Original subtitles

male narrator: TONIGHT ON

ICE ROAD TRUCKERS...

ONE FLAT THERE ALREADY.

narrator: THE CANADIAN

WILDERNESS PUSHES HUGH AND RICK

OVER THE EDGE.

GET OUTTA HERE.

GET!

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE NOW?

narrator: ALEX COMES FACE TO

FACE WITH DISASTER.

JUST GET OUTTA THERE, AUNTIE.

CAN YOU MAKE IT OVER HERE?

OUCH.

YEAH?

narrator: AND LISA'S DREAM

JOB...

LET'S JUST BE CAREFUL.

narrator: TURNS INTO

A NIGHTMARE.

[bleep] NO.

STOP, STOP, STOP!

[crunch]

[rock music]

♪ ♪

narrator: 700 MILES NORTH

OF WINNIPEG...

JUST HANG ON.

RIGHT THERE'S GOOD FOR A MINUTE.

OKAY.

narrator: HUGH ROWLAND AND

RICK YEMM ARE STRANDED DEEP IN

THE FRIGID CANADIAN WILDERNESS.

WELL, HE'S HAVING A PROBLEM

WITH HIS TRAILER HITTING HIS

TIRES.

[dramatic music]

♪ ♪

BACK HER DOWN FOR ANOTHER RUN

THERE, MR. BEAR?

NO, I CAN'T GET THE TRAILER

TO GET OFF MY TIRES.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO ADJUST

THAT LEVELER SO YOU'RE GONNA GET

MORE AIR IN THEM BAGS.

JACK THE WHOLE THING UP.

OH, HE'S GOT TO GET HER FIGURED

OUT.

narrator: TWO DAYS AGO,

HUGH AND RICK PICKED UP

25 TONS OF CRITICAL SUPPLIES

FOR THE REMOTE VILLAGE OF

LAC BROCHET AND HEADED OUT

ON THE LONGEST RUN OF THE

SEASON.

OH, MAN.

SOMETHING BAD JUST WENT DOWN

HERE, MAN.

narrator: BUT THE BRUTAL

WINTER ROADS HAVE WREAKED HAVOC

ON THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS

AND THEIR TIRES.

WHOA.

HANG ON THERE, RICK.

narrator: AND NOW HUGH'S

SUSPENSION.

THIS IS PART OF THE THING.

YOU'VE GOTTA BE HALF MECHANIC

AND HALF TRUCK DRIVER OUT HERE.

narrator: THE DAMAGED SPRINGS

HAVE LEFT HUGH'S TRAILER SITTING

ON HIS TIRES.

OKAY, I GOT IT LOOSE THERE,

HUGH.

TRY AND PULL UP ON THAT HANDLE

A BIT.

PULL UP?

YEAH.

HEY, WE'RE GETTING MORE AIR

PRESSURE HERE.

BAGS GOING UP?

YEP.

narrator: THE ONLY WAY TO

FREE THE TIRES IS TO

OVER-INFLATE THE AIR BAGS THAT

SEPARATE THE CAB FROM THE

25-TON TRAILER.

IS IT UP FROM THE TRAILER?

YEP, SHE'S UP ABOUT AN INCH.

THAT'S A LITTLE BIT BETTER,

BUT IT'S--

THAT'S BETTER THAN SITTING ON

MY TIRES.

OKAY.

TAKE ANOTHER RUN AT HER HERE.

I GOT GOING HERE.

OKAY.

OH, YES.

I'M GOOD.

narrator: THE QUICK FIX IS

JUST ENOUGH TO GET HUGH'S TIRES

SPINNING.

FOR NOW.

YEE-HAW!

[blares horn]

[laughs]

narrator: 20 MILES AHEAD...

HUGH AND RICK ARE BEHIND ME.

WE PASSED 'EM.

narrator: ALEX DEBOGORSKI

IS OUT IN FRONT OF HIS RIVALS.

BUT HE'S GOT PROBLEMS OF HIS

OWN.

WHOA.

BACK AND FRONT BOUNCING ALONG.

HOPEFULLY I DON'T GO IN THIS

LITTLE LAKE AND I DON'T BREAK

ANYTHING.

OHH!

MY NEXT GOAL RIGHT NOW IS TO

MAKE IT TO THIS INTERSECTION.

HUGH AND RICK ARE GONNA GO TO

THE LEFT, AND I GO RIGHT.

THEN I'M GONNA START ON

SUPPOSEDLY THE WORST PART OF IT.

narrator: AFTER CONVOYING

THE FIRST 750 MILES WITH HUGH

AND RICK, ALEX WILL SPLIT OFF

TOWARD TADOULE LAKE THEN FACE

THE TOUGHEST STRETCH OF ROAD

ON HIS OWN.

SEEMS TO BE GETTING ROUGHER.

WHOA.

STARTING TO FEEL MAYBE A LITTLE

SENSITIVE TO ALL THESE BUMPS.

THAT'S WHY I'M SLOWING DOWN.

narrator: BUT AS ALEX MAKES

THE TURN...

SO WHAT'S GOING ON HERE NOW?

WHAT'S THIS?

OH, [bleep].

LET'S GET OFF THE ROAD HERE.

CAN YOU MAKE IT OVER HERE?

OUCH.

OH.

YOU ALL RIGHT?

HOLY [bleep].

HEY, AUNTIE.

WE WERE GOING TOO FAST,

AND THEN WE COME AROUND THE BEND

AND THE TRUCK JUST WENT IN THE

DITCH 'CAUSE IT'S TOO NARROW.

JUST HAVE TO LET IT BE.

JUST A COUPLE DRINKS OVER

THE LINE, I GUESS.

WE GOT LUCKY.

GOT REALLY LUCKY.

LUCKY THEY DIDN'T FREEZE TO

DEATH.

narrator: HOURS FROM

CIVILIZATION WITH THE

TEMPERATURE AT 35 BELOW,

ALEX LOADS THE PAIR INTO HIS

CAB.

GET IN THE BACK RIGHT NOW.

OH, GET OVER THERE.

GET IN THE BACK RIGHT NOW.

HEY, DON'T HIT ME!

HEY, HEY, HEY, COME ON,

YOU GUYS.

WHAT ARE YOU HITTING ME FOR?

[indistinct shouting]

COME ON, YOU GUYS.

[bleep]!

[indistinct]

WHAT ARE YOU HITTING ME FOR?

CAN YOU PLEASE GO IN THE BACK

SO I CAN DRIVE?

I CAN'T DRIVE WITH YOU GUYS

FIGHTING HERE.

SORRY, AUNTIE.

YOU HURT MY FEELINGS.

narrator: FINALLY THEY GET

MOVING.

BUT IT'S GONNA BE A LONG NIGHT

FOR ALEX.

HEY, YOU GOT A LIGHTER?

NO, I DON'T SMOKE.

KILLED US, AUNTIE.

STOLE MY SMOKEY SMOKE.

STOLE MY CIGARETTES.

SPENT ALL MY MONEY.

AND YOU TREAT ME LIKE THAT?

THIS GUY'S TRYING TO DRIVE YOU.

[indistinct shouting]

NAME OF THE FATHER, THE SON,

AND THE HOLY SPIRIT, AMEN.

THANK YOU, FATHER, LORD OUR GOD,

FOR LOOKING AFTER THIS DUMMY.

PLEASE CONTINUE TO LOOK AFTER US

AND GET US SOME SAFE.

WITHOUT WRECKING ANYTHING OR

HURT ANYBODY.

IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST AND

OUR LORD, AMEN.

THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE

SPIRIT, AMEN.

[indistinct shouting continues]

DON'T BURN MY SHACK DOWN.

narrator: 25 MILES SOUTH...

HERE WE GO.

narrator: HUGH IS BATTLING

TO KEEP HIS BEAT-UP TRAILER

ROLLING.

BUT HIS SUSPENSION IS SHOT.

ONE FLAT THERE ALREADY.

SAW THAT ONE COMING.

narrator: THEIR QUICK FIX

ONLY JACKED THE TRAILER AN INCH

OFF THE TIRES.

AND EVERY BUMP...

SENDS ALL 25 TONS CRASHING BACK

DOWN ON THEM.

AIN'T NOTHING WRONG WITH OUR

IRON.

IT'S ALL THE OTHER GARBAGE THAT

WE HAD TO PULL BEHIND US.

NOTHING TO DO WITH US.

[bleep]!

THERE GOES THE SECOND ONE.

BOTH THE OUTSIDE TIRES ARE FLAT

NOW.

I LOSE ONE MORE, I'M GONNA BE

DEAD IN THE WATER.

SNEAK HER IN WITH TWO MAYBE,

BUT I DOUBT IT.

[bleep].

THAT'S IT.

THERE'S THE THIRD ONE.

RICK, I GOT THREE FLAT TIRES

ON THIS VAN.

WE'LL PARK IT ON TOP OF THIS

HILL AND SEE WHAT'S GOING GO ON

WITH IT.

[bleep].

narrator: THREE TIRES DOWN

AND STILL A HUNDRED MILES FROM

THEIR DESTINATION,

HUGH'S TRAILER IS FINISHED.

HUGH'S GOT THREE BLOWN TIRES

ON THAT TRAILER, SO TRYING TO

GET A HOLD OF DAVE AT THE OFFICE

THERE.

SEE WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO.

SO I'M GOING TO GET AS MUCH

SLEEP AS I CAN RIGHT NOW.

THAT WAY WHEN I GOTTA RUN,

I CAN RUN.

GO TO BED.

GET.

NOTHING?

GET OUT.

WE'RE DONE FOR THE NIGHT.

THAT [bleep] PIECE OF [bleep]

TRAILER IS ALL BROKE TO [bleep].

GET THE [bleep] OUT.

WE'RE GONNA GO TO BED,

GET SOME SHUT-EYE.

WE'VE BEEN DRIVING ALL NIGHT.

6:00 IN THE MORNING.

GET OUTTA HERE.

GET!

narrator: IN COLDFOOT,

ALASKA, LISA KELLY IS READY

TO ROLL.

RIGHT NOW I AM WAITING FOR

TONY 'CAUSE WE SAID WE WERE

GONNA LEAVE AT 7:00.

SO HERE I AM.

BEEN HERE SINCE 6:58.

narrator: RUNNING LEAD DOG

ON THIS CONVOY COULD LAUNCH

LISA'S HEAVY HAUL CAREER.

HARRY SAID THAT WHEN YOU GET

DONE WITH YOUR--YOUR NEXT

ADVENTURE THAT HE'S GONNA

TRANSFER YOU INTO HEAVY HAUL.

[bleep] YEAH.

I'M SERIOUS.

[bleep] COOL.

THAT'S WHAT HE SAID.

narrator: NOW LISA'S RARING

TO GO BUT TONY'S IN NO RUSH.

I'M ANXIOUS TO GET GOING.

I WANTED TO GO ALL THE WAY

THROUGH TO PRUDHOE LAST NIGHT,

AND WE STAYED HERE.

WE DON'T NEED TO BE SITTING

HERE.

HE'S NOT EATING.

HE'S NOT ANYTHING.

HE'S JUST IN THERE WASTING

EVERYBODY'S TIME.

HERE HE COMES.

37, 38, 39.

39 MINUTES.

BRRR.

YOU READY?

YEAH, PRETTY MUCH.

I'M READY.

FREAKIN' COLD OUT, HUH?

40 BELOW.

IS THAT WHAT IT IS?

SITTING HERE, YEP.

I HEARD 44.

WELL, I'M SITTING STILL TOO.

SO...

ROCK AND ROLL.

YEAH, LET'S GO.

I'M READY.

OKAY.

NOW I'M READY.

SHE SEEMS TO BE IN A GOOD

MOOD THIS MORNING.

YEAH.

[honks horn]

narrator: FINALLY THE 60-TON

HUNDRED-FOOT LOADS HIT THE ROAD

TO PRUDHOE BAY.

EVEN GOING OUT OF COLDFOOT

HERE THIS MORNING, IT'S ABOUT

40 BELOW.

AND WE'RE JUST GONNA TAKE IT

REALLY SLOW HERE FOR A WHILE,

GET EVERYTHING WARMED UP.

narrator: AND LISA IS FEELING

THE PRESSURE.

IF I'M LATE IN BEGINNING OF

THE DAY AND I GET IN A HURRY

INTERNALLY, I HAVE A HARD TIME

CALMING DOWN THE REST OF THE

DAY.

YOU JUST NEED A LOT OF EXTRA

TIME FOR THIS, AND I DON'T

BELIEVE THE EXTRA TIME SHOULD

BE SPENT EATING BREAKFAST.

I THINK THE EXTRA TIME SHOULD BE

PAYING ATTENTION TO YOUR LOAD

AND YOUR TRUCK.

BACK IN FAIRBANKS AT THE

CARLILE TRUCK YARD, HAUL ROAD

ROOKIE MAYA SIEBER IS READY

TO GET BACK ON THE ROAD.

WELL, TODAY I HAVE A LOAD OF

WIRING CABLE.

I GOTTA GO FIND MY TRAILER AND

HOOK UP.

IT'S GONNA BE FUN IN 40 BELOW.

narrator: HER MISSION: DRIVE

ALL 500 MILES OF THE DALTON

HERSELF AND FINALLY CHALK UP A

RUN IN THE DASH FOR THE CASH.

HELP GIVE MAYA A HAND GETTING

FINISHED UP HERE SO WE CAN HIT

THE ROAD.

narrator: ON THE FIRST

ATTEMPT...

BIG TRUCK, BIG TRUCK.

WATCH OUT, WATCH OUT.

OH!

[horn honks]

OH, MY GOD.

narrator: HER NERVES GOT

THE BEST OF HER AND PHIL HAD

TO TAKE THE WHEEL.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF

A RIDE-ALONG, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

narrator: THEN MECHANICAL

PROBLEMS CUT HER SECOND TRIP

SHORT.

I FEEL SOMETHING KNOCKING

UNDERNEATH THE FLOORBOARD

BY MY FEET.

SOMETHING RATTLING RIGHT

UNDER YOUR FEET?

WE JUST HAVE TO DO IT ANOTHER

DAY.

narrator: NOW MAYA'S HOPING

THE THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM.

I'M EXCITED TO START DRIVING

TODAY THE WHOLE WAY.

NEW DAY, NEW START,

NEW ADVENTURE.

narrator: BUT JUST OUT OF THE

GATE...

THAT EXHAUST SMELL IS

HORRIBLE.

[coughs]

AH, [bleep].

MY EYES ARE BURNING.

OKAY, LET'S CLIMB OUT.

WE GOTTA FIGURE IT OUT.

narrator: A LEAK IN THE

VENTILATION SYSTEM IS FILLING

THE CAB WITH EXHAUST FUMES.

CAN'T SEE IT BUT IT'S THERE

SOMEWHERE.

STICK YOUR HEAD RIGHT NEXT TO

THE SERVO.

YOU CAN SMELL IT.

NOT GOOD.

NO, THAT EXHAUST IS BAD.

YOU CAN'T DRIVE THIS TRUCK.

IT'S JUST TOTALLY UNSAFE.

THIS STUFF WILL PUT YOU TO

SLEEP, CAUSE YOU TO CRASH.

IT CAN KILL YOU.

narrator: UNTIL THE LEAK IS

FIXED...

LET'S JUST HEAD TO THE SHOP.

narrator: MAYA IS GOING

NOWHERE.

OH, MY GOD, IT'S HORRIBLE.

[coughs]

OH, MY GOD, I FEEL LIKE I'M

GONNA THROW UP.

WE'RE IN THE SHOP, AND THEY'RE

LOOKING IT OVER, SEEING IF WE

CAN FIX IT SOON.

I MEAN, IT COULD BE SOMETHING

CRACKED.

IF IT'S SOMETHING CRACKED,

IT COULD TAKE A DAY TO FIX.

IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS

TO BE TIGHTENED, WE COULD

PROBABLY GET ROLLING IN ABOUT

AN HOUR OR SO.

I DON'T KNOW.

narrator: BACK IN CANADA...

THE TEMPERATURE IS 30 BELOW,

BUT THE POLAR BEAR IS STEAMING.

WHAT A BUNCH OF GARBAGE.

LOOK IT, THERE'S NOT A [bleep]

TREAD LEFT ON THEM.

RUBBED RIGHT DOWN TILL THEY'RE

FLAT.

THE TRAILER HAS THE WEAK

SPRINGS, AND THE TRAILER'S BEEN

RUBBING--BEEN RUBBING ON THEM

TIRES EVER SINCE WE HIT THE

WINTER ROADS.

LOOK AT MY TRUCK TIRES.

BEEN RUBBING ON THEM TOO.

BRAND-NEW TIRES.

WE DRUG HER AS FAR AS WE COULD

DRUG HER, AND WE GOT ONE WHEEL

AND ONE SKID LEFT.

I MIGHT AS WELL RUN INTO

TOWN.

YEAH, GO GET THIS UNLOADED

AND RADIO ME WHEN YOU FIND OUT

WHAT'S GOING ON.

OKAY, SOUNDS GOOD.

narrator: WHILE RICK HEADS

FOR TOWN, HUGH IS STUCK WITH HIS

STRANDED LOAD.

THAT TRUCK, HE CAN'T PULL

THAT TRAILER ANYMORE.

IT'S DONE.

THESE ROADS WILL BEAT UP ANY

TRUCK, BUT WHEN YOU GOTTA GO

A LITTLE FASTER TO MAKE IT,

IT BEATS IT UP A LITTLE HARDER.

BUT THAT ONE AIN'T GOING NOWHERE

NOW.

THE SUSPENSION IS GONE IN

THIS TRAILER AND IT LEANS TO

THE SIDE.

YOU KNOW, IT WASN'T SO BAD ON

THE HIGHWAY THERE, BUT AS SOON

AS WE HIT THE BUSH ROAD--

I MEAN, THESE ARE OLD SPRING

TRAILERS.

YOU DON'T WANT SPRING TRAILERS

ANYMORE.

THAT'S A THING OF THE PAST IN

THE BUSH ROADS, MAN.

NOTHING I CAN DO.

I CAN'T PULL HER ANY FARTHER,

AND HERE I SIT.

BROKENHEARTED.

WITH SOMEBODY ELSE'S JUNK.

narrator: AS HUGH SETTLES IN

TO WAIT...

I'M LOOKING AT ABOUT AN HOUR

AND HALF, MAYBE TO TWO HOURS.

narrator: RICK WILL HAVE TO

FACE THE LAST 50 MILES OF HARSH

WILDERNESS ON HIS OWN.

THIS COMMUNITY IS IN THE

BUSH, ANOTHER NATIVE COMMUNITY,

ANOTHER ONE THAT'S ISOLATED BY

THE SEASONS.

THE ONLY TIME THEY CAN GET THIS

STUFF IN IS THROUGH THE WINTER

ROADS, SO THESE LOADS HERE ARE

REALLY IMPORTANT.

ON THE SNOW AND THE ICE LIKE

THIS, MOMENTUM'S EVERYTHING.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE MOMENTUM,

YOU CAN SPIN OUT.

IT ONLY TAKES A SECOND TO NOT

PAY ATTENTION AND YOU'RE A MESS.

SO...

DAMN IT, THAT'S ALL I'M GONNA

GET.

[laughs]

WE'RE IN A BAD SPOT FOR GETTING

STUCK OR SPUN OUT HERE.

THAT WOULDA REALLY SUCKED IF I

GOT STUCK.

THESE ROADS ARE PRETTY GNARLY.

narrator: BACK IN ALASKA...

IT STARTS TO GET PRETTY

NARROW THROUGH THE CANYON HERE.

OKAY.

narrator: LISA KELLY LEADS

THE HEAVY HAUL CONVOY ONTO THE

FROZEN TUNDRA.

AND WE'RE MEETING A COUPLE

BIG ONES.

LET 'EM ROLL, BRIAN.

WE'LL WAIT.

narrator: THREE HOURS INTO

THE TRIP, THE WIND PICKS UP AND

THE SNOW STARTS TO FLY.

WEATHER'S LOOKING NASTY.

BLOWING AND DRIFTING.

THERE'S NO ONE COMING, RIGHT?

LET'S JUST BE CAREFUL.

[indistinct].

WE'RE NOT TRYING TO MEET IN THIS

NARROW [bleep].

LOOK OUT, LOOK OUT!

[bleep, bleep].

[horn honking]

WHOA.

narrator: 150 MILES SOUTH

OF PRUDHOE BAY...

THERE'S NO ONE COMING, RIGHT?

LET'S JUST BE CAREFUL.

LOOK OUT, LOOK OUT.

[bleep, bleep, bleep, bleep].

WHOA.

[gasps]

TONY, I NEED TO BE PULLED OUT

OF THE DITCH.

JUST YOUR TRUCK FRONT END

OR WHAT?

YEAH, I GOT TOO CLOSE TO

THE DELINEATOR SOMEHOW.

THE FRONT END OR WHAT?

BACK'S IN TOO.

BE RIGHT THERE.

TRYING TO MOVE OVER FOR

A TANKER.

SHE'S IN THE DITCH.

I SHOULD HAVE STAYED IN FRONT.

I THOUGHT I SAID SOMETHING ABOUT

US ALL BEING REALLY CAREFUL

THROUGH THIS SECTION.

SEE HOW IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S

THE ROAD RIGHT HERE?

IT'S NOT THE ROAD.

SEE, RIGHT THERE'S THE EDGE.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE ROAD

RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S THE EDGE.

YOU CAN'T EVEN TELL.

ALL I CAN SAY IS PATIENCE

PAYS OFF.

WE CAN GET YOUR DRIVERS BACK UP

ON.

WE'LL JUST EASE IT ON BACK.

JUST TRY TO GET ALL YOUR CHAINS

ON.

I'M GONNA GO PUT A TOW PIN ON.

I COULDN'T SEE THE EDGE OF

THE ROAD.

I MEAN, I WAS MOVING OVER FOR

SOMEBODY TO COME UP, AND I JUST

MOVED OVER TOO FAR.

I WANNA GET OUT OF THIS DITCH

AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO SEE.

THAT'LL PROBABLY DO IT

THOUGH.

WE'RE NOT GONNA NEED TOO MUCH.

LET'S JUST TAKE IT REALLY SLOW

AND NOT JERK REAL HARD.

WE WANT TO BE REALLY CAREFUL

THAT WE DON'T TIP THE SHACK

OVER.

JUST I'LL LEAN ON YOU, I'LL

START LEANING ON YOU AND THEN

YOU CAN LET OUT AND COME ON

BACK, HUH?

HEY, CAN YOU HEAR ME?

YEP, GO AHEAD.

I'M JUST GONNA TIGHTEN UP

HERE REAL QUICK.

HANG ON JUST A SECOND.

OKAY, WE'RE HOOKED UP.

LET'S GO.

COME ON, LISA.

AH.

CAN YOU TURN YOUR WHEELS

TO THE LEFT A LITTLE BIT?

JUST A LITTLE BIT.

THERE YOU GO.

CAN YOU STRAIGHTEN THEM OUT

A LITTLE BIT?

I THINK I NEED TO STOP HERE

JUST A SECOND.

STOP.

STOP, STOP, STOP, STOP, STOP!

[bleep].

STILL IN THE DITCH.

narrator: WHILE LISA IS STUCK

IN THE DITCH, BACK IN FAIRBANKS

MAYA'S BEEN STUCK IN THE SHOP

ALL MORNING.

IT LOOKS LIKE THEY FOUND

THE PROBLEM, AND THEY FIXED IT,

AND WE'RE GONNA GET ON THE ROAD.

FOUND SOME EXHAUST LEAKS.

THIS PIPE'S ACTUALLY SUPPOSED

TO BE CONNECTED.

AS YOU CAN SEE, IT WAS

DEFINITELY LEAKING.

THE FUMES WERE COMING RIGHT UP

INTO THE CAB.

REAL BAD SCENARIO.

WE'RE STARTING MANY, MANY

HOURS LATER THAN WE WANTED TO,

BUT AT LEAST WE GET TO HEAD OUT

NOW.

THIS IS A NICE LOAD TO PULL

TODAY.

IT FEELS GOOD AROUND THE TURNS.

THERE'S A LOT OF TRACTION.

narrator: MAYA'S FINALLY

ON THE ROAD, HOPING TO SHOW

THE CARLILE BOSSES SHE CAN

HANDLE ALL 500 MILES TO

PRUDHOE BAY.

IT'S NICE AND SECURE.

IT'S NOT MOVING AROUND AT ALL.

WE GOT FIVE BIG ONES COMING

IN, SO BE ADVISED.

[radio chatter]

I'M MEETING A BUNCH OF BIG

TRUCKS RIGHT NOW COMING THE

OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

AND IT'S REALLY NARROW OVER

HERE.

[radio chatter]

narrator: ON THE DALTON,

ONCOMING TRAFFIC CAN BE DEADLY.

AND MAYA'S FIRST RUN CAME TO AN

END WHEN SHE COULDN'T HANDLE

THE PRESSURE.

OOH!

ARE YOU OKAY?

YOU CAN'T REALLY TELL WHAT IS

THE EDGE AND WHAT ISN'T,

IF IT'S A DITCH OR NOT,

'CAUSE IT'S ALL WHITE.

I JUST PAY ATTENTION TO THE EDGE

OF THE ROAD A LOT MORE 'CAUSE

I HAVE TO MOVE OVER AS MUCH

AS POSSIBLE.

HEADS UP.

[horn honks]

YEAH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO BY

HIM TOO FAST.

YOU'RE OKAY.

JUST SLACK OFF THE THROTTLE

A LITTLE.

NOW YOU'RE GOOD.

narrator: SHE MADE IT THROUGH

THE TRAFFIC.

HEY, MAYA.

narrator: BUT NOW MAYA'S GOT

TROUBLE ON HER TAIL.

WE'RE ALMOST TO THE YUKON

RIVER BRIDGE, AND PHIL AND MAYA

LEFT, LIKE, AN HOUR AND A HALF

BEFORE US.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'VE BEEN

DOING, HAVING BARBECUES ON THE

SIDE OF THE ROAD OR SOMETHING.

HEY, PHIL, DIDN'T WE LEAVE,

LIKE, AN HOUR AND A HALF AFTER

YOU?

WHAT HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN DOING?

THEY'RE IGNORING US.

MAYA, YOU BEEN DRAGGING YOUR

FEET UP THERE?

WAS HE ASKING ME?

YEAH, HE WAS ASKING IF YOU

WERE DRAGGING YOUR FEET.

WELL, THEY'RE JUST IGNORING

US.

OH, WELL.

THEY KNOW THEY'VE BEEN DRAGGING

THEIR FEET.

DOING SOME TRAINING.

OH, WELL.

I CAN'T BASH ON MAYA TOO BAD.

SHE'S MAKING PROGRESS.

WHEN I HEAR BULL[bleep],

I JUST IGNORE IT.

THAT'S HOW I HANDLE IT.

AND ESPECIALLY FOR A NEW

DRIVER OUT HERE, THAT'S,

I THINK, IS THE BEST WAY TO

HANDLE IT.

IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT YOU'RE

NOT LETTING ANY OF THIS GET

TO YOU.

I WOULD HAVE QUIT THIS

INDUSTRY IF I COULDN'T HANDLE

THAT TYPE OF NEGATIVITY,

BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT

IN MY LIFE AND I'VE DEALT WITH

A LOT OF NEGATIVITY AND A LOT

OF JEALOUS PEOPLE AND A LOT

OF NASTY PEOPLE.

AND I'M--I'VE LEARNED THAT IF

I LET IF BOTHER ME I'M GONNA

HAVE A MISERABLE LIFE.

SO I JUST--I CHOOSE TO IGNORE

IT.

narrator: 2,600 MILES EAST...

OH, HERE'S A TOUGH LITTLE

HILL, I'LL TELL YOU.

IT'S NICE AND SLIPPERY AROUND

HERE.

WHOA.

narrator: ALEX'S RUN TO

DELIVER FOOD SUPPLIES HAS BECOME

A RESCUE MISSION.

THANK GOD FOR YOU GUYS COMING

ALONG.

IT HAPPENED SO FAST, I DIDN'T

HAVE TIME TO THINK.

THEY WERE GETTING PRETTY COLD

BECAUSE IT WAS AROUND 35 BELOW

LAST NIGHT.

AND WE'RE GIVING THEM A RIDE TO

THE COMMUNITY WE'RE GOING TO

RIGHT NOW.

narrator: AND ALEX CAN'T GET

HIS CARGO OR HIS PASSENGERS

UNLOADED FAST ENOUGH.

I FEEL ASLEEP FOR A WHILE.

WHEN I WOKE UP, THESE GUYS WERE

ALREADY INTO SOME FIREWATER SO--

ALWAYS BLAME IT ON US.

NO WAY, YOU GUYS GOT--

DON'T BLAME IT ON US!

DON'T BLAME IT ON US, AUNTIE.

YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO DRIVE.

[bleep] DRINK NEXT TIME.

ON THESE ROADS HERE, THERE'S

ALWAYS--DANGER'S ALWAYS PRESENT.

YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE

TEMPERATURE.

HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE

REMOTENESS.

WHEN A PERSON DOES HAVE

A PROBLEM ON THIS ROAD,

OFTEN THEY DEPEND ON THE

GENEROSITY OF OTHERS COMING

ALONG, ON THE GOOD SAMARITAN.

YEAH.

JUST PICK 'EM UP AND GIVE

THEM A WARM PLACE TO SIT WHILE

WE DRIVE THEM HOME.

THIS IS THE NORTHERN STORE RIGHT

HERE.

THANK YOU.

HEY, TO YOU, ALL THE BEST.

BE GOOD, EH?

SEE YOU.

OKAY, WELL, THANKS A LOT.

THANK YOU.

narrator: WITH THIS LOAD

DELIVERED, ALEX ROLLS SOUTH...

QUITE A LONG DRIVE.

narrator: 50,000 POUNDS

LIGHTER AND A WHOLE LOT QUIETER.

SORT OF LIKE THE TORTURE

TEST.

IT WAS MORE OF A TORTURE TEST

THAN ANYTHING ELSE FOR THE TRUCK

AND FOR ME.

800 MILES NORTH OF

WINNIPEG, CANADA...

JUST GONNA ROLL INTO

LAC BROCHET HERE AND DROP

THE LOAD AND THEN TURN AROUND

AND GET THE HELL OUTTA HERE.

narrator: RICK DELIVERS HIS

50,000-POUND LOAD OF GROCERIES.

UNLOAD IT HERE IN

LAC BROCHET.

NEEDLESS TO SAY, AN INTERESTING

TRIP.

HUGH'S TRAILER COME THROUGH WITH

A LOT OF DAMAGE.

HE'S STILL STUCK ON THE ROAD.

THE BOSS IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT

SOME KINDA PLAN TO GET HIM OUTTA

THERE.

THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH GONNA HAVE

TO TAKE THAT TRAILER, UNLOAD IT,

AND DRAG IT IN EMPTY.

narrator: WHILE RICK WAITS

FOR WORD ON RESCUING HUGH'S

TRAILER, 50 MILES SOUTH

THE POLAR BEAR IS GETTING

RESTLESS.

[whistles]

I KNOW WHAT I CAN DO.

I BROUGHT MY NEW GUN WITH ME.

I SHOULD GET MY GUN.

HERE'S THE LITTLE PUPPY.

1953 SKS-15.

EVEN HAS A BAYONET.

[laughs]

LOOK AT THAT BABY.

THAT IN THERE LIKE THAT.

[laughs]

SOME SURVIVAL FOOD AND SOME

ORANGES I HAVEN'T ATE YET,

MOLDY ONES.

YUCK!

[gunshot]

[laughs]

[gunshots]

NEVER MISSED ONCE.

[laughs]

EVEN GOT A COUPLE OF SHOTS UNDER

THAT CAN OF SOUP.

[laughs]

THERE'S MY CAN OF SURVIVAL

[bleep].

THAT'S HILARIOUS.

WHAT A WAY TO PASS THE TIME.

narrator: BACK IN

LAC BROCHET...

ONE OF THE OTHER DRIVERS IS

TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO

GET THAT TRAILER OF HUGH'S

INTO TOWN HERE.

[indistinct]

I THINK I GOT SOMEONE TO LOAD

UP HERE, SO...

OKAY, LET'S GET 'ER DONE.

RIGHT ON, MAN.

THANKS.

narrator: FELLOW TRUCKERS

WILL HEAD DOWN AND HELP LOAD

HUGH'S CARGO ONTO RICK'S TRUCK,

THEN THEY'LL SWAP OUT THE BROKEN

TRAILER WITH A NEW ONE FOR

HUGH TO HAUL SOUTH.

WE GOT HER TURNED AROUND

HERE, AND WE'RE JUST GONNA HEAD

BACK TO WHERE HUGH'S TRAILER IS.

HEAD BACK TO TOWN AGAIN.

GET IT LOADED AGAIN.

THIS IS WHAT WE CAME TO DO,

CONQUER THESE ROADS.

AND THEY'RE BAD ROADS,

AS YOU CAN TELL.

THERE'S A DEAD TRAILER FOR IT.

narrator: BACK IN ALASKA,

LISA'S CHANCE TO JOIN THE HEAVY

HAUL TEAM MAY HAVE JUST COME

CRASHING DOWN.

STOP.

STOP, STOP, STOP, STOP, STOP!

[bleep].

THOUGHT YOU SAID IN A SECOND.

NO, WE'RE NOT, NOT GOOD.

STILL IN THE DITCH.

I COULDN'T SEE MY TRAILER.

I COULDN'T SEE WHERE I WAS

GOING.

I DIDN'T WANNA DUMP MINE OVER.

DO YOU WANT ME TO COME

FORWARD SO YOU CAN STRAIGHTEN

IT OUT AND THEN--

NO, NO, LET'S JUST KEEP

GOING.

YOUR STEER AXLE'S ALMOST OUT.

I'M ALMOST OUT.

GO AHEAD AND CRANK IT.

I GOT ROOM.

I JUST COULDN'T SEE.

YEAH, OKAY, GOTCHA.

YOU OWE ME A LIGHTFORCE

LIGHT.

OKAY.

AH.

narrator: LISA AND TONY GET

BEHIND THE WHEEL TO GIVE IT

ANOTHER SHOT.

OKAY, WE'RE HOOKED UP.

LET'S GO.

BUT STOP WHEN I SAY STOP.

TONY, Y'ALL GOT HER BACK ON

THE ROAD YET?

YOU'RE GOOD.

THANK YOU.

I THINK SHE WAS PROBABLY

A LITTLE FLUSTERED JUST WANTING

TO GET THE HECK OUT OF THE WAY

AND OFF THE HILL.

LET'S JUST SMILE AND NOT LET IT

RUIN OUR DAY.

SITUATIONS LIKE THAT CAN GET

A LOT WORSE REALLY FAST.

narrator: BACK ON THE ROAD...

THANKS FOR TAKING THE LEAD.

NO PROBLEM, NO PROBLEM.

narrator: LISA HAS LEARNED

HER LESSON.

THAT WAS A GOOD REMINDER THAT

WE HAVE TO BE A TEAM UP HERE.

WELL, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF WE

LEAVE EARLY OR NOT OR WHAT,

WE STILL HAVE TO TAKE THE SAME

AMOUNT OF TIME ON THE ROAD.

AND IT'S RIDICULOUS FOR ME TO BE

MAD AT SOMEONE FOR BEING LATE

40 MINUTES WHEN THAT'S EXACTLY

HOW LONG I WAS STUCK.

SO IT'S MY OWN FAULT.

I HAVEN'T BEEN A VERY GOOD TEAM

PLAYER LATELY, AND I'M SORRY

FOR THAT, AND I'M GONNA BE

A BETTER TEAM PLAYER, 'CAUSE

EVERYONE ELSE WAS AWESOME TO ME.

I GOTTA BE MORE CAREFUL.

I GOTTA THINK ABOUT MORE STUFF.

THE LIFE LESSON IS HAVE SOME

PATIENCE AND BE A TEAM PLAYER.

[honks horn]

narrator: FINALLY THE MASSIVE

MODS REACH PRUDHOE BAY.

OH, MY GOSH, IT'S COLD.

I'M GLAD IT GOT HERE SAFE.

narrator: BUT IT WILL BE UP

TO THE BOSS TO DECIDE IF LISA'S

ACCIDENT DERAILS HER PROMOTION.

TONY, I'LL BE RIGHT BEHIND

YOU.

I'LL WAIT FOR YOU.

NO BIG DEAL, WHATEVER.

SO YOU CAN TOW ME OUT OF

SNOWBANKS?

narrator: ON ALASKA'S NORTH

SLOPE...

WE'RE ONLY SIX MILES FROM

PRUDHOE BAY.

I DROVE THE WHOLE WAY FROM

FAIRBANKS.

HOW DO YOU FEEL?

THIS IS SCARIER WHEN YOU SIT

IN THE PASSENGER SEAT THAN WHEN

YOU DRIVE IT.

narrator: MAYA IS JUST MILES

AWAY FROM FINALLY CONQUERING

HER FIRST RUN.

I'M HAPPY.

IT'S A BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT.

BUT IT'S JUST THE FIRST TRIP

OF MANY.

WHEN I GET THERE, I'M POPPING

A BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE AND

CELEBRATING.

NO, I'M JOKING.

WOW, I'M SEEING PRUDHOE BAY

IN THE DAYTIME.

THIS IS A FIRST.

[honks horn]

YOU DEFINITELY DON'T WANT

TO PARK IT IN THE DITCH.

I'M JUST GONNA STOP.

STOP, STOP, STOP.

YOU'RE GOOD.

I JUST GOT TO PRUDHOE.

THIS IS THE FIRST LOAD

I DELIVERED DRIVING THE WHOLE

WAY FROM FAIRBANKS.

IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING

TO GET TO THIS POINT.

A LOT OF SETBACKS.

BUT I FINALLY DID IT.

IT'S A BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT TO

MAKE IT THIS FAR.

narrator: AND ROLLING BACK

SOUTH TO FAIRBANKS, MAYA IS NOT

ABOUT TO SURRENDER THE WHEEL.

I'M FEELING GOOD.

THAT IS A PRETTY AWESOME

ACCOMPLISHMENT.

THAT IS WHY I CAME UP HERE.

IT'S A CONSTANT CHALLENGE.

narrator: MORE THAN A MONTH

AND A HALF INTO THE SEASON,

THE NEW YORK DRIVER IS FINALLY

IN THE GAME.

DEEP IN THE CANADIAN

WILDERNESS...

RICK LEADS A CONVOY OF TRUCKERS

BACK TO HUGH'S STRANDED TRAILER.

THIS MAKES ME REGRET GETTING

UP EARLY IN THE MORNING.

'CAUSE WE'RE AT THE END OF THE

DAY STARTING THE DAY.

ALMOST TO THE POINT WHERE RICKY

GOES TO LIE DOWN FOR A BIT.

OKAY, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO PULL

OVER HERE AND GET STRAIGHTENED

OUT.

OKAY.

UNLOAD IT HERE.

WE GOT EVERYTHING LINED UP.

JUST A MATTER OF THE TRANSFER

NOW.

narrator: THE TRUCKERS GET

TO WORK LOADING HUGH'S CARGO

INTO RICK'S EMPTY TRAILER.

HE WANTS TO GET GOING AS

QUICK AS WE CAN.

RICKY'S GOTTA DRIVE RIGHT AFTER

THIS, SO...

WE GOT THE LOADER, WE GOT THE

PALLET JACK, WE'RE FINE.

IT'S ALL GOOD.

YEE-HAW, PALLET NUMBER ONE.

narrator: THREE HOURS

LATER...

OKAY.

FINALLY.

WELL, WE'RE ALL BUTTONED UP

AND READY TO GO.

ANOTHER LONG DAY.

STILL DON'T KNOW IF I CAN GET IT

UNLOADED TONIGHT OR NOT.

THAT'S IT.

IT'S ALL OVER BUT THE CRYING

NOW.

narrator: WHILE HUGH HITS THE

SACK...

I HAVE ALL THE FAITH IN THE

WORLD IN MY LITTLE BUDDY.

narrator: RICK HITS THE ROAD

ONE MORE TIME.

THE FROZEN WILDERNESS IS NO

PLACE TO LOSE FOCUS.

[yawns]

narrator: WITH THE SUCCESS

OF THE RUN ON HIS SHOULDERS,

RICK FIGHTS THROUGH HIS

EXHAUSTION.

YEAH, YOU'VE NEVER SEEN

A HARDER WORKING GUY THAN RICK.

IF HE WANTS SOMETHING BAD

ENOUGH, HE'LL DO IT.

I MEAN, NO MATTER WHAT HE'LL

GET THROUGH IT.

HE MIGHT GO ABOUT IT THE WRONG

WAY SOMETIMES, BUT HE ALWAYS

SEEMS TO GET THROUGH IT.

narrator: FINALLY THE LIGHTS

OF LAC BROCHET APPEAR.

I MADE IT, AND THEY'RE NOT

READY FOR US.

SO LOOKS LIKE A HUNKER DOWN FOR

THE NIGHT THING HERE.

TIRED, I'M HUNGRY.

GETTING FRUSTRATED.

SPENT ENOUGH TIME HERE.

I WANT TO GO.

BUT GOTTA DO WHAT WE GOTTA DO.

TILL SOMEONE RAPS ON MY DOOR

READY FOR AN UNLOAD, I'M GOING

TO BED.

narrator: NEXT ON

ICE ROAD TRUCKERS...

[groans]

I'VE BEEN TO MANY A THIRD WORLD

COUNTRY.

THIS PLACE IS [bleep] WORSE.

narrator: THE CANADIANS

MADE IT NORTH...

HOPE WE CAN MAKE IT THROUGH

HERE.

narrator: BUT GETTING OUT IS

A WHOLE NEW BATTLE.

I'M [bleep] STUCK!

narrator: THE BIGGEST STORM

OF THE SEASON...

THIS IS THE WORST WEATHER

I'VE DRIVEN IN YET.

narrator: SHUTS DOWN THE

DALTON.

THIS WIND IS SUCKING THE

BREATH RIGHT OUT OF YOU.

TRYING TO NOT DRIVE YOUR

TRUCK OFF THE ROAD.

narrator: AND IT'S GONNA GET

UGLY.

WHO THE HELL'S GONNA FIX

ALL THIS?

WAY IT GOES DOWN, MAN.

HEAVY HAUL'S NOT FOR

EVERYBODY.