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[Truck horn honks]

- [Laughing]

Narrator: the ice road truckers
have battled arctic conditions

- Whoa! Get back, go back!

Narrator: Extreme terrain...

- Woo-hoo!

- Stop! Stop!

Narrator: and deadly ice
crossings...

- We are on the ocean right now.

Art: We broke through
the ice, man.

Whoa!

Narrator: to re-supply remote
communities

at the end of the earth.

- We are building our own road.

Unbelievable!

Narrator: Along the way
Polar Industries

became a winter road juggernaut.

- I've dominated this area.
I've beaten my rivals.

Narrator: While a team
of renegades...

Mark: You're on my [bleep] turf
here, bud. My [bleep] turf.

Darrell: It used to be yours.

Narrator: dared to go it alone.

- We're just about
to cross enemy lines.

Narrator: Now for the ice road
warriors,

it's all led up to this...

- Whoa!

- Whoa!

Narrator: a season ten years
in the making.

- Ohhh.

- Hang on. Uhhhh.

Narrator: An unprecedented
heat wave

turns the winter roads
upside down.

Mark: This is gonna be
the shortest season ever.

Ice is literally melting.

Narrator: Forcing the drivers
to risk it all...

Lisa: Keep the truck moving.

Narrator: in record time.

Trucker: Yeah.

Narrator: Over disintegrating
roads and rapidly thinning ice.

- We're off to run the Alberta
Death Roads.

Narrator: To keep the companies
and communities alive.

Lisa: Oh no! Ahhh.

Narrator: The truckers
may have finally...

[Chain snaps]
- [Bleep]!

Narrator: ...met their match.

- Pretty rough.

[Truck thumping]

Mark: Holy [bleep]. We just
lost the [bleep] truck.

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♪ ♪

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Narrator: This season...

[Engine roars]

...a weather event called
El Nino

has thrown the industry
into chaos.

[Truck honks]

Mark: There's a serious threat
that these communities

aren't gonna get all their
supplies

and all the goods they need.

We're looking at total
devastation.

Narrator: El Nino is a band
of warm water

that develops in the Pacific
Ocean

that disrupts weather patterns
throughout the globe.

Causing crop decimating
droughts

and violent typhoons.

And in the north warm
temperatures spell disaster

for the ice road truckers.

At Polar headquarters
in Winnipeg...

Mark: It's like spring out here.

Hard to believe in February

you're standing in a puddle
of water fixing trailers, eh.

Narrator: Owner,
Mark Kohaykewych

is already feeling the heat
from the warm season.

Mark: We would normally,
at this time last year,

had probably close
to a hundred loads out.

I've got loads piling up
in my yard.

Customers are freaking,
they're yelling.

Narrator: The ice roads
aren't freezing

and hundreds of vital loads
could go undelivered.

Mark: Hey, I'm just checking up
on that winter road.

Yep.

Still not for awhile.

Okay, no,
I got a lot to get in there

so we're, we're starting
to panic.

This is one of the first times

that I'm faced with a situation

where we may not get all the
loads into the communities.

Building supplies
may not get in,

fuel may not get in,
food may not get in.

May not open at all.

Oh man.

They rely on us to get these
essential goods in.

They need us and then we need
them to survive too.

If you hear anything
let me know.

Thanks. Bye-bye.

Right now if you were to ask me
how we're going to do it

I don't have a plan.

Narrator: The company is
gearing up

for a battle against
Mother Nature.

And down the road...

Polar's rivals,
Darrell Ward and Lisa Kelly,

are also feeling
El Nino's wrath.

Darrell: I think most of these
roads over here are closed.

We're gonna have to hunt down
some loads this season.

- Do they have a lot of loads
going out there though?

They're just not open?

- Well, I think there's a lot
of loads to go but no roads.

Narrator: Last year,

the former Rocky Mountain
log hauler...

Darrell: This is a deadly job,

deadly job.

Narrator: and Alaskan
trucking icon,

- Ugh. Yeah!

Narrator: formed their own
business.

- Partners.
- Nice.

Narrator: And despite
challenge...

[Ice cracking]
- Ahh! Oh my gosh!

Narrator: after challenge...

- Oh, what am I doing out here.

Have I lost my [bleep] mind?

Narrator: ...in the end
they made their mark.

[Truck engine hums]

- We have the power.

- Oh, we do. [Laughing]

We have the power.

Narrator: But this season the
weather's already threatening

to sink their new company.

- I don't know what
it's like up here.

I haven't had any report on it.

- That one's closed.

- That one's closed?

With this being a really
short season

that's going to limit
how many loads

we're gonna be able to haul.

That could break a company.

We need to keep this company
afloat,

and scavenge all the loads
that we can find.

Lisa: We might not end up
coming out ahead

or even breaking even,

and then there would be
no more company.

Narrator: As trucks sit idle...

...a welcome cold front
finally moves in.

[Wind gusts]

Todd: This is what it's all
about right here, baby.

Oh, yeah boy.

Narrator: And Polar's the first
to strike,

unleashing their top dog,

Todd Dewey.

Todd: There's just so many
factors I love about ice road
trucking.

You know, you can feel the ice
flexing as you get on there.

How far the cracks spreading
apart.

Is there water coming up?

Is this it?

It's like a roller-coaster
ride of emotions.

Mark: Hey Todd, man,
what's happening?

- Mark, what's up, bud?

- Going up to Pikangikum,
Ontario.

That road literally
just opened ten minutes ago.

- Oh wow.

- Take uh, take a load of
construction supplies.

It's got a lot of concrete on
it so she is gonna be heavy.

You're gonna get some
challenges out there for sure

cause she just opened up.
- Oh yeah.

- That ice is gonna pop
for sure.

- We got a window,
we're not sure how big it is.

I mean, the weather is good
for us today

but she's supposed
to get warm again

so let's get whatever we can
in right now

while the weather's like
this, okay?

- All right I'll push straight
through

till I get in there, buddy.
- Thanks, man.

- All right, Mark.

Here we go.

Narrator: Polar's maiden voyage
is a 200 mile trek

to remote Pikangikum.

A brief cold spell has provided
a short window

for Todd to reach the community.

But the ten mile lake crossing,

one of the longest and most
dangerous in Ontario,

has just frozen.

Hauling over 25 tons
of construction supplies,

Todd will be the first
to test it.

[Stream babbles]

Todd: This is the first
time ever

out of all these years
of coming up here

that I've ever seen open
running water

all over the place.

I have never seen that ever
at the beginning of the season.

So I'm a little nervous.

[Truck engine hums]

It feels like it's the end
of the season

with the warm temperatures
we're having.

It's just crazy.

It's very vital to get these
loads in the communities

so they can survive,

but we're putting our lives
at risk

trying to get these loads
into the community

and with the temperatures
fluctuating like they have been,

I don't want to think
about what would happen

if one of us went through.

[Truck rattling]

A lot of stress, man,
a lot of stress this year.

[Truck roars and rattles]

There is the ice.

I'm definitely gonna get out
of the truck.

I wanna go down walk
on the ice,

I want to check it out,

just visually get to see it,

mentally prepare myself.

[Truck engine hums]

Okay.

[Airbrakes hiss]

[Door slams]

[Wind howling]

[Eagle cries]

[Wind howling]

This is the lake right here.
This is the ice.

So what happens is you get big
cracks underneath this ice.

The snow covers up the cracks

and you can't see
where the cracks are.

[Ice cracking]

You know, I'm a family man,

and I love my wife
and I love my kids.

And I could never,
if ever possibly imagine

falling through the ice

and one of my crew members
or Mark

or somebody having to call
my wife and say,

"Hey, you know..." [stammers]

that really tugs on ya.

It's just crazy out here
this year.

[Wind howls]

[Huffs, sniffles]

Well, let's be the first
truck across the ice.

[Chains rattling]

Here we go.

I wanna get my frickin' door
open for one thing.

[Ice cracking]

It is a cracking too, boy,
you can hear it popping.

[Truck rumbles]

[Wind blowing]

Narrator: Comi

Narrator: In northern Ontario...

[Engine hums]

Todd: Well, let's be the first
truck across the ice.

Narrator: Todd Dewey braves
the first open ice crossing
of the season.

[Chains rattling]

- Here we go.

I wanna get my frickin' door
open for one thing.

It is cracking too, boy.
You can hear it popping.

[Ice cracking]

Narrator: An open door provides
a quick escape route

in case disaster strikes
over the ten mile crossing.

[Truck tires crunching on snow]

- The thing about this water
is too,

it's a couple hundred feet deep.

The truck goes through

it's going to the bottom
like a freakin' lead weight.

As fast as it can go
and you're going with it.

Narrator: Lake ice flexes under
the weight of the truck

causing a pressure wave
of water,

that's powerful enough to burst
through the thinning ice.

[Ice cracking]

[Truck engine hums]

Todd: Usually the ice
is a good 36 inches

and they want it 33 to 36
inches thick.

Right now we're crossing it

in anywhere between
22 to 25 inches.

That is a huge difference.

[Ice cracking]

[Truck engine hums]

Oh my gosh, those cracks
are loud.

[Ice cracking]

- Yeah, cause the ice is moving.

The ice is actually moving
and it's cracking.

[Creaking]

You can feel it rocking
like a frickin' boat, man.

Come on, good Lord, stick with
me just a little bit longer.

Get me across this ice.

Oh, those are some loud pops.

[Ice cracking]

I can see the community now,

but I'm not off the ice yet.

[Tires crunch on snow]

Come on, you son of a bitch,
I am so close.

[Ice cracking]

Oh, we're right there, baby!

About ready to roll off.

Come on, baby, come on, baby.

Woo!

Yes!

Off the ice.

Son of a bitch.

Narrator: Back on solid
ground...

- My destination. This is it.

Got it into the little
community Pikangikum.

Conquered a badass
ice crossing this time.

I mean a badass ice crossing.

Narrator: Todd comes through
big for the small community.

[Airbrakes hiss]

- Finally.

Gosh, dang it! I can shake it
off and relax a little bit.

So I'll go find my site boss guy

and see where he wants me
to put the load at.

[Truck door slams]

We really strive to get
everybody up here

what they need by the end
of the ice season

and we're not really having one
this year

and that's pretty spooky.

So we gotta a lot of miles
to do.

Let's hit the road.
Let's get out of here.

Narrator: As Polar locks in the
first delivery of the season...

back in Winnipeg...

Darrell: Garden Hill, huh?

So how long is that road
gonna be open?

That short, huh.

Narrator: The competition's
not backing down.

- You gotta get it in there
I can pull it off.

Last year we went toe to toe
with Polar.

We took a big bite
of the apple.

This year we're gonna devour
the apple.

Yep, I'll do that.
Yeah, I'll leave right now.

Narrator: The young company
lands a valuable new contract

to Garden Hill.

But to get to the remote
community

Darrell will have to survive
nearly 400 miles

of brutal winter road.

- I'm headed to Garden Hill
with a load of supplies.

Hopefully, I can run straight
in, get unloaded,

get turn around get right back
out there without any issues.

I like a nice clean run.

[Truck rattles]

Nice clean runs are difficult
to do on these roads.

Narrator: The village is
in desperate need

of the load of food
and medical supplies.

But the warm weather
is making the rugged trail

even more difficult to navigate.

- These roads are in pretty
rough shape this year.

You can see where
they're gonna fall apart.

[Truck rattles]
Ooh.

Hang on.

Ohh.

They're rough.

There's definitely rough
spots in 'em.

[Truck groans]

You got places where there's
already dirt showing

and as soon as the sun hits it

it'll start deteriorating
in a hurry.

Narrator: The winter roads
are made of hard packed snow

over frozen swampland
called muskeg.

[Truck groans]

But El Nino's warm temperatures
are melting it fast.

Exposing rocks and uneven divots

making for an painfully
rough ride.

[Truck rattles]

- Pretty warm out.

The road's icy, slippery.

[Skids]

Whoa.

You can see the shine on the
road, that's how slick it is.

The road's all shiny, you know,
sun's beating down on it.

[Tires screech]

See that's pretty slick
right there,

load's sliding around.

End up over in the rhubarb
if you're not careful.

About ten kilometers up
there's a corner here

and gets just slicker
than [bleep].

Couple years ago old Alex
jack knifed there

and totaled his truck.

Narrator: Slick roads mean
no traction

and over the years has caused
drivers to crash

especially around corners.

[Truck engine hums]

Alex: We're done.

[Crash]

Darrell: You get these corners
like this -

a little bit out-sloped

and they're definitely slick.

[Truck groans]

She's sliding around
a little bit.

[Skids]

[Truck horn honks]
Whoa!

Narrator: Coming up...

Narrator: On the road
to Garden Hill...

- Yeah, she's sliding around
a little bit.

Narrator: Darrell Ward's
on a collision course.

♪ ♪

[Truck honks]

- Whoa!

That was [bleep] close.

It was real [bleep] close.

[Airbrakes hissing]

Narrator: Darrell's seen it all

in his decades behind the wheel.

Darrell: I've built the
pipelines across this country.

I've worked in the oil fields
in North Dakota.

There's nobody better.

Narrator: And he's never backed
down from a challenge.

[Truck skids]

- Oh [bleep]!

Narrator: From Alaska's Dalton
highway...

- Yeah, this is Alaska, baby!

Narrator: ...to Canada's winter
roads.

Darrell: Beware of potholes,
soft shoulders,

washboards and drop-offs.
Perfect.

Narrator: To starting his own
business.

- Yeah, I was driving for
Polar. I ain't anymore.

There's a lot of loads
up for grabs.

I might as well grab 'em.

Narrator: But he's never faced
a challenge like this season.

Darrell: The roads are goin'
to [bleep] this year.

The roads-there is not enough
snow, there's no, no frost,

no, you know,
nothing's froze good.

Shoulders of the roads are soft.

[Truck whines, chains clink]

Yeah, that was definitely
a close call.

Be on my mind most of the day.

I don't like close calls.

Narrator: While Darrell
hammers down...

only a 100 miles back...

Lisa: Here's the start of my
long, long, long, long journey.

See everything that
I'm driving is newly open.

That means like,

well, it's good enough.
Better go for it.

Narrator: Business partner,
Lisa Kelly,

secured the second half of
the Garden Hill contract.

A mammoth 20 ton loader

that could bring a big pay day

to start the season
for the young company.

Lisa: It's been a really
warm winter.

Good ole El Nino decided to mess
this winter up for everybody.

That's why we need
to figure out

how to get as many loads
as possible

as quickly as possible

so we can break even
or come out a little ahead.

Wouldn't that be swell?

[Truck rattling]

Uh.

The ride is bumpy.

They were right about it
being all tore up.

When you got fresh snow
over all the bumps,

I can't really see
where the bumps are.

[Truck bumping]

Whoa!

[Truck bumping]

Man, I'm seriously like gonna
get the wind knocked out of me
from this.

Narrator: The hidden bumps
under the snow

are giving Lisa a surprise
at every turn.

But now...

Lisa: You gotta be kidding me.

Narrator: ...she'll have to
tangle with a 15 percent
grade hill

and the loader's high
centered weight

won't be doing her any favors.

[Truck engine hums]

[Truck whines]
Lisa: Come on.

Good grief.

Don't do this to me,
you damn truck.

Ah. Gonna chain up now.

Narrator: The truck doesn't
have enough traction

to pull the heavy load
up the incline.

- Stupid hill.

Putting my chains on.

Narrator: So she's gotta throw
on tire chains

and hope it's enough
to get to the top.

- This hill is slippery

and then there's a corner
at the bottom.

And when there's a corner
at the bottom

you can't get the run for it.

Here we go.

See if I can't get it
to grind a little bit here.

[Engine hums, door slams]

Narrator: If she can't make it

the load ain't getting
delivered.

[Tires spinning]

- Dammit.

[Tires spin]

Dammit.

Still not enough.

[Truck whines]

What a freakin' complete
disaster.

[Truck beeping]

Narrator: Coming up...

Narrator: On the road
to Garden Hill...

[Chains clink]

- Dammit. Still not enough.

What a freakin' complete
disaster.

Narrator: Lisa Kelly
is facing an uphill battle

with her first haul of the year.

- I'm positive that if I don't
make it this time

I won't make it at all.

Going back all the way to
Kansas and try this again.

Narrator: So as a last ditch
option

she's backing down the hill
and giving it all she's got.

Lisa: Getting one heck
of a run too.

♪ ♪

I think I'm gonna go
for it here.

I'm just gonna jam it in gear

and grab gears as fast as I as
can grab them here.

[Chains clink]

This is so sharp.

[Truck roars]

Oh my gosh. Oh no.

[Truck roars]

Just running for the hill.

Made it farther than I did
but I'm not at the top yet.

Holy crap. Okay, I'm there.

Narrator: Lisa conquers
the steep grade.

Lisa: That was only a lot scary.

Finally on the move.

Narrator: But she's still got
over a hundred miles

of disintegrating winter roads
ahead of her.

- From here we're gonna trounce
along

until we get to our destination
only,

only like five hours
behind schedule now.

Narrator: Back in Winnipeg...

[Truck hitching load]

- All right, boys, let's check
this [bleep] thing out.

Narrator: Another road's just
opened.

So Polar's enlisting company
wild card, Art Burke,

onto the battlefield.

[Wrench tightening]

- I don't where you play
cards, eh,

but in my world

the wild cards the best card
in the deck.

I can be anything I want.
I can be a king or a joker,

anything I like depending on
the game, right?

So the wild card's actually
the best card in the deck.

Am I wrong?

[Laughs]

Narrator: Three years ago...

Art got off to a rocky start
on the winter roads.

- [Bleep]

Yeah, there that's really
slippery, eh.

Boss: Who's your boss?
Who do you work for?

Where do you get the money from?

- That's right, you.

Boss: End of story.

Narrator: And had a falling out
with his first boss.

- I might be telling them
to go [bleep] themselves.

- You guys go [bleep]
yourselves.

Come on, baby!

Narrator: But made a name
for himself at Polar

as an unpredictable...

- Oh my God, we just tore the
bumper off this [bleep] truck.

Narrator: unconventional...

- [Laughing]

Narrator: Yet always reliable
driver.

- You brought in the tie
breaker load.

- That's right too, eh.
[Laughs]

Mark: Art, buddy.
- How are you doing, ol' son?

- How is it going?
Good to see you, buddy.

- Good to see you, b'y.
- You ready to rock 'n' roll?

- All ready to roll, buddy.

- Hitting Wasagamack.
- Right on.

- There's your paperwork.
- Cool.

- Okay, you're heading out
south road.

- I hear the roads are bad.

- Yeah, the roads are really
bad. So be careful.

We got a short season.
It's-it's bad.

Road just opened and we don't
know how long it's gonna stay
open for

so don't waste any time.
- Okay, buddy.

- 'Kay bud. Save travels.

- See you later.

Well, here it is day one,
getting the hell outta here.

That El Nino or whatever
the [bleep] they call it

is up there.

It's not good for us at all.

[Door slams]

And now the fun begins. Eh.

Narrator: Art's mission,
25 tons of building supplies

to the remote village
of Wasagamack

and he'll be the first to brave

the rugged 400 mile trail
this winter.

[Truck engine hums]

Art: Heading in the boonies
now, b'y.

Well, here we go for another
season.

Another [bleep]-kicking
in the truck.

[Truck rattles]

Hope the [bleep] we don't
[bleep] spin out there.

[Bleep] Christ.

The road is getting a little
rougher here, I'm noticin'.

Getting a little hilly
and a little rougher.

♪ ♪

Isn't this fun?

[Lumber slides]

Matter of fact, put a little
air in my seat

to make myself a little higher
here.

I like to be high, eh.

Not near as much as I did
years ago. [Laughs]

Different type of high.

[Engine roars]

Well, so far so good here.

[Thud]
[Bleep] [Bleep]

I hit my [bleep] head
on that [bleep] thing.

That was a good smash,
let me [bleep] tell ya.

Lower this [bleep] seat
a little bit,

I'll try that action.

[Truck bumping]

[Engine hums]

Narrator: The rough road's
giving Art a beating in the cab.

[Truck bumping]

- I'm worried about losing
them two by four's.

Narrator: And back on
the trailer

his valuable load of lumber
is hanging on by a thread.

- It's starting to get a little
bit loose, eh.

[Lumber sliding]

Big rush to get this... [bump]

There's a big rush to get this
stuff in here.

As soon as the road opened

somebody's gotta be there
to grab that and get on it

because you never know
when the roads might close.

We gotta get as much stuff into
these people as we can

because they need their stuff

and this is the only way
to do it.

It's kind of a no fool around
kick-ass job, eh.

♪ ♪

[Lumber sliding]

What the [bleep] was that noise
out there?

So I know it's moving.

[Lumber sliding]

Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa.
Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa.

There's something going on
back there.

I'm gonna have to get around
the turn

to get it straightened out
and get a better look at it.

Oh, my [bleep]!

Narrator: Coming up...

Narrator: On the distant trail
of Wasagamack...

[Lumber sliding]

- What the [bleep] was that
noise out there?

Narrator: The rough road
is wreaking havoc

on Art Burks first haul
of the season.

- Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa.
Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa.

There's something going on
back there.

I'm gonna have to get around
the turn

to get it straightened out
and get a better look at it.

[Thud]
Oh, my [bleep]!

[Lumber sliding]

Holy mercy [bleep].

[Bleep] wanna [bleep] smash it.

I bet you that took the [bleep]
meat off her.

I'm gonna pull this sucker
over here

and have a look at that

before something nuts
happens, eh.

[Rumbles to a halt]

[Airbrakes hissing]

- Ah, for [bleep] sake.

See how these are starting
to slide out, eh.

Eventually they'll work their
way right friggin' out.

Narrator: The ragged terrain

is causing the 25 ton load
of lumber to violently shift.

And now it's in danger
of tumbling off the trailer

and spilling all over the road.

- If they keep sliding out,
sliding out, sliding out,
sliding out,

I don't have [bleep] all
to fix 'em.

so I'm gonna try this thing.

We're gonna improvise here
today.

So we're gonna tie that
like that.

Narrator: Miles from heavy
machinery

to help adjust the cargo,

Art's got just one strap
to secure the loose lumber.

- My hands are getting a little
chilly, I'll tell ya that.

Not to mention me [bleep] ears
are gonna drop off any minute.

What the [bleep]
am I gonna do though.

It's not workin' real well, b'y.

Well, well, well, well,
well, well, well.

I haven't got enough to tie it
on this end.

Narrator: The strap and Art's
plan are coming up short.

- Yeah, see I need something
to hold that up like that

so that I can ratchet [bleep]
thing, eh?

I ain't done yet, b'y.

Narrator: So Art will have
to use a little ice roads
ingenuity

to get the job done.

I don't know what the [bleep]
this has got to do with
anything,

but it seems to work.

Narrator: And that's one of his
specialties.

[Hammering]

- I might be able to jam that
on the other end

and at least make circulation.

Supposed to be a cover on this
thing, eh.

I'm not a mechanic, right?

And I don't pretend to be one.

But I know how to improvise.

[Laughs]

Like I said I never did this
before, b'y.

I don't know if this
is gonna work

but I like to get that tight.

My plan is to clamp them vice
grips on the bottom of that,

see if I can reef on it.

Might come right out
I don't know.

But it might stay.

Narrator: Using a vice grip,

a tool used mostly for
ratcheting down nuts and bolts,

Art will try to secure
the strap

and hope it's enough to keep
the load locked down.

- That's not too bad, b'y.

Listen to that.

[Hard knock]

It's a long ways from a [bleep]
fiddle string

but it certainly gonna help.

Not bad.

What I think of the odds about
that being there at the end?

Ah, [bleep] it, we'll see
what happens.

Well...

My gadget works. So far, eh.

Narrator: With the quick fix
in place,

Art will tempt fate
for the next 80 miles

over the rockiest stretch
of the entire trail.

- Well, we just jimmied that
sort of speak.

It'll pull down on them two
by fours anyway

for a little while.

Might stay two minutes,

might stay all the way
in there. I don't know.

[Truck rumbles]

I mean, it might bust
and fall off yet.

Anything can happen, eh.

Narrator: As Art soldiers on,

50 miles to the North,

deep in the Manitoba
wilderness...

[Thud]
- Oh [bleep].

I've run this road a lot
of times in the past.

This is my first run back--

Ohhh! This is my first run
in here this year

and look at this, this road's
already falling apart.

Narrator: Darrell Ward's
closing in on Garden Hill

trying to deliver the first half
of a valuable new contract.

[Truck groans]

- This road's rougher than
[bleep].

[Trailer squealing]

Good thing I'm not hauling eggs.

I'd have scrambled eggs
if I did.

Narrator: But the blistering sun

has made the final 20 miles

the toughest of the journey.

- Holy [bleep], I'm doing...

I'm doing 20 kilometers
an hour and...

it's rough, it's rough.

[Truck thumping]

Oh yeah.

It's kinda like riding a bull
in the rodeo.

[Truck thumping]

I had a couple of girlfriends
like this.

It was a rough ride.

I'm gonna ride these bumps.

Narrator: Finally...

Darrell: Right on. I'm just
rolling into Garden Hill.

I'm gonna pull up here where
I've off-loaded in the past

and, uh, see if this is
where they want it.

Narrator: Darrell makes it
to the tiny village.

- Let's get rid of this load.

Narrator: And despite the
challenges of the warm season,

the young company's delivered
their first load of the year.

Darrell: It's really hard being
a small company on the winter
roads.

You have to deliver your loads
on time.

I depend on Lisa,
Lisa depends on me

and the community depends
on the both of us.

Narrator: Night falls
on the winter roads.

Lisa: Almost there.
Almost there. Almost there.

Narrator: And Darrell's
business partner, Lisa Kelly,

also arrives at the distant
community.

Lisa: Just got to Garden Hill.
I made it.

Narrator: Coming through big
for the company

with the second half
of the contract.

- They were worried
I was gonna be late

but I think they're just happy
that they get their stuff.

[Beeping]

It is actually a concern that we
get these loads to these people

cause there just might not
be a big enough window.

And the communities having their
supplies is what really counts

and what really matters.

I mean, it'd be great
if we come out ahead,

but what matters is that
they have what they need

before they go into summer.

Batta-boom.

I'm outta here.

Narrator: Coming up...

Narrator: In the Manitoba
back country...

- We're getting close, b'y.

[Frustrated groan]

Narrator: Art Burke's
pushing down

the final few brutal miles
to Wasagamack.

Art: I'll be glad
when we get there.

Been gettin' the [bleep]
kicked out of me now

since seven o'clock
this morning.

It's all right
when I get used to it

but she been a rough road, eh.

[Truck thumping]

Narrator: And thanks to his
jerry rig,

the 25 tons of lumber
is still holding on.

- She's starting to get
a little bit loose, eh.

Narrator: For now.

[Truck thumping]

- We're almost where
we're going anyway,

I think we're gonna be fine.

Narrator: Finally, after
a grueling two-day run...

- Well, we made it
to Wasagamack, b'y.

Narrator: Art reaches
his destination.

Art: Our first load of
the season.

I feel like somebody threw
me in the dryer

and put in about five bucks.

Well, my jigger randy made it
here, b'y.

And it stayed,
and it stayed tight

and it kept that wood
from falling off.

Narrator: The wild card proved
to be an ace

as his quick fix
kept the load secure

and in the end, he came through
for the remote village.

- It was a good day.
Little things happen, man.

It was a good day.

We're here.
That's the main thing.

And we're all together
and we made it.

That's what it's all about.

Narrator: While the haul
may have made it...

- Away we go again.

Narrator: Art will still have
to survive

the 400 mile trip back

over a rapidly deteriorating
road.

- All this banging
and [bleep] crashing,

if you're not used to it

it can definitely [bleep]
you up.

[Truck thumping]

♪ ♪

Nine hours of this, eh b'y?

Wanna say [bleep] it.

Hang on here.

[Thud] Whoa!

[Truck crashes]

No, no, no, no, no, no!

Oh my God, my God, my God.

[Truck engine rumbles]

How in the [bleep] am I
gonna get out of this?

[Wind howls]

Narrator: This season...

[Honking]

Ten years on the ice
has all led to this.

Art: Yee-ha!

Narrator: Two companies...

- We are absolutely behind
the eight ball.

Narrator: in a desperate battle
against Mother Nature.

Darrell: Look at the ice
cracking right there.

What the [bleep]!

Narrator: New hopefuls emerge.

Steph: I'm gonna see if I can
bring these communities

the relief they need.

Narrator: And a legend returns.

Alex: The temperature
is too warm.

It'll be a very challenging
season.

Narrator: As the ice road
truckers face a meltdown...

- The sun is just slicking
the hills up.

Narrator: ...like never before.

[Crash]

[Chain snaps]

- Oh my [bleep]!

- [Laughs]

[Truck thumping]
- Aggh.

- Treacherous son of a bitch.

[Crash]
- [Laughs]

Narrator: And nothing's off
limits.

- The epic journey begins:
Darrell Ward and Mark.

This is gonna be interesting.

[Drill whirs]

Oh, [bleep] Oh.

I'm losing blood fast guys.

[Truck whines]
- Ahh, I hate this so much.

- Isn't this wonderful?

[Wind howls]