Original subtitles

male narrator: TONIGHT ON

ICE ROAD TRUCKERS...

[horn blares]

YEE-HAW!

THE FEUD IS ON, MAN.

I'M GONNA HAVE TO PUT MY

HATFIELD-MCCOY HAT ON HERE

SHORTLY.

narrator: THE WAR BETWEEN

POLAR INDUSTRIES AND VP EXPRESS

GETS MESSY...

THE WAY IT'S WORKING FOR ME

RIGHT NOW, NOT GETTING MY

BACKHAULS, DOESN'T PAY ME

A DIME.

I NEED TO GET [bleep]

STRAIGHTENED OUT WITH MARK HERE.

narrator: AND DRIVERS HAVE

HAD ENOUGH.

BURNIN' THIS RIGHT TO THE

GROUND.

THIS IS JUST A [bleep]

SITUATION.

I'M FED UP WITH IT.

narrator: WHILE UP NORTH,

THE KING OF OBSOLETE...

AW, THIS DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.

narrator: BREAKS THROUGH.

WHOA! [bleep]!

[rock music]

♪ ♪

YOU KNOW, WE ARE NUMBER ONE,

AND WE'LL STAY NUMBER ONE.

narrator: FOR WEEKS, POLAR

INDUSTRIES HAS BEEN RUNNING

STRONG...

GOT OUR LOADS DELIVERED FOR

TEAM POLAR.

[horn honks]

narrator: BUT VP EXPRESS

MOUNTED AN OFFENSIVE BY

LANDING NEW CONTRACTS...

[laughs]

NOW YOU PICKED UP 25 MORE

LOADS, YOU SAID?

narrator: AND BRINGING ON

DEFECTING DRIVERS.

I'M GLAD TO HEAR HE'S COMING

OVER HERE.

I LIKE HIM.

narrator: AND NOW HUGH AND

VLAD HAVE GOTTEN MARK'S

ATTENTION.

IS HE JUST GONNA STOP THERE?

I HAVE A DISGRUNTLED EMPLOYEE

WHO IS A SECURITY THREAT HERE AT

MY BUILDING.

[laughter]

narrator: IN THE FAR REACHES

OF NORTHERN MANITOBA...

[animals howling]

WELL, I'M GONNA JUMP OUT

THERE, FREEZE MY REAR END, TAKE

A QUICK LOOK UNDERNEATH, SEE IF

WE GOT ANY OIL LEAKS, LOOK AT

THE LOAD.

narrator: ALEX DEBOGORSKI IS

SHUT DOWN ON THE SIDE OF THE

ROAD.

LOOKS NICE AND DRY UNDER

THERE.

I ABSOLUTELY CAN'T SEE NOTHING.

YOU SMELL THAT?

WHAT THE HELL?

YEAH, I SMELL IT.

I SMELL ELECTRICAL SMELL

AGAIN.

IT'S GETTING AWFUL STRONG IN

HERE.

HOLY MACKEREL!

GET OUT OF THE TRUCK!

OH!

[coughing]

THAT'S GOING TO BE THE END

OF THAT TRUCK.

I CAN'T SEE NO FLAMES.

WELL, SOMETHING CAUGHT FIRE

UNDERNEATH THE DASH.

BUT IT SEEMS TO HAVE GONE OUT.

I'VE NEVER SEEN SMOKE COME OUT

LIKE THAT WITHOUT A TRUCK

BURNING DOWN.

narrator: THERE'S NO SIGN OF

FLAMES, BUT AIR'S LEAKING BEHIND

THE DASHBOARD.

[air hissing]

THERE ARE SOME WIRES BURNT

UNDERNEATH THE DASH.

WHEN THE WIRES STARTED BURNING,

THEY MELTED A HOLE IN THE AIR

LINE, SO THE AIR LINE STARTED

BLOWING ON THE FIRE, AND IT

SEEMED TO HAVE BLEW THE FIRE

OUT.

GO FIGURE.

I DON'T KNOW.

narrator: THE AIR LEAK'S

FIXED WITH A HOSE CLAMP, BUT THE

SOURCE OF THE FIRE IS STILL

A MYSTERY.

I THOUGHT THE TRUCK WAS

BURNT.

ANY FIRE I'VE SEEN THAT STARTED

LIKE THAT, IT--IT WOULD, UH,

BURN THE WHOLE TRUCK.

WE'RE STILL APPEALING TO THE

GOOD LORD'S SENSE OF HUMOR,

SO THAT'S GOOD.

SO THE QUESTION IS WHETHER I

SHOULD SLEEP IN HERE OR NOT.

narrator: HUNDREDS OF MILES

FROM HELP, HIS TRUCK IS THE ONLY

SHELTER FOR THE NIGHT.

THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO, THE

TRUCK BURNS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE

NIGHT, AND I'M SLEEPING HERE,

AND I JUST KEEP RIGHT ON

SLEEPING.

narrator: 330 MILES SOUTH...

I AM BOBTAILING DOWN

THE WINTER ROAD.

narrator: POLAR TEAMMATE LISA

KELLY IS TAKING ON ONE OF THE

TOUGHEST ASSIGNMENTS IN

MANITOBA.

WE'RE GOING TO PAUINGASSI TO

PICK UP A TRAILER AND HAUL IT

BACK TO WINNIPEG.

narrator: WHEN THE WINTER

ROADS MELT AWAY, ANY EQUIPMENT

THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT OUT IS

STRANDED...SINKING INTO THE

SOFT GROUND AND FREEZING IN ICE.

DRIVERS CAN ONLY ATTEMPT TO DIG

IT OUT ONCE THE ROADS REOPEN

A YEAR LATER.

THIS TRAILER THAT'S IN

PAUINGASSI HAS BEEN SITTING

THERE FOR A YEAR OR SO.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF

CHALLENGES I'M GOING TO

ENCOUNTER WHEN I GET THERE, BUT

I BROUGHT A SHOVEL AND TOOLS

AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF.

I THINK WE'RE COMING UP TO

FISHING LAKE.

IT'S A REALLY BIG LAKE, WHICH IS

MY FIRST EVER LAKE CROSSING.

I'VE BEEN ON TUNDRA, I'VE BEEN

ON RIVER, I'VE BEEN ON OCEAN,

BUT I'VE NEVER BEEN ON LAKE.

[ice crackling]

SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT TO EXPECT.

WE'RE DEFINITELY IN THE MIDDLE

OF THE LAKE, THOUGH.

narrator: FISHING LAKE HAS

OVER 100 MILES OF SHORELINE AND

MULTIPLE ICE ROADS RATED FOR

DIFFERENT WEIGHTS.

I CAN'T SEE THE OTHER SIDE.

I SEE THERE'S, LIKE, LAND ALL,

LIKE, HERE AND LAND OVER HERE.

I LOST THE ROAD.

WERE WE SUPPOSED TO TURN ON THE

ICE?

narrator: IF SHE DRIVES ONTO

THIN ICE, HER RIG COULD BREAK

THROUGH.

BUT STOPPING A 12-TON TRUCK

ON THE FROZEN LAKE COULD ALSO

PUT TOO MUCH STRESS ON THE ICE.

I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GOING THE

RIGHT WAY OR NOT, BUT THAT WAY,

THAT THE ROAD GOES, I DON'T SEE

LAND.

I'M GOING TO GET OUT AND CHECK

IT.

narrator: OUT OF OPTIONS,

LISA MAKES THE CALL TO STOP.

HOW DO YOU GET LOST ON

A LAKE?

I DON'T KNOW, BUT I JUST DID IT.

narrator: IT'LL HELP HER

GET HER BEARINGS...BUT THE

DEAD WEIGHT OF THE TRUCK IS

PRESSURING THE ICE BELOW.

WHERE THE HELL ARE WE?

THERE'S A LOT OF TREES AND

OPENNESS.

I MEAN, I WISH I COULD SEE

SOMETHING.

narrator: AS LISA TRIES TO

FIND HER WAY...

YEE-HAW!

[horn honking]

narrator: VP EXPRESS BOSS

HUGH ROWLAND'S FINDING HIS

GROOVE.

IT'S A MONEY DAY.

[laughs]

WE HAVE PRETTY GOOD BUSINESS

PARTNERS LOOKING FOR STATIONS

IN WASAGAMACK, AND THAT'S THE

COOLEST THING, 'CAUSE NOBODY

HAS EVER HAD WASAGAMACK COVERED.

WE GOT IT COVERED.

[horn blares]

narrator: HE'S KEEPING UP

WITH DEMAND ON THEIR

SEASON-LONG, HALF-MILLION-DOLLAR

CONTRACT, WHILE HIS NEW DRIVERS

TAKE ON EVEN MORE NEW JOBS.

WE SENT TODD AND DEREK AND

ART TO TADOULE LAKE.

THEY'LL BE ON THEIR WAY BACK

TODAY.

IF EVERYTHING WORKS OUT GOOD,

THE WAY WE WANT IT TO, IT'S

A HELL OF A PAYDAY.

narrator: BUT 280 MILES

NORTH IN LYNN LAKE, THINGS

AREN'T GOING AS PLANNED FOR

THE OTHER DRIVERS AT VP EXPRESS.

WE'RE GETTING READY TO HAUL

INTO LYNN LAKE.

THIS IS MY BIG MOMENT, EH?

THIS HERE IS.

POSITIVE TO POSITIVE.

NOT GOOD.

narrator: THIS HAUL WAS

SUPPOSED TO BE A REDEMPTION RUN

FOR ART BURKE...

LAST CHANCE.

narrator: AFTER THE BOSSES

GAVE HIM A LAST-CHANCE

ULTIMATUM.

[screams]

narrator: BUT A BATTERY

EXPLOSION SHUT DOWN ONE TRUCK...

GO RINSE IT OFF.

narrator: AND SHOWERED CONVOY

PARTNERS TODD DEWEY AND DEREK

VIVIER IN CORROSIVE ACID.

14.2 VOLTS.

LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE

ROLLING.

narrator: TODAY THE CONVOY'S

READY TO GET BACK ON THE ROAD,

BUT THEY'RE OVER A DAY BEHIND

ON THE MISSION TO RECOVER

EQUIPMENT FROM TADOULE LAKE.

BRING IT ON, ART.

ALL SET.

OFFICIALLY ON THE ICE ROAD.

HERE WE GO!

WITH ALL THE SITUATIONS THAT

HAPPENED WITH MY TRUCK--LOSING

AN ALTERNATOR, BLOWING

A BATTERY--THAT'S JUST A PART

ABOUT BEING UP HERE, TRUCKING

THE ICE ROAD.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO

HAPPEN.

MY FACE WAS A-BURNING.

IT FELT LIKE A TOTAL CHEMICAL

BURN ON THE WHOLE TOP LEFT SIDE

OF MY HEAD.

AND THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH WHAT

HAPPENS IF YOU GET BATTERY ACID

ON YOU.

YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD I MADE IT

TO WHERE I DID--

OOH.

OOH, THAT'S A BRUTAL BUMP.

IT GETS PRETTY BRUTAL RIGHT

THERE, ART.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO SLOW DOWN

A BIT.

EVEN BETTER ONE HERE, BUDDY.

THIS IS A PRETTY SNARLY ROAD,

EH?

OH!

WE MUST'VE BEEN AIRBORNE.

THE [bleep] WHEELS HAD TO BE

OFF THE [bleep] GROUND THERE

SOMEWHERES, BUDDY.

HOLY [bleep].

THIS IS INSANE, MAN.

OH, YOU [bleep] LICKER!

HOLY SMOKES.

WE GOT SOME STEEP HILLS COMING

UP HERE, SO YOU'RE JUST GOING TO

HAVE TO KIND OF BEAT YOURSELF

UP, GET YOUR SPEED UP, AND MAKE

IT.

THAT'S JUST KIND OF THE WAY IT

IS, SO HANG ON, BUDDY.

narrator: STILL 300 MILES

FROM THEIR LOADS, THERE'S NO END

IN SIGHT FOR THE BATTERED

CONVOY.

THAT WAS THE ROUGHEST SPOT

IN THE WHOLE ROAD.

I KNOW THAT EVERYBODY'S TED

AND WORN OUT, BUT WE'VE GOT TO

PUSH THROUGH AND DEAL WITH THE

ROADS AND TAKE IT AS IT IS.

narrator: IN THE CANADIAN

BACK COUNTRY.

WE ARE ON THE ROAD AGAIN.

narrator: POLAR DRIVER

DARRELL WARD'S READY TO TURN AND

BURN.

YEP, I'M ON THE OXFORD HOUSE

ICE ROAD.

NEVER BEEN ON THIS ROAD BEFORE,

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.

narrator: HE'S RACING TO GET

A LOAD OF CEMENT BAGS TO THE

TOWN OF OXFORD HOUSE AND THEN

PICK UP A BACKHAUL BOUND FOR

WINNIPEG.

"WARNING!

WINTER SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT IS

RECOMMENDED."

WINTER SURVIVAL EQUIPMENT--

FIVE GALLONS OF GAS AND A MATCH.

I'M READY.

WELL, WE'RE STARTING TO GET INTO

THE ROUGH OF IT NOW.

WHOA!

HOLY [bleep]!

OOH.

LOOK AT THAT.

RIGHT INTO THE [bleep].

YOU KNOW, I WASN'T COUNTING ON

THIS ROAD BEING THIS SLICK.

I DIDN'T REALIZE.

YOU KNOW, THAT TRAILER'S SLIDING

BACK AND FORTH, GIVING THE OLD

"CRACK THE WHIP" ACTION.

narrator: FIGHTING FOR

TRACTION, DARRELL PLOWS AHEAD TO

CLAIM THE BACKHAUL WAITING AT

THE OTHER END OF THE ROAD.

MAN, THIS ROAD IS SLICK!

I CAN'T HARDLY KEEP THAT TRAILER

BEHIND ME.

EASY!

WATCH IT!

OOH-HOO.

WHOA.

WOW, IT REALLY GOT [bleep].

COME ON!

YOU KNOW, THIS IS A DEADLY JOB,

DEADLY JOB, BUT I NEED AS MANY

LOADS AS I CAN GET.

narrator: 300 MILES NORTH...

[engine idling]

[coughing]

THAT SMOKE DIDN'T DO MY CHEST

ANY GOOD.

narrator: ALEX DEBOGORSKI'S

GLAD TO BE AWAKE AFTER HIS

TRUCK CAUGHT FIRE LAST NIGHT.

[beeping]

SEE, THIS IS LITTLE THING

THAT BURNT RIGHT THERE.

[beeping]

IT DIDN'T DO ANY FURTHER BURNING

LAST NHT, IT ISN'T BURNING

THIS MORNING, SO I SURVIVED

THE NIGHT.

narrator: HE'S STILL GOTTA

MAKE THIS LAST DELIVERY FOR

POLAR'S $100,000 CONTRACT

WITH THE TOWN OF SHAMATTAWA.

OKAY.

OY.

SMELL SMOKE IN THAT.

narrator: THE NEAREST

MECHANIC IS HUNDREDS OF MILES

AWAY, SO ALEX HAS NO CHOICE BUT

TO KEEP GOING.

I'M READY FOR ANOTHER

ADVENTURESOME DAY WITH

A HALF-BURNT TRUCK.

[laughs heartily]

narrator: WHILE THE BATTLE

BETWEEN POLAR AND VP EXPRESS

RAGES ON...

350 MILES NORTHWEST...

AT THE END OF THE ROAD...

YEAH, WE'RE LOADING UP THIS

BUILDING MATERIAL.

THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD THREE

HOUSES IN LAC BROCHET.

narrator: THE SELF-PROCLAIMED

KING OF OBSOLETE, JOEY BARNES,

IS TAKING ON ANOTHER MISSION.

THIS IS RAW MATERIAL GOING UP

THAT'S GONNA SUPPORT THE

COMMUNITY.

IT'S GOING TO CREATE JOBS FOR

THESE PEOPLE IN THE SUMMER TO

BUILD HOMES.

SO WE HAUL IN THIS BUILDING

SUPPLY, WE'LL GO BACK NEXT YEAR,

AND THERE'S THOSE HOUSES, WHERE

WE DROPPED IT OFF, SO THAT'S

AMAZING WHEN YOU SEE THAT.

I DON'T LIKE TO GET MUSHY, BUT,

YOU KNOW, IT FEELS GOOD.

narrator: HE'S HAULING LUMBER

TO THE REMOTE TOWN OF

LAC BROCHET.

[metal creaking]

AND TO GET THE JOB DONE, HE'S

PULLING OUT A RESURRECTED BIG

RIG HE CALLS THE SCREAMING FORD.

WHEN YOU DRIVE THE SCREAMING

FORD, YOU GOTTA MAKE IT SCREAM

FOR MERCY.

BACK IN THE '70s, WHEN THESE

TRUCKS WERE BRAND-NEW, YOU WERE

TOLD, "GET IN THE TRUCK, SLAM

YOUR FINGERS IN THE DOOR, AND

DRIVE IT MAD."

THAT'S YOUR SCREAMIN' 318

DETROIT ENGINE.

NOTHING FANCY, BUT IT MAKES ME

MONEY.

narrator: WITHOUT MODERN

ELECTRONICS, THE KING CAN

SERVICE THE TRUCK ON THE ROAD

WHERE THERE ARE NO MECHANICS.

I'VE HAD THE TRUCK FOR

20-SOME YEARS, AND I LOVE IT.

NOW WE GOT THIS CB RADIO THING

HERE, AND WE MONITOR IT THERE.

AND WE GOT THESE LITTLE STICKY

THINGS.

THAT'S HOURS OF EXCITEMENT.

narrator: JOINING THE KING IS

ROOKIE PARTNER JONATHAN WEIBE.

HE'LL HELP THE KING MOVE MORE

SUPPLIES BUT COULD BE

A LIABILITY ON THE ROAD.

EVERY NOW AND THEN, I GET

THIS WANDERLUST.

I GOTTA MOVE, I GOTTA DO

THINGS, SO I LIKE DOING THINGS

OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

WE'RE PACKED AND READY TO GO.

WE'RE GOING TO HEAD TO

LAC BROCHET.

OKAY, COME ON UP, JONATHAN.

[horn honks]

narrator: THE TRIP TO LAC

BROCHET WILL TAKE THE KING ALONG

A WINDING, 200-MILE TRAIL, OVER

A MINEFIELD OF THIN ICE, WHERE

POOLS OF FLOWING WATER THREATEN

TO SWALLOW ANY TRUCK THAT TRIES

TO CROSS.

HEY, WE'RE COMING UP TO THE

START OF THE WINTER ROAD.

THIS ROAD IS ACTUALLY A COW

TRAIN TRAIL, SO THEY TOOK THE

ROAD FROM A COW TRAIN TRAIL AND

BUILT IT A ROAD.

I HAVE RESPECT FOR THIS ROAD

'CAUSE I'VE HAD A FEW INCIDENTS

ON THIS ROAD.

I'VE POOPED MY PANTS ON THESE

ROADS.

YOU COME OVER THE HILL ON THE

S-CURVE AND YOU'RE MEETING

ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND YOU'LL

NEVER FORGET THE EXPRESSION ON

THOSE PEOPLE'S FACE AS YOU GO

BY, AND YOUR MIRRORS ARE RIPPED

OFF.

HEY, JONATHAN.

GO AHEAD.

OKAY, WE'RE STARTING

THE S-CURVES.

OKAY.

SO YOU HAVE TO DRIVE THE

ROAD AND RESPECT THE ROAD.

AND, OF COURSE, YOU SOIL YOUR

UNDIES.

THAT'S A FACT OF LIFE.

[horn blaring]

narrator: WHILE THE KING

HEADS NORTH...

200 MILES AWAY...

[horn honking]

WE'RE JUST ROLLING IN TO

TADOULE LAKE.

WE MADE IT, WE'RE HERE, AND THE

TRUCKS DID REAL GOOD.

narrator: THINGS ARE FINALLY

LOOKING UP FOR VP EXPRESS

DRIVERS TODD DEWEY, ART BURKE,

AND DEREK VIVIER.

ROLLIN' INTO TOWN THERE, BOY.

BETWEEN THE THREE OF US, WE'RE

PICKING UP AN EMPTY TRAILER,

A TRAILER FULL OF PALLETS,

AND A CEMENT TRUCK.

narrator: AFTER DAYS OF

SETBACKS, ART'S LAST-CHANCE RUN

IS BACK ON TRACK, AS THE CONVOY

CLOSES IN ON THE EQUIPMENT

THEY'VE BEEN SENT TO RECOVER.

THE BEST-CASE SCENARIO IS

THAT THE LOADS ARE READY TO GO

AND WE DON'T HAVE A LONG TIME TO

WAIT, OR THIS BIG HOLD-UP WAIT

GOING ON.

narrator: TODD BREAKS FROM

THE CONVOY TO PICK UP HIS CEMENT

TRUCK ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN,

WHILE ART AND DEREK GO AFTER THE

TRAILERS.

HERE'S OUR TRAILERS RIGHT

HERE.

HOPE THAT'S NOT IT IN THE

SNOW THERE BESIDE THE VILLAGE,

IS IT?

YEP.

WHAT THE [bleep]?

WHAT A MESS BACK HERE.

WE GOT A BUNCH OF SNOW HERE

WE GOT TO GET RID OF 'CAUSE

THERE'S NO WAY WE'RE GOING TO

GET THESE TRAILERS OUT OF HERE.

IT'S GOING TO BE AN ADVENTUROUS

DAY, THAT'S FOR SURE.

JUST ONE [bleep]-UP AFTER

ANOTHER [bleep]-UP, AND I KNOW

[bleep] WELL WHEN I GET IT THAT

THE WHEELS ARE NOT GOING TO

TURN ON THIS.

THIS THING IS ALL COVERED IN

SNOW, HIS IS FACING UP THE OTHER

WAY, AND THEY KNEW WE WERE

COMING.

THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD THIS

[bleep] ACT TOGETHER, BUDDY.

ANOTHER [bleep]-UP.

narrator: ACROSS TOWN, TODD'S

21-TON CEMENT TRUCK ISN'T

LOOKING ANY BETTER.

IT HASN'T BEEN TOUCHED.

IT HASN'T BEEN STARTED.

IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY BATTERIES IN

IT.

THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL THAT WE

HAVE ANY MEANS WHATSOEVER TO

EVEN BEGIN TO GET THIS THING ON

THE FREAKING LOAD BED.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T GET PAID TO

COME UP HERE AND BE A [bleep]

MECHANIC AND TURN WRENCHES AND

TRY TO GET IT FIRED UP FOR DAYS

ON END.

THIS IS JUST A [bleep]

SITUATION, AND I'M LIVID ABOUT

IT.

MY BLOOD IS ABSOLUTELY BOILING.

THIS IS BULL-[bleep]!

narrator: IN MANITOBA,

CANADA...

WE'LL SEIZE ON ACROSS.

IF IT BREAKS, I'M SWIMMING.

narrator: POLAR DRIVER LISA

KELLY IS LOST ON A GIANT LAKE,

IN DANGER OF DRIVING ONTO THIN

ICE.

[ice sloshes]

SO CRAZY.

I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GOING THE

RIGHT WAY OR NOT.

I GUESS WE'LL FIND OUT WHEN WE

DO OR DON'T MAKE IT.

SEE HOUSES.

I THINK WE'RE GETTING NEAR THE

SHORE.

BETTER NOT START CRACKING.

THE EDGES IS WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED

TO BE SCARY ANYWAY.

OKAY, WE'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE.

I MADE IT!

I'M GONNA GET OUT OF HERE,

PUT SOME DISTANCE BETWEEN ME AND

THAT LAKE.

narrator: SHE'S ON A MISSION

TO RECOVER EQUIPMENT THAT'S BEEN

STUCK ON THE WINTER ROAD SINCE

LAST SEASON.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE

GETTING TO THE TOWN OF

PAUINGASSI, WHICH IS WHERE MY

STUCK TRAILER IS, WHICH IS THE

PART THAT I'M NERVOUS ABOUT.

WE'RE SLIGHTLY PRESSED FOR TIME,

BUT I'M REALLY HOPING TO GET

THIS TRAILER OUT OF HERE BEFORE

IT GETS DARK.

ONCE IT GETS DARK, IT'S GONNA

MAKE MY JOB TWICE AS HARD.

OKAY, RED BUILDING.

WE'LL FOLLOW THE DOG.

THE DOG KNOWS THE WAY.

I GOTTA FIND MY TRAILER.

[imitates brakes screeching]

narrator: THE TRAILERS ARE

FROZEN IN PLACE...

LET'S SEE HERE.

narrator: AND IF SHE CAN'T

MOVE THEM, THE JOB'S OVER.

AY, AY, AY.

OH, THAT LANDING GEAR LOOKS SO

FROZEN.

I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GET OUT

THE SHOVEL.

I GOTTA DIG OUT TRACKS SO I CAN

GET UNDERNEATH OF IT.

OH, MY.

IT'S GONNA BE A WHILE.

narrator: WHILE LISA TRIES TO

DIG UP ANOTHER LOAD FOR POLAR...

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

ON THE WINTER ROAD TO

LAC BROCHET...

TAKE ONE STEP AT A TIME ON

THIS ROAD.

THE ROADS CAN BE GOOD, BUT I CAN

MAKE A MISTAKE.

narrator: THE KING OF

OBSOLETE TACKLES THE RUGGED BUSH

COUNTRY IN HIS SCREAMING FORD...

HEY, JONATHAN, WE'LL BE GOING

DOWN A HILL.

narrator: WHILE ROOKIE

PARTNER JONATHAN WEIBE FOLLOWS

BEHIND.

[metal creaking]

SO WE'RE JUST COMING UP TO

THE KILOMETER 77 WATER HOLE.

SO WE'LL CHECK IT OUT AND SEE

WHAT THAT BRINGS.

narrator: IN THE SUMMER,

MANITOBA'S COVERED IN LAKES,

PONDS, AND OPEN WATER, BUT IN

WINTER, THESE UNMARKED POOLS

TURN THE TRAIL INTO A MINEFIELD

OF THIN ICE.

IF YOU HAVE WATER POOLING

UNDERNEATH THE ICE THERE,

IT LOOKS SMOOTH, BUT IT

ACTUALLY--THE WATER ERODES

THE ICE FROM UNDERNEATH.

YOU ACTUALLY CAN BREAK THROUGH.

LAST YEAR, I HAD A FULLY LOADED

TRAILER, AND THE TRAILER BROKE

THROUGH AND DID SOME DAMAGE.

TWO KILOMETERS TO GO, AND THEN

WE GET WET.

WE'RE NOW AT THE WATER HOLE.

AH, THIS DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.

[brakes hiss]

[ice cracking]

WHEN WE TRY TO RUN THIS, IT'S

GONNA BE VERY INTERESTING.

DOESN'T LOOK ALL THAT

FRIENDLY.

NOW THAT IT'S SO COLD THIS

MORNING, THE ICE IS--

THE WATER'S FLOWING UP AND

LAYERING AND LAYERING.

I'LL GO FIRST.

IF I GET STUCK, YOU PULL ME OUT.

YEAH.

IF YOU GET STUCK, I'LL PULL

YOU OUT.

AND I'LL ONLY CHARGE YOU A BEER.

I'LL GO ACROSS TO THE OTHER

SIDE, AND I'LL WAIT FOR YOU.

narrator: THE KING TAKES THE

LEAD ACROSS THE FRAGILE ICE.

COME ON THROUGH.

narrator: NOW IT'S JONATHAN'S

TURN.

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

WHOA! [bleep]!

narrator: IN THE CANADIAN

WILDERNESS...

COME ON THROUGH.

narrator: THE KING OF

OBSOLETE'S CONVOY IS ON THIN

ICE.

WHOA! [bleep]!

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

DON'T STOP, JONATHAN.

♪ ♪

I DIDN'T EXPECT IT.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE TRUCK JUST

KIND OF SLID TO AN ANGLE.

I THINK HE BROKE SOME OF THE ICE

GOING THROUGH, AND THEN I JUST

KIND OF SOLVED THE REST OF THE

PROBLEM THERE.

WE CAME ACROSS THIS WATER

HOLE.

WE'RE ALL WET.

NOW WE'LL TRY THIS HILL.

HOPEFULLY, I WON'T SCREW UP MY

SHIFTING.

narrator: WHILE THE KING

PRESSES ON...

[wind whistling]

SO THESE ARE THE TWO TRAILERS

THAT WE'RE HOOKING ONTO.

THAT'S GONNA BE A MISSION IN

ITSELF.

narrator: THE VP EXPRESS

CONVOY IS STUCK IN PLACE.

IT'S ALL COVERED IN [bleep]

SNOW HERE.

THEY GOTTA DIG THE [bleep] SNOW

OUT SO I CAN GET UNDERNEATH THAT

[bleep]-SUCKER AND TAKE IT

THE [bleep] OUT OF HERE.

narrator: ART BURKE'S

LAST-CHANCE MISSION HAS BEEN

A CHALLENGE AT EVERY TURN.

I'M GOING TO GIVE HER

A LITTLE TUG, SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

narrator: HE'S FIGHTING TO

KEEP HIS JOB.

SO GO ONE TIRE LENGTH OVER.

YEAH.

NOW STRAIGHT BACK.

YUP.

WHOA!

WHOA!

[bleep]!

DID I GO OVER IT?

YEAH, YOU WENT RIGHT OVER IT.

narrator: ART MISSED THE PIN

THAT'LL HOOK UP THE TRAILER AND

CAN'T GET AN ANGLE TO LOCK IT

IN.

YOU GOTTA CRANK IT UP.

IT WENT RIGHT OVER.

THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE RIGHT

THERE.

PULL FORWARD.

OKAY, I WILL TRY IT AGAIN.

COME ON!

GO, GO, GO, GO, GO.

[bleep] GOT HER.

GOING TO GET THE WHEELS TURNING

AND GET THE [bleep] OUT OF HERE,

BUDDY.

YEAH, ONCE YOU START, DON'T

STOP!

YEE-HAW!

[laughs]

WELL, THAT'S ONE DOWN.

NOW LET'S GO DEAL WITH THE OTHER

ONE.

narrator: THE FIRST TRAILER'S

FREE, AND WITH EXTRA SPACE TO

MANEUVER, DEREK MAKES QUICK WORK

OF THE SECOND TRAILER.

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING

ABOUT.

WE ARE ON THE MOVE.

[horn honks]

narrator: AND ACROSS TOWN...

HERE COMES THE CAT RIGHT NOW.

narrator: TODD DEWEY SOURCED

A TRACTOR TO GET HIS TRUCK

LOADED.

[metal creaking]

HELL, YEAH.

WE'VE SUCCEEDED IN WHAT WE CAME

HERE TO DO.

IT IS WHAT IT IS.

narrator: AFTER THREE DAYS

AND NEARLY 1,000 MILES,

THE CONVOY'S GOT THEIR LOADS.

WE GOT IT LOADED UP.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF

A FIGHT, BUT HERE WE GO.

narrator: BUT NOW THEY GOTTA

GET BACK.

500 MILES SOUTH...

POLAR DRIVER LISA KELLY'S

LOAD IS STILL BURIED.

THIS IS [bleep]!

I'M GLAD I BROUGHT EXTRA

CLOTHES, 'CAUSE MY SOCKS ARE

SOAKED.

narrator: SHE'S TRYING

TO RECOVER THE TRAILER

WITH NOTHING BUT A SHOVEL.

GREAT, AND I GOT AN AUDIENCE

TOO.

I'M WORE OUT.

narrator: AFTER HOURS OF

DIGGING, THERE'S NOTHING LEFT

FOR LISA TO DO BUT GO FOR IT.

I'M GONNA TRY TO MOVE THIS

TRAILER.

COME ON, BABY.

I'M DRAGGING THE TIRE.

I THOUGHT I WAS.

IT'S ROLLING.

I'M JUST GOING TO TRY TO GET IT

ON THE ROAD, WHICH MEANS GOING

THROUGH A DAMN SNOW BANK.

COME ON, BABY, COME ON, BABY,

COME ON, BABY!

NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

WOO-HOO!

THAT WAS A TOUGH ONE.

YOU KNOW, IT'S SO EASY TO TALK

TOUGH WHEN YOU'RE NOT DOING IT.

I'M HEADED BACK TO WINNIPEG TO

DO THIS ALL OVER AGAIN TOMORROW.

narrator: WHILE LISA RACES

BACK TO WINNIPEG...

300 MILES NORTH...

I'M DYING OF OLD AGE ALREADY.

I REALLY DON'T WANT TO WASTE ANY

MORE TIME.

narrator: TEAMMATE ALEX

DEBOGORSKI IS DRIVING A TRUCK

THAT SHOULD BE IN THE SHOP TO

BRING IN THE LAST LOAD OF

POLAR'S CONTRACT WITH THE TOWN

OF SHAMATTAWA.

OKAY, LET'S SEE IF I CAN

REMEMBER WHERE I'M GOING HERE.

A ROLLING DISASTER!

narrator: ALL SEASON, POLAR

DRIVERS HAVE FACED THE BRUTAL

ROAD TO THE REMOTE VILLAGE...

GREAT BALLS OF FIRE!

WE'RE HERE.

narrator: AND NOW, THANKS TO

ALEX, POLAR'S MAKING GOOD ON

THEIR $100,000 CONTRACT.

TRUCK CAUGHT FIRE IN THE

MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.

WHAT HAPPENED?

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HECK.

SOME MODULE UNDER THE DASH

STARTED SMOKING.

IT WAS POURING OUT OF THERE.

I THOUGHT WE WERE DONE.

YOU GOT YOUR 8-TRACK FIXED?

YEAH.

[laughter]

narrator: WHILE ALEX SCORES

A MAJOR VICTORY FOR POLAR

INDUSTRIES...

WELL, I JUST PULLED IN, AND

I'M GOING TO SIT RIGHT HERE AND

FIGURE OUT WHERE I'M GOING AND

UNLOAD THIS.

narrator: TEAMMATE DARRELL

WARD'S ALSO CHALKING UP ANOTHER

LOAD FOR THE COMPANY.

I'M GOING TO START PULLING

MY STRAPS OFF...

[brakes hissing]

AND GET MY JOB DONE.

HOPEFULLY, I GOT A BACKHAUL

GOING OUT OF HERE.

narrator: AND HE'S LOOKING TO

PICK UP SOME EXTRA CASH WITH A

BACKHAUL FOR THE RETURN TRIP TO

WINNIPEG.

HOW WE DOING, GUYS?

SO FAR, SO GOOD.

YOU?

OH, NOT TOO BAD, NOT TOO BAD.

I WAS KIND OF HOPING FOR--

I GOT NOTHING FOR YOU TO

TAKE OUT.

YOU DON'T HAVE A BACKHAUL

FOR ME?

WHO TOLD YOU YOU HAD

A BACKHAUL?

UH, POLAR.

WELL, NO BACKHAUL.

I GUESS I'M ON MY WAY OUT OF

HERE.

OH!

narrator: DARRELL'S OUT TO

MAXIMIZE HIS LOAD COUNT, AND

THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME

A PROMISED BACKHAUL HASN'T COME

THROUGH.

MARK TELLS ME I GOT

A BACKHAUL, AND I DON'T.

I ASK HIM ABOUT MY BACKHAUL.

HE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT

IT.

LOOKED AT ME LIKE I DIDN'T KNOW

WHAT THE HELL I WAS TALKING

ABOUT, AND I HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE

PUT ME IN A SPOT LIKE THAT.

PISSES ME OFF.

DON'T TELL ME I GOT A BACKHAUL

WHEN I DON'T.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T--I DON'T GET

PAID A DIME WHEN I'M NOT

HAULING A LOAD.

narrator: NOWARRELL WILL

FACE THE 630-MILE TRIP HOME

EMPTY-HANDED.

YOU DON'T GIVE A [bleep]

ABOUT MY LOADS, EVIDENTLY.

NEXT TIME I GO OUT, YOU TELL ME

I HAVE A [bleep] BACKHAUL, I

WANT PAPERWORK SO I CAN HAND IT

TO THE MOTHER-[bleep], SO I

DON'T LOOK LIKE A DUMBASS.

TIME TO CHANGE THE [bleep] RULES

TO THIS GAME.

narrator: IN NORTHERN

MANITOBA...

WE'LL JUST BOUNCE ALONG.

narrator: THE KING OF

OBSOLETE AND ROOKIE PARTNER

JONATHAN WEIBE ARE HAULING

LUMBER FOR THE REMOTE COMMUNITY

OF LAC BROCHET.

I'M STAYING OVER TO THIS

SIDE, WHERE THE SNOW IS.

SNOW ON THE ICE ROAD GIVES YOU

TRACTION.

THE CENTER IS POLISHED BARE,

SO IT'S SLIPPERY.

narrator: TO KEEP HIS

SCREAMING FORD TCK BARRELING

FORWARD, THE KING'S GOT HIS OWN

WAY OF DRIVING.

IT MAY LOOK LIKE I'M DRUNK

DRIVING 'CAUSE I'M ALL OVER THE

ROAD, BUT I'M DRIVING THE ROAD

ACCORDING TO THE CONDITIONS.

UH-OH.

HERE'S THE HILL.

KILOMETER 666, NUMBER OF

THE BEAST.

SCREAMING FORD'S PULLING PRETTY

GOOD.

UP WE GO.

AND I'M GONNA RICOCHET OFF

THE SNOW BANKS.

narrator: AT KILOMETER 66.6,

RICOCHET HILL REQUIRES A TRICKY

MANEUVER.

THERE'S THE SNOW.

SNOW EQUALS TRACTION.

I'M SLIDING TOWARDS THE

SNOW BANK, KNOWING THAT AS SOON

AS THE STEERING TIRE HITS THE

SNOW, IT'LL START TO STEER.

narrator: THE ONLY WAY TO

FIND TRACTION ON THIS SLICK HILL

IS BY DRIVING INTO THE SNOW

BANK...

THEN QUICKLY RICOCHET OUT TO

AVOID GOING IN THE DITCH.

SO I CAN'T BACK OFF ON THE

GAS.

I CAN'T LET FEAR AND COMMON

SENSE HOLD ME BACK.

I JUST GOT TO HOLD IT IN, BACK

OFF, AND RICOCHET OFF THE

SNOWBANK, RE-CORRECT OFF THE

OTHER SNOWBANK.

[bang]

IT'S A FACT OF LIFE.

WE DO IT ALL THE TIME.

AND HERE COMES JONATHAN.

HE'S DOING ALL RIGHT.

WE CALL THAT LITTLE HILL WE DID,

THAT LITTLE BOUNCE OFF THE

SNOWBANK, RICOCHET.

WE'VE FINALLY ARRIVED

IN LAC BROCHET.

narrator: THE KING AND

JONATHAN REACH THE OFFLOAD SITE

AND DROP OFF THE LUMBER THAT'LL

BE USED TO BUILD HOUSES

IN THE SUMMER.

GOTTA PUT THE FUR ON,

GET THE DINNER JACKET, AND WE'RE

READY TO GO.

WE'RE IN THE BEAUTIFUL TOWN

OF LAC BROCHET, AND WE'RE ABOUT

TO GET THE TRUCKS UNLOADED HERE.

JUST GOING TO GET THESE STRAPS

OFF, AND THEN WE'LL BE ON OUR

WAY.

WE GOT THE JOB DONE.

THAT'S WHY THE CUSTOMER CALLS

US, 'CAUSE WE HANDLE IT.

IT'S A FACT OF LIFE.

narrator: 200 MILES SOUTH...

THE VP EXPRESS CONVOY IS HEADING

BACK TO WINNIPEG.

NOW WE'RE JUST STARTING OUT

OUR TRAIL HERE, RIGHT BACK TO

WINNIPEG.

WE'RE ALL PRETTY EXHAUSTED FROM

THIS TRIP TO TADOULE LAKE.

YEAH, I'LL BE VERY HAPPY WHEN

IT'S OVER.

I'M SUPPOSED TO BE...

[laughs]

SUPPOSED TO BE RUNNING

THE [bleep] COMPANY.

[laughs]

narrator: THE MISSION'S WORN

THEM ALL DOWN...

[screams]

YOU KNOW, I DON'T GET PAID TO

COME UP HERE AND BE A [bleep]

MECHANIC.

IT'S JUST A [bleep] SITUATION.

THIS [bleep] THING IS ALL

COVERED IN SNOW.

HIS IS FACING UP THE OTHER WAY.

ANOTHER [bleep]-UP.

narrator: AND THE GRUELING

DAYS ON THE ROAD HAVE TAKEN

THEIR TOLL.

YOU KNOW, WHEN I GOT

DISPATCHED TO COME AND GET THIS

OVERSIZED LOAD, I WAS TOLD THAT,

100%, IT WAS READY TO GO,

THAT IT WAS STARTED, RUNNING,

READY TO LOAD, AND IT WASN'T.

BUT YOU KNOW, IT IS WHAT IT IS

NOW.

IT'S WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE.

HOPEFULLY WE DON'T RUN INTO MANY

MORE OBSTACLES ALONG THE WAY

HERE.

narrator: BUT FOR ART...

I DON'T GIVE A [bleep] ABOUT

ANY OF THIS.

narrator: THE BRUTAL TRIP IS

THE FINAL STRAW.

I MEAN, I'M NOT MAKING

[bleep]-ALL DOING THIS.

THIS IS TRIP THREE.

YOU KNOW, I COME DOWN HERE TO

MAKE SOME MONEY.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE ENOUGH, FOR

[bleep] SAKE, TO AT LEAST PAY MY

PLANE TICKET HOME.

narrator: AND THE ICE ROAD

TRUCKER FROM YELLOWKNIFE HAS

FINALLY HAD ENOUGH OF

VP EXPRESS.

I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS LITTLE

BIT LEFT IN THE TANK AND BURN

THIS [bleep] THING.

BURN THIS RIGHT TO THE GROUND,

GO RIGHT IN THE OFFICE AND NOT

SAY A SINGLE WORD, JUST EVERY

[bleep] BIT OF STRENGTH I'VE GOT

IN ME, RIGHT IN THE [bleep]

TEETH.

I CAN'T SEE ME EVER WORKING FOR

THESE [bleep] AGAIN, MAN.

narrator: 100 MILES AHEAD, ON

THE ROAD BACK TO WINNIPEG...

I NEED TO GET [bleep]

STRAIGHTENED OUT WITH MARK HERE.

narrator: RIVAL DARRELL

WARD'S ALSO FUMING OVER A

PROMISED BACKHAUL THAT DIDN'T

COME THROUGH.

I'M NOT VERY HAPPY WITH POLAR

RIGHT NOW.

THE WAY IT'S WORKING FOR ME

RIGHT NOW, NOT GETTING MY

BACKHAULS, AND THE BULL-[bleep],

YOU KNOW, DOESN'T PAY ME A DIME.

I'M HERE FOR MYSELF, MY FAMILY,

AND MY FUTURE.

IF IT'S NOT WORKING FOR ME, I'M

NOT STAYING.

HERE'S YOUR TRUCK.

HAVE AT IT.

narrator: NEXT TIME

ON ICE ROAD TRUCKERS...

[ice cracks]

FIX THE MOTHER-[bleep]!

THAT'S YOUR [bleep] JOB!

GET THE [bleep] OUT OF MY

[bleep] SHOP!

narrator: TWO DRIVERS ON THE

VERGE OF CALLING IT QUITS...

[bleep] THE CAMERAMAN.

I WANT OUT OF HERE.

I WANT OFF THE PROPERTY.

narrator: CHANGE THE WAR IN

MANITOBA...

SINKING RIGHT IN THERE.

GET THAT THING OUT.

narrator: AND FORCE EVERYONE

TO UP THEIR GAME.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY GAME

PLAN IS.

DON'T DIE?