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

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

- I've never been on them,

I don't know what to expect.

Narrator: ...the drivers take onnew frontiers.

- I can see how they call this
the Death Road.

- I'm on the road!

Narrator: New blood...

- Holy [bleep]!

- Welcome to the ice road, baby.

Narrator: and...

- It was somewheres around here

where I almost went through.

Narrator: ...and an old nemesis.

- I gotta be [bleep]
to be doing this.

♪♪♪

♪♪♪

♪♪♪

Narrator: The ice road truckers
could be facing

their warmest and shortest
season on record.

Open trails could be closed
at any time.

And some roads may never
open at all.

So the company's are doing
what they can to survive.

Darrell: Alberta's a long ways
from here.

Narrator: For Darrell and Lisa

that means expanding the map
into a new province.

- You got them loaded up
and ready to go?

Long ways to Alberta
but I'm on it.

All right, yep thanks, bye.

- Fort Chip, Alberta.

- p.

It may be a long ways away
but it pays good.
- Okay.

- I don't know what the road
conditions like up there.

Stories I've heard is
it's a very rough road.

We got this new contract
going to Alberta.

It gives us the opportunity
to expand into a new province,

grow this company.

Well, let's get out of here.
Alberta.

It's gonna be a long drive.

I've heard these roads
are real dangerous,

but we're gonna take the risk
to make this company survive.

[Truck doors shut]

Narrator: Darrell and Lisa
will be venturing farther

than they've ever been before.

Hauling 50 tons of heating
supplies

over 1000 miles from Winnipeg

to distant Fort Chipewyan

over a trail nicknamed
The Death Road.

[Chains clink]

- I've never been on 'em.

I don't know what to expect

but these communities
depend on it.

I depend on it; this trucking
company depends on it.

Narrator: Traveling this far fora company with a two truck fleet

could be an overreach,

but if they pull it off

it'll be their biggest
payout to date.

- Hope for the best.

Narrator: Back in Winnipeg...

- Good to go.

Narrator: ...Polar is looking
to expand their team.

Just days ago...

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

- Yeah. Awesome, thank you.
- All right? Welcome aboard.

Narrator: ...22-year-old
Steph Custance,

finally got the green light
to join the ice roads battle.

Mark: It's a short season
and uh,

I've gotta get loads moving fast

and I need all the drivers
I can get.

I'm gonna take a chance on,
on Steph.

Narrator: Now the rookies
gearing up for her first run,

but she won't be flying solo.

- Todd?
- Yeah.

- Hey, Steph.
- Stephanie. Nice to meet ya.

- Yeah, I'll be convoying
out with you.

Narrator: She'll be learning
from Polar's best,

company top dog, Todd Dewey.

- You know what you signed up
for?

- I don't really know exactly
what to expect.

- Well, you're in for one hell
of a rodeo then, aren't ya?

My first impression of
Stephanie is she's a rookie

with zero experience.

That's a recipe for nothing
but disaster.

You know, it's hard to say
how dangerous it's gonna be.

It's dangerous no matter what.
- Yeah.

- But with the weather
we're having this year

and everything that's going on,

I-I'm nervous about it myself.

- I have no idea what to expect.

I don't know what's coming
but I'm excited.

Whatever man, let's go,
hammer down.

- So let's hit the road.
Let's get out of here and uh,

see what hells gonna throw
our way this year.

- Okay.

- Sounds good, Steph.

Narrator: The convoy's mission:

retrieve two trailers that
were forced to be abandoned
last winter.

But to get them
Todd and Steph must travel

500 grueling miles
to Shamattawa,

one of the most remote
destinations

on the Manitoba winter roads.

- Here we go. Are you ready
to roll?

- [Bleep] right.
Todd: [on radio] Okay dokey.

Narrator: It's an assignment
that would be a challenge
for a veteran,

but for a rookie
it'll be a trial by fire.

- Got a little spunk to her
I'll tell you that.

We'll see how she feels
at the end of the day

or should I say at the end
of the trip.

- Out on the open road.
[Bleep] yeah.

I'm doing it. [Laughs]

[Bleep] doing it.

Narrator: While the newcomer
heads out on her first trip,

400 miles to the northeast...

[Truck rattles]

- [Bleep]

Narrator: ...the company
wild card

is putting his veteran skills
to the test.

Art: ♪ Rock a my baby
in the old truck ♪

♪ Everything here
will all beat to [bleep] ♪

Narrator: Art Burke's headed
down one of the most

notorious trials
in all of Ontario.

- I'm off to Sachigo Lake
this morning

with a load of building
supplies.

It's pretty heavy I can tell
by the feel.

I'd say we're maxing right
to the [Bleep].

It's a heavy load.

Narrator: Sachigo Lake falls
on the outskirts of the winter
road system

over 500 rugged miles
from Winnipeg.

[Truck rattles]

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

[Truck rattles]

Yet.

Narrator: The route's littered
with uneven hills

and punishing rocks that
are breaking through

under the crumbling muskeg.

[Truck rattles]

Art: I don't wanna get
stuck in here,

cause if you get stuck

God knows how long
you're stuck.

Narrator: This season
the deteriorating roads

have already stopped drivers
in their tracks.

- I can't [bleep] around,
can't [bleep] around.

Narrator: And no one knows
it more than Art...

- Hang on here.

[Truck smashes]
Whoa!

Narrator: ...who was stranded
for nearly 24 hours

on his first trip.

- Well, isn't this wonderful?

[Chains clink]

[Bleep].

[Bleep] Christ.

[Truck rattles]

Oh my goodness, b'y.

I can look forward to...

I don't know how many hours
of this.

I guess there's a bright side
to this:

if I ever get on one of them
[bleep] electrical bulls

I'll be able to hang on
like a bastard.

[Truck engine roars]

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

Well, I've come to this fork
in the road.

Here we go again, eh.

Narrator: From here there
are two ways

to get to Sachigo Lake.

A longer path with plenty
of extra rocky miles

and a shorter one but loaded
with a three mile ice crossing.

- This looks like the spot
last year

and last year I went that way

and that's where I almost
went through the ice.

Art: Whoa!

[Ice cracking, water gurgling]

Broke through the [bleep] ice,
man.

[Tires spinning]

It's almost like flipping
a coin, kind of thing, right.

Which way do I go here?

[Truck door slam]

So...

if I cross that piece of ice,

road's are way shorter, eh.

So I'm gonna try it
and see what happens.

Narrator: Art makes the call:

he'll face off with the crossing

that nearly cost him his life
last season.

- If I'm sorry I did this,
well, I'll be sorry I did this.

Narrator: Deep in the Canadian
wilderness...

[Truck rattles]

- I'm on the road!

I'm on the winter road.

We're [bleep] heading
to Shamattawa, bud.

- This is your big debut
right here, girl.

This is what you've been
waiting for.

Narrator: Polar's convoy
of Todd Dewey

and rookie Steph Custance

are pushing down one of the
toughest roads in Manitoba.

- It's a good feeling to...

be here,

it's a good feeling to be here.

Every [bleep] bump is a good
feeling to be here.

[Truck rattles]

This means a lot;
this is money for my kid.

Everything I do in my life
is for my kid.

- Keeping my fingers crossed.

Just paying attention to her.

I got her right in front of me,
right in my sights,

I see everything she's doing.

I really want her to just get
the feeling of the roads,

you know, how it's throwing
the truck around.

Narrator: It's Steph's first
trip on the winter roads.

- All right, hang on.

[on radio] This is gonna
get rough.

- Copy that.

Narrator: And the trail's
packed with new challenges

around every turn.

Todd: [on radio] Watch it.

[Truck rattles]

- Oh.

[Truck smashes]

Holy [bleep].

That knocked me right out
of gear. Woo!

- We're good, good to go.

- [Laughs]

Yeah, you're doing good.

I don't want to take no chances.

We're going to chain the
[bleep] out of these tires.

Steph: [on radio] Copy that.

Todd: [on radio]
We'll stop right here.

This is a good wide spot.

[Doors slam]

[Chains clink]

Narrator: Driver's put on
chains for added traction,

an essential step for surviving
the ice roads.

Todd: Stephanie
what are you doing?

There ain't no way you beat me
putting chains on.

Steph: Um, I'm looking at your
job so I can figure out mine.

Ha. Um, I got all my chains
laid out.

Just wanna make sure I'm put--

Todd: What are you trying
to tell me here?

Steph: I might not know how
to put chains on my tires.

Todd: You're kidding me.

And we're going onto
the ice road?

Oh, lord.

Wow, I wanna take you right now

and dunk your head
in this frickin' snow bank.

Steph: [Laughs] Don't.

- Yeah this is, chains are,

Yeah, you definitely need to
learn how to throw chains.

I mean, and they gotta be
thrown right

'cause if they're not on
nice and tight,

they're not thrown right,
then your chains break apart

then you don't got any,

and then you're really
in trouble.

This is all the stuff
you should know

before you even attempt
to even drive the ice roads.

Get it all leveled out;
your ice breakers are up.

Just tuck it under the tire
just like that you got it.

'Kay, now get your bungees.

Just make like a big star
all the way around.

That bungee cord probably
has got more stretch

than you weigh.

See and it doesn't help whenthey're ice cold like it is too.

There you go. Then we'll do
one right here maybe.

There. Nice and tight.

They look good.

There's only one thing left
to do, hit the road.

Steph: All right.
Todd: 'Kay.

Todd: She had no idea how
to throw chains.

It was her first time ever.

That uh, that's pretty scary.

- Hammer down.

- Ha, she's got high spirits,

but I'm telling you right now,

she's got a lot to prove today.

Boy it's going to be an
exciting day.

[on radio] Okay, girl,
here we go!

Narrator: With the tires
chained up

and a new skill learned,

the duo gets back on the road

with over 300 miles still to go.

While Polar's convoy presses on,

700 miles to the west

in Alberta...

[Wind gusts]

[Engine roars]

- I'm leading,

but do you know what the hell's
going on down this road?

- I don't know [bleep] about
this, this Alberta stuff.

- It's all new,
it's all Alberta,

haven't been here before.

Narrator: Darrell and Lisa
are convoying

on their most ambitious
journey yet.

Into a new province,

and onto a trial nicknamed
The Death Road.

- We ended up branching out our
company and going to Alberta.

Long ride up here
from Winnipeg.

Narrator: The contract would
be the young companies richest
to date,

but the trail to distant
Fort Chipewyan is a marathon

and even with 900 miles behind
them,

they've still got 300 yet to go.

[Radio static]

There's nobody else out here.

[Wind gusts]

[Radio static]

I don't like being
this far out.

I can see how they call
this The Death Road.

If anything ever went wrong
out here

you'd die before anybody
else came along.

[Truck engine hums]

Darrell: Things could get
out of hand real quick

in a situation like this.

You don't know what's ahead
of ya?

[on radio] Don't know what's
around the next corner.

- Take it as it comes.

I think that's why we're
so good on these roads

cause we're good at adapting
ourselves to the situation.

- Yeah, 10-4.

- If anybody can get this job
done it's me and Darrell.

Now we just have to prove that.

[Truck engine roars]

- We either succeed or...

failure's not an option
so you never know...

Lisa: [on radio]
I got a problem.

I just had a check engine light
come on.

[Beeping]

- Oh [bleep].

[Beeping]
Lisa: What a disaster.

Narrator: In Alberta,
hundreds of miles from home...

Lisa: I just had a check
engine light come on.

Narrator: ...Lisa Kelly
and Darrell Ward

could be facing a worst
case scenario.

- Oh [bleep].

[Beeping]

Lisa: I need to pull over here
and uh, check it out.

Darrell: [on radio] All right.
10-4.

What a disaster.

[Rumbles to a halt,
airbrakes hiss]

Darrell: Fine time to have
a problem.

Lisa: Um, so my check engine
light come on

and I wanna make sure
everything's okay.

Darrell: Yeah.

Let's see what we have here.

Well, we do have oil
in the water,

lots of it.

Narrator: Oil from the engine isleaking into the coolant system.

- There's a lot of oil in there.

You got an internal leak.

Narrator: If too much oil
continues to bleed,

the engine could seize up.

- When you start the engine
you're pushing oil

into the water system

which is what we don't want.

Narrator: With the leak
it's a guessing game

to how long until Lisa's
truck is un-drivable.

Darrell: We're gonna run it,

we're gonna keep an eye
on the oil

and make sure it stays full
of oil.

Narrator: Hundreds of miles fromany mechanic or service station,

they've got no choice
but to press forward.

Darrell: There ain't much else
we can do about it.

Put her into the wind.

[Truck engine hums]

Narrator: Darrell and Lisa
hit the long road,

big money on the line
and fingers crossed.

Lisa: Run with it, watch it,

make sure it doesn't get low
on fluids.

I have no idea
if we'll make it.

Guess we'll find out.

Narrator: While the renegades
press their luck,

700 miles to the east...

[Truck rattles]

- Oh, [bleep].
[Laughs] Oh my God.

Narrator: ...Polar's convoy of
Steph Custance and Todd Dewey

is in the thick of it,

and the rookie is getting
a crash course

on the winter roads.

Steph: I feel like a demolition
derby driver

or something out here.

- Welcome to the ice roads,
baby.

[on radio] Yeah,
these roads are unforgiving.

[Laughing] Yep.

My frickin' door's opened up.

Narrator: Since breaking onto
the ice roads four years ago,

no job's been too tough...

- Got the door shut now,
ha, ha, ha.

Biggest load in history
to cross this ice right here

I'm hauling right now.

Narrator: or too big for Todd.

- That's what I'm talking about.

Narrator: And he's earned
the reputation

as Polar's most reliable driver.

Todd: Woo!
Lisa: Holy cow.

Narrator: So there's no better
teacher on the winter roads.

Todd: Steph's doing a great job
so far.

She's keeping a pretty good
pace.

I don't want to push her too
hard right off the get go.

[Truck rattles]

- Oh my God.

I actually have to raise
my steering wheel

because, actually I might
need to keep it down

so it keeps me down.

Todd: [on radio] Ha, ha, yep.

[Truck engine roars]

- The main thing you want to
look out for on these ice roads

is big bumps in the center
of the road

because if it's a great big rock

that rock gets your oil can
you know what'll happen.

- Yeah, I'll [bleep] piss oil
everywhere and ruin my engine.

Todd: [on radio] Yeah, you'll
rip your oil can wide open

and lose all your oil.

- All right, sounds good.

I'll uh, yeah,
I'll keep my eyes peeled.

- Yeah, you betcha.
Yeah, what's going on, bud?

- Uh, headed up uh, winter road
there to Shamattawa.

Todd: Oh. Sweet Lord,
thanks for the information

we appreciate it.

That's good to know.
Thanks, buddy.

Todd: [on radio] Yep, you too.

Uh, hey... Stephanie,
you got your ears open?

- Uh, yeah, now I got my nerves
going too.

Todd: Yeah, did you just hear
that gentleman there that
radioed us?

- Yeah, I uh...

I mean, what are we supposed
to do about that?

- Ha, welcome to ice road
trucking.

That's what happens. Thank God.
It happens all the time so.

He said the road was still
open and uh,

all I can say is keep
your fingers crossed, kid.

Well, we're almost there now
so there ain't no turning back.

Hopefully we can get across.

- Holy [bleep].

- I'll walk her through it

and get her across it
and we'll get back to trucking.

[Airbrakes hiss]

- I'm [bleep] my pants
right now.

- Go check out the ice.

- All right.

- I know she's nervous.

'Kay, well, this is it.

[Wind gusts]

Out there, somebody's obviously
fell through right there

and that's why that's
blocked off.

Crazy to think that, isn't it?

- Yeah, I'm, I'm kind
of [bleep] my pants here.

- Just stay away
from that whole area. Okay?

- Yeah.

Say I did go through,
how fast am I going through?

- You're gonna go through
probably pretty quick.

- Holy [bleep].

- I know you have a kid at home
and I got kids at home,

but believe me I think about it
every time I get onto the ice.

This is part of the job.

This is, this is ice road
trucking.

You ready?

- I'm nervous but I'm ready.

Narrator: With a crossing
that's already seen

one truck break through,

Steph prepares for her first
time on the ice.

- Okay Steph, I know
you're nervous

but we don't got all day.

There she goes.

- Holy [bleep] here it is.

[Ice crunching]

Narrator: Deep in the Canadian
wilderness...

- Okay Steph, I know
you're nervous

but we don't got all day.

Narrator: rookie Steph Custance

is facing the first ice
crossing of her career.

- There she goes.

- Holy [bleep] here it is.

Narrator: A truck's alreadybroken through on this crossing.

- Going on the ice.

Narrator: And all the newcomer
can do

is hope to avoid the same fate.

[Ice cracking]

♪♪♪

- So far so good.

- I'm nervous cause I gotta
listen for the ice cracking

and I'm, I'm concerned because
I mean, we're on a river.

It's not just a lake
where you know,

when it goes down it's sinking.

Here it's got current
underneath.

Narrator: The water plummets
to depths of over 100 feet

and combined with the rivers
swift current

there'd be no chance
for survival

if the ice doesn't hold.

[Ice cracking]

Steph: [on radio] Hey Todd.
- Yeah?

Steph: [on radio] I'm feeling
really nervous.

I hear the ice cracking.

Todd: I know you're nervous.

[on radio] Don't speed
just in case

and don't get nervous when
you hear the ice popping.

[Ice cracking]

- Yeah, I'm nervous.

You can hear the ice flexing.

Now I want to get off.

[Ice cracking]

Todd: I feel for her.

That first time I heard the ice
cracking and popping it's,

it's pretty nerve wracking.

[Ice cracking]

[Engine hums]

- She's staying on the right
path and she's got,

looks like she's going
about the right speed.

- Ooh, second gear.

[Ice cracking]

I've never wanted to go
even slower

so much more in my life.

[Ice cracking]

- Yeah, I see the end.

[Ice cracking]

♪♪♪

- I just made it to land,
I think.

I did, yes. [Crying]

Feels so great.

Todd, I made it.

Todd: [on radio] You make it?

- Yep.

Todd: [on radio] Thatta girl.

- Oh.

Todd: [on radio] Your first
real big ice crossing.

I'm proud of ya.
Good job, junior.

- Couldn't have done it
without you, papa Todd.

- [Laughing]

- Oh, this feels so--

Todd: [on radio] Okay, well,
if you made it

that must mean
I'm gonna make 'er too.

I'm coming across.

- Oh. I'm so happy.

It's a really emotional moment
in my life.

It was huge. It was triumphant.

I felt like woman. [Laughs]

Todd: Look at the glow
on your face.

Steph: I have to hug you. I do.

You have to give me a hug.

I am so excited.
Thank you so much.

Todd: I'm proud of ya.
Good job, junior.

- Oh, I'm so proud of myself.

That feels so good.

- That's an accomplishment.

You're playing
with the big boys.

Well, there's only one thing
left to do.

- Hammer down.

- We still got more miles to go

and there's one more crossing
at the end of this run

sometime tonight or possibly
in the morning so.

- Okay.
- Let's put some miles on.

Let's get back to trucking.
- Okay.

- Proud of you, junior.
- Thank you.

- I haven't seen a smile
like that on someone's face

in a long time.

- Ah, so cool.

I'm taking that one
to the [bleep] bank, man.

Narrator: While Polar's convoy
pushes towards the final
stretch...

deep in Ontario...

[Truck engine roars]

- Around this time last year
that I came through here.

I nearly went through the ice.

I'm hoping that's not gonna
happen again.

Narrator: Art Burke's headed
down the shortcut to Sachigo
Lake

and on a collision course
with an old nemesis.

- I mastered every ice road
that I've tackled so far

except the one up here
where I nearly went through.

If they find out that
I tried again

they're probably not gonna be
too happy

if I lose the truck.

So I gotta be careful
I don't screw up, right.

[Truck rattles]

- My [bleep] truck so I gotta
go with it. [laughs]

Okay, b'y. It's too late now.

There is no turning
around here now.

[Airbrakes hiss]

[Wind gusts]

[Truck door shuts]

- It was out there in
the middle of someplace.

[Ice crunching]
Art: Whoa!

[Water gurgling]

When I went through
the ice that day

I definitely got the rush, b'y.

[Engine roars]

What the [bleep]!

[Engine revs]

Come on, baby. Come on, baby.

Art: And the water was
all bubbling up everywhere.

We're going through the [bleep]
ice, man.

I thought this could be it, eh.

We're going through the [bleep]
ice here, b'y.

[Bleep] [bleep] almighty.

I was thinking, "I'm gonna wait
until it gets up to the door."

When it hits the door
I'm out, right?

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

So I'm gonna conquer this lake

then I'll have it under
my belt.

♪♪♪

This is the one b'y.

This is the one I'm gonna
conquer.

Narrator: On the crossing

50 miles outside of Sachigo
Lake...

- Away we go.

We are on the ice, buddy.

Narrator: Art Burke's looking
to conquer the ice

and his demons.

[Truck engine hums]

[Ice cracking]
- [Bleep]

That's doing some [bleep]
cracking, I'll tell ya.

♪♪♪

This load's heavy too, eh.

Narrator: The fragile
ice is bending

from the massive 30 ton load.

A far heavier haul
than Art pulled

when he broke through the same
crossing last year.

[Ice cracking]

- It was somewheres around here

where I almost went through.

Holy [bleep].

Look at all the big cracks
in it, eh.

[Truck rattles]

I want to check this out.

In these spots where uh,
it's black like this

I can look down through

and tell how much ice
is underneath me.

[Ice cracking]

See right down through there?

This is all cracked to [bleep]
look at it.

[Ice cracking, popping]

Oooh easy.

[Ice cracking]

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

[Ice cracking]

You ask me what was going
through my head

when I almost went through
the ice,

I had one thing on my mind, b'y:

to get the [bleep] out of there.

[Ice cracking]

And I got pretty much the same
thing in my mind now.

Listen to the [bleep] thing
cracking.

[Ice cracking]

We're nearly off the ice.

[Bleep]

She's cracking.

Holy [bleep].

We're almost there.

Come on, come on, come on.

♪♪♪

And Artie is off the ice.

I mastered the ice road that
I couldn't master before.

There's a [bleep] rush to this.

Some people skydive like
I ride my bike too fast.

I do everything [bleep]
to the extent, right?

To get that rush like.

[Chains clink]

Now when that's cracking
and popping

and all that stuff underneath
you this is kind of fun.

I mean, I'm a little [bleep]
but I like this.

Don't tell anybody
for [bleep] sake.

Narrator: With the ghost of
the crossing behind him...

[Honking]

- Well, we're here. We made it
all the way in here.

Narrator: ...Art makes it
to remote Sachigo Lake

And once again comes through
for Polar.

- We're startin' to unload
the truck.

I conquered the last ice
crossing

that I couldn't make last year.

You know, if ya,

if you fall you always gotta
get up and go again, eh.

And I wanted another crack
at that lake.

So you just gotta get up
and go again, man.

Tackle it again.

Thank you very, very much.

Thank you again very,
very much.

Thank you, buddy.
You have a good one.

Might be a quick season, man,

so I gotta get the hell out
of here as quick as I can.

Get flipped back in here
perhaps with another load

and it'll be great.

[Door shuts, shifts gears]

[Truck engine hums, honks]

Okay, boys and girls we're off.

Another one under my belt, eh.

Now it's time to kick [bleep]
back,
man.

Fasten your seatbelt, buddy,
cause we're empty,

we're headed home.

Hammer down.

Narrator: While Art breaths
a sigh of relief,

800 miles to the northwest...

in Alberta...

- You need to keep a good eye
on the oil pressure.

Narrator: ...Lisa and Darrell
are sweating it out

on their company's longest
haul ever.

- Check engine lights on.

Staying on too.

- You got an internal leak.

Losing oil out of your
crankcase is not a good deal.

We need to get these loads
delivered,

get that truck to the shop
and get it repaired.

You do have oil in the water.

Lots of it.

Narrator: Midway through
the long journey

Lisa's engine sprung a leak.

Darrell: Which is what
we don't want.

Narrator: Despite bleeding oil

for 6 hours and 200 miles

the engine hasn't seized up yet.

- My engine's screwed.

Hopefully, we're getting close.

- Copy that.

Narrator: Now it's a race
against the clock

to see if Lisa's truck can make
it through the final stretch

before the engine gives out.

Lisa: Just question whether
we'll make it or not.

[Truck rattles]

- This sucks.

You know if this truck doesn't
make it out of here

you know this business
could sink, could go down.

Narrator: In the farthest
reaches of Alberta...

Lisa: Hope that I can
just make it.

Narrator: the clock's tickingon two renegade business owners.

Darrell: Just a little father.

Narrator: Pushing over
1000 miles

the teams trying to pull off thelongest haul in company history

if Lisa's engine can hold on.

- Hopefully we're getting close.

[Truck rattles]

[Truck engine hums]

- I see a village off
to my right here.

- You don't think that's
Fort Chip, do ya?

- Yeah, off to my right.

Narrator: Finally...

the team reaches the outskirts
of Fort Chipewyan.

- I cannot believe
that I made it.

Narrator: Lisa limps into
the drop off point.

- We survived the roads,
we got our loads delivered.

Now that's how we do it.

[on radio] You did good.

Lisa: It was a long way.

It was a tough trip
but we did it.

Narrator: The truck can be
repaired in town for the ride
back.

Lisa and Darrell have
successfully expanded

the winter roads map.

Darrell: It's good, Lisa, we
made our first load to Alberta.

It was huge progress for us

as a company expanding
to a new province.

We locked in the contract.

This company's surviving,
this company's expanding.

- Do you have somebody lined up?

- I think so.
- All right, let's go get it.

Narrator: While one convoy's
completed their mission,

800 miles to the southeast...

...the competitions still got
a convoy on the road.

- Shamattawa's coming up
close here

so we're gonna get in there,
find our trailers.

Narrator: Under Todd Dewey's
mentorship.

rookie Steph Custance,
is only 50 miles

from completing the road
into Shamattawa

on her first ice road's journey.

- Hey Todd, do you got a copy?

- Yeah, Steph, go ahead.
What's up?

Steph: I'm just wondering uh,
are we going all the way?

Are we gonna stop
or what's the plan here?

- You know, we're this close,

I think we should just get into
Shamattawa

go find our trailers. you know,
our, our haul and uh,

gonna bunker down right next
to them for the night

and that way we're just ready
to go for the first thing
in the morning.

What do you think?

- Sounds good to me, buddy.

We pushed this far might
as well keep trucking.

- Good attitude.
I like the attitude.

She does a good job.

She, she's got a lot of
enthusiasm and I like that.

But we haven't got into
the hard stuff yet.

- Hey Todd?
Todd: [on radio] Yeah,
go ahead, Steph.

- I'm coming up onto
the ice crossing here.

So I got my first ice crossing
during the day

and looks like I'm about to get
my first ice crossing at night.

I'm feeling like the most
worked in first timer ever.

[Chains clink]

Coming up to the ice crossing.

♪♪♪

- Now uh,

that doesn't look right.

Hey Todd, do you got a copy
back there?

- Yeah, Steph, I'm right here.

- I hate to be the bearer
of bad news but...

I'm coming up to the Shamattawa
night ice crossing right now.

I'm seeing some barricades
up here, man.

- What?

Steph: Yeah, I don't know.

I'm seeing uh, I'm seeing some
barricades.

It doesn't really look like
I can get on to the ice.

Todd: [on radio] Oh, you gotta
be kidding me.

Well, if there's barricades up
that only means one thing...

That the ice crossing into
Shamattawa is closed.

That we are not getting
across the ice.

- Oh, no way.

Narrator: The convoy is stuck
dead in their tracks.

Todd: They have barricaded it
as unsafe.

We ain't makin' any money.

Narrator: After 500
bone-crushing miles,

Steph's first trip and the
convoy's critical mission

could be a complete bust.

Narrator: Next time...

Todd: [on radio] Hold on.

Narrator: on "Ice Road
Truckers"...

[Chains clink]
Todd: Whoa!

Narrator: ...the warm weather
tears the roads...

Alex: Saint Theresa Point
closed. [Bleep].

Narrator: ...and the crossings
apart...

Darrell: Look at the ice
cracking right there.

What the [bleep].

Narrator: ...and has the drivers
holding on...

[Truck honks]
Art: Whoa!

[Bleep] there's a [bleep] truck.

Narrator: ...for dear life.

Art: Hang on.
[Truck honks]