Original subtitles

>> male narrator: TONIGHT ON

ICE ROAD TRUCKERS...

>> YEAH, IT'S ALASKA, BABY.

>> narrator: IT'S JUDGMENT DAY

FOR THE DALTON NEWCOMERS.

>> THE SOUTH'S INVADING, SON.

>> 'CAUSE HE'S A [bleep] PRICK.

>> OH, [bleep].

>> narrator: ON THE WINTER

ROADS...

>> HOLY [bleep].

>> narrator: RICK LOSES IT.

>> CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN WHERE IN

THE [bleep] I'M GOING?

>> narrator: AND ALEX...

>> WHY DID I THINK I SAW THE

TOWN?

LIKE, WHAT HAPPENED TO IT?

>> narrator: ROLLS THE DICE ON

ARCTIC ICE.

>> ANYBODY GOT A COPY?

UP HERE, YOU CAN EASILY DIE BY

YOURSELF.

[rock music]

♪ ♪

>> narrator: IN MANITOBA,

CANADA...

[truck horn blasts]

RECORD-HIGH TEMPERATURES HAVE

TURNED THE WINTER ROADS INTO AN

UNFORGIVING SWAMP OF SLUSH...

AND THIN ICE.

>> THAT WAS A GOOD BUMP.

>> I LOVE IT.

>> narrator: AND 200 MILES NORTH

OF WINNIPEG...

>> [chuckles]

>> narrator: HUGH AND RICK ARE

IN THE THICK OF IT.

>> SO ROUGH, MY TRUCK POPS OUT

OF GEAR.

>> narrator: THIS SEASON...

>> BOY, THIS IS STUPID.

>> 10-4.

>> narrator: HUGH IS SHARING IN

POLAR'S PROFITS...

>> [bleep].

>> THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT RIGHT

THERE.

>> narrator: WHILE RICK IS

DRIVING AS A FIRST-TIME TRUCK

OWNER.

>> YEAH-HEAH!

>> narrator: BUT SO FAR...

THEIR SEASON'S BEEN MORE CRASH

THAN CASH.

>> WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS YEAR IS

A LOT MORE DANGEROUS THAN ANY

OTHER YEAR.

THE ROADS HAVEN'T EVEN HARDENED.

LIKE, THEY HAVEN'T EVEN PACKED

UP YET.

[truck horn blasts]

>> narrator: AND AFTER TWO

BRUTAL DAYS...

>> HOLY CRAP.

ARE WE HERE?

>> GOT TO BE GETTING CLOSE.

>> narrator: THE END IS ALMOST

IN SIGHT.

>> SMOOTH SAILING FROM HERE ON

OUT.

>> narrator: BUT UP AHEAD...

>> THAT'S A [bleep] NIGHTMARE.

HOLY [bleep].

>> narrator: WHAT SHOULD BE A

300-YARD ICE CROSSING...

>> YOU'RE GONNA GET ROUGH IN

HERE.

>> narrator: LOOKS MORE LIKE AN

OPEN RIVER.

>> [sighs]

THIS IS NOT ICE ROAD TRUCKING

ANYMORE.

THIS IS KIND OF LIKE SUICIDAL

TRUCKING.

>> narrator: BUT WITH THEIR

PAYDAY WAITING ON THE OTHER

SIDE...

>> WE AIN'T GOT TIME TO SIT

AROUND HERE.

>> narrator: HUGH TESTS THE ICE

WITH 14,000 POUNDS OF STEEL.

>> OKAY.

WE'RE JUST GOING INTO THE

[bleep] WATER HERE.

[chuckles]

OKAY, I'M ACROSS 'ER.

COME ON OVER.

>> narrator: WITH A FOOT OF

WATER COVERING THE CROSSING...

RICK'S GOT NO WAY TO KNOW IF

THE ICE IS STILL SOLID.

>> HERE WE GO.

I DON'T EVEN HAVE ICE TO RUN ON.

I'M GOING THROUGH A LAKE.

>> HAMMER DOWN.

>> ENJOYING THE ICE ROAD TRUCK

TODAY, PARTNER?

>> 10-4.

>> OH, YEAH.

[truck horn blasts]

WELL, I GOT TO SAY, THAT'S

THE FIRST TIME I'VE EVER RUN

OPEN WATER AT THE START OF A

SEASON.

>> PUT MY [bleep] COWBOY HAT ON.

THIS IS A [bleep] TRUCK RODEO

IF I'VE EVER BEEN IN ONE.

YEE-HAW!

[laughs]

>> narrator: 1,600 MILES TO THE

NORTHWEST...

[dogs barking]

>> THEY PACK IT IN THERE FAIRLY

TIGHT...

TO SAVE IT FROM FALLING OVER.

>> narrator: ALEX DEBOGORSKI IS

LOADING UP FOR HIS DEADLIEST

MISSION YET.

>> LOAD HER TO THE MAX.

>> WE'RE DONE.

>> narrator: YESTERDAY...

>> GIDDYUP. LET'S GO.

>> narrator: HE DEFIED THE ODDS,

SURVIVING THE DEADLY DEMPSTER...

>> WHOA, BOY.

>> narrator: TO BRING EMERGENCY

SUPPLIES TO INUVIK.

>> I THINK WE'RE READY TO GO.

>> narrator: BUT TODAY HE'S

HEADING EVEN FURTHER NORTH TO

RESUPPLY THE NATIVE VILLAGE OF

TUKTOYAKTUK.

>> SINK OR SWIM.

>> narrator: ALEX WILL LEAVE

SOLID GROUND BEHIND...

AND DRIVE ONTO THE ARCTIC OCEAN,

A PLACE WHERE SHIFTING ICE

CRUSHES SHIPS...

AND STRANDED SOULS CAN FREEZE TO

DEATH.

>> THIS IS MOST OF THE STORE'S

SUPPLY FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.

THE PERSON WHO OWNS THE STORE

HAS BEEN WAITING FOR IT FOR A

WHILE.

AND IF HE DOESN'T GET THE

SUPPLY BEFORE THE ICE GOES OUT,

HE'S GONNA BE OUT OF BUSINESS.

>> narrator: WEIGHED DOWN WITH

NEARLY 30,000 POUNDS OF CARGO...

>> WHOA, BABY.

>> narrator: ALEX EASES ONTO

THE ICE.

>> ICE CRACKING.

[cracking ice]

NICE AND EASY.

AND EVERY TIME YOU GO ON ICE,

THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR PROBLEMS.

IF THE ICE BREAKS, YOU CAN END

UP IN THE WATER.

THERE'S SOMETHING UP HERE.

THIS IS A TRUCK THAT'S--HAS SUNK

THROUGH THE ICE.

AND THERE IT SITS, FROZE IN.

CAN YOU IMAGINE THE PANIC THAT

THE DRIVER HAD WHEN HE WENT

THROUGH?

WELL, THAT'S A REMINDER TO ALL

THOSE PEOPLE THAT SAY THAT

TRUCKS NEVER GO THROUGH THE ICE.

NO, THEY NEVER GO THROUGH.

WELL, THERE YOU ARE.

THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT NEVER

WENT THROUGH.

UP HERE, YOU CAN EASILY DIE BY

YOURSELF.

>> narrator: 480 MILES TO THE

SOUTHWEST IN ALASKA...

>> GOT HER!

>> narrator: CARLILE'S IN THE

MIDDLE OF A MASSIVE PROJECT--

TO MOVE A 3 1/2 MILLION-POUND

OIL RIG TO PRUDHOE BAY.

AND IT'S BROUGHT NEW FACES TO

THE DALTON, HOPING TO CASH IN ON

THE EXTRA WORKLOAD.

IN THE OFFICE...

>> HOW'D IT GO?

I MEAN, WE GOT OUR FIRST TRIP

OUT OF THE WAY.

>> YUP.

>> narrator: IT'S COCKY NEWCOMER

DARRELL RD.

ON THE ROAD...

THE MONTANA LOG HAULER STRUTTED

HIS STUFF.

>> I'M THE BEST [bleep] OUT

HERE.

>> narrator: BUT HIS ATTITUDE

RAISED EYEBROWS.

>> I WILL GUARANTEE YOU, IF YOU

SAY THAT TOO MUCH, IT'S GONNA

BITE YOU.

>> narrator: AND NOW HIS FUTURE

WITH CARLILE IS IN THE HANDS OF

THE BOSS.

>> SOUNDS LIKE THERE WERE A FEW

CHALLENGES OUT THERE.

>> YOU KNOW, ONE THING I

NOTICED, YOU'RE REALLY--YOU'RE

REALLY COCKY.

>> I DON'T LIKE THE--THE

ARROGANCE THERE.

IT'S A BIG CONCERN.

>> RIGHT.

THESE GUYS ARE WATCHING YOUR

ASS.

THEY'RE WATCHING YOU.

AND YOU'RE OVERCONFIDENT,

THEY'RE NOT GONNA LIKE IT.

>> REALLY IT'S DECISION TIME,

TONY.

>> WELL, I FELT REAL COMFORTABLE

WITH THE WAY HE WAS DRIVING, SO,

AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, HE'S

GOOD, MAN.

HE'S READY TO GO.

>> OKAY, WE'RE GONNA LET YOU GO

HERE.

WE'RE GONNA PUT YOU ON THE ROAD.

DON'T GET TOO ARROGANT OR TOO

COCKY OUT THERE, BECAUSE THAT'S

WHAT GETS GUYS IN TROUBLE.

GOOD LUCK OUT THERE.

GLAD TO HAVE YOU ABOARD.

>> ALL RIGHT. THANKS, LANE.

>> GOOD JOB, MAN.

>> I SMOKED IT.

LANE SEEMED VERY HAPPY TO HEAR

WHAT TONY HAD TO SAY.

ALL I GOT WAS GOOD RAVES.

>> narrator: DARRELL'S JOINING

THE RIG MOVE WITH A 35,000-POUND

PUMP MOTOR ON HIS FIRST SOLO

RUN.

>> THEY TURNED ME LOOSE, SO I'M

RUNNING SOLO NOW, WHICH IS THE

WAY I WANT IT.

>> IF A GUY LIKE THAT COMES UP

HERE AND CAN'T REALLY GET OVER

HIMSELF...

[truck horn blasts]

THEN HE'LL BE BACK IN MONTANA

HAULING LOGS.

>> narrator: WHILE ONE DRIVER'S

TRAINING IS OVER...

ANOTHER IS IN OVER HIS HEAD.

YESTERDAY...

RONALD "PORKCHOP" MANGUM'S

TRAINING RUN WENT DOWNHILL FAST.

>> HOLY--

>> WHOA, WATCH IT, WATCH IT.

MOVE BACK TO THE CENTER.

AH, YOU'RE DONE DRIVING.

PULL OVER.

>> narrator: AND NOW IT'S HIS

TURN TO FACE THE BOSS.

>> SOUNDS LIKE WE HAD A...

INTERESTING TRIP.

>> IT DID GET PRETTY UGLY.

AND THE BIGGEST THING THAT I

HAVE A CONCERN WITH IS YOUR

ATTENTION TO WHAT YOU'RE DOING

IS PRETTY EASILY DISTRACTED.

>> I STRUGGLED BECAUSE I'M NOT

USED TO THE TRUCK.

IT'S A NEW TRUCK ON ME.

>> YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE

TRYING TO GET USED TO THE TRUCK,

BUT I WAS KIND OF WAITING FOR

YOU TO IMPROVE ON YOUR OWN.

>> I'M HERE TO TAKE MY CRITICISM

AND LEARN WHAT I CAN.

I'M DOING THIS FOR ME AND MY

FAMILY SO WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING.

>> I KNOW YOUR STORY, OKAY?

WE TALKED.

I FEEL FOR YOU, BUT LOOK AT IT

THIS WAY.

IF YOU LEAVE HERE, AND I'M NOT

100% SURE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO

BE BACK HERE IN TWO DAYS, THEN

I'M NOT GONNA LET YOU GO.

>> YES, SIR.

>> narrator: IN FAIRBANKS,

ALASKA...

>> IF YOU LEAVE HERE, AND I'M

NOT 100% SURE THAT YOU'RE GONNA

BE BACK HERE IN TWO DAYS, THEN

I'M NOT GONNA LET YOU GO.

>> YES, SIR.

>> narrator: PORKCHOP'S FATE

RESTS IN THE HANDS OF CARLILE

MANAGER LANE KEATOR AND TRAINER

PHIL KROMM.

>> OVERALL, I WASN'T SEEING

IMPROVEMENT ON TECHNIQUE.

I WOULDN'T FEEL COMFORTABLE

SIGNING MY NAME TO AN

AUTHORIZATION AT THIS POINT.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT TONY?

>> IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE, A

SECOND OPINION IS DEFINITELY A

MINIMUM AT WHAT'S WARRANTED

HERE.

>> OKAY.

THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO,

OKAY?

I'M GONNA PUT YOU OUT THERE WITH

TONY.

YOU'RE GONNA MAKE ONE MORE TRIP

UP THE ROAD.

AND IF WE CAN MAKE THIS WORK,

THEN WE'LL MAKE IT WORK.

IF WE CAN'T MAKE IT WORK...

WE'LL GIVE YOU A RIDE TO THE

AIRPORT.

THAT'S PRETTY NERVE-RACKING.

WAS KIND OF A LITTLE MORE BRUTAL

THAN I EXPECTED.

HOPEFULLY, HE COMES THROUGH THIS

AND HE GETS IT FIGURED OUT.

>> THIS IS A DIFFERENT GAME UP

HERE.

NOT ONLY IS HIS LIFE AT STAKE,

SO IS EVERYBODY ELSE'S,

INCLUDING MINE.

>> I'LL BE DAMNED IF I'M GONNA

LET ONE SAFETY COORDINATOR

DECIDE ON MY FUTURE.

THEY'RE GONNA GIVE ME ONE MORE

CHANCE, AND IF I DO IT, THEN I

DO IT.

IF I DON'T, THEN I GO HOME.

>> narrator: 250 MILES NORTH...

>> ALL RIGHT, HERE YOU GO, MAN.

>> THANK YOU. THANKS.

>> narrator: VETERAN JACK JESSEE

IS MENTORING AUSTIN WHEELER, A

DRIVER NEARLY HALF HIS AGE.

>> FEELING A LITTLE ANXIOUS TO

GET GOING?

>> YEAH, TIRED OF WAITING

AROUND.

>> WELL, WE GOT TO WAIT FOR

EVERYBODY ELSE TO HEAD OUT

BECAUSE WE'RE OVERSIZED.

>> JUST HANGING OUT TILL

EVERYONE ELSE LEAVES?

>> YEAH.

JUST MAKE SURE IT'S GOOD.

>> YOU SURE YOU WANT TO DO THAT?

>> OH, YEAH.

THAT'S YEARS OF EXPERIENCE RIGHT

THERE.

>> narrator: LAST NIGHT...

HIGH WINDS THREATENED THEIR

OVERSIZED RIG LOADS.

>> WHOA.

>> narrator: BUT JACK'S CALL TO

STOP AT COLDFOOT LEFT AUSTIN IN

A FOUL MOOD.

>> I'M NOT MAKING ANY MONEY

SITTING HERE.

>> I HAD AUSTIN OVER HERE

CHOMPING AT THE BIT TO GO, BUT

BEING FIRST ISN'T ALWAYS THE

BEST.

>> THIS PISSES ME OFF.

WE STARTED OUT FIRST YESTERDAY,

AND NOW WE'RE LAST.

HOPEFULLY, WE CAN GET GOING.

TIRED OF WAITING AROUND.

>> narrator: AS OTHER DRIVERS

CLEAR THE YARD...

[truck horn blasts]

ALL AUSTIN CAN DO IS WATCH.

>> [sighs]

>> YOU WANT TO BACK UP HERE A

BIT?

AND WE'LL BE ROLLING OUT.

>> OKAY.

WE'RE FINALLY LEAVING COLDFOOT

AND GETTING BACK ON THE ROAD.

[truck horn blasts]

I GOT MY MOUNTAIN DEW AND MY

BEEF JERKY, WE'RE ON THE ROAD

AGAIN.

THINGS ARE LOOKING UP.

>> narrator: BUT UP AHEAD...

IS 4,800-FOOT ATIGUN PASS...

WHERE ONE MISTAKE...

COULD BE A DRIVER'S LAST.

>> WELL, CONSIDERING THE WEATHER

THEY HAD, GUARANTEED AT LEAST

ONE SET ON THIS.

[truck horn blasts]

THERE'S A BIG ONE.

>> WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUT IRON

ON?

[bleep].

>> narrator: JACK QUICKLY CHAINS

UP FOR THE CLIMB.

>> DONE DEAL.

>> [grunts]

>> narrator: BUT THE KID...

>> [bleep].

>> narrator: IS RUNNING INTO

TROUBLE.

>> THIS IS [bleep].

WHY ARE MY [bleep] CHAINS BROKE?

[bleep]!

PROBABLY DON'T NEED [bleep]

CHAINS FOR THIS HILL ANYWAYS.

>> UH-OH.

>> JUST GOT A BENT LINK I JUST

NEED TO FIX REAL QUICK.

CARE IF I BORROW YOUR PLIERS?

I DON'T HAVE--

SOMEBODY TOOK MINE IN KENAI.

I DON'T HAVE 'EM.

>> HOW DID YOU--HOW DID YOU BEND

YOUR LINK?

>> I DON'T [bleep] KNOW.

THEY'RE OLD CHAINS.

>> YOU DIDN'T TRY 'EM OUT

BEFOREHAND?

>> NO, I DID.

MUST HAVE BENT 'EM LAST NIGHT OR

YESTERDAY OR SOMETHING.

>> OH.

JUST 'CAUSE YOU HAVE CHAINS ON

YOUR TRUCK, THAT DOESN'T MEAN

THEY'RE GOOD TO GO.

YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOUR

CHAINS ARE GOOD FOR THIS ROAD.

>> THESE ARE OLD AND WORN OUT.

>> THOSE CHAINS ARE RUSTY.

PUT A LITTLE SQUEEZE THROUGH.

[grunts]

THERE WE GO.

FIXED.

LET'S PUT THIS STUFF UP AND

GET GOING.

>> narrator: AFTER JACK'S

VETERAN TOUCH...

>> OKAY, WE ARE STARTING TO ROLL

FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE SHELF.

>> 10-4.

>> narrator: THE CONVOY IS BACK

IN BUSINESS.

[truck horn beeps]

>> I'M TIRED OF BEING JACK'S

LITTLE BROTHER.

THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M HERE FOR.

I'M PRETTY SURE THEY WOULDN'T

HAVE ME IN THIS TRUCK IF I

DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING.

>> IT'S A LITTLE TOO EARLY RIGHT

NOW TO PUT ANY KIND OF GRADE ON

WHAT AUSTIN'S DOING.

HE'S GOT SO MUCH MORE TO LEARN.

[truck horn blasts]

>> narrator: 2,000 MILES TO THE

SOUTHEAST...

[truck horn blasts]

HUGH AND RICK ARE HOPING TO CASH

IN ON THE SHORT SEASON.

>> WE MADE 'ER TO BERENS RIVER

HERE, AND WE'RE TRYING TO FIND

THESE TRAILERS.

>> narrator: BUT TO MAKE DOLLAR

ONE, THEY GOTTA FIND THE LOADS.

>> WE GOT THE SAME PINPOINT IDEA

OF WHAT WE ALWAYS GOT.

IT'S IN THIS TOWN SOMEWHERE.

>> [bleep], DON'T FOLLOW ME.

WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE

GOING.

>> HEY, IS THAT--WE'RE NOT GOING

ACROSS THAT BRIDGE, ARE WE?

THAT'S [bleep] CLOSE.

>> WELL--[bleep].

>> YOU ALL RIGHT?

>> I DON'T THINK I'LL MAKE IT

UNDER THAT.

>> OKAY, BACK HER UP.

WE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE THEN.

CAN SOMEONE EXPLAIN WHERE IN THE

[bleep] I'M GOING, SO I DON'T

HAVE TO KEEP DRIVING AROUND IN

CIRCLES?

JUST MAYBE.

>> I HAVE NO IDEA.

>> I GUESS WE KEEP DRIVING

AROUND UNTIL WE FIND HER, EH?

THAT'S GOTTA BE THEM UP THERE.

>> BY GOD, THERE'S TWO [bleep]

TRAILERS THERE, SO THAT'S

EXACTLY WHERE WE'RE GOING.

>> I'LL BE DAMNED.

>> narrator: THEY FINALLY TRACK

THEM DOWN.

>> THIS ONE AND THAT ONE.

>> narrator: BUT AFTER A YEAR

BURIED IN THE SNOW, THESE

TRAILERS AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE.

>> OH, YOU'RE KIDDING ME.

THEY'RE STUCK.

YOU'RE NEVER GONNA SPIN THAT

AROUND.

NEVER.

FOR [bleep] SAKES.

[bleep] NIGHTMARE.

>> narrator: IN FAIRBANKS,

ALASKA...

>> THERE WE GO.

>> narrator: PORKCHOP'S GETTING

A RARE SHOT AT REDEMPTION WITH

TRAINER TONY MOLESKY.

>> A LOT OF GUYS DON'T TAKE THE

TIME TO CRAWL UNDER THE TRAILER.

I ALWAYS DO, JUST TO BE SAFE,

YOU KNOW.

JUST GOT TO MEET PORKCHOP THIS

MORNING.

PHIL HAD SOME CONCERNS ON HIS

DRIVING, SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD

AND TAKE A SECOND TRIP WITH HIM

AND GIVE HIM AN EVALUATION, SEE

IF HE'S GOT WHAT IT TAKES TO

MAKE IT UP AND DOWN THE ROAD.

>> ANY MAN CAN FIGHT, BUT A MAN

WHO'S GOT HIS BACK AGAINST THE

WALL'S GONNA FIGHT TEN TIMES

HARDER TO STAY ALIVE.

HOPEFULLY, TONY'S HERE TO HELP

ME SUCCEED.

>> I'M HAPPY WITH EVERYTHING IF

YOU ARE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> narrator: TODAY, A

30,000-POUND LOAD OF PIPE IS

PORKCHOP'S LAST CHANCE TO PROVE

HE BELONGS ON THE HAUL ROAD.

BUT BEFORE HE CAN GET IT IN

GEAR...

[knock at door]

>> MORNING.

>> MORNING. EH?

>> DON'T LOOK AT THIS AS BEING

SPANKED.

LOOK AT IT AS THIS GUY'S GOOD.

HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING.

LANE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND

HAVE PORKCHOP EVALUATED AGAIN

BY TONY.

AND I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA

HAPPEN.

I SEEN A COMPLETE LACK OF

ABILITY, NATURAL ABILITY, TO

DRIVE A TRUCK.

NOT EVERYBODY CAN JUST DO ONE

RIDE-ALONG AND THEN GO RIGHT

INTO IT.

>> YEAH. THAT'S A FACT.

>> IT'S ALL GOOD, MAN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> narrator: WITH PHIL IN THE

REARVI MIRROR...

[truck horn blasts]

IT'S TONY'S TURN TO PUT PORKCHOP

TO THE TEST.

>> IT'S OBVIOUS TO ME THAT YOU

KNOW WHERE YOU'RE AT ON THE ROAD

HERE.

YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SEEING ANY

PROBLEMS AT ALL.

THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD START.

>> ALL CLEAR UP TO THE NORTH.

>> THAT'S A BIG 10-4, BUDDY.

KEEP IT BETWEEN THE DITCHES AND

DON'T MESS WITH THE WITCHES,

SON.

HEY, WATCH OUT FOR THAT DEAD

CARIBOU RIGHT THERE ON THE LEFT.

LOOK LIKE A LOT LIZARD TROLLING

FOR PICKLES IN THE PARKING LOT.

>> A LOT WHAT?

>> SOUTH'S INVADING, SON.

WE'RE GONNA TAKE IT OVER, AND

WE'RE GONNA SHOW THEM HOW WE DO

IT SOUTHERN STYLE.

>> OKAY.

>> UH...

A LOT OF OUR GUYS DON'T

UNDERSTAND THE RADIO LANGUAGE

THAT YOU HAVE.

IN ORDER TO GET PROPER

INFORMATION FROM THESE DRIVERS

AND GET THE RESPECT THAT YOU'RE

LOOKING FOR, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE

TO ADAPT YOUR RADIO LANGUAGE.

>> THE REAL TRUCK DRIVERS THAT

ARE DOWN SOUTH ARE THE TRUCK

DRIVERS WHO CAN SPEAK IN THAT

TONGUE I JUST SPOKE IN.

>> DUDE, THAT'S, LIKE, FOREIGN

LANGUAGE TO US.

OUR RADIO LINGO IS SHORT AND

SWEET, FOR THE MOST PART.

STICK WITH THE PROGRAM AND BE

STRAIGHT AND TO THE POINT.

IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL UP

HERE ON THIS ROAD, YOU'RE GONNA

HAVE TO GET THROUGH ME.

SO YOU NEED TO PROVE THAT YOU

BELONG HERE AND THAT YOU CAN GET

THE JOB DONE.

>> I LIKE IT WHEN I'M THE

UNDERDOG.

I LIKE IT WHEN MY BACK'S AGAINST

THE WALL.

>> YEAH, WELL, YOUR BACK'S

DEFINITELY AGAINST THE WALL

RIGHT HERE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT

JUST MY TRUST YOU HAVE TO EARN,

IT'S EVERYBODY ELSE OUT HERE ON

THE ROAD.

>> narrator: 150 MILES TO THE

NORTH...

[truck horn blasts]

>> I FIGURE I'LL BE PULLING INTO

PRUDHOE ABOUT 2:30 A.M., GO GRAB

MYSELF A BACKHAUL AND RUN HER

BACK TO FAIRBANKS.

>> narrator: MONTANA LEGEND

DARRELL WARD IS PULLING HIS

FIRST SOLO LOAD UP THE DALTON.

>> I'M JUST THE NEW GUY ON THE

TOTEM POLE.

[truck horn blasts]

>> narrator: SO FAR, HE'S MADE

GOOD TIME.

>> COMING UP ON GOBBLER'S KNOB.

>> narrator: BUT UP THE ROAD,

CONDITIONS ARE CHANGING FAST.

>> A LITTLE ICE FOG IN THE AIR.

KIND OF KNOCKING THE VISIBILITY

DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

I'M GONNA BLOW RIGHT THROUGH IT.

50 BELOW ZERO.

THE WINDOWS ARE STARTING TO ICE

UP IN HERE.

A LITTLE STRESS LEVEL GOING ON.

ABOUT 45 BELOW, MY STEERING

STARTS TO REACT A LITTLE

DIFFERENT.

OH, [bleep]!

[bleep]!

DAMN, I COME AROUND THAT CORNER

A LITTLE FASTER THAN I THOUGHT,

MAN.

WOW, THAT GOT A LITTLE WESTERN

THERE, MAN.

COME DOWN ON MY BRAKES, MY

TRAILER SLID OUT FROM UNDERNEATH

ME.

[whistles]

YEAH, I'M SURE GLAD THAT...

[truck horn blasts]

TONY DIDN'T SEE THAT HAPPEN ON

MY FIRST SOLO RUN.

I DON'T THINK HE'D BE TOO HAPPY

SEEING SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I DON'T LIKE CLOSE CALLS.

>> narrator: 430 MILES TO THE

EAST...

>> WATCH YOURSELF. HERE WE GO.

WHOA.

>> narrator: ALEX DEBOGORSKI IS

DRIVING ON THE ARCTIC OCEAN...

>> LOOK AT THE HOLE, HOW THE ICE

GOES DOWN THERE.

>> narrator: WITH A YEAR'S WORTH

OF SUPPLIES FOR THE THOUSAND

RESIDENTS OF TUKTOYAKTUK.

>> IT WENT FROM BEING A LITTLE

RIVERBOAT TO AN OCEAN-GOING

VESSEL.

I'M LIKE COLUMBUS WITH WHEELS.

[laughs]

>> narrator: FOR NOW, THE ICE

IS HOLDING.

>> IT'S SURE GETTING GRAY OVER

HERE.

>> narrator: BUT UP AHEAD...

>> WE GOT A PRETTY GOOD WIND

COMING FROM THE LEFT SIDE HERE,

'CAUSE WE GOT ALL OUR--ALL OUR

SNOW IS GETTING BLOWN EAST.

NOTICE HOW IT'S GETTING WHITER

AND WHITER.

WE'RE DRIVING INTO A WHITEOUT.

>> narrator: ARCTIC WHITEOUTS

HAVE CLAIMED THE LIVES OF

COUNTLESS MEN.

BUT WITH NO SHELTER ON THE

ICE...

>> THE SNOW TURNS INTO THE SKY.

THE SKY AND THE ICE BECOME ONE.

>> narrator: ALEX HAS NO CHOICE

BUT TO HEAD INTO THE STORM.

>> MAYBE SAY A LITTLE PRAYER.

IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND

THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT,

AMEN.

THANK YOU, DEAR GOD, FOR ALL

YOUR BLESSINGS AND HELP.

LOOK AFTER MY FAMILY.

PLEASE HAVE MERCY ON ALL THOSE

THAT ARE LESS FORTUNATE THAN I.

AMEN.

OKAY, HERE'S TUKTOYAKTUK.

WHAT HAPPENED TO IT?

WELL, WHY DID I THINK I SAW THE

TOWN?

RADIO CHECK.

ANYBODY GOT A COPY?

YOU GOT A COPY?

ANYBODY GOT A COPY?

>> RADIO CHECK.

ANYBODY GONNA COPY?

>> narrator: SOMEWHERE ON THE

ARCTIC OCEAN...

ALEX DEBOGORSKI IS DRIVING BLIND

WITH A CRITICAL LOAD OF

SUPPLIES.

>> FEELS LIKE WE DROVE INTO A

BOX OF COTTON BATTEN.

CAN'T SEE A THING RIGHT NOW.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHERE I AM.

I'M HOPING WE'RE STILL SOUTH OF

TUKTOYAKTUK.

>> narrator: UNSURE OF HIS

LOCATION, ALEX CAN ONLY KEEP

DRIVING...

>> YOU GOT A COPY?

>> narrator: AND HOPE TO MAKE

CONTACT.

>> ANYBODY GOT A COPY?

[tapping]

ANYBODY GOT A COPY?

>> HEY, YOU COPY?

>> YES, SIR, GO AHEAD FOR ALEX.

>> JUST FOLLOW THAT ROAD AND

YOU'LL SEE ME OFF IN THE

DISTANCE SHORTLY AFTER.

>> VERY GOOD, SIR, THANK YOU.

THAT'S THE GUYS WE'RE BRINGING

THE STUFF TO.

I'M ARRIVING IN TUK.

I'M NOT LOST IN THE ARCTIC

OCEAN.

DISASTER HAS BEEN AVERTED AGAIN.

NOW WE JUST HAVE TO FIND OUR WAY

TO THE STORE.

AND THERE IT IS.

HEY.

>> ALEX?

>> MR. POKYAK.

>> YEAH. MR. DEBOGORSKI...

>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> WE HAVE SOME MUKTUK, COOKED

MUKTUK, COMPLIMENTS OF

TUKTOYAKTUK.

>> MUKTUK, WHAT EXACTLY IS IT?

>> IT'S WHALE.

>> WELL, I THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

>> YOU'RE VERY WELCOME, AND YOU

HAVE A SAFE TRIP HOME.

>> AND GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR

FAMILY.

THANK YOU.

EVERY LOAD IS IMPORTANT THIS

TIME OF YEAR BECAUSE IT'S

GONNA--YOU KNOW, THE ONE OR TWO

LOADS THAT COME IN FOR A

PARTICULAR BUSINESS COULD LAST

THEM THE WHOLE 11, 12 MONTHS

UNTIL NEXT YEAR.

>> narrator: WITH THE DELIVERY

TO TUKTOYAKTUK COMPLETE...

>> HI, GUYS, WHAT'S HAPPENING?

>> narrator: ALEX CHALKS UP HIS

SECOND LOAD OF THE SEASON.

>> WE BRING FOOD, WE BRING

GROCERIES, WE BRING EVERYTHING.

SOMETIMES WE BRING WHOLE HOUSES.

>> WHOA!

>> narrator: 1,600 MILES TO THE

SOUTHEAST...

>> AS NORMAL, THEY TELL US THIS

IS GOING ON DOWN SOUTH, WE GET

UP HERE, IT'S TOTALLY [bleep]

DIFFERENT.

>> narrator: HUGH AND RICK HAVE

FOUND A LOADER TO HELP DIG OUT

THEIR STUCK TRAILERS.

>> THE TRAILERS ARE SNOWED IN.

WE HAD TO GET A LOADER.

HE'S GONNA PLOW THE ROAD OUT,

TURN THE TRAILERS AROUND SO WE

CAN GET 'EM THE [bleep] OUT OF

HERE.

>> BUT IT'S ANOTHER TYPICAL

THING.

YOU THINK IT'S GONNA BE AN

8-HOUR RUN, IT'S NOT AN 8-HOUR

RUN, IT'S A 12-HOUR RUN OR A

14-HOUR RUN.

>> narrator: HUGH'S THE FIRST

TO CLAIM HIS PAYLOAD.

>> HELL, YEAH!

I AIN'T STOPPING, THAT'S FOR

[bleep] SURE.

>> KEEP ON IT, MAN.

KEEP ON IT.

HUGH'S HOOKED UP, HE'S OUT ON

THE ROAD.

I'M JUST WAITING FOR THIS

TRAILER TO GET SPUN AROUND, AND

I'M GONNA TRY AND GET OUT ON

THE ROAD.

BY [bleep] GOLLY, HERE COMES

MINE.

>> WE'RE IN BUSINESS.

NOW I JUST GOTTA WAIT FOR RICK

TO GET HOOKED ONTO HIS.

HE'S RIGHT THERE, TRYING HER

RIGHT NOW.

>> OH, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

>> narrator: RICK'S IN

POSITION...

>> [bleep]!

>> narrator: BUT HE'S HAVING

TROUBLE PULLING IT TOGETHER.

>> COME ON.

FOR [bleep] SAKES.

IN THE SOFT [bleep] HERE.

OH, YEAH, I'M GONNA HAVE A

[bleep] SHOW GETTING THIS THING

OUT.

>> WHY? WHAT'S HAPPENING?

>> [bleep] STUCK.

>> JUST TAKE IT EASY.

YOU GOT THIS.

YOU'RE DOING GOOD.

YOU GOT IT. YOU GOT IT.

>> BY GOLLY, I GOT HER.

COME ON.

>> narrator: AFTER DAYS BATTLING

THE BRUTAL CONDITIONS...

RICK'S FINALLY UNDERWAY.

>> OH, NO!

>> narrator: ALMOST.

>> ARE YOU [bleep] KIDDING ME?

AGAIN?

YOU CAN PULL ME OUT.

I DON'T MIND.

COME ON.

>> SOMEBODY GIVE THAT LOADER GUY

A BOTTLE OF WHISKY.

>> YOU GOT THAT RIGHT.

>> ANYTHING ELSE?

>> NO, I THINK WE'RE GOOD.

EH...

VERY CHALLENGING TRAILER PICKUP

TO DO HERE.

YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET ANYTHING

EASY WITH THE TRUCKING OUT HERE.

[truck horn blasts]

>> narrator: 2,000 MILES TO THE

NORTHWEST...

[truck horn blasts]

>> WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE

LIGHTS OF PRUDHOE HERE.

IT'S ACTUALLY A VERY WELCOME

SIGHT.

>> narrator: JACK JESSEE AND

AUSTIN WHEELER HAVE REACHED

ALASKA'S NORTH SLOPE...

WITH THE FIRST PIECES OF THE OIL

RIG.

>> WE BOTH JUST GOT A BIG ONE ON

THE LOAD COUNT.

>> NOW WE SHOULD BE DROPPING

THIS LOAD OFF FINALLY, SO WE CAN

TURN AROUND AND TRY TO MAKE IT

BACK TO COLDFOOT TONIGHT.

>> narrator: AFTER TWO LONG DAYS

BEHIND JACK...

>> THANK GOD.

>> narrator: AUSTIN'S EAGER TO

GET OUT FROM UNDER THE VETERAN'S

SHADOW.

>> HOW YOU DOING?

>> GOOD, SIR.

>> WE HAD A GUY BREAK DOWN.

>> OKAY.

>> SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE YOU TAKE

THE BEAVERTAIL DOWN, TRY TO GET

THE TRUCK.

>> narrator: THE GOOD NEWS IS

AUSTIN'S GOT A PAYING LOAD.

>> I THINK JACK'S GONNA GO ALONG

AND JUST KIND OF HELP YOU OUT

THERE.

>> narrator: THE BAD NEWS:

JACK'S STILL BEING SENT TO

SUPERVISE.

>> IT'S ALL BEEN WORKED OUT.

>> TELL ME THAT'S NOT [bleep]

UP.

I'M JUST--I DON'T WANT TO DO

THIS ANYMORE.

I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GONNA BE

LIKE THIS.

IT'S GONNA TAKE US FOREVER.

THIS SHOULD BE THE LAST TIME I

CONVOY WITH JACK, I HOPE.

>> HEY, LET'S GET OUT OF HERE

BEFORE WE FREEZE SOLID.

THIS IS KINDA WHAT AUSTIN DOES

DOWN IN KENAI WITH HIS WINCH

TRUCK.

BUT THIS AIN'T KENAI.

HE'S ABOUT TO LEARN A VALUABLE

LESSON HERE, I THINK.

[truck horn blasts]

>> narrator: 200 MILES NORTH OF

FAIRBANKS...

PORKCHOP'S IN THE HOT SEAT.

AND THE SOUTH CAROLINA NATIVE'S

FUTURE RESTS WITH TRAINER

TONY MOLESKY.

>> WHERE ARE YOU AT?

IN EIGHTH RIGHT NOW?

>> YEAH.

>> OKAY.

JUST GO RIGHT INTO SIXTH.

[gear grinds]

>> narrator: DESPITE EARLY

PRAISE...

>> IT'S OBVIOUS TO ME THAT YOU

KNOW WHERE YOU'RE AT ON THE

ROAD HERE.

>> narrator: PORKCHOP'S BAD

HABITS ARE COMING BACK TO BITE

HIM.

[gear grinds]

>> THAT'S PRETTY HARSH.

[gear grinds]

DAMN, DUDE.

YOU'RE SCRATCHING GEARS.

WHAT THE HELL?

PORKCHOP, YOU'RE KIND OF HANGING

OUT ON A LIMB RIGHT NOW.

DUDE, YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO HAVE A

MISTAKE.

JUST PULL INTO COLDFOOT.

TAKE IT NICE AND SLOW.

>> YES, SIR.

>> JUST ROLLED IN HERE WITH

PORKCHOP TO COLDFOOT.

I HAD TO BUST HIS CHOPS A LITTLE

BIT ON A COUPLE OF POINTS.

>> I WASN'T SHIFTING RIGHT FOR

HIM.

THAT AIN'T BROWNIE POINTS.

THAT'S PLANE TICKET POINTS.

THERE'S NO ROOM FOR ERROR HERE.

>> WHAT UP?

>> narrator: WHILE PORKCHOP

REFUELS...

>> HOW BAD WAS HE?

>> narrator: PHIL KROMM CHECKS

IN ON HIS FORMER STUDENT.

>> I KNEW I HANDED HIM OFF TO

YOU FOR A REASON.

[both laughing]

>> THE TRUCK WAS MAKING SOME

PRETTY WEIRD NOISES.

>> OH, YEAH.

>> IT WASN'T COOL.

I HAD TO GET ON HIM PRETTY HARD.

HE AIN'T GONNA HAVE A GEAR LEFT.

>> THAT'S DEFINITELY ONE OF THE

THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT.

>> YEAH, HE'S USED TO A

DIFFERENT DRIVING STYLE AND A

WHOLE DIFFERENT ATMOSPHERE.

>> WELL, AND THAT WAS THE REASON

FOR MY ASSESSMENT, IS I DON'T

WANT TO JUST TURN THE GUY OUT

THAT'S GONNA HAVE MAJOR

PROBLEMS.

WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT

HE'S NOT GONNA HURT HIMSELF OR

ANYBODY ELSE, WHETHER HE MAKES

IT OR NOT.

>> RIGHT. YUP.

WELL, THIS AIN'T I-5, THAT'S FOR

SURE.

WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO SEE,

SEE IF HE CAN HACK IT.

YEAH.

>> YOU GET ONE CHANCE TO SCREW

UP ONE TIME OUT HERE.

>> YEAH.

EITHER HE'S GONNA MAKE IT OR

HE'S NOT, YOU KNOW.

>> narrator: WHILE ONE ROOKIE

STRUGGLES...

>> COLD OUT HERE!

>> narrator: DARRELL WARD'S

ALREADY MADE IT TO PRUDHOE BAY.

>> YEAH, IT'S ALASKA, BABY!

IT'S ABOUT 50 BELOW ZERO OUT

HERE!

YOU KNOW, I'M ON THE CLOCK AND

KILLING TIME, SO I'LL GO AS FAR

AS I CAN TILL I RUN OUT OF

HOURS, THEN I'LL HAVE TO SHUT

HER DOWN.

>> narrator: AND THE LOG

HAULER'S 31 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

ARE KEEPING HIM TIED FOR THE

LEAD.

250 MILES TO THE SOUTH...

>> I JUST WOKE UP IN COLDFOOT.

GOT GEARED UP SO I CAN PUT THIS

OTHER TRUCK ON MY SCISSOR NECK

LOWBOY HERE.

>> narrator: AFTER DRIVING

OVERNIGHT...

AUSTIN WHEELER'S IN COLDFOOT

RECOVERING A BROKEN-DOWN

TRUCK, WHILE JACK JESSEE...

>> BETTER SIT OVER HERE WHERE I

CAN WATCH AUSTIN.

>> narrator: SUPERVISES.

>> HE CAN DO IT BY HIMSELF.

IT'S A ONE-MAN JOB.

>> WHAT'S WRONG IS THE ACE OF

THE HAUL ROAD IS SITTING IN

THERE EATING BREAKFAST WHILE I'M

OUT HERE DOING THIS MYSELF.

>> LET'S SEE WHAT HIS EXPERIENCE

SHOWS.

>> IT'D JUST BE NICE TO HAVE

ANOTHER PERSON OUT HERE.

[bleep] JACK JESSEE.

I NEED [bleep] JACK'S HELP.

THIS IS PISSING ME OFF.

[bleep].

HE'S A [bleep] PRICK!

>> YOU KNOW, IT'S HIS TRUCK, HIS

CABLE, HIS WINCH.

I THINK HE JUST NEEDS TO GET THE

JOB DONE.

>> narrator: BEFORE HE CAN

SAFELY HAUL THE DISABLED

TRUCK...

>> I NEED HIM TO HELP ME STEER

THIS ON THE TRAILER.

>> narrator: AUSTIN HAS TO

CENTER IT ON THE TRAILER.

>> [groans]

THAT'S ROOKIE [bleep].

>> JACK DOESN'T CARE.

HE'S COCKY, YEAH, BECAUSE HE'S

THE HAUL ROAD ACE.

>> PISSED OFF 'CAUSE I DIDN'T

HELP HIM.

[laughs]

PROBABLY DOESN'T EVEN WANT TO

TALK TO ME.

YOU KNOW, HE'S GOT TO LEARN TO

DO THIS ON HIS OWN.

'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT

ALWAYS GONNA BE HERE...

TO HELP HIM, AND THIS IS GONNA

BE PART OF HIS JOB, BEING OUT

BY YOURSELF, DOING THIS STUFF.

>> WELL, HE'S A DOUCHE BAG FOR

SITTING IN COLDFOOT WHILE I

LOADED UP THE TRUCK BY MYSELF.

>> WHEN YOU'RE OUT ON YOUR OWN

AND YOU'RE MAKING THOSE

DECISIONS BY YOURSELF IN THE

MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, SOME OF THOSE

DECISIONS ARE LIFE AND DEATH.

>> JACK'S [bleep] FULL OF

HIMSELF, AND THERE'S A LOT OF

PEOPLE THAT DON'T LIKE HIM.

A LOT.

ME INCLUDED NOW.

THIS WILL BE MY LAST CONVOY.

I'M NOT DOING ANYMORE.

>> narrator: NEXT TIME ON

ICE ROAD TRUCKERS...

>> HAMMER DOWN, BOYS.

[truck horn blasts]

>> narrator: AS THE RIG MOVE

DEADLINE APPROACHES...

>> SON OF A BITCH!

>> narrator: TENSIONS REACH THE

BREAKING POINT.

>> I THINK IT'S BULL[bleep] THAT

I HAVE TO BE JACK'S LITTLE

BROTHER ALL THE TIME.

>> OHH!

>> narrator: CANADA'S WINTER

ROADS SHUT DOWN THE VETERANS.

>> WHOA.

[bleep].

>> narrator: AND ONE TRUCKER IS

NOT GONNA MAKE IT.

>> HOLY SMOKES!