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Narrator: Now on
"Ice Road Truckers"...

- Wow.

Hopefully something like this
is not gonna happen to me.

- There ain't no way I'm getting
turned around anywhere.

Narrator: Hard choices...

- I got myself in a [bleep] jam.

Whoa.

Narrator: and big risks.....

Lisa: I have no steering.

So I gotta start it now
or never.

Art: I don't want him beside me.

Narrator:...push the drivers
to the edge.

Art: Get the [bleep] away
from me!

♪♪♪♪♪

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Narrator: In the Ontario
wilderness...

[Truck rumbles]

- Definitely feels like we're
gonna have a short season
this year.

Narrator: A renegade business
owner's

racing against the clock
and Mother Nature.

- I've never seen the weather
like this before up here.

Narrator: Darrell Ward scored
20 tons of supplies

for a school being built
in the town of Pikangikum.

But the 200 mile trail is in
danger of being shut down

due to rising temperatures.

Darrell: They don't know
whether the roads open

or closed half the time.

You might run towards
your winter road,

but when you get
to the winter road

you find a road closed sign.

It's not safe,
they close the road.

Narrator: This early
in the season

warm temperatures are a rarity.

But this year El Nino
is wreaking havoc

for the ice road truckers.

To keep the winter roads
in tact

temperatures must be minus
six degrees Celsius

or lower to remain open.

If the thermometer raises
to minus five or above

the route could be closed
by road authorities.

Darrell: I got six below zero
this morning

so I don't know
from hour to hour

whether these roads are gonna
be open or closed.

Narrator: At minus six
Darrell's right on the cusp.

Darrell: We're gonna have
to have some major changes

in the weather.

It's a crazy warm year.

[Engine roars]

[Truck rumbles]

[Truck honks]

Darrell: I'm headed
to Pikangikum.

Has it been closed today,
do you know?

All right. Ten four.

That's kind of [bleep] up.

Narrator: The path ahead
has been shut down...

so Darrell's got no choice
but to wait it out.

[Engine hums]

Darrell: This company's
survival

depends on loads being
delivered on time.

I'm afraid that we won't get
the loads in

that we need to survive
the season.

This company could go down.

I don't know.

[Engine idling]

Narrator: While Darrell's down,

50 miles to the northwest...

rival Polar's on the move.

Art: This is my little good
luck pouch here.

It's supposed to keep me safe.

I was given that by a Cree
friend of mine.

I rub that every day.

Narrator: Art Burke's looking
for luck

on a high stakes mission.

Art: Away we go again.

Narrator: A 400 mile trek
to remote St. Theresa Point.

[Chains clink]

Art: Be nice to get a trip
without anything going [bleep],
eh?

Like one trip is all I ask,
you know.

Narrator: The load of building
supplies

could bring in a fortune
for Polar.

But the dangerous routes
rumored to be in rough shape.

- It's getting warmer now.

I don't know.

Well, well, well, well, well.

Hey, there big truck,
you got a copy, buddy.

Trucker: [on radio] Yeah.

- You didn't come out
of St. Theresa's

by any chance, did ya?

- Right on, buddy.
How was the road?

- Now isn't that [bleep]
something.

[Truck rumbles]

[Big thud]

The road is getting worse
and worse.

Look at this.

That's the top of the muskeg
coming up

through the [bleep] snow, eh.

[Truck rumbles]

Like this should be all covered
with snow this time of year.

This is no good.

This is a bad spot here, b'y.

[Truck rumbles]

I wouldn't wanna [bleep] up
on this.

[Truck rumbles]

Wow! Check this out, buddy.

[Airbrakes hiss]

[Truck door shuts]

[Footsteps crunch]

Holy [bleep], eh.

Look at all the chains marks,
man.

Whenever they were trying
to pull this out, look.

Everything tore all to hell.

[Wind gusts]

Holy God, eh.

Narrator: The thawing muskeg
can act like quick sand

forcing drivers to flee
and abandon their trucks

hundreds of miles
from the nearest town.

And this road's so ravaged
even maintenance vehicles

aren't immune to the trails
wrath.

- You break through
that road run,

you'll go right to your [bleep]
arse just like this, look.

[Wind gusts]

Art: When you're in the middle
of nowheres,

you're in this by yourself.

There's none of this call help

or any of this kind of [bleep],
b'y.

We screw up we might not get
to do it again.

Hopefully something like this
is not gonna happen to me.

[Truck door opens and shuts]

What can I say...

Away we go again.

[Truck engine hums]

That's all that happens today
it'll be a good [bleep] day.

Hooray hurrah.
Ha, ha, ha, ha.

Narrator: While Polar's wild
card

gambles down the brutal road.

100 miles to the north...

[Truck rumbles]

[Truck thuds]

- Do some hard trucking today,
man.

Narrator: the competition's
looking to bank some big money.

Lisa: Going to Winnipeg.

Just got this back haul.

It's a broken loader.

Narrator: Lisa Kelly's hauling
a busted $60,000 loader

400 miles from remote
Garden Hill

down to Winnipeg for repairs.

Lisa: I like back hauls

it means that I'm making double
the money on the same run.

So that's pretty exciting.

Narrator: A high price job will
bring in much needed cash

for the small business.

[Truck rattling]

[Big thud]

- Jeez Louise!

The road's falling apart.

So I just need to get out
of here.

Narrator: But the road's
deteriorating fast

and within hours is expected
to get shut down.

[Truck creaking]

[Thud]
- Whoa.

[Truck rattling]

[Big thud]

What the heck was that?

[Truck rattling]

[Beeping]

[Truck engine sputters]

What is going on?

[Beeping]

[Truck engine sputters]

Whoa.

We have a problem.

[Truck beeping]

That's the engine,
skipping or something.

[Truck engine sputters]

All right,
I gotta stop this thing.

[Truck beeping]

[Sputters to a halt]

[Truck beeping]

So I gotta get out
and I gotta pop my hood

and see if everything's good.

And in order to check
the fluids and stuff

I'm gonna have to turn
the truck off

which is the ultimate no-no.

Narrator: A cardinal rule
of ice road trucking

is never turn off the engine.

In these conditions
it might not start back up

Leaving the driver stranded

hundreds of miles
from civilization.

With the motor failing she may
have to make the tough call.

- So I'm gonna break the rules
of the road right now, ready?

[Engine shuts off]

[Wind gusts]

♪♪♪♪♪

[Crow caws]

Narrator: 300 miles from
Winnipeg.

Lisa: In order to check
the fluids and stuff

I'm gonna have to turn
the truck off

which is all,
the ultimate no-no.

Narrator: To try and fix
her engine

Lisa Kelly's willing
to take a giant risk.

- So I'm gonna break the rules
of the road right now, ready?

[Engine shuts off]

[Wind howls]

♪♪♪♪♪

[Crow caws]

Lisa: I cross my finger

and hope it's something
I know how to fix

because if it isn't
I don't know what to do.

[Truck door slams]

What am I gonna do,
sit here and do nothing.

That's not my motto.

Just sitting here ain't
gonna solve anything.

Truck's don't heal,
they get fixed.

Coolants good.

And we're down a little bit.

Right let me grab some oil here.

So that's about all I can do.

Narrator: With the oil
topped off

Lisa's ready to get back
on the road.

Lisa: All right,
let's get this truck started.

[Truck engine chokes]

- Man. What is going on?

[Truck engine chokes]

What the heck?
Why is it not starting?

[Truck engine chokes]

[Exhales] Gotta be kidding me.

[Wind gusts]

Narrator: While Lisa's troubles
continue...

100 miles to the southeast,

on the road to Pikangikum...

I don't know.

Narrator: Her business
partner's still shut down

due to warming temperatures.

Darrell: The way the weather's
been you might come up here

and it's, you got the five
below rule,

if the weather is not good
and the sun's right

they shut 'em down.

Narrator: If the load goes
undelivered

not only will the village
go without the supplies...

the young company will take
a big financial hit

it can't afford.

Darrell: We'll do whatever
it takes

to overcome this obstacle.

The company and the communities

depend on these loads being
delivered.

So I'm gonna have to get going.

Narrator: But the veteran
trucker's got a trick up
his sleeve.

- This is my first trip of
the year into Pikangikum.

I was in here last year

and I remember coming out
of there before

and there was a short cut road.

Narrator: With the main road
closed

a potential alternate route

just be the key to reaching
the community.

Darrell: I'm gonna turn off
here shortly.

I know my corner's coming up

so I'm gonna find
the corner here

and pull around the corner
and check it out.

Yep, this would be the road
I'm taking.

Narrator: But the shortcut isn't
part of the winter road system

and is completely unmaintained
by road authorities.

- I don't know what
to think of my road.

[Truck rattling]

But it don't look like
there's been any trucks

on this road this year.

I'm hoping that it gets me
out of here.

Pretty sketchy road.

[Truck rattling, thud]

[Truck creaking]

Whoa. Roads are rough
on the body.

Whoa! There are tree branches
sticking out.

[Crunch]

[Bleep]. There goes my antennas
probably.

Wow. Wow.

This is not very good.

[Truck rattling]

[Truck creaking]

There ain't no way I'm getting
turned around anywhere

and there's no way that I'm
backing back through that spot

I just came through.

I'm totally [bleep]
if I have to turn around.

[Truck engine roars]

Darrell: Now I'm afraid there's
gonna end up

being some [bleep] up spot
in the road up here

that I can't get through.

If that happens...

Well...

I got myself in a [bleep] jam.

Narrator: The private trail's
punishing Darrell in his truck
at every turn.

[Truck rattling]

- [Bleep] this road's even
getting narrower.

Narrator: And up ahead...

Darrell: Oh-oh.

I've really gotten myself
in a [bleep] situation.

Narrator: it's got a big
surprise.

Darrell: Holy [bleep].

Narrator: The crossing
at the trails edge

stretches nearly three miles

and entering from an unused
access point

Darrell has no way of knowing
if the ice is strong enough

to support his 20 ton load.

[Wind howls]

[Footsteps crunch in the snow]

- Can't see the ice.

Packed full of snow.

[Ice cracking]

Makes you wonder why you're
here doing this [bleep]

when you look out across that

and you know you gotta drive
across it.

I don't have time to sit here

and look for cracks in the ice.

[Truck door shuts]

There ain't no turning
around now.

So I guess it's now or never.

Naator: On the PikangikumLake ice crossing...

- There ain't no turning
around now.

So I guess it's now or never.

Darrell: Ugh! Coming down
onto the ice.

- Put my window down
and see what kind of

cracking noise I get anyway.

[Ice cracking]

Whoa, a lot of cracks.

When I walked up
I didn't find any

but boy, once you get out there
you can see 'em.

[Ice cracking]

I can see where there's
water's squished up

through the ice cracks
right here.

The different color
of the ice

from the water pushing up
through the cracks.

It's pretty thin.

[Ice cracking]

Kind of creepy feeling looking
at all the cracks in this ice.

I don't know how it holds
together

when it's got all these
cracks in it.

It would suck for this thing
to go down.

Woo! Dunno. Yeah, there's a big
ol' crack down the middle.

That ice is moving.

I can see water over here on
this edge of the ice crossing.

[Bleep]! I don't like that.

Makes me nervous.

Maybe get across this ice.

Coming off the ice,
back onto land.

[Truck engine hums]

Success on that crossing.

I am now at Pikangikum.

Narrator: Thanks to Darrell's
bold call...

- Now if I can get unloaded

and get of here
I'll be in good shape.

Narrator: ...taking the unused
shortcut

proves to be the right move.

- Right on! Well, you'll drop
it and I'm out of here.

Narrator: And the renegade
company pockets a big paycheck.

- With El Nino
the days have been warm.

It's gotta be colder
to go on these roads.

I didn't know if I was gonna
make it.

What am I to do?

Once I committed myself
I kept going,

and, you know, luckily,
today I made it.

Narrator: 100 miles to the
northwest,

on the remote trail
out of Garden Hill...

Lisa: I don't know. I don't
know why it won't start.

Narrator: his business partner
still can't get moving.

- Stupid truck.
Why won't you start now?

Narrator: After breaking
the cardinal rule
of the winter roads:

never turn off your engine.

Her motor hasn't started
back up.

- See that's the thing,
that's like, okay,

so it's not running right

so you turn it off to make
sure it's running right

and then it doesn't start
at all.

I mean, I took a gamble
and lost on this one.

Narrator: Hundreds of miles
from help

it's up to Lisa to figure out
a way to get back on the road

or face being stranded
through the night

or even for days.

- I don't know what
my options are.

Whether you're a mechanic or
not you're still a mechanic.

A lot of imagination
and creativity

has to go into fixing things

cause there's no one there
to help you.

[Wind gusts]

I bet I could bump start
the truck.

I don't even know if it's
enough hill to get it started.

I'm gonna try though.

Narrator: A bump start
or push start

is a way to starting a vehicle
by using momentum

to turn an engine back on.

Once the brake's released

gravity begins rolling
the truck downhill.

The driver then attempts
to start the engine,

putting the truck in gear.

[Door shuts]

- So put it in neutral.

Once the brake comes off
it should start rolling.

Ready? I'm gonna try this.

♪♪♪♪♪

[Truck whines]

Okay. I'm rolling.

[Chains clink]

♪♪♪♪♪

I don't have any steering.

Like seriously I can't turn
the wheel at all.

[Chains clink]

Oh man this is gonna be bad
if it doesn't work.

I gotta start it now or never.

[Truck engine clanking]

Come on, baby, you can do it.

[Chains clink]

[Truck engine roars]

Ah! There!

[Truck engine hums]

Oh my gosh, it worked.

Put it in fifth,
push the clutch in,

roll down the hill,
pop the clutch

and away, the engine starts up.

Wooo! [Laughs]

Just gotta make tracks
for Winnipeg.

I gotta go fast and hard.

Let's get out of here before
anything else happens.

Narrator: Throughout the winterroad system

more trails are finally opening.

Narrator: But with temperatures
changing rapidly...

[Water splashing]

the window of opportunity
could be shorter than ever.

So at Polar Industries
in Winnipeg...

Mark: All right, Steph, so...

I know you want to hit
the ice roads,

but we gotta put you through
a few tests here today.

Narrator: Boss,
Mark Kohaykewych,

is looking to act fast

by taking on a new driver.

Mark: I'm gonna put Steph
to the test here

and see if she's got what it
takes to be an ice road trucker.

- Hi I'm Steph. Heard you're
looking for drivers.

Narrator: 22-year-old
Stephanie Custance,

came to Polar aiming to get
a job on the ice.

- You got experience:

- I'm very new.

Narrator: To see if she could
cut it...

Steph: No-no-no-no, no, no, no.

Narrator: Mark put her through
a series of challenges.

[Crunch]
Mark: Oh, that's not good.

- Oh.
- Ugh.

All right, hop in the truck
let's go.

Narrator: Now it's her final
test,

prove what she's got behind
the wheel on the local roads.

Steph: I'm nervous.

My test drive with Mark
will be my first time ever

even on the highway
in the winter.

So I'm just praying that
I got enough wits about me

to do this right.

Narrator: Over the years...

[Truck honks]
Man: Watch out. Watch out.

Woman: Oh!

Oh, my God.

Man: All right, you're done
driving.

Narrator: ...rookies have
notoriously struggled on
the ice roads.

- The [bleep] you gotta go
through up here.

I've just about had it.

Narrator: And it's proven too
much for many a trucker.

Boss: I have to cut our losses
and cut our risk.

I guess what I'm thinking,
Pork Chop,

is that we'll get you sent
back home.

- All right, Steph,
let's go hit the road.

Narrator: With Polar under
the gun

Mark can't afford to send out
a driver who's not ready.

Mark: I'm gonna take you
on a couple of back country
roads here.

Put you through your paces,
see what you can do.

How does it feel so far?

- I'm nervous
but I'm, I feel okay.

I've never had to drive
on icy highway before.

[Gears grinding]

Mark: Watch your shifting there.

[Gears grinding]

Mark: Oh, you're killing
my gears.

Get that shifting down
a little bit.

Can't be screwing up shifts
on the winter road.

[Truck engine hums]

- Let's get you turning
right here,

and we're gonna get down
one of the quarry roads.

I'm gonna get you to try
a couple things there.

I want you to go up a little
bit of a hill here.

I want you to stop right here.

- Right here?
- Yep.

- Okay.

- Okay, now start now
that we're midway up.

- Now start?
- Yep.

[Engine roars]

- I'm like not going forward
though.

- Exactly. Not that easy, is it?

Gotta put you through
the test.

This is just a baby hill

compared to what you're going
to see on the winter roads.

- Come on, baby, come on, baby.

[Tires spinning]

Mark: Ease on the gas,
easy on the gas.

You don't want to be spinning.

Steph: We're almost there.

Mark: There you go.
- Ha.

- Good job.

- Woo.

Mark: That's nothing compared
to what you're gonna get faced
with, all right.

- Okay.

Mark: All right, Steph,
stop, stop, stop, stop.

Have you done some off-roading
in a quad before?

- Yeah, in a quad.

- You want to do it
in a truck?

- Yes.
- Head down the power line,
see what you can do.

- This is what you're going
to be doing.

You're literally going to be
off-roading with a semi truck.

Steph: Holy [bleep]!

Mark: See this? That's what
you're going to feel

for ten, twelve, fourteen,
sixteen hours a day.

- Does Polar have a masseuse
benefits package?

- Get some momentum.
You're gonna get stuck.

[Gears grinding]

- I want you to stop right here.

'Kay, so here I'm gonna throw
another challenge at you.

So now you've off-roaded forward

let's see if you can off-road
backwards.

Steph: You want me to back
right out of here?

Mark: I want you to get right
out of here.

Oh, oh you're sliding off
the road.

Careful you got rocks here too.

That's what you're going
to be faced with.

Don't get too carried away.

You're almost out of here.

No need to get faster
and faster.

Just be careful.

- Holy [bleep]!

- Good job.

Nice work.

Let's head 'er back to the shop.

Steph: Woo.

[Engine hums]

[Airbrakes hiss]

[Truck door opens and shuts]

Mark: So...

some good things and some
not so good things.

I mean, your inexperience shows
for sure, but uh,

I need drivers.
I got a lot of loads to move.

- I know what I want to do.

I want the job
so if you want to...

Mark: Um, let me think
this over.

Come see me in the morning
we'll talk.

- Sounds good. Thank you.
- All right. Take it easy.

Steph: The test was okay,
some hairy spots.

I'm just hoping that I did good
enough that he likes me.

I'll probably just be up
all night waiting,

[laughs] hoping,
thinking about it.

Narrator: While a newcomer
waits for the call

up to the big leagues...

the sun sets on the north...

and 400 miles from Winnipeg

on the road
to St. Theresa Point...

[Truck rattles]

- [Bleep] I didn't see that
coming.

See the [bleep] hole
we went in there?

Wow!

Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow.

Narrator: An ice road veteran's

deep into his toughest mission
of the season.

[Truck rattles]

Crazy road going up
and down, up and down,

twist and turn
and full of potholes.

It's a full moon, b'y.

Yeah, there will be no falling
asleep on this [bleep] road

that's for [bleep] damn sure.

[Truck rattles]

Oh-oh, oh-oh. Oh-oh, oh-oh.

[Truck creaking]
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, [bleep]!

This is [bleep] slippery.

For a second there, I thought
the game was over for the year.

It's a bad road, buddy.

[Bleep], scared the [bleep]
gonna pop out of gear.

Narrator: The further Art gets

the worse each mile becomes.

[Truck rattles]

Art: Isn't this wonderful?

I can hardly wait to get
to the [bleep] end of this.

There we are at an ice crossing.

[Truck rattles]

[Squeals to a halt]

[Airbrakes hiss]

[Engine hums]

There's a mile lake crossing
in between here

and St. Theresa's Point.

But I can see the big [bleep]
black spot there.

[Footsteps crunch in the snow]

Look at that.

[Bleep], b'y, this is gonna be
a [bleep] show.

Narrator: The weather's been
so warm

the ice hasn't frozen
thick enough

to support the weight
of big rigs.

[Loud whirring]
- Hear the pump?

It's too thin, eh.

They pump water all over,

let it freeze in the night time.

All that's flooded look.

Narrator: Maintenance crews
flood the surface of crossings

in an effort to garner
thicker ice over night,

but only if the temperature
drops low enough
for it to freeze.

Art: You gonna flood the whole
thing or just one side?

Art: Okay.

[Whirring]

Narrator: It's anything
but a sure bet

that the crossing will freeze
solid enough for travel,

but even it does...

- I'm pretty sure that
I'm too heavy to cross it.

Narrator: ...Art could be over
the weight limit.

[Slams door]

- They're not gonna let us
cross that.

There's no [bleep] way.

Narrator: As the sun rises on Winnipeg...

Steph: Mark's still making up
his mind.

He's got some thinking
he said he's gonna do.

Narrator: ...it's judgment day
for Steph Custance.

Steph: I'm really hoping that
I get the opportunity

and I'm also hoping
I don't let him down.

I wanna get out there,
I wanna be an ice road trucker.

- Hey, Steph.
- Hey. How's it going?

- Good. Grab a seat.

So, I've seen what you can do.

I've seen the way you drive.

You're definitely green.

You do have a lot of energy.

You do have a lot of enthusiasm

but I don't know
if you fully appreciate

what this job entails.

It's dangerous.
It's a really dangerous job.

Guys get hurt out there.

Truck's breaking down, you
gotta know how to fix it.

I'm not quite sure you cut out
for that just yet.

I-I've been giving this
a lot of thought and uh...

Don't let me down.
I'm gonna give you a shot.

- Yeah.
- All right?

- Awesome, thank you.

- I'm taking a huge risk on her,

but you know what,

we've all gotta start somewhere.

She's got the drive.

She's got something in her

that's gonna make her succeed
out there.

You gotta open your ears
and you gotta watch

and you gotta learn.

- I'm ready.
- Welcome aboard.

- Thank you. Awesome.
- All right? Take care.

- Yeah, you too.

So I met with Mark.
It's a huge opportunity.

It's a huge change in my life

and it's gonna be awesome
for my son.

So I'm pumped.

I get to be an ice road
trucker. [laughs]

I'm excited.

Woo, ha, ha!

Narrator: As Steph joins
the Polar squad,

400 miles to the south...

[Art murmuring]
Subtract. 34. 139.

34. 139.

Narrator: After a long night
in the truck

the company wild card's
weighing his odds.

- I'm trying to figure out
how many pieces

I got on the back of the truck
and what they weigh

so I can figure out if I'm,
if I can cross this ice or not

cause if I screw this up
we're gonna get drowned.

[Footsteps crunch in the snow]

Look at the [bleep] crack.

They flooded this last night,
eh.

[Whirring]

They pump water all over let it
freeze in the night time.

All that's flooded look.

Narrator: The crossing was
flooded by road crews

in an effort to strengthen
the ice.

Art: It's too thin, eh.

This is gonna be a [bleep] show.

Narrator: But even after a
night of cold temperatures...

- It's not even [bleep] froze
under there.

Narrator: the crossing
might not be strong enough
for safe passage.

Art: Last year, I [bleep] near
went through, eh.

I broke through
the surface layer.

Art: No, no, no, no, no.

We're gonna go through the ice
here you got that?

[Water splashing]

Narrator: If Art's over
the 34 ton weight limit

this could be a life
or death decision.

- It says 34 ton.

That would give me like
68,000 pounds.

So I'm guessing this, right?

To tell you the honest
to God truth I don't know.

The sensible side of me
is saying,

you know Art maybe we should
wait and see what's going on?

The crazy side is saying,
[bleep] that prick, Art.

Go, go, go, go, go!

Eh.

So I think I'm gonna go a
little bit with the crazy side
this morning

cause I think I can make it.

[Wind howls]

Before the sun comes up
and starts [bleep] it up.

[Airbrakes hiss]

[Engine roars]

I don't know if this is
the right decision,

but I'm doing it anyway.

[Ice cracking]

Open your [bleep] door.

Open your [bleep] door!

- Not gonna be answering your
stupid [bleep] questions
or nothing.

You just listen for cracks.

[Tires crunching]

I'm on the [bleep] ice now.

When I say bail you [bleep]
well bail, okay?

[Ice cracking]

- I don't know where we're at.

Just please sit there
and be [bleep] quiet

with your door open.

[Ice cracking]

Look at this.

Somebody [bleep] popped
through there.

That's all we need is something
like that to happen

and the gig is up, b'y.

[Bleep] big crack there.

[Ice cracking]

[Water gurgling]

Look at this coming now.

Holy [bleep]!

I don't want him beside me.

Narrator: As Art nears the edge
of the crossing

where ice is at its thinnest

any added weight could be enough
to cause the ice to shatter.

- [Bleep], ole buddy, don't
come near me for [bleep] sakes.

Stay way far away.

You'll get us drowned.

Get the [bleep] out of here!

Get the [bleep] away from me!

Narrator: On the ice crossing
just outside St. Theresa point,

Art: Look at this coming now.

[Bleep]!

I don't want him beside me.

Narrator: Polar driver Art Burke

may have reached the breaking
point.

- [Bleep] ole buddy, don't come
near me for [bleep] sakes.

Stay away far away.

You'll get us drowned.

Narrator: With Art's load
right at the weight limit

even a single truck
could be enough

to start the pressure
waves below

flowing from both directions

and shattering the fragile ice.

Art: [Bleep], man.

Get the [bleep] out of here
for [bleep] sake!

Get out of here!

Get the [bleep] away from me!

[Ice cracking]

♪♪♪♪♪

[Bleep], b'y.

I got to be [bleep]
to be doing this, eh.

[Bleep] I think it's a mile.

I'm not sure if it ends
right there or not.

I'm hoping the [bleep]
it ends right there.

[Bleep] near there, b'y.

[Ice cracking]

Go, go, go, go, go.

So we made 'er across.

I only [bleep] in my pants
twice across. [Laughs]

Here we are at St. Theresa's,
b'y.

Narrator: Art makes it to his
destination.

[Airbrakes hiss]

- We got her done again, b'y.

I was scared the load was
gonna be all screwed up, eh,

but it's nice.

Stayed nice and dry.

Narrator: The high price hauls
delivered safe and sound

and the wild card comes
through big for Polar.

- Good day. Sun is shining.

They're happy with their stuff
and they got it.

I prevailed again.

Narrator: Next time...

on "Ice Road Truckers"...

- So far I'd say this
is the worst road yet.

Narrator: the roads go
from bad...

[Thud]

Steph: Holy [bleep]!

Narrator:...to worse.

[Beeping]
- I have no idea
if we'll make it.

Narrator: And for the rookie...

Steph: Say I did go through,
how fast am I gonna go through?

- You're gonna go through
probably pretty quick.

Narrator: ...it's trial by ice.

[Truck rumbles]

Todd: [on radio] Watch it!

[Ice cracking]
Steph: Oh my God.