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NARRATOR: Tonight on
"Ice Road Truckers"--

This ain't gonna be pretty.

Oh, oh.

NARRATOR: With the load
count up for grabs--

Hold on!

NARRATOR: Drivers
push the limit.

Now we're basically going
from one floating chunk of ice

over to the other.

NARRATOR: With bigger haul--

Anything can happen out here.

NARRATOR: Deadlier roads--

Ain't nobody else ever
been where I'm going.

You know, this can
happen to anybody out here.

NARRATOR: And thinner ice--

The ice just cracked,
crack, crack, crack.

Oh, [bleep].

[theme music]

[music playing]

NARRATOR: At the Carlile
yard in Fairbanks, Alaska--

I'm ready to make some money.

NARRATOR: Ronald
"Porkchop" Mangum

is desperate to
get on the Dalton.

I'm up here for my
family, for the money.

I'm up here so I can
buy my wife a house.

I'm up here so I can
take my kids on vacation,

so I can pay bills.

My back's against the wall, man.

NARRATOR: But so far,
he hasn't been allowed

to drive the road on his own.

- What's up, Marky Mark?
- Nothing.

What's going on
with you, Porkchop?

I'm just checking
out the funky bunch.

What you got for me today?

We have a run to Manley.

Manley.

Manley is a new
run for Carlile.

Pretty tricky road up
there in some areas.

You got ice floes over the
roads, snow gets pretty deep.

Just as bad as
running up to Prudhoe.

And you're going by yourself.

Thank you, man.

All right, Porkchop.

Be careful out there.

Porkchop's rollin', baby.

NARRATOR: For the
first time this season,

Porkchop's hitting
the road by himself.

Pretty stoked today.

Fixing to go up to Manley.

Nobody else has been there.

NARRATOR: And his
mission is taking him

to uncharted territory.

You can't stop the Chop, baby.

I'm back on top of my game.

It's a good thing.

I'm ready to do this.

Every road's got to have
its first time traveled.

NARRATOR: Branching off the
Dalton, the road to Manley

is over 120 miles of slick
corners, exposed peaks,

and rugged Alaskan wilderness.

Resupplying the village will
be Porkchop's biggest test

this season.

Let's roll this sucker.

Yeah, it's a challenge.

But it's a challenge I'm
willing to step up to take.

Now is when it's
my time to shine.

I've always been
the black sheep.

It's my turn to show
that I'm a success too.

NARRATOR: Just
outside of Fairbanks--

AUSTIN WHEELER: This will be the
biggest load I've ever pushed.

NARRATOR: Another rookie
is getting the shot he's

been looking for all season.

AUSTIN WHEELER: It's
going to be awesome.

I've never carried anything
this big up the Dalton,

or pushed anything up
the Dalton this big.

NARRATOR: Austin
Wheeler is still

struggling to prove
himself on the haul road.

But today, he's finally
been given the chance

to join a heavy haul team.

This season, I want to get
the respect of other drivers.

That's my number one goal.

And the way to do that is to be
able to come up here and take

over the Dalton highway
as a heavy haul driver.

NARRATOR: The load is a 100
ton modular building that's

desperately needed
in Prudhoe Bay.

NARRATOR: And Carlile's agreed
to get it there in just 72

hours, but with a top
speed of 25 miles per hour,

they'll need every second.

Ready to ride.

NARRATOR: On the
team with Austin

are Carlile legend Carey
Hall and Greg Vance.

[music playing]

But with a load this massive--

AUSTIN WHEELER:
He's in the ditch.

NARRATOR: Just getting on
the road is a challenge.

So the load kind of
went over the ditch

as the rear of the trailer
came out of the driveway.

AUSTIN WHEELER: Just got to
steer the back of the trailer

to get it out on the
road without dragging

through the ditch.

NARRATOR: Like a 100 ton
RC car, the trailer wheels

can be adjusted
by remote control.

Got the remote.

He's just going to walk by the
trailer and steer it right out

and steer the back end
out on the road for me.

And we'll hook it back up
once it gets straightened out.

And we'll be on our way.

Thanks, Rick.

Thanks, boss.

Yep.

Here we go.

NARRATOR: The strict
delivery deadline

means every delay is a
chance the mission could

end in failure.

But we got three days of
hard driving just to get there.

NARRATOR: And with the entire
500 mile journey still ahead,

Austin's shot at proving himself
as a heavy hauler is ticking

away.

The setbacks kinda suck,
but that stuff happens

when you work heavy haul.

Anything can happen out here.

NARRATOR: 450
miles to the east--

We're going to
drive 500 miles today.

NARRATOR: Alex Debogorski is
facing the notorious Dempster

in reverse.

[horn]

ALEX DEBOGORSKI: I'm leaving
Inuvik, going to Dawson City,

good lord willing.

And hopefully we don't
have any problem.

NARRATOR: He's running
south with a trailer

full of personal
shipments and other goods

being sent out of the
northern communities.

Up, up, and away.

Here we go.

NARRATOR: And what's
usually the last challenge

of the trip is first up today.

I'm approaching the
Mackenzie River ice crossing.

They've lowered
the speed limits.

Generally, when they
lower the speed limits,

it's because there's a
problem with the ice.

And maybe the ice
is getting thinner.

Or weaker to some degree.

NARRATOR: Fragile ice is no
place for a 48,000 pound rig.

I'm just going to take a
walk down there, take a look,

see what it feels
like under my foot.

[music playing]

Looks fine.

There's no overflow.

There's nothing sunk through it.

As far as I'm
concerned, it's safe.

So I'm going to go across.

NARRATOR: On the river,
the key to survival

is a slow and steady pace.

ALEX DEBOGORSKI: If I
go too fast for the ice

then I damage the ice.

If the damage is from yourself,
then the trailer goes in first.

Or I can go into the drink.

What's that?

It's cracking.

[music playing]

NARRATOR: In the middle of
the frozen Mackenzie River--

What's that?

NARRATOR: The ice has
Alex ready to jump.

The veteran rides
with an open door,

ready to leap to safety
at a moment's notice.

And those few seconds
can be the difference

between life and sudden death.

Near the end of the crossing,
Alex finally takes a seat.

ALEX DEBOGORSKI: We got her.

We made it.

We're going to live another day.

And we're going to go make time.

I'm going to grab this
little time making machine

in my back pocket,
and we're just

going to crank it
up and crank it out.

NARRATOR: 1,700 miles
to the southeast,

in Winnipeg, Canada, Hugh
Rowland and Rick Yemm's season

has hit rock bottom.

HUGH ROWLAND: Hey, man.

RICK YEMM: How's it going?

HUGH ROWLAND: Not bad, you?

RICK YEMM: I'm a little
bit better, but not quite.

HUGH ROWLAND: Huh?
- I'm not quite on the ball yet.

NARRATOR: Rick's been sidelined
by an infection he caught

from his mouse-infested truck.

Gotta make sure
nobody goes in there.

NARRATOR: And
there's a chance he

may have the deadly hantavirus.

Yeah, they don't know what
the [bleep] it is huh, yeah?

They said if it's not
incubated by five days,

then it's just something's--

got me sick, right.

Well, at least
they figured out

that it was something
in the truck.

RICK YEMM: Yeah.

But I'm going to head
out there right away, so.

They're probably wondering.

I stopped to see what
you were up to, see.

They'll probably be
asking how you're doing,

so I thought I'd better pop in.

RICK YEMM: I'm still alive.

See what's up.

RICK YEMM: Yep.

All right, man.
I'll talk to you after a bit.

RICK YEMM: OK.
- OK.

When I first heard the
news that he was sick

and that he had this horrible
virus from the truck,

I felt pretty bad for him.

But regardless, I'm still
driving and still trying

to run the show, and trying
to make everything work,

make ends meet here.

See if Mark can handle the
[bleep] office while the guy's

gone.

NARRATOR: This season, Hugh
is sharing in company profits.

But so far, the brutal winter
hasn't left much profit

on the books.

I'll take this
one up real quick.

NARRATOR: All he can do
is hook up to another load

and keep the freight moving.

I got a load of septic tanks.

Nice quick trip.

I'm just going to take
her up to Bloodvein

and that's as far
as it's got to go.

So, a day trip.

I'll be back tonight.

It'll be good.

NARRATOR: The run to
Bloodvein may be short.

But to get there, Hugh will
face the recently opened Lake

Winnipeg Ice Crossing.

Over 9,000 square miles
and 118 feet deep,

Lake Winnipeg is the 11th
largest freshwater lake

on Earth.

And Hugh will be crossing
against an oncoming arctic

storm.

HUGH ROWLAND: We just
got out of Dodge there

and we're driving
right into a blizzard.

The wind's coming up.

She's getting to be a
real [bleep] day out here.

NARRATOR: 2,000 miles
to the northwest--

We got a load of
sheet rock out here.

All right, cool.

That'll work.

See you later.

NARRATOR: Darrell Ward is one
trip away from leading the load

count.

And with biggest competitor
Jack Jessee missing,

he's out to be the
new haul road ace.

Jack disappeared.

You know, with Jack being gone,
that gives me the advantage

to get in the lead.

I'm not going to pass up an
advantage like that, you know?

Jack's gone, man.

I'm going to hammer down.

We'll get her on the road.

NARRATOR: But taking the
lead in the load count

isn't only about being the best.

Picture of Reno, senior
in high school, you know.

So I'm going to
put his picture up.

You know, I came up here
to do this for Reno.

You know, his comfort
is very important to me.

You know, I miss him a lot.

And anything I do, I do for him.

NARRATOR: A few
miles up the road--

All right.

Here I come.

NARRATOR: Austin Wheeler is
trying to prove himself as part

of a three man heavy haul team.

1,600 and Fifth to Rick.

OK.

We're going to roll that way.

NARRATOR: They've got to get
the 100 ton load to Prudhoe

Bay within 72 hours, but they
spent the morning just getting

on the road.

And they haven't even
made it to the Dalton.

It takes a good
team to do this.

Just all being smooth,
all talking on the radio.

We all want to be at the
same RPM, the same speed,

all pushing at the
same flow up the hill.

NARRATOR: The load's so
heavy, it takes two trucks

to push the lead
truck up any incline.

AUSTIN WHEELER: Fifth to Rick.

You and I are matched even.

RADIO: OK.

NARRATOR: And these
early hills are

a trial run to see if
Austin's got the hang of it.

[beeping]

Carey.

Yeah.

NARRATOR: The brakes are
failing on Greg's push truck.

And the convoy hits their
second delay of the day.

RADIO: You need a brake can?

Yeah.

RADIO: 10-4.

We were doing pretty good
until this brake can came up.

But we need Greg.

It's really hard to say what
time we'll get to Coldfoot.

It depends.

But I'm guessing
probably late tonight.

And I'm not really
happy about it.

NARRATOR: There's over 480 miles
to go and the clock's ticking.

Austin's chance to prove
himself may already be over.

[music playing]

Only 18 miles outside
of Fairbanks--

Gotta wait here until the
mechanics come to fix a brake

can on Greg's truck.

NARRATOR: Austin Wheeler's
shot at heavy haul glory

is at a standstill.

The team's chance to deliver
before the deadline expires

is slipping away.

We've lost a lot of time
today, though, that's for sure.

NARRATOR: Finally, the
mechanic arrives to swap out

a piece of the brake system.

Ah, here we go.

This brake can is no good.

It was leaking air.

NARRATOR: The mechanic makes
quick work of the problem.

Good to go.

We should be good
to go after that.

No more breakdowns.

NARRATOR: But they've
barely started the journey.

And they're already
running out of time.

AUSTIN WHEELER: Probably lost
seven or eight hours so far.

It's not the greatest of times.

Probably be pushing
through the dark tonight.

NARRATOR: 60 miles
to the north--

It's kind of nice.

I'm finally on my freaking own.

NARRATOR: Porkchop is in
the middle of his last shot

at proving he belongs
on the haul road.

RONALD "PORKCHOP" MANGUM: I'm
finally getting my own load.

I'm doing my own thing.

I'm excited.

On the bad side, I got
to leave the Dalton,

but on the good
side, ain't nobody

else ever been where I'm going.

NARRATOR: He's headed to the
Alaskan village of Manley

on his first solo
run out of town.

This is the road
less traveled.

NARRATOR: And the trip is taking
him into unfamiliar territory.

I'll do whatever it takes to
get this load to these people

out here.

They're dependent
on me right now.

NARRATOR: Over 120
miles long, the rarely

traveled access road wasn't
built with big rigs in mind.

It's a washboard road
where it is cleared.

It's rougher than
a night in jail.

This ain't gonna be pretty.

Can't even see the
bottom down there.

One side, you've got
about a 500 foot drop.

The other side,
you've got a mountain.

Which side you
want to go off of?

Whoa.

We are right on the edge.

I'm just trying
to pay attention.

Definitely got to be brave,
that's for damn sure.

NARRATOR: Alone in the
Alaskan wilderness--

Slicker than Crisco
on a cookie sheet.

NARRATOR: One mistake
could be fatal.

RONALD "PORKCHOP"
MANGUM: Hold on.

We've got to slow down.

Oh, [bleep].

Whoa, whoa.

That was tricky.

That was close.

Lots of curves up here.

This ain't no joke,
that's for sure.

NARRATOR: 2,100 miles
to the southeast--

That's what's going
to Bloodvein, this load.

NARRATOR: Hugh Rowland is Polar
Industries' last man standing.

You can't see.

The snow dust kicks
up and your visibility

is 100% gone as
soon as you go by.

So it's just a
big guessing game.

NARRATOR: With the
season in chaos

and Rick Yemm on the sick list,
Hugh's buckling down and going

at it alone.

HUGH ROWLAND:
First chance, first

kick at the cat to go
across Lake Winnipeg.

I've never been
across there before.

Plus I get another load under
my belt. So that's a good deal.

NARRATOR: But this trip has
him crossing Lake Winnipeg,

one of the largest
lakes in the world.

HUGH ROWLAND:
Let's get her done.

She just opened, so she's going
to be pretty new ice here.

Getting down onto the lake here.

First time you come on there,
hear the ice just crack, crack,

crack.

You can hear it cracking.

NARRATOR: Getting on the
ice is just the beginning.

HUGH ROWLAND: Yeah.

And there's a big
pressure ridge.

That's why it wasn't open up
there on Lake Winnipeg there.

It's about four feet wide.

So this is where it
gets kind of hairy here,

is going across these
pressure ridges.

NARRATOR: At the
center of the lake

is a seam where two
massive sheets of ice

collide, pushing against
each other with enough force

to open up a four foot wide gap.

Coming up on this
pressure ridge here.

She's definitely gotten
higher and higher.

You can see it all the
way across the lake.

It goes right from one end
of the lake to the other.

Pressure forms the ice, and it's
actually open water in there.

So we're basically going from
one floating chunk of ice

over to the other.

NARRATOR: Crossing the
pressure ridge is a tightrope

walk over a 118 foot drop to
the bottom of a frigid lake.

You haven't got much
room through here.

Truck's just going
to fit here, so.

Oh, [bleep].

NARRATOR: In Manitoba, Canada--

We're going to go up
and over this right now.

NARRATOR: Hugh Rowland's in
the middle of Lake Winnipeg.

HUGH ROWLAND: Oh, [bleep].

NARRATOR: He's got to
keep the trailer straight.

HUGH ROWLAND: Hang on.

NARRATOR: And move steadily from
one sheet of ice to the other.

HUGH ROWLAND: Wow.

But we made it.

NARRATOR: He's passed
the pressure ridge,

but he's not out
of the water yet.

So now we're
onto another piece

of floating ice over here, so.

We carry on across
the lake here.

[laughing]

We're just coming off this lake.

Still here.

Ain't been swimming.

NARRATOR: Off the ice,
Hugh reaches the village.

HUGH ROWLAND: Looks like
Bloodvein's going to get

their septic tanks today.

NARRATOR: And for the first
time in weeks, the Polar Bear

racks up a delivery.

Drop her off.

We'll bobtail her
back to Winnipeg, so.

Another quick cash grab here.

Dash for the cash.

Made her.

Another trip in.

NARRATOR: 1,800 miles
to the northwest--

Here we are, over the border.

Yukon, larger than life.

NARRATOR: Alex is running
south on the Dempster,

taking advantage of a
rare break in the weather.

When I was a kid, I
always wanted to be a hero.

The few Superman
comics I could afford--

I thought, it'd be great
to be Superman and save

all these poor people
from the bad guys.

Through life, I've
had the opportunity

a few times to be a hero.

I've also had the opportunity
a few times to be a royal ass.

And I took that too.

I got soaked-- whoa!

A big chunk of snow came off the
bridge and hit us in the roof.

If that was frozen, it could
have come right through

and I could be wearing
it, a big chunk of ice.

I'm going to keep an
eye on the road here.

We've still got
a long way to go.

NARRATOR: 370
miles to the west--

[music playing]

Time to roll.

NARRATOR: Darrell's making good
time on his run to replace Jack

Jessee as the haul road ace.

DARRELL WARD: I don't
know why Jack's gone.

But he is.

That made me some
time right here.

RADIO: We have
the roads blocked.

I think somebody's crossed
up in the road up there.

NARRATOR: But nothing's
easy on the Dalton.

We're going to
have to hold up.

It's another delay
of Darrell's game.

NARRATOR: A bulker truck is
jackknife across the road,

blocking all traffic.

There's one of
my fellow truckers.

I'm going to walk up there
and see what he has to say.

Looks like a hairball
situation here, huh?

DARRELL WARD: Yeah,
that wasn't pretty, boy.

He's lucky he got
it sideways, or he'd

have ended up in the bushes.

NARRATOR: The driver
of the jackknife truck

has already been
taken back to town.

TRUCKER: Lucky dude, lucky dude.

Yeah.
Lucky.

Looks like he got the blade
here blocking off the road.

I wonder if Jarvis saw it.

I bet he did.

What's happening, Jarvis?

Man, it looks like a close call.

It was a close call.

It was indeed.

Let's go up here a little bit.

NARRATOR: Jarvis
Walton just missed

becoming part of the wreck.

He just got too far
out there on the edge,

out there on the shoulder.

That's all snow.

It was impossible for
him to correct it.

NARRATOR: Heading north,
the bulker lost control

and jackknifed across the road.

If Jarvis would have arrived
a few seconds earlier,

he wouldn't be
standing here now.

Everything just
unfolded, happened

so soon and so quickly,
it's just unbelievable.

You know, out here on
the Dalton Highway,

things can happen like that.

You just gotta be
ready to react.

That's a scary
deal right there.

That kills people.

NARRATOR: Until the
wreck can be cleared,

Darrell will have to put
his load count on hold.

DARRELL WARD: You can never hope
enough that you're not involved

in one of those
accidents, you know.

Well, there's not much more
I can do sitting right there.

So.

NARRATOR: 25 miles to the west--

[horn]

Manley's the
road less traveled.

NARRATOR: Porkchop's in the
middle of a make or break trip.

RONALD "PORKCHOP" MANGUM: This
ain't no joke, that's for sure.

You got to be on the edge
of your seat up here.

You can't just sit back
and enjoy your ride.

You've got to be ready.

NARRATOR: He's fighting to prove
himself on his first solo run.

And the 120 mile road
to the village of Manley

is testing everything he's got.

The Dalton's tough,
but this is Manley.

It's a dangerous environment
all the way around.

Every second you're on
this road is a second

you might not make it back.

I want to make it back
to my wife and kids.

NARRATOR: Finally, near
the end of the road--

RONALD "PORKCHOP" MANGUM:
Coming up on a 13'6" bridge.

I got about a half
inch clearance.

NARRATOR: A narrow bridge is the
last obstacle between Porkchop

and the village.

A mistake here will
undo everything

he struggled to accomplish.

RONALD "PORKCHOP"
MANGUM: Oh, boy.

Oh, my god.

Nothing to it.

NARRATOR: Porkchop pulls
into Manley Hot Springs.

Hello.

WOMAN: Is that big
haul just for us?

RONALD "PORKCHOP"
MANGUM: Yes, ma'am.

NARRATOR: And completes
his first solo delivery

in the Alaskan wilderness.

I want everybody to
remember one thing.

You can't stop the Chop.

Thank you, Porkchop.

Yeah, thanks, Porkchop.

RONALD "PORKCHOP" MANGUM:
You're welcome, Perry.

It's been the most
productive day yet

since I've been up here.

[music playing]

NARRATOR: 120 miles
north of Fairbanks--

Everything in my mind
works like clockwork.

Everything out here on this
road works like disaster.

NARRATOR: Darrell's plan to
take the lead in the load count

is on hold while crews clear a
jackknifed truck from the road.

Delays, delays, delays.

I'm only going to make
it to Coldfoot tonight.

I'm going to turn this in--

RADIO: Jerome, we
all clear back there?

DARRELL WARD: I'm going to turn
this into a three day trip.

Looks like we're moving.

Coming up on that
accident makes you think.

You know, this could
happen to anybody out here.

It makes you think
about your kids.

It makes me think
about Reno a lot.

NARRATOR: For Darrell,
leading the load count

is his shot at providing
a better life for his son.

You know, you're missing
your children and your spouse,

or whatever.

And you know, then
one day you go home

and it ain't even there anymore.

NARRATOR: But being the
best comes at a price.

That's part of the
life of a trucker.

And I don't want to see Reno
to end up in that same boat,

you know.

I want him to have something
better than what I had.

Everybody wants that
for their children.

I want Reno to go off to school
and get a good education.

And I don't want to see
him struggle at all.

I'll struggle to make
sure he doesn't have to.

I'll give him the
life that I wanted.

Keep on trucking.

NARRATOR: 30 miles
to the south--

AUSTIN WHEELER: It's
been a long day so far.

I don't think we're going to
make it to Coldfoot like we

originally planned.

NARRATOR: Austin's out to
prove he belongs on the Dalton

heavy haul team by pushing a
100 ton building up the road.

All the delays this morning
and today have definitely--

we've lost time over them.

NARRATOR: But a day of delays
has the trip behind schedule.

I really wanted to minimize
my time having to drive

in the dark with this load.

But sometimes you gotta do what
you gotta do to keep moving.

NARRATOR: They're driving into
the night to make up time.

And things are
finally looking up.

[beeping]

What is that sound?

Damn it.

NARRATOR: Straining under the
100 ton load, Carey's truck

is starting to quit.

OK.

I've already lost a lot of hours
on this haul due to broke down

trucks.

NARRATOR: Without
all three trucks,

the heavy haul mission
is in jeopardy.

NARRATOR: With the
convoy stopped,

Austin's Dalton heavy haul
debut is looking like a bust.

It's knocking like it might
be the injector going out.

That means it's got
to go to the shop

if it's got an
injector going out.

I got some bad news and
I got some bad news.

AUSTIN WHEELER: What's wrong?

Got some missing
there real bad.

I think it might be the
injector going out or something.

All right.

Drop it.

I'm hooking up to it.

Let's go, Greg.

That ain't going
to work either.

NARRATOR: Despite the
rookie's eagerness,

there is no way the veteran's
handing over the load

to the first timer.

It means the haul is shut down.

I thought that the
breakdown train was over,

but it's not over yet.

So I've got to drop the load and
go back to town, to the shop.

Hopefully it's a quick
fix in the morning.

NARRATOR: Their deadline
is now just two days away

and they've only
made it 100 miles.

AUSTIN WHEELER: Well, we're
sitting here at 100 miles.

Carey's truck broke down.

Sucks this happened.

It's been a really long day.

I feel like they should
let me pull this load.

I know I can do it.

Yeah, I don't have a
lot of experience in it.

But I still know I can do it.

It's just my age
and inexperience.

But, gotta give people a
chance to do that kind of stuff

to prove to the bosses
that you can do it.

NARRATOR: Instead of proving
himself as a heavy hauler,

Austin's big chance is going
down as a heavy haul failure.

It's just been
a really bad day.

I'm just ready to go to
bed and forget about it.

NARRATOR: 450
miles to the east--

[music playing]

[horn]

ALEX DEBOGORSKI: Yeah,
coming into Dawson

just like a wild sled dog here.

NARRATOR: Alex is at
the end of his run

after spending the day driving
the entire Dempster Highway.

Fairly long day.

We'll basically have the whole
Dempster in one day today.

I'm at the end of my trip.

Put on a good 500 miles today.

NARRATOR: With Jack
gone, Austin and Darrell

sit tied for the lead.

And Porkchop's only
two loads behind.

But back in Fairbanks, Alaska,
the game's about to change.

A couple of days ago, I left
here in a really bad mood.

You know, I showed
up to get a load

and they didn't
have a load for me.

It just set with me wrong.

So hopefully, I've
still got a job.

And all I really want to do
is just get up the haul road.

Got a moment?

What's going on?

Not much.

Just thought I'd show back up
and go back to work and get

another load.

Do you want my seat?

I had to sit in yours
while you were gone.

NARRATOR: When Jack walked out--

Jack's not here, so I'm
going to take the load today.

NARRATOR: Lane was forced
to fill in for the ace.

[horn]

We're going to make
good work of this.

Sometimes it's good for you
and Harry to get back up there,

see what we have
to deal with again.

Refresh your memories.

It'd probably be in your
best interest if, you know,

we made that decision when we're
going to go up there, not you.

You know, I mean, you left me
in a pretty tough spot, Jack.

Well, you know, I mean,
I've been a company man

for quite a few years now.

You know, it's just,
all these new guys,

and all the issues we
got going up on the road

up there this year, just--

I don't know.

Maybe it all piled up
and fell all at once.

You know, you've
been here a long time.

But this is not one of
your brighter moments, so.

The way it all went down,
kind of how it went down, so.

I'd like to think
that, you know,

you have enough respect for
me that that wouldn't happen

again.

Then we're up against the wire.

And we still got more
than half the loads left,

so we've got our
work cut out for us.

Ready to go back to work then?

I am.

Up again.
Thanks.

All right.

Glad to have you back, Jack.

I wanted him to feel
the pain a little bit.

He stormed out and now
he's going to-- hopefully

he regrets that and thinks about
it before he does it next time.

It's about time things started
working right around here.

Finally got a decent load.

We're going to
get this job done.

Loaded up and ready to
roll and go to Prudhoe.

Those other rookies better
watch out, because I'm back.

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

Fire!

NARRATOR: As the season
hits the halfway point--

Get the hell out the way.

Here comes the Chop.

Oh, crap.

NARRATOR: The competition
heats up as the ace returns

to the haul road.

Holy [bleep].

This is really dangerous.

NARRATOR: Hugh risks at all.

And he's never even been
on the [bleep] ice before.

NARRATOR: To save his season--

This is crazy.

This is crazy.

This is crazy.

NARRATOR: And Alex faces off--

You go over that
cliff, you're dead.

NARRATOR: With the
Yukon's deadliest road.

Jesus, I trust in you.

Save us from the fires of hell.

[music playing]