Original subtitles

>> male narrator: TONIGHT ON

ICE ROAD TRUCKERS...

[horn honks]

>> AT LEAST THEM TWO COULD TREAT

SOMEONE LIKE A [bleep] HUMAN

BEING.

>> narrator: FIRE...

>> I MIGHT BURN THE [bleep]

CROW'S NEST RIGHT TO THE GROUND,

BOY.

[ice cracking]

>> narrator: THIN ICE...

>> IT'S MAKIN' SO MUCH NOISE.

I'M BOBTAIL!

>> narrator: AND BOILING

TEMPERS...

>> YOU KNOW WHAT, BUDDY?

HERE...YOU LIKE LITTLE NOTES?

SEND YOU A LITTLE NOTE.

>> narrator: CHANGE THE WAR

ON THE WINTER ROADS.

>> FIX THE MOTHER[bleep]!

THAT'S YOUR [bleep] JOB.

>> GET THE [bleep] OUT OF MY

[bleep] SHOP.

>> IF YOU DON'T WANT TO WORK

HERE AND YOU'RE PISSED OFF, YOU

HERE AND YOU'RE PISSED OFF, YOU CAN GO.

CAN GO.

[blues rock]

[blues rock] ♪

♪

[horn honks]

>> narrator: IN A BATTLE TO TAKE

OVER WINNIPEG, POLAR INDUSTRIES

AND VP EXPRESS ARE IN A DEAD

HEAT.

AND ALREADY HEADING NORTH,

LISA KELLY'S FIGHTING TO KEEP

POLAR IN THE LEAD.

>> SUN IS OUT.

I JUST TURNED ON THE WINTER

ROADS HEADING TOWARDS

PAUINGASSI.

GOING TO PAUINGASSI TO GET THAT

SECOND TRAILER THAT I DIDN'T GET

THE OTHER DAY.

>> narrator: SHE'S ON A MISSION

TO RECOVER TWO TRAILERS THAT

HAVE BEEN STUCK ON THE WINTER

ROADS FOR A YEAR.

>> THIS IS [bleep].

>> narrator: ON HER LAST TRIP TO

THE REMOTE VILLAGE, SHE MANAGED

TO DIG OUT ONE TRAILER...

BUT THERE'S STILL ONE MORE TO GO

BEFORE POLAR CAN CALL THE JOB

COMPLETE.

>> I'VE TRIED TO REPLAY ALL THE

SCENARIOS IN MY HEAD THAT

I COULD POSSIBLY THINK THAT

COULD GO WRONG WITH THIS THING,

AS FAR AS NOT BEING ABLE TO GET

IT OUT, IS IF I CAN'T FIND WHERE

THE PROBLEM IS.

BUT IT'S GOTTA GET DONE.

STILL A LITTLE WAYS AWAY, BUT

I THINK WE'RE COMING UP TO

ROUND LAKE.

>> narrator: ROUND LAKE HAS OVER

A HUNDRED MILES OF SHORELINE AND

IS ONE OF LONGEST CROSSINGS ON

THE WINTER ROADS.

AND AFTER HOURS UNDER THE SUN,

THE ICE IS PRIMED FOR

THE ICE IS PRIMED FOR DISASTER.

DISASTER.

>> A TRUCK WENT THROUGH THE ICE

A COUPLE DAYS AGO.

SO THE POSSIBILITY IS EXTREMELY

SO THE POSSIBILITY IS EXTREMELY REAL AND VERY THERE.

REAL AND VERY THERE.

YEAH, THERE'S A PRETTY DEEP

CRACK HERE.

I KEEP THINKING, "OH, IT'LL

NEVER HAPPEN TO ME.

IT'LL NEVER HAPPEN TO ME."

BUT IT HAPPENED TO SOMEONE.

JUST THINKING ABOUT OTHER TRUCKS

GOING THROUGH, IT JUST MAKES IT

SO POSSIBLE.

REALITY KICKS YOU IN THE BUTT.

REALITY KICKS YOU IN THE BUTT. [ice cracking]

[ice cracking]

IT'S MAKIN' SO MUCH NOISE.

IT'S MAKIN' SO MUCH NOISE. IT'S, LIKE, POPPING.

IT'S, LIKE, POPPING.

FREAKIN' SCARY.

THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT SHOULD

THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT SHOULD BE MAKING NOISES LIKE THAT.

BE MAKING NOISES LIKE THAT.

LIKE, I'M SEEIN' THE CRACKS THAT

I'M MAKING.

I'M MAKIN' THOSE CRACKS.

I'M MAKIN' THOSE CRACKS. [ice cracking]

[ice cracking]

MAYBE THE WARM WEATHER FINALLY

MAYBE THE WARM WEATHER FINALLY GOT TO IT.

GOT TO IT.

OH, [bleep].

[chuckles]

I'M NOT EVEN GONNA LOOK.

I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER HEARD

ICE CRACKING SO FAR MAKE THIS

MUCH NOISE.

THERE MIGHT ACTUALLY BE A

POSSIBILITY OF GOING THROUGH.

POSSIBILITY OF GOING THROUGH. [ice cracking]

[ice cracking]

OH, YEAH, SHE'S A'CRACKING.

THAT REMINDS ME OF, LIKE,

GUNSHOTS.

YOU CAN HEAR IT CRACK, AND THEN

YOU CAN HEAR IT GO UP THE ICE.

[ice cracking]

[loud crack]

I'M BOBTAIL!

>> narrator: SHE HASN'T EVEN

MADE IT ACROSS, AND SHE'S STILL

GOT TO COME BACK HAULING

15 TONS.

200 MILES WEST...

>> [bleep] GONNA GET 'EM UP AND

GET 'EM BACK.

>> narrator: HUGH ROWLAND IS ON

HIS BACK TO VP EXPRESS

HEADQUARTERS.

>> [bleep] MAKE SOME CASH.

THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

>> narrator: HE'S FINALLY GOT

LOADS AND DRIVERS MOVING...

AND MONEY FLOWING INTO THE NEW

COMPANY.

>> ART'S THE ONLY PROBLEM WE'VE

HAD ON THE ROAD THIS YEAR, IS

ART, SO FAR.

THE FIRST TRIP WAS BASICALLY

SELF-INFLICTED, AND THEN THAT

WAS THE BEGINNING OF ALL END

RIGHT THERE.

>> narrator: SINCE JOINING

VP EXPRESS, ART BURKE'S

BEEN STRUGGLING.

>> OKAY, BUDDY?

>> YOU MUST BE [bleep] KIDDING

ME.

DID YOU PULL THE PIN?

>> YES, OF COURSE I PULLED THE

PIN.

>> WELL, THE TRUCK WON'T START.

WELL, THIS IS A DAMN DANDY

SITUATION NOW, AIN'T IT?

>> narrator: AND BEFORE HIS

LATEST TRIP...

>> CAN YOU READ THIS?

>> narrator: THE BOSSES WARNED

HIM IT MIGHT BE HIS LAST.

HIM IT MIGHT BE HIS LAST. >> LAST CHANCE.

>> LAST CHANCE.

>> HE'S A WRECKIN' MACHINE, MAN.

[bleep].

I'M NOT GIVIN' HIM ANOTHER

CHANCE.

WE HAD A MEETING, AND WE TOLD

HIM RIGHT OUT, "THIS IS YOUR

LAST CHANCE."

WE WROTE IT IN LETTERS SO HE

JUST DIDN'T HEAR THAT, HE HAD TO

READ IT FOR HIMSELF.

IT SAID, "LAST CHANCE."

I DON'T WANT ANYBODY OUT THERE

THAT CAN'T LOOK AFTER

THEMSELVES.

I MEAN, IF I GOT TO BABYSIT THE

OLD BRAIN FART ALL THE WAY UP

THERE AND ALL THE WAY BACK,

TAKES US FOUR DAYS TO MAKE A

TRIP.

I CAN MAKE ONE IN TWO DAYS.

I MAY AS WELL BE DOIN' THAT

MYSELF.

I DON'T LIKE THAT.

I FIGURE, IF YOU CAN'T DO IT ON

YOUR OWN, YOU SHOULDN'T BE OUT

THERE.

I'M A LITTLE HARD-ASS, OR

HARD-NOSED, I GUESS, SOMETIMES,

BUT I DON'T ASK NOBODY TO DO

NOTHIN' I WON'T [bleep] DO, AND

HE CAN'T DO ANYTHING THAT I CAN

DO.

THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO IT.

>> narrator: ONLY 50 MILES

BACK...

>> I'LL TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I'LL

BE SOMETHIN' [bleep] GLAD TO GET

HOME.

>> narrator: ART'S ALSO HEADED

TO WINNIPEG...ON A COLLISION

COURSE WITH HIS BOSSES.

>> THIS ICE ROAD SEASON HAS

BEEN HARDER THAN HECK.

THE BULL[bleep] THAT I'M GETTING

FROM THAT CLOWN THERE AND THAT

OTHER GOON, LIKE, THAT--I WASN'T

EXPECTING THAT, EH?

THEN THEY CALLED ME TO THE

OFFICE WITH THAT STUPID [bleep]

TOUCH-UP.

WHAT THE [bleep] KIND OF

A TOUCH-UP WAS THAT?

TAKE ME IN THERE AND LAY THAT

[bleep] ON ME, TWO OF THEM

SITTING ACROSS THE [bleep]

TABLE.

THAT BIG, FAT PRICK SITTING BACK

THERE, FOR [bleep] SAKE, YOU'D

THINK HE WAS A-A--SOME BIG MAFIA

DUDE OR SOMETHING.

I'M SURPRISED HE WASN'T

SMOKIN' A CIGAR.

AT LEAST THEM TWO CLOWNS, HUGH

AND VLAD, WOULD TREAT SOMEONE

LIKE A [bleep] HUMAN BEING.

HASN'T EVEN GOT ENOUGH RESPECT

TO CALL ME BY MY [bleep] NAME.

>> GOOD OLD BRAIN FART HERE.

HEY, FART, CAN YOU HEAR US WAY

UP HERE?

THERE HE IS. HEY, FART.

YOU GOT 550 HORSES THERE,

FART, MAY AS WELL PICK IT UP

A LITTLE.

>> SEE?

I'M NOT USED TO WORKIN' WITH

PEOPLE LIKE THAT...

WITH PEOPLE THAT GO AROUND WITH

THEIR NOSE IN THE AIR AND THINK

THEIR [bleep] DON'T STINK.

THEIR [bleep] COMPANY'S

A [bleep] RUN [bleep] THING.

THE TRUCKS ARE [bleep] JUNK.

SO, TO COVER THEIR [bleep] ASS,

THEY NEED A FALL GUY, RIGHT?

I DON'T LIKE WHEN PEOPLE [bleep]

ME AROUND, MAN.

THAT THING IN THE OFFICE, WHEN

THEY WERE LAUGHIN' AT ME THERE,

I'LL [bleep] WELL TELL YOU, IT'S

BEEN LIKE A WEEK, RIGHT?

AND MY GUTS STILL [bleep] ROLL

WHEN I [bleep] THINK ABOUT IT.

I GOT A HARD TIME LETTIN'

SOMETHING GO, MAN...

A [bleep] HARD TIME.

ON LIKE, THE LAST DAY, I MIGHT

SNEAK BACK AND SET THIS AFIRE.

BURN THE CROW'S NEST RIGHT TO

THE GROUND.

DO I STOOP TO THAT [bleep] LEVEL

AND [bleep] SMASH THAT IN THE

[bleep] TEETH WHEN THIS IS ALL

OVER?

I'M STILL THINKING ABOUT IT.

MAYBE THEY'LL KICK MY ASS, BUT

I'LL [bleep] TELL YOU, YOU BEST

BE ON THE [bleep] BALL...

RIGHT ON THE BALL.

>> narrator: WHILE TEMPERS ARE

RUNNING HIGH WITH TEAM VP...

OVER AT POLAR, IT'S NOT LOOKING

ANY BETTER.

>> IF I DON'T MAKE ENOUGH

[bleep] MONEY AROUND HERE, I'M

GONNA QUIT.

>> narrator: DARRELL WARD'S

BLAMING THE COMPANY FOR A BROKEN

TRUCK AND BROKEN PROMISES.

>> EVERYTHING AROUND HERE'S

[bleep] UP, AND NOBODY SEEMS TO

FIX IT.

>> narrator: THROUGHOUT THE

SEASON...

>> HOLY [bleep].

>> narrator: THE WINTER ROADS

HAVE TAKEN A TOLL ON DARRELL'S

RIG...

>> OOH, RODEO.

>> narrator: AND NOW HIS TRUCK

IS DOWN FOR REPAIRS,

PUTTING THE BRAKES ON EARNING

PAYCHECKS.

>> ABOUT GOT ME READY TO GO,

JOE?

FIND MY PROBLEM?

>> YEAH, YOU BROKE AN AXLE.

>> OR THE AXLE WAS ALREADY

FRACTURED, 'CAUSE THE THING'S

A '94 WITH 1 1/2 MILLION MILES

ON IT.

>> YOU'RE JUST TOO [bleep] HARD

ON IT, DARRELL.

>> HEY, HEY, I DON'T GIVE

A [bleep] ABOUT THAT.

>> I'M MAKING SURE THE [bleep]

DRIVERS ARE NOT [bleep] ABUSING

THE TRUCKS.

>> GET ME AN AXLE AND GET THIS

[bleep] PUT BACK TOGETHER.

I DON'T HAVE TIME TO WAIT ON

YOU.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT?

[bleep]--GET OUT OF MY [bleep]

SHOP.

I'LL CALL YOU WHEN IT'S READY,

AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE.

>> FIX THE MOTHER[bleep]!

THAT'S YOUR [bleep] JOB.

>> GET THE [bleep] OUT OF MY

[bleep] SHOP.

>> I'M GONNA STAND RIGHT HERE.

>> I'M TIRED OF THIS [bleep]

BULL[bleep].

>> I DON'T GIVE A [bleep], JOE.

NO, [bleep] YOU, JOE.

I WILL FIND ANOTHER JOB.

I WILL FIND ANOTHER JOB. I DON'T NEED THIS BULL[bleep].

I DON'T NEED THIS BULL[bleep].

>> narrator: IN THE SUB-ZERO

TEMPERATURES OF MANITOBA...LIES

LAKE WINNIPEG, COVERED IN

A THIN SHEET OF ICE.

[horn honking]

AT OVER 900 SQUARE MILES AND

118 FEET DEEP, LAKE WINNIPEG IS

ONE OF THE BIGGEST LAKES IN

THE WORLD.

ITS NEWLY OPENED ICE CROSSING IS

A CRUCIAL ROUTE THAT HASN'T

BEEN TESTED BY DRIVERS

FROM EITHER COMPANY.

>> HOLY "SHAMOLY."

WE'RE OFF TO OUR NEXT ADVENTURE.

YA-HOO!

>> narrator: ALEX DEBOGORSKI

IS PICKING UP A 35-TON MOBILE

CEMENT PLANT, AND ON HIS WAY

BACK, HE'LL BE THE FIRST TO

CROSS THE LAKE.

>> OH, IT'LL BE AN INTERESTING

TRIP.

I'M NOT SURE HOW WIDE THE LAKE

CROSSING IS.

DON'T WANT TO BE FOOLING AROUND

ON THE ICE.

I DON'T LIKE COLD WATER.

I'M NOT REAL GOOD IN WARM WATER.

I CAN'T SWIM.

>> narrator: VALUED AT OVER

$1/2 MILLION, IT'S ONE OF

POLAR'S HIGHEST-PRICED HAULS

OF THE SEASON.

>> OH, LORD.

LOOK AT THAT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW WE'RE GONNA GET

IT OUT OF THERE.

>> narrator: BUT FIRST, HE HAS

>> narrator: BUT FIRST, HE HAS TO GET IT OUT OF THE YARD.

TO GET IT OUT OF THE YARD.

[metal groaning]

>> [scoffs]

THE TIRES ARE HITTING RIGHT

ON IT.

THE PROBLEM IS THE TRAILER WAS

DROPPED IN THE SNOW.

DROPPED IN THE SNOW. ONE SIDE IS DOWN TOO LOW.

ONE SIDE IS DOWN TOO LOW.

WELL, WE GOT TO COME UP WITH A

WAY OF GETTING UNDER HERE.

I'M GONNA TRY TO COME FROM THIS

CORNER HERE.

I'M HOPIN' TO GET THE FIFTH

WHEEL UNDER THE CORNER WITHOUT

SHOVIN' IT SIDEWAYS.

MIGHT NOT BE THE SMARTEST THING,

BUT WE'RE GONNA TRY A LITTLE

BIT OF PLAY WITH IT.

>> narrator: ONE

MISCALCULATION COULD DAMAGE

THE $1/2 MILLION HAUL.

THE $1/2 MILLION HAUL. [metal rattling, creaking]

[metal rattling, creaking]

>> OKAY, THAT LOOKS BETTER.

I NEED A SHOVEL AND SOME BLOCKS.

>> narrator: ALEX'S PLANS

TO PROP UP THE LANDING GEAR, TO

TO PROP UP THE LANDING GEAR, TO CREATE ENOUGH SPACE TO HOOK UP.

CREATE ENOUGH SPACE TO HOOK UP.

>> I'M HOPIN' THAT ROCK WILL DO

THE JOB.

WE'RE GONNA BACK UNDER IT AND

HOOK IT UP, I GUESS.

HOOK IT UP, I GUESS. SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT HAVE HER.

LOOKS LIKE WE MIGHT HAVE HER.

OKAY, LET'S GO BREAK SOME ICE,

I GUESS.

I NEED SOME MORE EXCITEMENT IN

I NEED SOME MORE EXCITEMENT IN MY LIFE.

MY LIFE.

THAT WAS SO MUCH FUN, I CAN'T

STAND IT.

SO WE'RE OFF, LIKE A HURDLE OF

TURTLES.

[laughing]

>> narrator: WHILE ALEX PREPARES

TO HIT THE ICE WITH 35 TONS,

BACK IN WINNIPEG, ANOTHER POLAR

DRIVER MAY BE HITTING THE ROAD

FOR GOOD.

>> HEY, MARK, HOW'S IT GOING?

>> GOOD, GOOD.

YOU'RE HERE TO SEE ME?

>> YEAH, I JUST GOT A FEW--FEW

LITTLE ISSUES.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> narrator: DARRELL WARD NEEDS

TO MAKE ENOUGH CASH TO

SPEND THE SUMMER WITH HIS

FAMILY, BUT HIS WORKLOAD AND

WALLET HAVE BEEN LIGHTER THAN

EXPECTED.

>> WHEN I CAME INTO THIS,

I DIDN'T KNOW MARK.

CAME UP HERE, WENT TO WORK FOR

HIM.

YOU KNOW, I-I EXPECTED A LITTLE

BIT MORE THAN HE DELIVERED TO

BEGIN WITH.

LITTLE FRUSTRATED WITH A FEW

THINGS, YOU KNOW.

FEW THINGS ON MY TRUCK THAT NEED

TO BE REPAIRED THAT HAVE BEEN IN

HERE.

I COME IN HERE, AND MY DASH IS

TORE APART, EVERYBODY KNOWS MY

LOAD IS GONE.

TRUCK AIN'T READY.

HAVE TO PUT IT BACK TOGETHER

MYSELF TO GET YOUR LOAD

DELIVERED ON TIME.

[bleep], HALF THESE BACKHAULS

I'M PULLIN' A HIGHBOY FLATBED.

I CAN'T HAUL A BUS BACK ON THAT.

>> OKAY, SLOW DOWN.

WE'RE IN THE BUSINESS HERE TO

TAKE LOADS UP ON THE WINTER

ROADS.

THE BACKHAULS ARE JUST A BONUS,

OKAY?

NOW, THE TYPE OF TRAILER YOU

TAKE IS BASED ON THE HAUL UP.

WE TRY AND FIND A BACKHAUL

THAT'S GONNA GO WITH THE TRAILER

YOU ALREADY HAVE ON.

>> OKAY, WHAT AM I TO DO WITH

THESE BACKHAULS WHEN I GET SENT

SOMEWHERE, AND, "OH, YEAH, YOU

GOT A BACKHAUL POSSIBLY"?

I TALK TO THE PEOPLE, AND THEY

DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

"WELL, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO WAIT

AROUND FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS, AND

WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING COMING

BACK."

I CAN'T WAIT AROUND FOR A COUPLE

DAYS ON A LOAD.

>> NO, YOU CAN'T.

>> I NEED THESE BACKHAULS, YOU

KNOW.

I'VE GONE THROUGH A DIVORCE.

I'VE GONE THROUGH A WHOLE BUNCH

OF FINANCIAL BULL[bleep], AND

THIS IS THE REASON WHY I'M

HERE...

TO MAKE ENOUGH MONEY TO GET

MYSELF OUT OF THE JAM THAT I'M

IN.

I CAME UP HERE TO MAKE THE

MONEY.

I WANT THE BACKHAULS.

>> YOU JUST NEED TO CALM DOWN.

WE'LL GET EVERYTHING SET UP.

WE'VE GOT SOME BIG HAULS COMING

UP.

WE'RE WAITING FOR A ROAD TO OPEN

OUT OF RED SUCKER LAKE.

WE GOT THAT AIRPORT MOVE THAT

I PROMISED YOU RIGHT FROM THE

START, AND--

>> YOU NEED TO COMMUNICATE MAYBE

A LITTLE BIT MORE WITH ME ON

THESE THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP,

BECAUSE I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE

WONDERIN', "WHERE IS THIS

[bleep]?"

I'VE BEEN HERE FOR QUITE A

WHILE, AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE I'M

SEARCHIN' FOR LOADS.

>> IF YOU WANT TO SIT AROUND

AND LOOK FOR LOADS, LIKE

I SAID, YOU'D BE MORE THAN

WELCOME TO GO DOWN THE ROAD AND

WORK FOR VP, 'CAUSE THAT'S ALL

THEY'RE DOIN'.

THEY'RE SITTING AROUND LOOKIN'

FOR LOADS.

IF YOU DON'T WANT TO WORK HERE

AND YOU'RE PISSED OFF, YOU CAN

GO.

THAT'S FINE.

I'VE GOT SOME BIG LOADS FOR YOU.

SO YOU GOTTA TELL ME, ARE YOU

SO YOU GOTTA TELL ME, ARE YOU IN, OR ARE YOU OUT?

IN, OR ARE YOU OUT?

>> KEEP ME BUSY, AND I'M IN.

>> I'LL KEEP YOU BUSY.

>> KEEP ME BUSY.

DON'T MAKE ME SIT.

DON'T MAKE ME WAIT.

>> I'LL KEEP YOU BUSY.

>> I AM IN.

>> LET'S MAKE IT WORK.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO.

>> THE ICE ROADS DON'T LAST

LONG.

I NEED AS MANY LOADS AS I CAN

GET TO TAKE CARE OF MY PROBLEMS

AT HOME, YOU KNOW?

KEEP ME LOADED, KEEP ME ON THE

ROAD--THAT'S ALL I ASK.

THAT'S THE ONLY WAY I'M GONNA

MAKE ANY MONEY.

>> YOU KNOW, ONCE IN A WHILE, WE

GET A DRIVER THAT GETS

FRUSTRATED.

YOU GOT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S

ON THE SAME PAGE.

I'D RATHER A DRIVER COME IN HERE

AND TALK TO ME, RATHER THAN HAVE

IT ALL BUILT UP, AND THEN I FIND

OUT, YOU KNOW, HE'S OUT RUNNIN'

HIS MOUTH ON THE ROAD OR THIS

AND THAT.

WE'RE A TEAM HERE AT POLAR.

IF YOU'RE NOT A TEAM PLAYER,

WE DON'T WANT YOU HERE.

>> narrator: AS THE HEAT SIMMERS

DOWN AT POLAR,

OUTSIDE OF TOWN...

>> THEY SAY, "LAST CHANCE."

THEY CALLED ME IN THE OFFICE,

AND LAY THAT ON ME, EH?

[bleep] TELLIN' YOU, BOY.

I'M NOT [bleep] HAPPY...

AT ALL.

>> narrator: ART BURKE'S JUST

GETTING WARMED UP.

>> WHAT THE [bleep] IS WITH

THESE PEOPLE?

WHAT AM I GONNA DO ABOUT THIS,

MAN?

AM I GONNA LET THIS GO, OR WHAT

THE [bleep]?

WHAT?

>> WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?

>> SMASH 'EM IN THE [bleep]

>> SMASH 'EM IN THE [bleep] MOUTH.

MOUTH.

I'M NOT MAKIN' NO MONEY HERE...

NOT TO MENTION THE BULL[bleep]

THAT I'M TAKIN'.

I DON'T HAVE TO TOLERATE IT.

LIKE I SAID, I CAN GET A JOB

WHEREVER THE [bleep] I WANT.

SO THIS MORNIN', THERE'S A VERY

GOOD CHANCE THAT I MIGHT BE

TELLIN' THEM TO GO [bleep]

TELLIN' THEM TO GO [bleep] THEMSELVES.

THEMSELVES.

>> SO HOW WAS THE TADOULE RIDE?

>> WELL, THE TADOULE RIDE WASN'T

BAD, BUDDY.

IT WAS PRETTY ROUGH.

IT WAS PRETTY COLD.

>> ARE YOU STILL SURPRISED ABOUT

THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WE'VE GOT

HERE?

>> [laughing]

>> NO, I DON'T MIND THE WEATHER

CONDITIONS AT ALL HERE.

I DON'T MIND THE DRIVIN' HERE.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT MY PROBLEM

IS, YEAH.

MY PROBLEM IS I DON'T FEEL I'M

MAKIN' ANY MONEY HERE.

I'VE BEEN BROKE DOWN THREE

TIMES, WORKIN' MY [bleep] ASS

OFF HERE, TRYING TO GET THIS TO

KEEP GOING AND KEEP THAT TO KEEP

MOVING.

I'M NOT HAPPY HERE AT ALL.

I DON'T FEEL THERE'S ANY SENSE

I DON'T FEEL THERE'S ANY SENSE IN ME BEIN' HERE.

IN ME BEIN' HERE.

>> narrator: AT VP EXPRESS

HEADQUARTERS...

>> I'LL TELL YOU WHAT MY PROBLEM

IS, YEAH.

>> narrator: ART BURKE'S MEETING

WITH THE BOSSES.

>> MY PROBLEM IS I DON'T FEEL

I'M MAKIN' ANY MONEY HERE.

I'VE BEEN BROKE DOWN THREE

TIMES, WORKIN' MY [bleep] ASS

OFF HERE, TRYING TO GET THIS TO

KEEP GOING AND KEEP THAT TO KEEP

MOVING.

I'M NOT HAPPY HERE AT ALL.

I DON'T FEEL THERE'S ANY SENSE

IN ME BEIN' HERE, IS HOW I FEEL.

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT WE'VE

COME TO A MUTUAL AGREEMENT HERE,

BECAUSE THAT'S WHY WE CALLED YOU

IN HERE, ART.

WE FEEL THAT IT'S NOT IN OUR

BEST INTEREST TO KEEP YOU ON, SO

WE'RE GONNA LET YOU GO.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT, BUDDY?

HERE.

WE'RE ALL DONE HERE.

YOU LIKE LITTLE NOTES?

I GOT A LITTLE NOTE FOR YOU LOT.

YOU GUYS GO [bleep] YOURSELVES.

HERE'S YOUR LITTLE NOTE, AND

I'LL TAKE MY LITTLE JACKET, AND

I'LL DEPART.

SEE YOU AROUND, BOY.

TAKE CARE.

TAKE CARE. ANYWAY, BYE.

ANYWAY, BYE.

>> APPARENTLY HE DON'T LIKE YOU,

VLAD.

[laughs]

>> I WANT OUT OF HERE.

>> DON'T GO YET.

LET ME GET MY CAMERAMAN.

>> [bleep] THE CAMERAMAN.

I WANT OUT OF HERE.

>> JUST WAIT HERE.

>> I WANT OUT--I WANT OFF THE

PROPERTY.

>> [laughing]

>> I DON'T FEEL BAD ABOUT

LETTING HIM GO AT ALL.

>> NO, IT DOESN'T MATTER AT ALL.

SO I'M GLAD HE'S GONE.

HE'S OUT OF OUR HAIR, AND

I DON'T FEEL SO BAD NOW THAT YOU

GOT YOUR LITTLE NOTE THERE.

>> NO, THAT'S A NICE LOVE

LETTER, EH?

[laughter]

>> LITTLE DOES HE KNOW THAT

NOBODY'LL EVER HIRE HIM AGAIN

NOW.

>> [bleep] THEM.

I GOT TO QUIT IN A ROUNDABOUT

WAY.

BUT AS USUAL, THE SMILING

[bleep] CUT ME OFF AND WOULDN'T

LET ME FINISH.

SWITCHED IT AROUND SO THEY HAD

THE BALL IN THEIR COURT.

I HAD ALL THE PLANS TO QUIT WHEN

I WENT IN THERE.

THAT'S WHY I HAD THAT NOTE MADE

UP FOR THE [bleep], EH?

SAME THING--[bleep] TRUCK,

[bleep] LOAD, [bleep]

EVERY-[bleep]-THING, AND THEY

TELL ME I CAN'T GO BY MYSELF?

THEY'RE TWO-FACED [bleep], MAN.

THEY [bleep] LAUGH BEHIND--

THEY'RE NICE AS [bleep] WHEN I'M

IN THERE, AND BEHIND MY BACK,

I'M JUST A [bleep].

SCABBY [bleep] PRICKS, MAN.

I'M GLAD I DON'T WORK FOR THEM

NO MORE.

I WOULDN'T GET THEM TO SHIP MY

[bleep] [bleep]HOUSES.

[bleep] THEM.

POLAR'S RIGHT DOWN THE STREET.

I'M GONNA WALK DOWN THERE AND

SEE IF I CAN GET A JOB, BOY.

THIS IS WHAT THEY WANTED...

THIS IS WHAT THEY WANTED... WELL, THIS IS WHAT THEY GOT.

WELL, THIS IS WHAT THEY GOT.

HELLO.

HI, HOW ARE YOU TODAY?

>> I'M GOOD, AND YOU?

>> GOOD.

MY NAME IS ART.

>> I'M HEATHER.

>> HEATHER, PLEASED TO MEET YOU,

HEATHER.

>> PLEASED TO MEET YOU TOO.

>> I'M LOOKIN' FOR A GUY NAMED

MARK, I THINK HIS NAME IS.

>> OKAY.

>> I'M JUST WONDERING IF HE'S

LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO RUN

THE ICE ROADS.

>> THE ICE ROADS. OKAY, OKAY.

WELL, COME ON IN.

WE'LL SEE, LET YOU TALK TO HIM.

MARK.

>> HEY.

>> GOT A FELLA HERE LOOKIN' FOR

SOME ICE ROAD WORK.

JUST GO ON IN.

>> HOW YOU DOIN'?

>> NOT TOO BAD AS HELL.

HOW ARE YOU TODAY?

>> I'M GOOD.

MARK.

>> MARK, PLEASED TO MEET YOU.

>> NICE TO MEET YOU.

HOW YOU DOIN'?

COME ON IN. SIT DOWN.

SO YOU'RE, UH...

>> [groans] UNEMPLOYED.

>> UNEMPLOYED?

>> YES.

>> WHAT'S GOIN' ON?

>> WAS WORKIN' OVER AT VP, AND

IT DIDN'T GO ALL THAT WELL,

BUDDY.

>> NOW, WHY WAS THAT?

WAS IT YOU?

WAS IT THEM?

>> OH, MY GOD, MAN.

THAT'S A TERRIBLE PLACE TO WORK.

I DIDN'T GET ALONG WITH HUGH.

I DIDN'T GET ALONG WITH VLAD--

THE WHOLE ATMOSPHERE.

THEY'RE NICE TO YOUR FACE.

THEY TALK BEHIND YOUR BACK.

AND I MADE THREE TRIPS.

I BROKE DOWN THREE TIMES.

AND THEY TOOK ME TO THE OFFICE

AND GAVE ME A BIG TOUCH-UP AS IF

IT WAS MY FAULT.

>> SO YOU'RE SAYING IF I PHONE

HUGH RIGHT NOW, HE'S NOT GONNA

GIVE ME A VERY GOOD REFERENCE,

IS HE?

[both laughing]

>> PROBABLY NOT.

>> YEAH.

>> PROBABLY NOT, EH?

>> WELL, SO YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE

BIT OF A TASTE OF THE MANITOBA

ICE ROADS, AND YOU WANT TO GET

SOME MORE UNDER YOUR BELT IS

WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME

MORE, YES.

>> HAVE YOU GOT A DRIVER'S

ABSTRACT?

>> YOU KNOW WHAT, BUDDY?

BELIEVE IT OR NOT...

>> THAT'S GONNA DETERMINE--

>> THAT'S GONNA DETERMINE-- >> THERE YOU GO, MY FRIEND.

>> THERE YOU GO, MY FRIEND.

>> SO YOU'VE GOT, UH, 14 YEARS

EXPERIENCE WITH CLASS 1?

>> YEAH, PRETTY MUCH.

13, 14, YEAH.

THIS IS ACTUALLY MY FIFTH YEAR

ON THE ICE ROAD.

>> OKAY.

>> I GOT FOUR IN YELLOWKNIFE,

RIGHT?

>> OKAY.

SPEEDING TICKETS?

YOU KNOW WHAT?

HOW QUICKLY YOU WANT TO GET OUT

ON THE ROADS?

'CAUSE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF LOADS

WE GOT TO GET MOVIN'.

>> WHENEVER YOU WANT.

>> YEAH?

YOU CAN START AWAY?

>> RIGHT AWAY.

>> PERFECT.

SO WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL

OFFICIALLY WELCOME YOU ABOARD.

>> RIGHT ON.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AS SOON AS I WALKED THROUGH THAT

DOOR, I KNEW.

MARK WAS TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

PEOPLE SMILE HERE.

THEY LAUGH, ACTUALLY, AND CARRY

ON.

>> [laughing]

>> THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN OVER

THERE.

OVER THERE THEIR WHOLE MORALE IS

JUST BLEH...

JUST NOTHING.

NOBODY'S HAPPY.

IF YOU'RE NOT HAPPY, YOU'RE NOT

GONNA SMILE.

OVER HERE, THE LADY IN THE

OFFICE IS HAPPY.

THEY SMILE, CARRY ON.

[laughs]

THAT'S THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO

BE.

THAT'S WHAT I'M USED TO.

>> narrator: AT POLAR

HEADQUARTERS IN WINNIPEG...

[telephone rings]

>> POLAR INDUSTRIES.

ALL RIGHT.

BYE-BYE.

[bleep].

>> narrator: OWNER

MARK KOHAYKEWYCH IS GETTING

BAD NEWS.

HEY, DARRELL!

>> YO.

>> NEED YOUR HELP.

>> NEED MY HELP?

>> TRUCK IN THE DITCH.

GRAB THE DUALLY, THE NEW FORD.

>> [bleep].

>> [bleep]. >> LET'S GO.

>> LET'S GO.

>> SO WE GOT SOMEBODY STUCK IN

THE DITCH?

>> ONE OF OUR DRIVERS, JUST WITH

THE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

>> narrator: A POLAR TRUCK

JACKKNIFED IN TOWN, SHUTTING

DOWN THE HAUL.

>> OH, THERE HE IS, RIGHT IN THE

MIDDLE OF A MAJOR INTERSECTION.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE A [bleep]

DISASTER HERE, MARK.

THAT'S A PRETTY BIG RIG.

>> YEAH.

>> THIS IS A PRETTY SLICK ROAD.

>> YEAH, I HOPE WE CAN GET A BIT

OF TRACTION HERE.

[bleep], YOU KNOW WHAT?

I SHOULD'VE JUST PHONED

VP EXPRESS.

THEY'RE NOT DOIN' ANYTHING

TODAY.

>> THEY NEVER ARE.

>> narrator: THE TRUCK'S

BLOCKING BOTH LANES OF TRAFFIC.

POLAR COULD FACE FINES IF THEY

POLAR COULD FACE FINES IF THEY CAN'T MOVE IT QUICKLY.

CAN'T MOVE IT QUICKLY.

>> I WANT YOUR TIRES SPINNIN'.

I'M GONNA BACK UP.

I WANT YOU IN GEAR, GOING,

BEFORE I HIT THE END OF THIS

STRAP.

>> narrator: HOOKED UP, DARRELL

TRIES TO PULL THE 30-TON LOAD

OFF THE ROAD.

>> OKAY, HANG ON.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> ALL RIGHT. [bleep].

[bleep].

>> COUPLE MORE TIMES, AND IT'S

COMING OUT.

YEAH, I'M GONNA HIT HER IN LOW

THIS TIME.

>> WHOA.

>> I MOVED IT.

ONE MORE TIME.

ALL RIGHT, MARK...

ALL RIGHT, MARK... IT'S COMING OUT THIS TIME.

IT'S COMING OUT THIS TIME.

IT'S COMING OUT THIS TIME. COME ON!

COME ON!

[both cheering]

I TOLD YOU IT'D DO IT.

[coughs]

>> [laughs]

>> [laughs] [bleep] UNBELIEVABLE.

[bleep] UNBELIEVABLE.

>> YOU KNOW, ONE OF POLAR'S

TRUCKS RAN OFF THE ROAD COMING

AROUND THE CORNER, COULDN'T GET

OUT.

KEEP IT OUT OF THE [bleep]

DITCH!

I AIN'T KIDDIN' YOU, MAN, HE

YANKED IT OUT OF THERE.

TOOK ME A COUPLE HITS ON HER,

BUT SHE DONE IT.

DONE THE JOB.

YOU KNOW, NOW I GOT TO GET MY

BOSS BACK TO THE SHOP.

I NEED TO GET MY LOADS ON

THE ROAD.

THE ROAD. I NEED TO GET GOIN'.

I NEED TO GET GOIN'.

>> narrator: 200 MILES NORTHEAST

OF WINNIPEG...

OF WINNIPEG... AT 40 BELOW...

AT 40 BELOW...

>> I'M IN PAUINGASSI.

WOW, IT'S COLD.

>> narrator: LISA KELLY'S

HEADING TO THE SECOND TRAILER

THAT'S BEEN STUCK IN THE

MANITOBA BACKCOUNTRY FOR A YEAR.

>> AND I'M GONNA GO LOOK FOR

THE TRAILER.

I'M SURE I SHOULD REMEMBER WHERE

IT'S AT.

AH, THERE'S MY TRAILER.

I THINK I'M JUST GONNA HAVE TO

TRY TO PIN.

>> narrator: TO HOOK UP, LISA'S

GOT TO GET HER TRUCK TO LATCH

GOT TO GET HER TRUCK TO LATCH ONTO THE TRAILER'S PIN...

ONTO THE TRAILER'S PIN...

>> AY-YI-YI.

>> AY-YI-YI. WHY WON'T IT PIN?

WHY WON'T IT PIN?

EVERYTHING'S ALL FROZEN OR

SOMETHIN'.

IT'S JUST NOT PINNING SHUT.

>> narrator: IN THE SUB-ZERO

TEMPERATURES, THE LATCH THAT

CONNECTS TO THE TRAILER IS

FROZEN.

>> JUST TRYING TO FIGURE HOW TO

THAW IT OUT SO IT WORKS.

IT JUST WILL NOT PIN.

LET ME TRY IT ONE MORE TIME REAL

LET ME TRY IT ONE MORE TIME REAL QUICK, AND THEN...

QUICK, AND THEN...

QUICK, AND THEN... [trailer creaking]

[trailer creaking]

WHOO!

AWESOME, AWESOME, AWESOME.

YEAH, IT PINNED.

>> narrator: HOOKED UP, ALL SHE

HAS TO DO IS PULL THE TRAILER

HAS TO DO IS PULL THE TRAILER FREE.

FREE.

FREE. >> COME ON, BABY.

>> COME ON, BABY.

>> COME ON, BABY. ALL RIGHT, IT AIN'T GONNA ROLL.

ALL RIGHT, IT AIN'T GONNA ROLL.

IT LOOKS FROZEN RIGHT IN THE

DIRT.

>> narrator: BUT AFTER SITTING

FOR A YEAR, THE BRAKES ARE STUCK

AND THE TIRES ARE FROZEN IN ICE.

>> WHAT A PIECE OF [bleep].

AY-YI-YI.

WE'LL TRY TO ROCK IT A FEW MORE

WE'LL TRY TO ROCK IT A FEW MORE TIMES.

TIMES.

TIMES. YEAH.

YEAH.

WHOO-HOO.

OOH, YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

[laughs]

GOT IT.

SECOND GEAR, ROCKIN' IT BACK AND

FORTH IS HOW IT WORKED.

I DID NOT THINK I WAS GONNA GET

IT.

LIKE, ALL THE TIRES WERE

ROLLIN'.

IT'S LIKE, "I DON'T GET IT.

WHY WON'T IT MOVE?"

I GOT MY OTHER TRAILER.

I'M PRETTY HAPPY ABOUT IT.

I HOPE THAT IT RIDES PRETTY

NICE.

I HOPE NO PROBLEMS DEVELOP ON

THE ROAD.

I'M PRETTY DETERMINED.

I'M GONNA JUST DRAG THIS STUPID

THING BACK TO WINNIPEG IF I HAVE

TO.

IT'S OUT OF THE SNOWBANK.

IT'S GOING TO WINNIPEG.

>> narrator: BEFORE THIS

MISSION'S DONE...

>> LET'S GO.

>> narrator: SHE'LL HAVE TO TAKE

THE 15-TON TRAILER BACK ACROSS

THE THINNING ICE.

[horn honks]

AS LISA HITS THE ROAD,

POLAR TEAMMATE ALEX DEBOGORSKI'S

ABOUT TO CROSS ONE OF THE

LARGEST LAKES IN THE WORLD.

>> I'M HAULING A CEMENT BATCH

PLANT.

IT'S A CONTRAPTION FOR MAKING

CEMENT.

SO THIS IS LIKE A MINI CEMENT

PLANT.

IT'S FAIRLY BIG.

IT'S ONLY ON ONE AXLE, SO I'M

SURE IT'S MAXIMUM WEIGHT FOR

THAT ONE AXLE.

IT'S 15 FEET TALL AT THE HIGHEST

PART.

IT'S AS BIG AS I'D LIKE TO HAVE

IT FOR GOING ACROSS

LAKE WINNIPEG.

ANY BIGGER, IT'S DEFINITELY

GONNA BE TOO BIG.

SO IT'S...

I'M PRETTY WELL MAXED OUT FOR

WEIGHT FOR GOIN' ACROSS THE ICE.

>> narrator: ALEX IS TEMPTING

FATE AS THE FIRST DRIVER THIS

SEASON TO CROSS LAKE WINNIPEG AT

MAXIMUM WEIGHT.

AND TO GET ACROSS, HE'LL HAVE TO

GET THROUGH THE PRESSURE RIDGE--

ICE THAT FORMS LIKE A MOUNTAIN

RIDGE WHERE TWO SHEETS OF ICE

COLLIDE.

AND ONE WRONG MOVE COULD SEND

HIM 200 FEET TO THE BOTTOM OF

HIM 200 FEET TO THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE.

THE LAKE.

THE LAKE. >> OKAY, OFF WE GO.

>> OKAY, OFF WE GO.

WE'RE JUST GONNA CREEP ONTO THE

ICE HERE.

ICE HERE. [ice cracking]

[ice cracking]

WE GOT SOME SERIOUS CRACKS HERE.

THE ICE ON THIS LAKE IS VERY

LONG.

SO, WHEN THE ICE EXPANDS, IT

DOESN'T KNOW WHERE TO GO.

IT'S ALL LAYING LIKE THIS.

IF THE ICE CONTRACTS, IT'LL PULL

APART AND LEAVE A HOLE.

YOU KNOW, IT'LL BE OPEN,

LEAD TO WATER.

>> narrator: NEAR THE MIDDLE OF

THE LAKE, ALEX APPROACHES THE

PRESSURE RIDGE.

>> IF THE PRESSURE RIDGE IS NEW,

IT COULD GO UP THERE AND JUST--

ALL IT IS, IS LIKE A WALL.

IT'S A WALL OF ICE.

YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH IT.

THE ICE IS NOT THICK THERE,

BUT...

AND IF IT OPENS UP, THEN THEY

HAVE TO LAY A BRIDGE DOWN TO GO

OVER THE OPEN WATER.

YOU KNOW, YOU COULD DROP A WHEEL

THROUGH, OR, YOU KNOW, A PIECE

COULD BREAK OFF THE ICE, AND

YOU'LL START, YOU KNOW, HAVIN'

A PROBLEM RIGHT THERE.

A PROBLEM RIGHT THERE. A PERSON COULD GET WET.

A PERSON COULD GET WET.

[ice rumbling, cracking]

[bleep].

>> narrator: BUT ON HIS FIRST

TRY, THE BIG RIG GETS HUNG UP

AND HE'S FORCED TO BACK UP

FOR ANOTHER RUN AT THE

MASSIVE CRACK.

>> I CAN'T SEE WHERE THE HELL

THE TRAILER'S GOING.

THE BIG CRACK, SINKIN' RIGHT IN

THERE.

[ice cracking loudly]

[bleep].

WE MIGHT BE GOING THROUGH THE

ICE.

ICE. GET THAT THING DOWN.

GET THAT THING DOWN.

[ice cracking]

>> narrator: IN THE MIDDLE OF

LAKE WINNIPEG...

>> THE BIG CRACK, SINKIN' RIGHT

IN THERE.

WE MIGHT BE GOING THROUGH THE

ICE.

>> narrator: POLAR DRIVER

ALEX DEBOGORSKI IS STUCK ON THIN

ICE AND CAN'T BACK UP.

>> THIS BATCH PLANT IS WORTH

OVER $1/2 MILLION.

IF IT GOES THROUGH THE ICE, IT'D

BE A GOOD WAY TO BANKRUPT POLAR.

GET THAT THING DOWN.

>> narrator: HIS RIG IS HUNG UP

ON THE PRESSURE RIDGE AND IN

DANGER OF BREAKING THROUGH THE

MASSIVE CRACK THAT RUNS ACROSS

THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE.

>> A VERY UNSAFE PART HERE, VERY

UNSTABLE.

I CAN'T SEE WHERE THE HELL THE

TRAILER IS GOING EITHER.

THE ICE IS CRACKED UNDER HERE.

THE ICE IS CRACKED UNDER HERE. THAT'S WHY THERE'S A RIDGE HERE.

THAT'S WHY THERE'S A RIDGE HERE.

WHOA.

WHOA. [ice cracking]

[ice cracking]

[ice cracking] ARGH, COME ON.

ARGH, COME ON.

WE MADE IT.

WE'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE

ICE.

A LITTLE BIT SPOOKY THERE.

>> narrator: ALEX IS OVER THE

PRESSURE RIDGE, BUT ONLY HALFWAY

ACROSS THE LAKE.

>> I TRIED TO GET ACROSS ONCE,

AND...THE TRAILER GOT STUCK.

SNOWBANK WAS CRACKED, SO IT

MEANS THINGS ARE MOVING.

PRESSURE RIDGES TEND TO MOVE.

THAT PRESSURE RIDGE, AS FAR AS

I'M CONCERNED, IS STILL ALIVE.

IT'S NOT...

LIKE, IT'S NOT FROZEN TIGHT IN

THERE.

I MEAN, IF THE SNOWBANK IS

OPENED UP, THAT MEANS IT'S

MOVING.

SO A PERSON COULD GO OVER THERE

SO A PERSON COULD GO OVER THERE AND, YOU KNOW, SINK IN THERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, SINK IN THERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, SINK IN THERE. OFF WE GO.

OFF WE GO.

WE GOT ACROSS THE LAKE, AND NOW

WE'RE ON SOLID GROUND.

I'M GOING BACK TO WINNIPEG, GET

MY LOAD BACK HOME.

>> narrator: AS ALEX HAMMERS

DOWN...

>> I'M LEAVING PAUINGASSI NOW

WITH MY SECOND TRAILER.

ANYWAY, I'M JUST PULLIN' OUT OF

THERE, HEADING BACK TO WINNIPEG.

>> narrator: TEAMMATE LISA KELLY

IS ON THE WAY BACK TO POLAR

WITH THE FINAL PIECE OF

THE RECOVERY MISSION.

>> I WENT AND HAD TO GET BOTH

TRAILERS THAT WERE--BEEN THERE

FOR OVER A YEAR.

OH, MY GOSH, YOU THINK YOU TRY

TO COME PREPARED FOR ONE

PROBLEM, BUT IT'S A TOTALLY

DIFFERENT PROBLEM.

I DIDN'T THINK PINNING TO IT WAS

GONNA BE THE HARD PART.

>> narrator: BUT BEFORE SHE GETS

BACK TO WINNIPEG, SHE'LL HAVE TO

RETRACE HER STEPS ACROSS

300-FOOT-DEEP FISHING LAKE...

THIS TIME HAULING OVER 15 TONS.

>> I'M JUST GETTING TO THE ICE

CROSSING HERE.

IT'S KIND OF SKETCHY PUTTING

SOME WEIGHT ON IT WITH THE

TRAILER ON HERE.

I PRETTY MUCH NEED TO GO TO

FIRST GEAR, 'CAUSE SECOND GEAR

IS TOO FAST HERE TO DROP DOWN ON

THE LAKE.

GOT A SWEET LITTLE HILL...

[imitates whooshing]

RIGHT HERE, AND THEN WE JUST

DROP DOWN ONTO THE ICE.

DROP DOWN ONTO THE ICE. [ice cracking]

[ice cracking]

YEAH, THERE'S NO MISTAKING IT.

IT'S NOT LIKE, "OH, I THINK

I HEARD THE ICE CRACK."

IT'S LIKE, "POW!"

YEAH, IT CRACKED.

YEAH, IT CRACKED. [ice cracking]

[ice cracking]

OH, MY GOSH.

WHOLE LAKE IS SHIFTIN'.

IT'S EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF IF

IT'S EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF IF THIS SHIP SINKS.

THIS SHIP SINKS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT MY GAME PLAN

IS.

IS. DON'T DIE?

DON'T DIE?

MAYBE IF I SIT HERE AND LISTEN

TO IT LONG ENOUGH...

I'LL GET USED TO IT.

IT'S PRETTY NOISY.

MM-HMM.

I HEAR YOU.

I HEAR YOU.

OH, YEAH.

[ice cracking]

SOUNDS LIKE A CRACKLING FIRE.

YOU KNOW HOW SOMETIMES IT SNAPS

AND POPS A LITTLE LOUDER?

IT'S MOSTLY JUST, "SNAP, SNAP,

SNAP, POP."

STILL JUST A-SNAPPIN' AWAY.

A LOT MORE NOW, NOW THAT WE'RE

GETTING NEAR SHORE.

OH, YOU'RE BEIN' WAY TOO NOISY

THERE.

THERE. [ice cracking]

[ice cracking]

OKAY, YOU'RE MAKIN' TOO MUCH

OKAY, YOU'RE MAKIN' TOO MUCH NOISE.

NOISE.

NOISE. GET THE "F" OFF THE ICE.

GET THE "F" OFF THE ICE.

THAT LAKE CROSSING WAS JUST AS

NOISY AS THE FIRST ONE.

IT'S VERY NOISY TODAY.

IT'S MAKIN' ALL KINDS OF RACKET.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT MAKES IT NOISY

AND WHAT MAKES IT NOT NOISY.

I KIND OF LIKE IT WHEN IT

I KIND OF LIKE IT WHEN IT DOESN'T CRACK.

DOESN'T CRACK.

>> narrator: AFTER CONQUERING

THE ICE CROSSING, LISA MAKES IT

TO THE POLAR YARD WITH THE FINAL

TRAILER.

>> IT WAS A GOOD DAY.

WE GOT HER DONE, SO I'M GONNA

CRAWL INTO THAT NICE, TOASTY

TRUCK OVER THERE AND GET SOME

SLEEP.

>> narrator: 30 MINUTES BEHIND

LISA...

>> WE'RE HOME FREE, I BELIEVE.

THANK YOU, LORD.

>> narrator: TEAMMATE

ALEX DEBOGORSKI BRINGS IN HIS

$1/2 MILLION CEMENT PLANT.

>> EVERYTHING WENT WELL.

I'M HAPPY TO HAVE A LOAD HERE,

AND IT'S MONEY IN THE BANK, AND

I'M READY FOR BED ONCE AGAIN.

>> narrator: WHILE POLAR'S

FINISHED FOR THE DAY...

VP EXPRESS IS HOLDING THEIR

OWN...

>> IT'S ABOUT 5:00 IN THE

MORNING--GET THIS SON OF

A [bleep] UNLOADED HERE.

AND THEN I GOT A COUPLE LITTLE

PIECES OF EQUIPMENT I GOT TO

LOAD BACK ON MY TRAILER FOR A

BACKHAUL TO TAKE BACK TO

WINNIPEG.

>> narrator: EVEN WITHOUT FORMER

EMPLOYEE ART BURKE.

>> WELL, HE JUST WASN'T PULLING

IT OFF.

SO WE HAD TO LET HIM GO.

IT WAS KIND OF A...

YOU KNOW, IT'S A BAD DEAL FOR

HIM, BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT

WORKED OUT.

AND HE WENT DOWN THE ROAD AND

HIRED ON WITH POLAR.

ART'S A STEERING-WHEEL HOLDER.

HE'S NOT A TRUCK DRIVER.

HE'S NOT A TRUCK DRIVER. >> narrator: BACK IN WINNIPEG...

>> narrator: BACK IN WINNIPEG...

>> THIS IS WHAT I DO WITH MY

SPARE TIME, BOY, WHEN I'M BORED.

I COME IN HERE AND PLAY POOL.

I PLAYED A LOT OF THIS OVER THE

YEARS, MAN.

YEARS, MAN. I AIN'T TOO SHABBY AT IT.

I AIN'T TOO SHABBY AT IT.

I'M TELLING YOU, MAN...

I USED TO PLAY THIS FOR MONEY

I USED TO PLAY THIS FOR MONEY YEARS AGO.

YEARS AGO.

I CAN MAKE MORE MONEY DOIN' THIS

THAN [bleep] TRUCKIN' WITH HUGH,

THAN [bleep] TRUCKIN' WITH HUGH, I'LL TELL YOU THAT.

I'LL TELL YOU THAT.

I WOULD CONSIDER MYSELF SOMEONE

WHO'S VERY REVENGEFUL.

BUT YOU GOTTA BE PATIENT, MAN.

I USED TO GO HUNTIN' DUCKS WITH

MY GRANDFATHER YEARS AGO WHEN

I WAS A KID, EH?

AND WE'D GO DOWN TO THE DUCK

POND, AND HE'D GET THE SHOTGUN

OUT, AND WE'D CRAWL UP.

I WAS ONLY A TINY, TINY, LITTLE

FELLA.

WE'D SNEAK UP, AND HE'D PUT THE

GUN OUT THROUGH THE BUSHES,

RIGHT SLOWLY, AND I'D BE SITTING

THERE WAITING FOR THE BANG.

AND IT SEEMED LIKE FOREVER, BUT

HE'D SIT THERE, AND HE'D WAIT,

AND HE'D WAIT, AND HE'D WAIT,

AND HE'D WAIT TILL ALL THE DUCKS

SWAM TOGETHER IN A LITTLE GROUP,

AND THEN HE'D LET STRIP AND GET

THEM ALL.

AND I LEARNT THAT.

AND YOU CAN TAKE THAT AND APPLY

IT TO EVERYDAY LIFE, 'CAUSE I'LL

WAIT YEARS.

I'LL WAIT--

I'M STILL WAITING.

I'M STILL WAITING.

AND I'LL WAIT, AND I'LL WAIT,

AND I'LL WAIT, AND I'LL WAIT, AND I'LL WAIT.

AND I'LL WAIT.

AND SIX MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD,

HUGH WON'T BE HERE.

PEOPLE WON'T EVEN REMEMBER YOUR

NAME, BUD.

ENJOY IT WHILE YOU'RE HERE,

BECAUSE THIS MIGHT BE IT, EH?

>> narrator: NEXT TIME ON

ICE ROAD TRUCKERS...

>> GO!

>> narrator: IT'S A TUG-OF-WAR

BETWEEN VP EXPRESS AND POLAR...

>> YOU WANT TO GO TO VP EXPRESS?

YOUR GEAR WILL BE AT THE BOTTOM

OF THAT LAKE, GUARANTEED.

>> narrator: AS ROADS START TO

MELT...

>> THIS IS PROBABLY THE THINNEST

ICE I'VE EVER CROSSED BEFORE.

WHOA.

>> narrator: AND ROADS

DISAPPEAR...

>> WELL, ART, WE JUST RUN OUT OF

ROAD.

>> NEVER [bleep] ENDS.

>> narrator: HUGH CROSSES ENEMY

LINES.

LINES. >> HEY, LISA, YOU ON THERE?