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NARRATOR: Tonight on "Ice Road Truckers"--

Roads are fading.

My body's fading.

It's almost time for the end of the season.

NARRATOR: Hugh's load gets too close for comfort.

Well, that sucks.

NARRATOR: Lisa steps up.

If I'm allowed to follow, I just do.

But if I need to lead, I'm really good at it.

NARRATOR: And two rookies fight to stay on the road.

Oh, please pull over.

You've made some mistakes.

[music playing]

NARRATOR: Across the frozen tundras of North America,

the ice roads are melting.

The dash for the cash hits the homestretch.

And ice road truckers on both sides of the continent

gear up for the sprint to the finish.

At Polar Industries in Manitoba, Canada--

HUGH: Hey, Rick, you awake?

Yeah, go ahead.

NARRATOR: Hugh Roland and Rick Yemm

are up early, hoping to squeezein one more load before the ice

road disappears.

These roads are pretty much [bleep] right now.

Look at that. Does that look frozen?

The roads are fading.

My body's fading.

My hair is fading.

It's almost time for the end of the season.

HUGH: OK, I'm rolling.

I'm good.

OK.

I'll get this thing wheeled around, get out of here.

NARRATOR: Hauling 60,000 pounds of concrete barriers,

Hugh and Rick hit the road to St. Theresa Point one

last time.

[music playing]

9:00 AM and the morning sun is taking its toll

on the road and the rigs.

Sun's coming up there.

And she's got quite a bit of heat.

The roads are getting pretty slick out now.

Traveled as much as we could at night there.

Another couple of days gonna make a big difference here.

[music playing]

Some serious time I got to spend with my hot tub

and get my back back in shape again.

Spending a couple bucks at the old chiropractor.

Hold on.

Holy [bleep].

I'm going to jump out here and see what the [bleep] going on.

I wonder, wonder, wonder.

NARRATOR: The rough road causedone of the cement barriers

to slide forward and just inches away

from slamming into Hugh's cab.

[bleep] Are you serious?

NARRATOR: 300 miles from help, Hugh's run

may be over before it starts.

HUGH: Well, that [bleep] sucks.

NARRATOR: 100 miles south, Alex Debogorski

is neck-and-neck in the race with Hugh.

I'm not going to compete on the talking end of it.

You know, sure, I like to talk too.

But I'm not going to argue with those guys.

Maybe I didn't get the most loads every year,

but I was up there.

I always got lots of loads.

I got my fair share.

Most guys got a lot less loads than I did.

NARRATOR: This 20-ton load of building supplies

bound for St. Theresa Point will help him keep pace.

I get a lot of good bounces if I come off the seat.

But most of the holes, I can hit them.

You know, you've got a split second

to decide before you hit that hole and swerve

and just catch that hole right so you kind of go through

it smooth.

It doesn't-- it doesn't put theframe right down on the blasted

spring, eh?

It's stuck.

The tow truck's stuck.

ALEX: There's Bob's truck.

Look at the wheel's off.

Oh, the tow truck is getting 'em.

NARRATOR: As the road melts, more and more trucks

spin out in the soft snow and mud.

Even a tow truck has gotten stuck halfway through a rescue

job.

Do you want me to give you a tug?

I'd sure appreciate it.

Half price today.

I'm gonna-- we're going to give this tow truck a tow.

What next, they said, eh?

If you just sort of slip the clutch and I'll back up.

And then I'll give it a jerk.

Just let the clutch out.

Any time you're ready.

OK.

I'm going to back up a little.

Enjoy your week, the rest of your time here.

Not much longer, I guess, eh?

Yeah, not too much longer.

You want a story, here's another one--

don't offer me a chance to pull out a big tow truck.

Yeah, so I'm going to be super trucker.

NARRATOR: But just 10 miles up the road,

Alex hits another snag.

What are you doing out here?

Well, I'm just doing some test holes here, just trying

to see how thick the ice is.

NARRATOR: As the end of the season approaches,

the frozen lakes begin to thaw.

And it's up to researchers like Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht

to determine when the icebecomes too dangerous to cross.

Well, we can start right here.

Sounds rocky.

Oh, oh--

That's it.

There you go.

That wasn't too deep, is it?

It's about 18 inches.

But, you know, like two, three weeks ago,

it was like four feet thick so.

A car might float along on the surface for a minute or two

before it sinks.

But if you're in a big truck, if it breaks clean through,

it'll basically sink in about three seconds.

If you're doing any more driving, be very careful.

Because, you know, break-up's happening.

And the ice is getting very thin, very quick.

Thank you very much, Mr. Popsicle.

NARRATOR: Alex will play it safe.

I'm taking a long way up the west side of Lake Winnipeg,

on Highway 6.

NARRATOR: The long way adds more than 200 miles

of driving to his run.

But with the ice thinning quickly,

Alex would rather risk losing the load count than his life.

I'm not going to worry about stuff that's going to happen

tomorrow right now.

I've got a plan.

I'm going to stick to the plan until the plan changes.

NARRATOR: 2,600 miles west, in Prudhoe Bay,

Alaska, veteran Tony Molesky islooking for a backhaul to juice

up his load count.

TONY: Looks like the yard's pretty thin this morning.

NARRATOR: This late in the season,

the Prudhoe yard is usually packed

with loads heading south.

But today, the freight yard is a ghost town.

See what we got in here.

Pretty thin out there in the yard, huh?

Yeah, lots of empty trailers, lots of stuff coming in.

But not a whole lot going south right now.

Perfect.

A lot of our hardware is tied up

because there's a polar bear--

at least a mom and a cub.

And I had to pull everything off and wait.

So--

They evacuate?

Yep.

NARRATOR: With a 1,200 pound polar bear stalking out

a nearby equipment yard, the road from the oil field

to Prudhoe Bay is closed.

And the area has been evacuatedfor a mile in every direction.

Wow.

Because they were here before we were.

NARRATOR: The one-mile evacuation zone

is part of a federal lawdesigned to protect both people

and bears.

In 1973, President Richard Nixonsigned the Endangered Species

Act--

The time has come for man to make his peace with nature.

NARRATOR: --giving the polar bear and other animals

with dwindling population a better chance of surviving.

So for now--

Is there going to be a bunch of backhauls coming soon?

We do have some metal scrap ends that

need to get back to Fairbanks. - Yeah.

Nice.

NARRATOR: Tony gets lucky.

Thanks for the trip.

We'll see you in a week or so. - All right.

Take care. Be safe, bro.

We will.

I just laid claim on the only backhaul.

Rank has its privileges, man.

There's polar bears costing huge money.

And we're running out of time on the ice.

And then nothing we can do.

NARRATOR: 500 miles south, at Carlisle headquarters--

Morning.

Hey, Lane.

How you doing?

What's going on?

Have a seat.

NARRATOR: It's judgment day for Dave Redmond.

Let me grab the door quick.

Want me to grab it?

Thanks, Dave.

Let's-- let's talk about what's going on out there.

I'm still getting some--

little bit of negative feedbackfrom my guys out there.

You know, from the first trip, you've had problems.

I feel like I'm [bleep] eight years old over here,

driving a [bleep] big wheel.

I think everything's going fine.

I mean, I keep my mouth shut.

I do my job.

I've spoken to Phil.

Phil is concerned still becausehe doesn't think that you're

communicating out there.

Copy that there, Dave?

Shut up!

About the incident the other day, with the convoy.

It's when you passed by, it was on a blind corner.

And they said there was almosta collision with a four-wheeler?

That's bull [bleep].

That's absolute bull [bleep].

Bull [bleep].

Bull [bleep].

Bull [bleep].

You play the tape back.

If that's the case, I'll walk out of here right now.

She was just going real slow--

He's following way too close.

I mean, you don't even follow that close on pavement.

You're going to follow that close on [bleep] ice?

And she was just-- you know, I just kept saying,

I'm having a hard time keeping this truck slowed down going

down the hill.

Give me a [bleep] enough room between us.

Well, I could if I wasn't 80,000 pounds.

And I said, Maya, as soon asyou go around that next corner,

I'm going to come around you.

And she said, that's fine.

That works for me.

I'm going to let him get around soon.

It'll make everybody's life a little easier.

Soon as she come around the corner,

I went around here, got right back in front of her.

I mean, I thought we did thatas safe as we could have done it

under the circumstances.

There was no near miss with no four-wheeler.

That is bull [bleep].

OK.

Because I heard that from a couple of people.

So-- - That's bull [bleep].

NARRATOR: In the office of Carlisle's top brass--

You know, from the first trip, you've had problems

with personalities.

Tony has quit talking about it because he knows that.

I don't say anything to Tony.

Tony comes up and tries to say something,

I just stand there with my mouth shut.

You're pissed because I[bleep] pissed in your sandbox.

Yeah, you disrespected me in my truck.

You're wanting me to come over here and grovel, OK.

It's not going to happen.

You've made some mistakes.

Your last trip with Phil, I mean,

you high-hitched a trailer.

Ah-- mother [bleep] How the [bleep] did I miss it all

together?

Not only could that have done damage to the pipe,

but it's-- once again, it's not a veteran mistake.

Right.

I mean, it's not something that the guy that's

been driving for 25 years does.

And I mean--

You're right.

Your mind is somewhere else.

And it's not on what you're doing.

You know what, you're probably right.

My mind is-- probably 50% of the day, all I do is wake up

and wonder who's going to [bleep] me today.

How am I supposed to drive on the most dangerous road

in the world with no [bleep] seat belt!

And it won't get any better.

I think, at this point, that we don't really

have any choice but to part ways and then move forward.

OK.

I don't have any hard feelings with you, Dave.

I think that while you'rehere, you did a good enough job

as far as getting up and down the road.

But there's more to it than just that.

Right.

I appreciate you giving me a shot.

Well, I appreciate--

I appreciate your time, Dave. I really do.

Thank you.

NARRATOR: With a load leader down for the count, just

outside of town, Lisa Kelly gears up

to make a run for the crown.

I'm never going to give up.

NARRATOR: After a rocky start--

Lisa fought her way back to heavy haul.

And today's 15-ton check will put her skills to the test.

- Hi, Rod. - How you doing?

Good. How are you?

Good. Good, good, good.

Good to see you.

Good to see you, too.

It'll be fun, won't it?

Yes.

Yes.

NARRATOR: With 25 years experience,

driver Rod Cahill should be leading this oversized convoy.

But he's got a problem.

I just noticed, you have a block and I don't.

I'm going, uh oh.

That means you're going to have more problems than me.

Yeah.

NARRATOR: The 5,000-pound cementblock weighs down the front

axle, increasing traction on the slippery road.

What?

You want me to take that one?

Oh, no.

I'll be fine.

I'll be fine.

I'll let you lead.

All right. - That cool with you?

Yep.

All right.

Well, this will be fun.

If I'm allowed to follow, I just do.

But if I need to lead, I'm really good at it.

[music playing]

I don't know that much about Rod.

He's been with the company for a while.

We haven't really run together that much.

He just-- he's very, very happy all the time.

Oh, my gosh.

NARRATOR: But less than 30 miles into their journey--

That would have been bad.

My truck has a code 95.

NARRATOR: When the truck's computer system detects engine

problems, it will automatically reduce

the available horsepower.

I've got a tail-heavy, overweight, oversized load,

combined with a de-rating truck is going to make

for a challenging day.

NARRATOR: De-rating could be a computer glitch or a sign

of bigger problems.

But Lisa isn't backing down.

Everyone's going to out-pull me.

And that's fine.

Whatever.

I'll get there two miles an hour.

I don't care.

It'll get there.

NARRATOR: Back in the Fairbanks truck yard,

rookie Maya Sieber tightens down her load.

Hey, lady.

Hey, Phil.

- What's going on? - Not much.

How you doing?

Good.

So you know, Dave's no longer with us.

Are you serious?

Yeah.

He got let go.

In short, he was unwilling to really learn and listen

to what's going on out there.

So, you know, like I told you before, everybody's watching

the new drivers.

You know, a certain amount of negativity

makes it back to the boss here in town.

And that's how it happens.

Right.

And things are changing.

The snow pack is turning to ice.

And the ice pack is turning to slick ice.

You know, it's just--

the job is definitely changing.

- I'll do what I have to do. - All right.

Have a good one.

Thank you.

NARRATOR: With Dave out of the picture,

the last rookie standing is feeling the pressure.

It's really, really tough to be open to learning

all over again.

But it's something you have to do.

Up here, it's completely different from any driving

you will ever do.

It's important for me to get these loads in.

Dave's out of the picture now.

And I'm the only rookie up here.

You know, I have to prove myself.

It kind of sucks because the road's getting really slick

because the sun's really strong.

And it's melting the top layer of ice.

And because I'm so light, it's going

to be kind of difficult to have traction.

It could be a fight to get up there.

Today I'm in the mood for a fight, so it's OK.

NARRATOR: 275 miles up the road,with the last of the season's

critical loads rolling north, it's up to the Alaska DOT

to keep the roads open and safe.

Today worker Ken Bear is on an emergency mission.

We're heading up north in the valley here.

And we're going to go up to mile post 195,

where Sheep Creek is, and take a look at this big bubble

and see if we can't drill a hole in the side of it,

get some water pressure to release.

NARRATOR: As the weather warms, lakes and rivers

go through a cycle of freezing and thawing.

If the pressure continues to build,

the ice bubble will eventually burst, flooding the road.

K. Bear uses an ice auger to relieve the pressure.

[music playing]

We got this just in time.

You can see these big cracks along the front and the side

here.

We averted disaster.

That's ice cold.

NARRATOR: 100 miles from Winnipeg,

in the thick of the Canadian bush--

I'm going to jump out here andsee what the [bleep] going on.

I wonder, wonder, wonder.

NARRATOR: The rough road has caused

one of Hugh's massive concrete barriers

to slide dangerously close to the cab.

Well, that [bleep] sucks.

NARRATOR: But 100 miles from a forklift, the polar bear

has a plan.

I'm just going to try to use my trailer to push it back on.

NARRATOR: They'll take advantage of horsepower

and the high, flat edge of Rick's trailer--

Watch it, watch it, watch it!

NARRATOR: --to carefully push the barrier back in place.

Using the rig got it close--

Take a chain and boomer and just--

Yeah, we'll get it.

I need your help, though.

NARRATOR: --but the rest will take muscle.

Ah!

[bleep]

Sliding was such a good idea, eh?

[bleep],, I pulled that muscle big time.

We're just going to reinforce this so that the blocks don't

slide out.

We're getting snow all over the deck.

It's a warm day and the blocks are starting to slide around

here a little bit.

You ready?

Let us be gone.

NARRATOR: While Hugh and Rick get back in the race,

Alex is adding hours onto his trip

to avoid crossing the thin ice.

No, I don't want to get stuck in there.

I don't want to wreck the freight.

And I don't want to wreck the truck.

My goal is to get this old truck back in one piece.

I don't want to be the guy that finishes it off.

Let somebody else finish it off.

I'd like Orvis to be able to say,

I gave Debogorski that old truck and, you know,

he drove it all season and brought it

back in the same or better condition

than it was when he started.

Right now my job's to get it to turn off in the bush.

I've got a plan.

I'm going to stick to the plan until the plan changes.

NARRATOR: The detour will keep Alex off the thin ice.

But driving the back roadsmeans 200 extra miles of bumping

and battering for his truck.

I'm losing air pretty quick.

I've got zero air in the one side.

NARRATOR: And it's not long before his beat-up rig gives

out.

Good under here.

Transmission, drive shaft-- the drive shaft

let go at the back of the front dif

and it snapped the pinion right off on the back dif.

It flew out, took out the rightairbag and a couple airlines.

NARRATOR: After 19 punishing runs,

Alex is down for the count.

I'm about 10 minutes past that Pelican Landing

where we fueled up.

Sorry about that.

Bye.

Well, let's see how this finishes a run.

It doesn't matter whether I'm on the ice road, in the bush,

whatever. The run's finished.

NARRATOR: Back in Alaska, Dave Redmond is licking his wounds

after being fired from his job.

You know I came up here.

I guess I beat them at their own game.

And now they're pissed off at me.

And now they don't want to play with me no more.

So, you know, they're just basically just

making my life miserable, tainting the opinion

of the [bleep] management as far as me driving safely

and doing stuff safely.

Well, you know, it's kind of obvious.

You know, everybody they've stuck me with

has been in a wreck, in a wreck, in a ditch, whatever.

But I don't have any accidents.

[bleep] what's up with that?

I mean, it's kind of obvious who's the [bleep] winner here.

So [bleep],, I'll just go home,go back down to the [bleep]

lower 48, where at least everybody appreciates,

you know, somebody who can do a good job.

I guess all that's left is toget my [bleep],, get the [bleep]

out of here.

Yeah, I've never been fired from a job in my life

over petty bull [bleep] rumors.

You know, their [bleep] employees

are taking over this [bleep] company.

They show up to work when they want.

They hold up everybody.

They don't give a [bleep].

It's just getting out of hand.

So it's best that I just [bleep] go.

Don't need them anyways.

[bleep] I'll go back home and work where I'm appreciated.

NARRATOR: 400 miles up the haul road,

Tony Molesky is hauling the day's only backhaul.

And he's approaching a stretch of road

that's all too familiar.

This is kind of back in the same spot, same truck,

heading into Surprise Rise here.

NARRATOR: At the start of the season,

Tony was lucky to survive a crash in this very spot.

TONY: I thought I was gone.

Let's see if we can do this right this time.

DIANA: Is this Tony?

Yeah, what's happening?

DIANA: I've got a 21 wide.

He's gonna wait for you on the other side of the detour.

OK, Diana.

We'll blaze on down there.

Thank you.

DIANA: You're welcome.

NARRATOR: With northbound truckers normally having

the right away, Tony speeds up, not wanting

to keep the 20 wide waiting.

But as he approaches the rise--

[truck horn]

I thought he was waiting for us the other side

of the detour.

I guess not.

NARRATOR: 100 miles south of Prudhoe Bay,

Alaska, Tony is facing an oncoming 20 wide.

I thought he was waiting for us the other side

of the detour.

I guess not.

[truck horn]

Crazy.

She told me you were waiting onthe other side of the detour.

That's why I come down there.

Aw, you're fine.

It all worked out.

It's all good.

You guys have a good day up there.

That just goes to show you, youhave to expect the unexpected

even when you do communicate, you know.

Kind of ironic where we met him too.

We just met that 21 wide right next to where I got

hit by a trailer here a while back.

But you just never know.

NARRATOR: 200 miles south of Prudhoe Bay--

I can't tell.

NARRATOR: Lisa has limped her oversized load all the way

to Atigun Pass.

Thank you.

NARRATOR: With the polar bear standoff resolved,

backhauls have resumed out of Prudhoe Bay.

And Lisa and Rod--

I have to go by this guy and I don't

want to do another ditch dive.

NARRATOR: --are running into the first southbounders.

Yeah, we got three or four coming up behind us, too.

I been slipping and sliding all over here.

I managed not to burn out this year or last year.

So I'd like to keep it that way.

NARRATOR: Before heading up the pass,

Lisa pulls over to find out what she'll be facing.

I spun out on the pass going down and coming back.

Oh, really?

Yeah.

The pass is not very friendly.

Thanks for the info.

Good luck.

Drew said that the pass is not good.

He's spun out before he even made it to the waterfall.

But now that it's not in good shape,

I'm throwing my second set.

OK.

Oh, my gosh.

NARRATOR: With two sets ofchains and an underpowered rig,

Lisa rolls her 15-ton load onto Atigun.

I'm double-chained, so I should be good.

Lisa, you leading?

What'd you say?

I wanted to know if you were leading.

Oh, my gosh.

Who trained you, Rod?

They did a good job.

Ah, tell her good job.

ROD: [laughs] OK.

All right.

Rod's contagious.

Oh, here we go into de-rate mode.

I think this thing would dobetter if I'd hooked my Mini up

to it.

I'm about to drop another half here.

Yeah, there's-- see, there's not much rock up here.

I'm so glad I chained.

There's no way I'd make it up this, no way.

Hey, that's about what we were doing pull trucking.

Pull trucking, we were going about 11.

Push trucking I was going about six.

Right now I'm doing about 13.

That's bad.

I'm gonna make it.

Needed all that room.

Yep, yep, yep.

NARRATOR: With only half her horsepower,

the only thing that got Lisa up the pass

was an extra set of chains and determination.

Yay!

My boss made it!

All right!

We're doing good.

The two sets of chains worked.

And I'm glad that I did it.

I don't even think I would have made it to the switchback

with this thing.

It was the right decision.

I can't say next stop is Prudhoe because you never

know what's going to happen between here and there.

We still got four hours to go.

If you remember the last time I had one of these,

I went off at Toolik.

And that's still that way about an hour.

And then, remember the time the tires fell off my dolly?

That was up at Chicken Run.

That's past Toolik.

So a lot could happen between here and there.

It ain't over till it's over.

NARRATOR: 20 miles behind Lisa, at the base of Atigun,

Maya Sieber checks her 18,000 pound fuel tank.

It's all good.

I'm just about to head up the pass.

I didn't put on chains today.

And I just passed another truckthat had chains on that just

came down the pass.

I heard him clanking.

I looked.

I was like, why is he chained up.

I don't know.

Could be trouble.

I guess we're going to find out, huh?

NARRATOR: Despite Phil's warnings--

The job is definitely changing.

And there's going to be a little bit more

chaining up than we had to do the last few weeks.

Too late now.

I'm heading up.

NARRATOR: --the last rookie standing

may not be standing for long.

Oh, please move over.

And he's right where I need to be in the left side.

Oh, slipping a little bit.

Ooh, I'm slipping.

It's really slippery.

It's slipping the whole way.

Just about to the top.

The top is only half way.

Now it's time to go down.

Oh, my goodness.

I'm not looking forward to going down.

I'd rather burn out than lock up going down.

Holy [bleep].

NARRATOR: On the north slope of Atigun Pass,

Maya Sieber is in trouble.

Holy [bleep].

Maya, can you get stopped?

Um, yeah, I can try.

Yeah. - OK.

Give it a try.

I'll be on the northbounder coming up here.

If you can be stopped, it'll all work out good.

Do you mean a southbounder?

Yeah, I mean a southbounder.

I'm sorry.

NARRATOR: A southbound truck is taking up both lanes,

forcing Maya to stop on Atigun'ssteep, 12 percent grade.

OK.

I'm stopped up here.

OK, southbounder, she's got it stopped.

You keep on going.

All righty, thanks.

Thank you very much.

I was getting a little worried there.

I don't like that.

We're not supposed to stop.

Because northbounders are expecting to haul

ass down this way.

It's not good that I'm stopped here.

Oh, [bleep].

Stupid, stupid, stupid.

Definitely want to be paying attention and listening

for anytime you lock up.

Because if you don't know you're locked up,

you are in a lot of trouble.

I am concentrating right now.

I have to listen to the engine.

Going up you have to listen for slipping and spinning.

And then going down you have to listen for locking up.

To me this is like the most challenging part of the road.

And this is just like miles andmiles of downgrades and S-turns

and crazy [bleep].

We're down.

I fought that hill.

I fought it without chains.

Still on to Prudhoe Bay.

Any hour I'm out here, I make it the most productive I can.

And that's it.

This is grind time.

This is how I roll.

NARRATOR: In Canada, Hugh and Rick

roll into St. Theresa Point.

This is my turn-off here, buddy.

I'll go see what I got to do with the blocks.

OK.

I'll just wait till you get over this way,

and I just kind of drop this trailer at the school

and then pick up a van trailer.

So I'll only be a couple of minutes.

We're here. We'll unload.

We'll head back.

And hopefully the road doesn't get too screwed up tomorrow.

We'll deal with this in the morning.

Because I'm just an un-pin.

I don't need any help or there'sno unload times or nothing.

So it should be quick and easy for me.

Good enough.

Done for the day.

NARRATOR: On The other side of town,

Hugh delivers his concrete barriers.

The only thing differentabout this and the Dalton boys,

is we actually have to work.

We got to load our loads and unload our loads.

[laughter]

NARRATOR: With the winter roads melting fast,

Hugh's 21st load of the season will put him one up on Alex.

Back in Fairbanks, Dave Redmond is headed home.

You know, as far as I know right now,

I'm ahead in the load count.

So that's about as far as I can go with that.

It's been a good experience-- you know, coming to Alaska,

the Dalton Highway, the people,the weather, the challenges,

everything that's been put forth to me.

It's just the working environment took it [bleep]..

Appreciate the ride.

I mean, I was an absolute outsider

from the day I got here till the day I'm leaving right now.

Nobody gave me a fair shake here.

NARRATOR: Dave's season is done.

But the Alabama Slammer leaves at the top of the load board.

[music playing]

500 miles north, Lisa Kelly is ready to make

a run for the title.

We are just entering Prudhoe Bay.

And I'm looking forward to an intensely long night of sleep.

I am tired.

I'm exhausted.

But I'm still here and still going.

And I finished the job.

No wimping out, man.

Truck de-rated all the way here.

Slow going up the hills.

I freaking made it.

NARRATOR: In Canada, Alex also has a reason to celebrate--

a replacement truck has arrived.

Very good.

What do you think for windshield wipers?

That's good.

NARRATOR: Alex is back in the race.

And we're getting ready totry it again, head north again.

It's a Volvo, which I've never driven before.

So of course I'm learning in the dark, like usual.

I do my best work in the dark.

NARRATOR: Next time, on the finale of "Ice Road Truckers,"

Alex fights to stay in the game--

We've got a leak, pretty big leak.

NARRATOR: --while Mother Nature's final punch leaves

Hugh and Rick stranded in the bush.

Everybody gets in a [bleep] hurry without thinking ahead.

NARRATOR: In Alaska, the last rookie standing--

Oh, my god.

NARRATOR: --breaks new ground.

Oh, my god.

NARRATOR: And the ice road crown--

It's pretty crucial that we get this done.

NARRATOR: --is up for grabs.

Yay, the season's done!

Woohoo!