Original subtitles

NARRATOR: Tonight, on

[horn]

Go!

NARRATOR: --Lisa's tug of war for the load count lead.

TODD: It's just me and you.

And we can't slow up.

And we can't slow down.

NARRATOR: Temperatures rise as the ice melts.

DARRELL: This is probably the thinnest case

I've ever crossed before.

Whoa!

NARRATOR: Soon the roads will be gone.

ALEX: Well, Art, we just ran out of road.

It never [bleep] ends.

NARRATOR: And Hugh is face to face with Lisa.

Hey, Lisa, you on there?

[crash]

[music playing]

NARRATOR: At VP Express headquarters--

HUGH: Vlad is pretty happy, and so am I?

So we're really impressed with ourselves here.

[laughter]

NARRATOR: Boss Hugh Rowland's made his move

in the race against Polar.

HUGH: We'll be rolling in $100 bills by the end of the year

here. [horn]

LISA: I'm just going to drive this fire truck past BP.

NARRATOR: But Lisa Kelly and Team Polar aren't holding back.

LISA: I don't know if there's any fires going on over there.

But I just better like make sure here.

[siren]

NARRATOR: And before she hits the road with a fire truck

bound for St. Theresa Point--

[horn]

--she's giving the competition a wake up call.

[siren]

[laughter]

Oh, fire trucks are fun.

Why didn't I become a fireman?

NARRATOR: While Lisa heads back to Polar to prep her haul--

The reason we're here today is we've got a project up at Utik

Lake.

And we understand that you're the guy

to talk to get this gear up there.

NARRATOR: --owner Mark Kohaykewych

is closing a lucrative but risky deal.

We're familiar with that area.

That road, it presents some challenges for sure.

But I can guarantee you we'll get it done right.

How-- how fast can you do it?

They paid a premium.

They went with Polar Industries because we provided

the skilled drivers, the ones that want a challenge.

That's what we're all about, challenges.

NARRATOR: Polar is charged with hauling

10 loads of construction supplies

to a remote lodge at Utik Lake.

But to get there, drivers will have

to cross ice roads that aren't monitored by government

officials.

It's a dangerous gamble.

But the pay day could control the outcome of their feud

with VP Express.

DARRELL: I'll guarantee you, if you didn't strap the [bleep]

out of this load, you'd have problems with it.

NARRATOR: Mark's hand-picked Darrell Ward

as the first driver to take on the trail to a Utik Lake.

DARRELL: I'm all loaded up.

I'm strapped down.

I'm about ready to head out of here

and hopefully make it to the lodge.

This ice road I'm about to head out on to Utik Lake

is probably the worst one I've ever been on.

[horn]

NARRATOR: Back in the yard, 40-year veteran Alex Debogorski

joins the mission.

ALEX: I'm checking out the engine pheromones.

NARRATOR: And he'll be overseeing Polar's newest

driver, Art Burke.

Pretty happy mood this morning.

I checked my horoscope.

It says that I'll go for a trip today and enjoy the ride.

Hey, buddy.

What's going on?

My son, how are you?

Good [inaudible].

My only son.

[laughter]

Hi, Art.

Ah, long time, no see, buddy.

Oh, hi, Arthur.

Art comes from where I come from, from Yellowknife, where

Art's wired a little-- he's a little tighter wound than most.

Got all my paperwork and all my [bleep] together here, boy.

I'm all ready to go, making my debut.

It's got to be-- got be way better over here, man.

Yeah, I left over there, eh?

How was he for a boss?

Oh, an [bleep].

A what?

- A [bleep] from [bleep]. - [bleep]

Yeah.

Yeah, big time, buddy.

See, I used to be like Hugh, eh?

Yeah.

But then when I had to get a hemorrhoid operation--

- Yeah? - It gave me a whole new--

- [inaudible]. - Yeah, that's what I'm saying.

He should go get one of those. He'd probably be better than--

Figure that'd do him?

A lobotomy might be a better idea.

ALEX: [inaudible].

He's sitting on his problem all day long.

[laughter]

Well, we'll see you after a bit.

OK. See you in a bit there.

- Take care, buddy. - Hey, great.

Thanks.

That's my new traveling partner, I guess.

That should be good for a laugh.

NARRATOR: For his maiden voyage with Polar,

Art is carrying construction supplies 650 miles to Utik

Lake.

Oh, sure.

NARRATOR: While Alex will haul a camper to Oxford House--

All right.

NARRATOR: --where he'll pick up another load

for the rest of the journey.

[music playing]

Thank you, dear God, for all your blessings and help.

Please keep us safe this trip.

Give Art and me a hand because we'll definitely need it

like usual.

In the name of the Father, the Son, and Holy Spirit, amen.

Check this out.

[bleep] you , VP!

[bleep] y'all.

[laughter]

Good day, buddy, new job, new everything.

This is going to be a good trip.

NARRATOR: As Art and Alex head for the unregulated road--

Oh, [bleep].

Oh, [bleep].

NARRATOR: --VP Express boss Hugh Rowland and driver Todd Dewey

have taken on a dangerous assignment of their own.

TODD: Nothing like waking up and bouncing off the ceiling

and the door all morning.

NARRATOR: They're hauling construction supplies

to the village of St. Theresa Point over a crudely built road

filled with harsh, uneven terrain.

It's slicker than snot in a chicken's lip through here.

Hang on.

Yeah, it's a good loosy goosy.

TODD: These roads are just basically a [bleep]..

They're not even really roads.

It's like a grass swamp.

And, basically, what it does is if the snow goes over the top

of it, and then the water freezes,

and they call it a frickin' road.

And it ain't a road by no means.

[music playing]

NARRATOR: On the melting roads--

They [bleep] holes all over the [bleep] place.

[bleep]

NARRATOR: --climbing every hill is a major challenge.

HUGH: Yeah.

Come on!

[bleep] lost it.

NARRATOR: Stopped just short of the top,

Hugh backs down to make another run at the climb.

[beep]

HUGH: Well, move it.

Come on, baby.

[crash]

Ah, well, I need you to pull me straight, Todd.

TODD [ON RADIO]: OK, be there in just a second, buddy.

TODD: Yeah, you know, I just a call on the radio

by the big boss there.

He sounds like he slid sideways.

He's a little stuck.

He's going to need me to pull him.

So it just goes to show you that no matter how much experience

you have with these ice roads, they fight back

in any way, shape, or form.

Oh, there he is.

Oh, he slid on the [bleep] hill.

All right, I see you there, Hugh.

Boy, he got jammed up good, didn't he?

NARRATOR: Strapped up, Todd tries to pull the boss back

on the road.

TODD: Hopefully, he can back up and get out from where he's

at now, you know what I mean?

You know, I've been--

been on this ice road now for over a month.

And I don't want to toot my own horn.

But I haven't been stuck one time yet.

NARRATOR: As VP Express gets back on track,

Lisa Kelly's just getting started.

LISA: I try not to bounce this stuff around.

But there's no helping that.

NARRATOR: She's on the same road as her VP rivals,

hauling a 15-ton fire truck to St. Theresa Point.

LISA: Oh, man.

Oh, my gosh, this road is hard.

I thought I was going to have to be bored.

All right, here goes nothing, right?

It's about to get rough in here.

NARRATOR: She needs enough momentum to make the hill.

But at high speeds, the slightest mistake

could land her in the ditch.

LISA: Oh, man, I'm nervous.

You want traction when you're hill climbing.

As soon as your tire comes off the ground,

you lose all that traction.

You want to get going just fast enough to have momentum carry

you up, but not so fast that you're jumping the truck.

Otherwise, you won't make it.

[music playing]

Oh, come on.

Pull it, pull it, pull it, pull it.

Oh!

I made it!

That was a tough one.

Holy cow, I'm shaking.

Woo hoo!

My heart is still racing.

Oh!

Uh-oh, what do we got going on here?

There's a truck stopped in the road.

And I don't know what's going on.

I don't know if there's any way that I can help.

I can't back up.

I don't think I have that many chains.

NARRATOR: The stuck big rig has the road shut down

and Lisa at a standstill.

LISA: This guy put the trailer in the ditch.

And then he put his truck in the ditch.

The trailer is so far in the ditch

that no one from behind him can pull it around.

And his truck's enough in the ditch

where I can't come down and back up the hill to pull him out

at all.

So I don't know what we're going to do.

[music playing]

[horn]

I have like 10 trucks behind me.

They just keep piling up and piling up behind me.

NARRATOR: Trucks full of valuable cargo

can't get through.

And the jackknifed rig blocking the road is out of reach.

LISA: Grab your gear.

Let's go.

Is that yours too?

We got enough to reach that far?

NARRATOR: But Lisa has got a plan.

LISA: We decided that we were going to put everybody's straps

and chains together and see if we can reach it

from the top of the hill all the way to the bottom of the hill

and try to pull this guy out.

NARRATOR: She's stringing together a line of tow straps,

hoping to reach the stranded truck over 100 yards away.

LISA: Amazingly, this is the most interesting scenario

I've ever seen in my life.

NARRATOR: It'll be up to Lisa to pull the truck out,

if the straps hold.

LISA: My poor little truck is going

to be the anchoring point.

It's going to be like a big game of like tug of war.

If any of this snaps, man.

All that [bleep] is going to come right in my window.

Give her a go, eh?

MAN: Give her!

Give her!

Go!

NARRATOR: Coming up--

DARRELL: Use a screwdriver, ice pick.

NARRATOR: --Darrell, risky business.

Whoa!

[music playing]

NARRATOR: On the road to St. Theresa Point--

LISA: Amazingly, this is the most interesting scenario

I've ever seen in my life.

NARRATOR: --Lisa Kelly's trying to free a jackknifed truck

with a line of tow straps longer than a football field.

LISA: OK.

MAN: Give her! Give her!

Go!

MAN: Keep going.

Keep going.

LISA: Oh.

MAN: [inaudible]

LISA: I put my foot into it.

Oh.

Oh, he's moving.

Ah!

He's out.

He's out.

He's out.

Oh, he's out.

I got him out.

[laughter]

MAN: Way to go!

Woo!

WOMAN: High five, girl.

[laughter]

LISA: Awesome!

That was so cool.

I did not think that was going to work that far away.

NARRATOR: Thanks to Lisa, the road and the long line

of waiting truckers are back in business.

[horn]

LISA: Being the first on the scene of a guy stuck with about

13 trucks and I'm the one to pull him out,

this is so real and so happening.

Woo hoo!

[laughter]

NARRATOR: As Lisa hammers down--

DARRELL: This one I'm a little bit worried about.

NARRATOR: --Darrell Ward's the first take

on Polar's high-stakes contract, hauling cargo

over the unmonitored road to Utik Lake.

I've really been warned a lot about these ice crossings

out here.

They just now opened it.

You know, I'm the guinea pig.

NARRATOR: It's a risky mission, but the potential paycheck

will help him take the summer off with his family.

They're not too crazy about things I do sometimes

with my work.

But I gotta do what I gotta do.

I need to make enough money here to get my life started over

with Ladonna and take care of my children and her children.

And--

[beep]

[bleep]

Engine temperature's running hot.

This road pulls hard.

Soft roads, heavy weight really works this engine.

I'm going to have to stop and do some repairs on it.

And I'm way hot.

I'm up over 220.

NARRATOR: Even in subzero temperatures,

the strain on the engine has it running hot enough to seize up.

If this truck overheats and it does break down,

I'm out here on a road where there is no other traffic.

If you end up out here by yourself with no heat, not

a good situation.

[bleep]

I'm up to 240 degrees.

This [bleep] is hot.

They never fixed my engine fan.

NARRATOR: He'll be stranded if he can't find a way to keep

the engine from overheating.

All I gotta do is get air to my clutch fan,

and it should engage unless my clutch is bad.

[music playing]

Looks like my clutch fan is shot because that didn't engage it.

And that should have.

Well, I'm going to do the one thing I never want to do

and that's shut my truck off.

When I need to, I have to.

NARRATOR: To search deeper for the problem,

Darrell's forced to turn off his truck.

But if it sits too long, it might get too cold to restart.

If I had an air leak, I'd know the seals were blown out of it.

But there's not an air leak.

So maybe put a little oil in it.

NARRATOR: Oil should lubricate the air line

and get the fan moving, if the engine will fire up.

Well, we'll see what happens there.

We'll start her back up, and build some air,

and see if it's going to kick it loose or not.

All right, fire it up and see what happens.

[bleep]

NARRATOR: While Darrell's stuck in the bush--

I'm unloading this nice new camper in Oxford House.

NARRATOR: --Alex Debogorski has racked up

another load for team Polar.

[laughter]

Thank you, Lord, for getting off of here in one piece.

NARRATOR: But his day is just getting started.

Alex and Art are at the start of the road to a Utik Lake,

about to take on the unregulated road.

ALEX: I'm going to make this truck look like Zsa Zsa Gabor,

if you remember who she was.

[laughter]

NARRATOR: Art is hauling a load of construction supplies,

while Alex pulls double duty.

He's got a loader bucket for the lodge--

--and will also be dragging tires that will help smooth out

the rough road.

Well, it comes off, I guess--

It comes off, it comes off.

You'll have to grab my chain.

[laughter]

OK, buddy, we're all set.

[laughter]

Good luck!

Yeah, good luck to you too.

[music playing]

ALEX: I got those three loader tires behind me

as a drag to flatten the road because they haven't been doing

a very good job of maintaining this road.

They just put it in.

It's just roughed in.

It's not your average winter road that we drive on.

OK, here we are.

And the adventure begins, buddy.

ART [ON RADIO]: Away we go, boy.

Good luck.

ART: This road is not going to be half as [bleep]

bad as he says.

You watch.

We're going to mosey in over this [bleep] thing, buddy, just

like nothing.

It's a really good idea to bring these tires.

This road definitely needs to be drug.

ART: I like driving [bleep] like this.

That's why I come here.

This is what I like about this.

I like driving on this kind of [bleep]..

[singing]

You think I'd sing songs and everything if I was nervous?

If I was nervous, I'd be over here praying.

Well, in the name of the Father,

and the Son, and the Holey Spirit, amen.

[music playing]

Well, Art, we just run out of road.

So [bleep].

ART: I don't--

ALEX [ON RADIO]: I'll back out.

ART: --[bleep] believe it.

We got to back all the way out to the road?

Yes, sir.

I don't know-- I don't know there's room to turn here.

Holy [bleep].

[bleep]

[bleep]

[bleep]

[bleep]

ALEX: Well, I got these tires here.

So I don't know what the hell I'm

going to do with them unless you're going to hook onto them

and drag them backwards as you're backing up.

Beam me up, Scotty, for [bleep] sake.

NARRATOR: Nearly a mile down the trail,

backing out with 53-foot trailers is almost impossible.

It never [bleep] ends.

It never ends.

NARRATOR: Hauling critical loads for Polar--

It never [bleep] ends.

It never ends.

NARRATOR: --Art Burke and Alex Debogorski

are stuck on a dead end road with no way to turn around.

ART: I don't want to back all the way out of this [bleep]

thing.

Nobody wants to back out of this [bleep]..

We're in here a kilometer, man.

Anybody back there got a copy, boys?

You got copy?

MAN [ON RADIO]: Yes, I do.

Buddy, you got to come in plow us a turn around place here,

buddy, because we are stuck, buddy.

MAN [ON RADIO]: 10-4.

ALEX: It's actually not a bad place

to get stuck in because there's a flat area here.

It just has to be plowed out.

[music playing]

I'll take a look.

Well, I'm sure happy that loader was there.

He was just sit there waiting for something to do,

plowing his yard.

So he's cleaning a great big spot over there

so we can turn around.

ALEX: Why weren't you in the lead

so I could have blamed it on you.

[bleep] I was surprised I wasn't.

Some little rig, just embarrassing.

NARRATOR: As Polar gets back on the road, in St. Theresa Point,

the competition's already delivering.

HUGH: Yeah, we got another one delivered today.

We had a little fun on the hill down there.

I spun out.

[laughter]

NARRATOR: VP Express racks up two loads.

And Todd scores a backhaul.

TODD: Looks like I got a gravel truck.

Looks like it was already strapped down for me, which

is nice.

So we're just going to try to double check everything, going

to hook everything up, and do what we do.

Two down, one to go.

NARRATOR: While VP Express plows ahead,

the temperature's dropping.

I hope it holds.

It's all I've got to use.

NARRATOR: Polar driver Darrell Ward's

trying to restart his truck after repairing his cooling

fan.

All I gotta do is get a load delivered

and I get a paycheck, hope for the best.

[beep]

[bleep]

Oh, yeah, I got some fan now.

All right, here we go.

NARRATOR: Darrell's back in business,

attempting to be the first driver

to get a big rig over the Utik Lake ice road.

Well, it looks like it's hanging in there right

around 200 degrees, which that ain't bad at all.

My lights off.

I am still full of coolant.

And my engine fan is--

is spinning.

I can hear it.

A little Montana ingenuity at its finest there.

Rhubarb repair, do it out in the bush.

We do it better in the bush.

NARRATOR: But the final challenge

before reaching the remote lodge is still ahead,

an ice crossing over a 100-foot deep Utik Lake that's not

monitored by the government.

DARRELL: Stop right here before I get onto it.

We got the crew working here on the ice.

And this is the one they've been warning me about.

I'm going to go check it out before I go any farther,

make sure something hasn't changed,

and figure out what they want to do.

OK, thin ice?

Yeah, probably right in there.

I'll get down on the edge where he can get around me.

And I'll pull some straps off and be ready for him.

NARRATOR: Darrell's too heavy to cross the thin ice.

So the plan is to lighten the load,

hoping it's enough to keep him from breaking through.

But it's still a guessing game.

DARRELL: I get out on these ice roads

where I don't have enough ice under me to hold me up.

And I'm listening to the ice crack under my feet.

If I had my own ice auger, I'd be able to measure this.

I got 5 kilometers of this to get across.

You know, the only thing that goes through your mind

when you're out there is your--

your family, your kids, Ladonna, my future.

[music playing]

It's hard to tell how thick it is.

You know, hair might stand up on the back of your neck

as you're going across this ice.

But that's my job.

That's what I hired to do.

And I'm not going to let thin ice or anything intimidate me.

I guess one way to find out is to head across it, test it

with the weight of my truck.

It's about all I can do.

Get on my way before it gets any thinner.

NARRATOR: Coming up, Lisa's in enemy territory.

Hey, Lisa, you on there?

NARRATOR: At Utik Lake--

It's hard to tell how thick it is.

Test it with the weight of my truck, about all I can do.

NARRATOR: --workers are removing cargo from Darrell Ward's

40-ton haul, hoping it'll be light enough

to survive the ice.

DARRELL: You know, they took some weight off of me.

But all of it's off my trailer.

None of it's off my truck.

My truck's where it's heavy.

NARRATOR: The 3 mile ice crossing

is off the winter roads and not regulated by the government.

So there's only one way to find out if the ice can hold

a loaded big red.

Get my door open.

[music playing]

I know this is probably the thinnest I've ever

crossed before.

I'll feel it if it starts to go.

I'll hear it.

And I'm going to make the big jump as far as I can jump.

I got a screwdriver in my hand to bury it into the ice

so I got something.

You know, if this ice broke down,

I want to be able to get--

get a grip in it.

And I can't do it with my bare hands.

Use a screwdriver, ice pick, hold yourself on the biggest

iceberg that you land on.

[music playing]

I haven't crossed one yet that pops and grinds

like this one does.

All that's going through my mind right

now is my high school sweetheart, Ladonna,

and my kids.

[music playing]

[cracking]

Whoa!

I don't know what that was, but I didn't like the feel of it.

You can hear the ice cracking, popping, and--

Come on.

Come on!

Well, looks like I made it.

About to come off the ice right into the lodge.

[horn]

Get unloaded and see if I can't warm up a little bit.

NARRATOR: Darrell's the first to conquer the road to a Utik

Lake.

Oh, Utik Lake Lodge.

Get this load off my back, get back and get another one.

NARRATOR: And Polar's hopes of completing the risky contract

are looking up.

DARRELL: Truck number one, a success.

NARRATOR: 150 miles south--

LISA: We've been working hard.

No days off till the job is done.

NARRATOR: --Polar teammate Lisa Kelly

is gunning for St. Theresa Point,

hauling a 15-ton fire truck.

LISA: It's always something.

Never take a break because you never

know what's going to happen.

Uh-oh.

NARRATOR: Up ahead, another truck is blocking the road.

LISA: He spun out.

Can I help you?

NARRATOR: Once again, Lisa is the first on scene.

Oh, [bleep] chains, really?

[bleep]

[inaudible] any chains.

NARRATOR: Traffic is backing up.

These guys are [bleep].

And VP Express rivals Hugh Rowland and Todd Dewey

have joined the pileup on their way

back from St. Theresa Point.

That guy looks like he's on the ice sitting there.

See his trailer?

And I think Hugh is behind him with his frickin' truck.

What a nightmare, dude.

[bleep]

Hugh?

HUGH: Lisa?

Hugh, do you have a chain I can borrow?

So I can try to pull him.

NARRATOR: It's the first time all season Hugh and Lisa have

come face to face.

They have a Lisa driving for them.

[laughter]

She shouldn't even be here, like, because she's a girl.

You think you can make it through there then pull him

all backwards?

I could try.

NARRATOR: With Hugh's assistance,

Lisa pulls into position--

That's good.

NARRATOR: --and chains up to the stranded rig.

All right, there we go.

[music playing]

HUGH: OK.

Go, go, go!

[music playing]

Keep going.

Go, go, go, go, go, go, go.

TODD: There they go.

Just pulled him out.

Good?

All right.

NARRATOR: The truck's out of the way and cargo is moving.

Where you headed, Lis?

Going to St. Theresa.

I'm trying, anyway.

TODD [ON RADIO]: Oh, boy, make sure

you put your chains on if you hit that section.

That's just where I came from [inaudible]..

That [bleep] road is tore up.

10-4, thanks for the heads-up.

TODD [ON RADIO]: Hey, good luck, we'll see you at home.

Oh, Todd made my night.

NARRATOR: Todd's friendly advice isn't the only word

from VP Express.

Hey, Lisa, you on there?

No.

Yeah, go ahead.

If you could make her up to St. Theresa

without hitch there--

[laughter] OK.

I got a truck for you to drive.

10-4, copy that.

LISA: I've never thought about going over to VP, like that

completely caught me off guard.

I wonder how much Hugh would pay me.

If I got to St. Theresa without a hitch,

I wonder what he's offering.

NARRATOR: Back on the road to Utik Lake--

Always something.

This is all I need.

NARRATOR: Team Polar is still pushing to the remote lodge.

ART: What [inaudible] now.

NARRATOR: Art's hauling construction supplies.

And Alex is pulling tires to smooth out the ragged road.

This is wild.

Oh, there's another one.

Woo hoo.

How is that for ugly.

Arthur, how's it going back there?

ALEX: I filled them holes in for you.

No, I was just going to say something like that.

Where the [bleep] were the tires?

When you went around that turn, the tires

must have slung up into the trees

because you didn't fill that hole in.

ALEX [ON RADIO]: I think they just bounced over it.

[inaudible] [bleep] [inaudible]..

NARRATOR: The convoys reach the Utik Lake ice crossing.

TODD: I know this is probably the thinnest I've ever crossed

before.

NARRATOR: Where just a few hours ago, the ice was too

thin to support Darrell's load.

Now, did you hear anything about somebody saying to me

that the lake didn't have very much on it,

and we have to hold part of our load?

Oh, yeah.

I heard that too, eh.

The ice is pretty thin up here.

What do you mean?

You heard it from where?

ART [ON RADIO]: Oh, that was the talk on the street

there earlier.

The ice up here is pretty thin.

ALEX [ON RADIO]: Well, how much ice do you figure you need?

ART [ON RADIO]: Don't matter to me, buddy, you're going first.

OK, I'll change that question around.

How much ice do you think I need?

Here's the lake, boys.

NARRATOR: But there's no one around to help lighten Art's

fully-loaded truck.

Well, let's go for [bleep] sake.

NARRATOR: So they'll just have to risk it.

ART: And he's off.

Oi!

ALEX: My load looks little, but it's big.

And the trailer is pretty heavy too.

NARRATOR: Alex Debogorski and Art Burke

are on the final stretch of the road to Utik Lake.

ART: This is not a good situation, eh?

NARRATOR: But to complete the mission,

they're tempting fate on an unmonitored ice crossing.

Let's [bleep] go, for [bleep] sake.

And he's off.

Oi!

Easy does it.

We're down here pretty [bleep] quick.

[music playing]

[bleep] is that?

[music playing]

Well, I'm good, Art.

I made her across.

ART [ON RADIO]: Right on, buddy, we're coming too.

ALEX: Yeah, you're better.

This counterweight doesn't float as well as that lumber does.

ART: Better keep an eye on it.

Come on!

Thank god.

We made her, buddy.

NARRATOR: After conquering the ice,

Alex and Art bank two more loads for team Polar.

It went OK today considering all that kerfuffle.

And Arthur is doing just fine.

For all the complaining about Art is driving, Art did fine.

ART: Oh, yeah, that was fun trip.

That was a great trip I needed that trip after the [bleep]

over there.

It's not like keep up, keep up.

Come on, come on, come on there.

Get her down.

Get the pedal down.

There's none of that here.

It's way better here.

NARRATOR: The next morning--

Yeah, we made record time coming home again.

NARRATOR: VP Express boss Hugh Rowland and driver Todd Dewey

arrive in Winnipeg.

We can't slow up.

And we can't-- we can't slow down.

It's just me and Hugh.

And we're headed back to the shop to pick up another load.

NARRATOR: Todd's backhaul is another load

in the books for VP Express.

And to keep pace with Polar, there's no time to rest.

HUGH: Today we're ahead of the game.

I didn't figure we'd be here yet.

We're here right now.

So we never-- we never missed a beat.

NARRATOR: While VP Express turns and burns,

outside of St. Theresa Point, Polar

has still got one driver on the ice.

LISA: When I first got down on the ice,

it made a crack noise, pretty good crack noise.

NARRATOR: After pulling two trucks from the road,

Lisa Kelly's trip hauling a 15-ton fire truck

isn't finished.

LISA: But there are so many crossings, I

don't know how they keep up with testing all of them like this.

I mean, honestly, I've never seen anybody out here in all

this time testing the ice.

The possibility is always there.

And we're not invincible, we're humans.

People die every day, you know?

This is fun, but I ain't--

I ain't asking to die early.

I have way too much to do.

All right, I'm on the other side of the lake.

And here we are at St. Theresa Point

right where we need to be.

NARRATOR: Safely across, Lisa makes it to St. Theresa Point

without a hitch--

Good job.

See ya.

NARRATOR: --opening a door for her at VP Express.

[siren]

LISA: The season's almost done.

I really want Polar to succeed.

Mark's been trusting me with a lot.

And I know the war is going on between VP and Polar.

And he's just such a loyal person.

I don't want to betray that trust.

But, then again, more money is more money, ain't it?

This ain't my war.

So I'd have to think about it.

NARRATOR: Next time on "Ice Road Truckers"--

DARRELL: Not a whole lot of time left on these ice roads

to get these loads moved in here.

NARRATOR: Spring approaches.

LISA: This does not sound good.

NARRATOR: The ice is getting thinner.

[crash]

The roads are getting rougher.

TODD: You feel the big boom in the truck?

It's going to get a whole lot worse

than it's been all season.

NARRATOR: And for some--

Don't die here, baby, come on.

[bleep] truck.

NARRATOR: --the season may be ending early.

[crash]

Everything's [bleep].