN THE [bleep] YOU'RE

GOING.

YOU GIVE SOMEBODY THE WRONG

DIRECTIONS.

YEAH, I FEEL LIKE A [bleep]

FOOL AND I DON'T FEEL IT'S MY

FAULT.

WELL, THIS OUGHT TO BE [bleep]

GOOD.

WE WENT ABOUT TEN [bleep]

KILOMETERS OUT OF THE WAY.

ONLY ONE WAY, BUDDY.

GEEZ.

narrator: IT'S THE FIRST HAUL

FOR HUGH ROWLAND'S NEW COMPANY.

25 MINUTES.

YEP.

narrator: AND IF HE DOESN'T

DELIVER, HE COULD LOSE HIS

$1/2 MILLION WASAGAMACK

CONTRACT.

UGH. HE'S PROBABLY GOING

LOW NOW 'CAUSE HE FIGURED--

PROBABLY FIGURED OUT IT'S

[bleep] ICY.

HE'LL BE BACK.

WELL, HERE THEY ARE UP HERE.

WELL, LOOK AT THIS.

[bleep]

WOW!

> ARTY, ARTY, ARTY, [bleep]!

THAT LAST END SLIDE THERE,

THAT'S REALLY [bleep] SLIPPERY,

EH?

[whistles]

[bleep] ME.

[bleep].

DID YOU SEE IT?

I [bleep] SEEN IT.

HE [bleep] JACK-KNIFED HERE.

BARELY MADE THAT [bleep] CORNER.

YOU NEVER [bleep] START TURNING

UNTIL YOU KNOW YOU CAN MAKE

A [bleep] CORNER.

WHAT THE [bleep] IS GOING ON,

ARTY?

I'M LOOKING LIKE A [bleep]

FOOL HERE, BUDDY.

I KNOW.

I MEAN, [bleep], HUGH.

AND WHAT HAPPENED OUT HERE,

MAN?

THAT WAS SLIPPERY AS [bleep]

THERE, THAT WAS--

OH, I KNOW IT'S SLIPPERY.

VERY SLIPPERY.

THAT'S WHY I SAID GO SLOW.

YOU DON'T START TURNING UNTIL

YOU'RE [bleep] GOING SLOW ENOUGH

TO MAKE THE CORNER.

OH, WELL, IT'LL BE FINE.

THAT WAS A CLOSE CALL, MAN.

WE'LL BE FINE.

YOU WERE JUST ABOUT OVER IN

THE DITCH THERE.

NO, WE'LL BE FINE.

NO, IT'S NOT FINE WITH ME.

IF I SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT

HAPPEN AGAIN, YOU KNOW WHAT'S

GONNA HAPPEN.

I KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.

HOW ABOUT IF I DON'T LEAD THE

[bleep]--HOW ABOUT IF I DON'T

LEAD?

OKAY.

BUT WE'LL BE FINE.

narrator: THE CONVOY GETS

BACK ON THE ROAD WITH VLAD IN

THE LEAD.

"I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW"

EVERYTHING "I KNOW."

narrator: AND ART ON THIN

ICE.

HE'S GOT TO FIGURE IT OUT.

'CAUSE IF HE DON'T FIGURE IT

OUT, HE AIN'T GONNA BE BACK.

SO WE'LL SEND HIM ON DOWN THE

ROAD, AND HE CAN ASK FOR A JOB

AT POLAR.

narrator: AS HUGH'S COMPANY

FINALLY CREEPS TOWARDS THE

WINTER ROADS...

100 MILES NORTH...

THE MORE NORTH WE GO, THE

MORE HAYWIRE IT GETS.

narrator: RIVAL DRIVER

DRIVER ALEX DEBOGORSKI IS

ALREADY KNEE DEEP IN THE BUSH.

OKAY, NOW WHAT DO WE GOT

HERE?

WE GOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF SIGNS.

AND IT SAYS...BLOODVEIN.

narrator: OUT HERE, THERE'S

NO CELL SERVICE, AND THE WINTER

ROADS AREN'T MARKED ON GPS.

I CAN'T SEE LISA BACK THERE

THROUGH THE CURVE.

[radio static]

LISA, YOU COPY?

[radio static]

LISA, YOU COPY?

IF I CAN'T SEE HER IN THE MIRROR

AND I CAN'T TALK TO HER ON THE

RADIO, THEN I DON'T HAVE ANY

COMMUNICATION WITH HER.

SHE COULD BE IN THE DITCH AND

WE WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW IT.

narrator: SOMEWHERE BEHIND

ALEX, ALASKAN ICON LISA KELLY IS

GETTING HER FIRST TASTE OF THE

CANADIAN WINTER ROADS.

I'M HOPING MY TRUCK HOLDS

TOGETHER.

THIS IS CRAZY.

narrator: SLOW GOING OVER

200 MILES OF RUGGED TERRAIN.

[rattling]

THIS IS HARD BECAUSE IT

TWISTS YOU UP LIKE A PRETZEL.

IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE I'M JUST

SITTING HERE HOLDING THE

STEERING WHEEL, BUT I'M GETTING

A WORKOUT.

I GUESS I'M GONNA KEEP GOING

WITH IT, SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

DO I GOTTA TURN HERE?

OH, THIS IS QUITE A ROAD.

WAIT A MINUTE.

narrator: EARLY IN THE

SEASON, THE ICE IS STILL

FORMING.

DRIVING ONLY IN AREAS THAT HAVE

BEEN CLEARED FOR SAFE TRAVEL IS

A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH.

HEY, ALEX, CAN YOU HEAR ME?

SO I CAN'T HEAR ALEX.

I DON'T KNOW IF ALEX IS STRAIGHT

OR HE TURNED HERE.

I'M JUST GONNA GO THIS WAY.

CAN'T GET LOST.

[scoffs] IF THERE WAS TWO ROADS,

I'LL GET LOST.

OUR RADIOS AREN'T WORKING, SO

BASICALLY I'M GONNA KEEP AN EYE

ON THE MIRROR.

AND HOPEFULLY--YOU KNOW, WE'RE

NOT GOING SO FAST, THE SPEED'S

SLOWER ON THIS ROAD.

IT'LL BE THE TYPE OF ROAD THAT

LISA'S DRIVEN ON IN ALASKA, SO

LISA WON'T HAVE ANY TROUBLE WITH

THIS.

I'M NOT SURE WHERE I'M

SUPPOSED TO GO FROM HERE.

I CAN'T TELL.

I'M GONNA ATTEMPT

A COMMUNICATION, I THINK.

HEY, ARE YOU THERE?

ALEX, DO YOU COPY?

[static]

narrator: ALONE ON ONE OF

THE MOST REMOTE ROADS IN

MANITOBA.

[bird cawing]

I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYONE FOR

150 MILES.

narrator: POLAR DRIVER

DARRELL WARD PREPARES TO BE THE

FIRST THIS SEASON TO CROSS

BERENS RIVER.

COMING UP ON THE CROSSING.

CROSSING OVER ICE, YOU NEVER

KNOW WHAT YOU MIGHT ENCOUNTER.

THERE COULD BE A CURRENT STREAM

UNDERNEATH THERE THAT'S THINNED

OUT ICE.

YOU CAN BUST THROUGH, YOU KNOW?

IT'S ALWAYS DANGEROUS.

ALWAYS DANGEROUS TO CROSS THE

ICE.

narrator: THE BERENS RIVER

ICE CROSSING HAS A WEIGHT LIMIT

OF 41 TONS, AND DARRELL'S

RIGHT AT THE LIMIT.

THEY SAID THIS LAKE WAS RIGHT

BEFORE YOU GET INTO BERENS

RIVER.

IT'S GOT A LOT OF SNOW ON IT.

THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE SAYING.

AND IT WAS PROTECTING IT FROM

FREEZING.

SO THIS ICE RIGHT HERE IS NOT

VERY THICK, YOU KNOW.

AND I'M HEAVY.

YEP. THAT WATER SPOT DOWN

THERE'S KIND OF BOTHERING ME A

LITTLE BIT.

IF THERE'S CURRENT GOING

UNDERNEATH THIS THAT'S NOT

FROZE.

I'M GONNA STOP RIGHT HERE AND GO

OUT HERE AND TAKE A LOOK REAL

QUICK.

YOU KNOW, I HAD A BROTHER.

GREG IS THE ONE THAT DROWNED IN

THE BITTERROOT RIVER WHEN HE

WAS 17.

SWIMMING IN THE RIVER, JUMPING

OFF THE BRIDGE.

JUMPED OFF.

NEVER CAME BACK UP.

IT JUST SENDS A SHIVER UP YOUR

SPINE AND A FEELING THAT YOU

HAVE NEVER FELT BEFORE.

LIKE, WHAT IF SOMETHING HAPPENED

TO ME, YOU KNOW?

YOU FALL THROUGH THE ICE, IF YOU

MAKE IT BACK TO THE TOP, TO

THE SURFACE, THE TRUCK'S ON THE

BOTTOM.

YOU'RE OUT IN SUBZERO

TEMPERATURES BY YOURSELF.

YOU'RE NOT GONNA SURVIVE IT.

YOU MIGHT AS WELL RIDE THE TRUCK

TO THE BOTTOM.

IT'S GONNA BE A LOT LESS PAINFUL

THAN SWIMMING TO THE TOP WITH

NOTHING THERE TO HELP YOU

THROUGH IT.

DON'T GO TO THE TOP AND SUFFER

AND FREEZE.

TAKE IT TO THE BOTTOM.

HERE I AM, THE MAIDEN VOYAGE.

IT LOOKS LIKE I MADE IT OUT IN

THE MIDDLE, AND...THIS IS SURE

A SPOT RIGHT HERE.

WHOA.

IT FELT LIKE I HAD A [bleep]

TIRE KIND OF--OR SOMETHING JUST

KIND OF SLIPPED DOWN A LITTLE.

OH, YEAH.

I DON'T THINK IT FEELS REAL GOOD

OUT HERE.

FOR SOME REASON, I DON'T LIKE

THIS SPOT.

EASE OFF THIS EDGE.

KNOWING THAT I'M ON THE THINNEST

PART OF THE ICE HERE.

I'M JUST ABOUT TO IT.

I GOT ABOUT 30 YARDS TO GO.

I'M COMING UP TO SHORE ON THE

FAR SIDE HERE.

WELL, I MADE MY FIRST ICE

CROSSING WITHOUT FALLING

THROUGH.

PRETTY GOOD FEELING THERE.

RIGHT ON.

I'M HEADING FOR BERENS RIVER.

I'M READY TO GO GET RID OF THIS

LOAD.

narrator: WHILE DARRELL

ZEROES IN ON HIS DESTINATION...

WHY AM I COMPLETELY

DISORIENTED?

WHERE THE HECK ARE WE?

narrator: POLAR TEAMMATE

LISA KELLY IS FALLING BEHIND.

THE MAPS ARE NOT REALLY BEING

SPECIFIC HERE.

I'M SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW THIS RED

LINE.

IT DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT

TURNS OR ANYTHING.

WE JUST FOLLOW THE RED LINE, BUT

THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THIS ROAD

AIN'T RED, IT'S WHITE.

narrator: UP AHEAD, CONVOY

PARTNER ALEX DEBOGORSKI IS ALSO

TRYING TO FIND HIS WAY.

THERE'S NO COMMUNICATION.

WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE

GOING.

WE GOT MAPS THAT TELL US

UNKNOWN ROAD, UNKNOWN ROAD,

UNKNOWN ROAD.

LIKE, HOW MUCH CONFUSION DO YOU

WANT JUST FOR A LITTLE JOB LIKE

THIS?

YOU KNOW, LISA--YOU KNOW, SHE

JUST DISAPPEARS.

I JUST KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR HER

AND DROP THE LOAD.

AND I HOPE THAT I'LL BE SEEING

LISA SOON.

[dog barking]

YEAH, WELL, WE'RE HERE IN

BLOODVEIN AND NOW I GUESS LISA

IS LOST.

narrator: IN THE CANADIAN

WILDERNESS...

I FINALLY MADE IT TO BERENS

RIVER.

DROPPING OFF MY FIRST LOAD OF

THE SEASON.

SLIDE ALL OVER THE FREAKIN'

WILDERNESS, BUT I GOT HER HERE.

narrator: IN THE COMPETITION

FOR WINTER ROAD SUPREMACY, POLAR

IS THE FIRST TO HIT THE

SCOREBOARD AS DARRELL WARD

DELIVERS HIS LOAD OF

CONSTRUCTION SUPPLIES.

I KNOW I WAS THE FIRST ONE

OUT OF THE GATE THIS MORNING.

I HOPE I GOT ONE UP ON VP.

ALL RIGHT.

I'LL GET IT.

YOU KNOW, THOSE GUYS AT VP,

THEY HAVE NOTHING ON US.

I'M SURE ALEX AND LISA GOT THEIR

LOADS DELIVERED.

[horn blaring]

OH, YEAH. THIS IS ACTUALLY

A COOL PLACE.

WHOEVER SAID THAT YOU CAN'T GET

LOST IS LYING.

I MANAGED TO CATCH UP TO ALEX

HERE.

HOW'S IT GOING?

WELL, I LOST YOU BACK THERE

FOR A MINUTE.

THERE SO MANY ROADS.

WELL, THAT'S PROBABLY OUR GUY

RIGHT THERE.

ALL RIGHTY. SOUNDS GOOD.

ALL RIGHT.

FIRST TIME ON THE WINTER ROADS,

IF IT GOES LIKE THIS, THEN I'M

LOST.

I'M JUST HERE TO GET THE JOB

DONE FOR MARK, SO...

WELL, WE GOT DARRELL HOPEFULLY

UNLOADED.

AND THEN ME AND ALEX ARE

UNLOADED.

both: [laugh]

GOT OUR FIRST THREE LOADS

DELIVERED FOR TEAM POLAR.

GOOD LUCK TO HUGH AND HIS

BUSINESS.

[laughs]

narrator: 200 MILES NORTH...

[horn blaring]

COMING INTO WASAGAMACK.

HOME STRETCH.

LUCKY WE GOT HERE.

narrator: HUGH ROWLAND AND

PARTNER VLAD PLESKOT NEAR THE

DROP-OFF POINT FOR THEIR FIRST

LOADS OF THEIR NEW BUSINESS.

[plays Russian National Anthem]

AND THE MAD RUSSIAN HAS HIS OWN

WAY TO CELEBRATE.

♪ ♪

[singing in Russian]

[horn blaring]

[laughing]

THAT MEANS IT'S A MONEY DAY.

IT'S A MONEY DAY.

WE MADE IT, BUDDY.

HOPEFULLY, WE GET UNLOADED

RIGHT NOW AND IF SO, THAT'S

GONNA BE GREAT, YOU KNOW?

I CAN HEAR CHA-CHING, CHA-CHING.

[laughs]

YOU HEAR THE CHA-CHING,

CHA-CHING?

YOU BETCHA, THIS IS A MONEY

DAY.

both: [laugh]

ARTY, YOU ON HERE?

ARTY, YOU ON THERE?

narrator: UNTIL ART REACHES

WASAGAMACK, VP CAN'T COLLECT ON

THEIR DELIVERY.

YEP, WE'RE WAITING HERE FOR

ART THERE, AND WE'LL OFFLOAD,

WE'RE DONE.

WE'RE DONE.

WE'RE OUT OF HERE.

THIS IS OUR FIRST TRIP UP HERE.

[bleep] HAPPENS, WE KNOW THAT.

BUT [bleep] COME ON.

GET IT TOGETHER, RIGHT?

I SHOULD BE GOING THE RIGHT

WAY.

WELL, WHEN SOMEONE DOESN'T KNOW,

I MEAN, YOU DON'T USUALLY LEAVE

THEM BEHIND, RIGHT?

I'M SUPPOSED TO FIGURE THIS OUT

ON MY OWN?

IF YOU CAN'T LEAD ANYBODY UP THE

ICE ROAD, HOW YOU GONNA LEAD A

TRUCKING COMPANY?

WHERE IN THE HELL ARE WE ANYWAY?

DOES ANYBODY KNOW?

THIS IS NOT COOL.

I'VE HAD ENOUGH HAPPEN TODAY.

[bleep], THE ASS OF THIS IS

ALL OVER THE PLACE, BUDDY.

I'M IN SOME SERIOUS TROUBLE

RIGHT [bleep] NOW.

[bleep], WE'RE IN DITCH, BUDDY.

HANG ON, HANG ON, HANG ON.

PLEASE COME OUT OF THIS, PLEASE

GET COME OF THIS, PLEASE COME

OUT OF THIS.

WE'RE STUCK.

YOU [bleep] BELIEVE THIS?

WELL, WE'RE [bleep], BIG TIME.

I GUESS I'LL BE GETTING THE AXE

AFTER THIS ONE.

[wolves howling]

narrator: THIS SEASON ON

ICE ROAD TRUCKERS...

IT'S ALL DONE BY THE SEAT OF

YOUR PANTS.

SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS.

narrator: POLAR INDUSTRIES

VERSUS VP EXPRESS...

THE WAR'S BEGINNING.

THE BATTLE LINES ARE DRAWN.

THIS TOWN AIN'T BIG ENOUGH

FOR THE BOTH OF US.

narrator: IN A HIGH STAKES

PRIZE FIGHT ON THE WINTER

ROADS.

[laughs]

I HAVE A DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEE

WHO IS A SECURITY THREAT HERE AT

MY BUILDING.

[sirens wailing]

I'D LIKE TO TALK TO THE BOTH

OF YOU, ACTUALLY.

WHO DO YOU WORK FOR?

WHERE DO YOU GET THE MONEY FROM?

THAT'S RIGHT. YOU.

END OF STORY.

OKAY.

HERE WE GO.

CROSSING THE RIVER ON THE ICE.

WELL, LORD GIVE US A HAND.

DON'T CALL ME AND TELL ME HOW

TO DO MY JOB.

WHY'S IT SPINNING?

OH, YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING.

I'M GONNA BURN THIS [bleep]

THING.

HOLY MACKEREL.

WHOA! HOLY [bleep]!

narrator: AND THERE'S NO

ROOM FOR SECOND PLACE.

NOBODY AROUND HERE KNOWS JACK

[bleep] ABOUT NOTHING.

I'LL STUFF THAT

[bleep]-SUCKER AND MAKE

A [bleep] MESS!

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, DO NOT

TRY THIS AT HOME.

YEAH, THE FEUD IS ON, MAN.

I'M GONNA HAVE TO PUT MY

HATFIELD AND MCCOY HAT ON HERE

SHORTLY.

[horn blaring]