Original subtitles

Narrator: Now!

[Water splashing] - Holy [bleep]!

Narrator: On "Ice Road Truckers"...

[Ice cracking] - Whoa!

Narrator: It's the final runs of the season.

- How's everybody doin' back there?

The road's gettin' rough.

Steph: Hammer down, boys and girls, hammer down!

Narrator: As rivals join forces...

Lisa: Get 'er done.

Narrator: To make history.

[Loud bang] Darrell: Whoa! - Take it easy.

[Engine whirs, huge bang] - Oh my God!

[Tires skidding, splashing] [Loud clanking bang]

Narrator: And the drivers...

- Holy [bleep]! - [Coughing violently]

Mark: Darrell stop the [bleep] truck!

Narrator: Are fired up. Lisa: Mark jumped out!

- Fire! Fire!

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Narrator: There's panic throughout the North.

The melt's descended on the winter roads

closing virtually every trail.

As the season rushes to the final 48 hours,

remote communities are desperate for supplies,

but as routes turn to mud and slush

there's no way to get all the loads delivered.

But the Ice Road Truckers are refusing to go quietly.

[Horn blares]

In northern Ontario...

Art: Well, isn't this great?

Narrator: Art Burke's fightin' through

one of the only roads still open.

And it's a torn up mess.

- This was all melted to hell, eh.

- I don't know how long this Is gonna be open,

but it's too late now because I'm already on my way in.

[Metal groans] And you can't turn around.

Narrator: The village of Sachigo Lake is counting

on the 20 ton load of building supplies.

[Loud thud]

[Tires crunching]

- Just tryin' to get as far as I can before it thaws out.

Narrator: But getting to the remote community

over the swampy trail will be a challenge.

[Loud splash, thump]

- I just hope to god this stays frozen

until I get my arse outta here.

[Water splashing]

Going through a little bit of rough terrain here.

This is [bleep] ridiculous, eh.

Narrator: There are two paths to Sachigo Lake:

a marathon 450 mile route with scattered small crossings,

or a 100 mile short cut, but with one giant hurdle,

a notorious four mile stretch across the ice.

[Truck rumbles]

- Don't ever buy a truck off the ice road, b'y.

[Chuckling]

It might look good, but inside it's [bleep].

Narrator: Art's elected to take the shorter trail,

willing to tangle with the mammoth crossing

to try and make it in fast.

[Loud splash, clattering thuds]

- I've never been in an earthquake, eh,

but I imagine it'd be just this:

me shakin' around like a [bleep] fool.

[Truck rattling]

I forget over the summer what this is like right.

I should be keepin' notes.

Get it tattooed on my hand some place: [bleep] no,

and then every time I think of this I just look at that eh.

[Bleep] no, don't go again.

When Mark calls, "Ha, ha, [bleep] no!"

[Chains rattling] [Loud thump]

[Truck rumbles]

Narrator: Ten miles back...

another Polar driver's pushing towards the same destination.

[Truck rumbles]

- I'm on my way to Sachigo with a load of lumber.

Narrator: But unlike his counterpart,

Alex Debogorski's taking the long route to get there.

[Truck rattles]

Alex: I'm probably looking at about a 15 hour drive

over the ice road which has been melting for a week.

Narrator: So the legend will push plenty of extra hours

over bone crushing terrain.

[Engine rumbles]

Alex: First thoughts on this road is it's...

[Clattering thumps]

It's smoother running over trees

than it is driving on the road.

[Truck rumbles loudly]

The speed I'm going

a Sasquatch could just walk beside the truck

and we could have a conversation.

"And how are you doing today?" [Sasquatch-like growling]

"Well, I'm glad you're happy."

[Truck rumbles loudly]

Narrator: Willing endure the rocky additional miles

to avoid the giant crossing on the other path,

hoping it's the safest bet to reach the town.

- It's a very unique season. It's ridiculously short, um,

it started off too warm and it's ending up too warm.

[Truck rattling]

So the challenge today is to get there and actually, uh,

get some stuff to this community, as well as, uh,

getting there in one piece.

Narrator: With 200 miles ahead of him...

[Truck rattling] [Loud thumps]

- Holy mackerel.

Narrator: Over thawing muskeg

that's been pulverized all season,

the vet will have his hands full.

- I'm sure it'll get worse.

[Tires squeaking]

Narrator: Back in Winnipeg at Polar headquarters...

Mark: Hello?

To North Caribou?

Well, we heard that road closed last week.

Narrator: The end of the season could present a big opportunity

for boss Mark Kohaykewych.

- If we have your blessing we will, uh we'll get in there.

And how many loads?

That's a lot of loads this time of year.

Well, there's no guarantees, but I'm willing to give it a try.

Let me see whose left here.

I know a lot of guys have gone home.

Give me 24 hours, we'll get movin'.

Excellent. Appreciate the call. Thank you. Bye-bye.

Time to roll. [Sighs]

Just when I thought the season was over

there's a community in Ontario, North Caribou,

they've contacted us.

There's still some supplies that need to get in.

The road's have been closed for a little while,

but they're gonna reopen it just for us.

This road's gonna have a lot of challenges.

It's a rough road.

I got one shot to get this load in.

[Phone keys beeps] I'm short a couple drivers for this convoy...

[Phone ringing]

It can't be just any drivers.

They gotta be top dogs.

Narrator: With everything on the line for Polar

and a community in need,

Mark's bringing in the opposition.

[Door shuts]

Years ago...

Darrell: I come up here to haul these loads

and get as many loads as I can.

Narrator: When Mark employed Darrell Ward,

the two often butted heads.

- You're done. The door's right there.

- Right on I'm out the door!

- See you later. See ya.

- All right thanks. Yep, bye. [Phone beeps off]

Stole another load from Polar. Right on.

Narrator: And after Darrell started his own business...

[Truck clanks]

- You get the [bleep] off my truck, I'm leavin'!

[Tires screeches] Thanks for the load, Mark!

Narrator: They became fierce opponents.

- Partners. - Nice.

Narrator: And the battle only intensified once Darrell

brought aboard Lisa Kelly. [Hands smack]

Mark: Darrell stole Lisa from me,

it's certainly not good for Polar.

I mean it's, it's hurtin' me.

I need some help.

I've got a call from North Caribou,

they've got some loads they gotta get in there, um...

I know the season's pretty much done.

It's a late season run, the road's gonna be crap.

It's been closed for a while

but we got the Chiefs blessing to get on it.

I need experienced drivers on this. I need both of you.

This is the final run of the year

and there is no guarantee we'll get in there.

- What do you think Lisa?

- Yeah. I mean, let's get this stuff into the people that need it.

- For the community let's do it.

- You bet. - Perfect thanks guys. I appreciate it.

- In situations like this you have to throw the rivalry aside

to benefit the communities.

If there's ever a year that they have needed us

this is the year.

Narrator: To pull off the mission of the season,

Darrell and Lisa will be convoying

with Polar's top dog, Todd Dewey

and the company rookie, Steph Custance.

Mark: All right, guys, we got these loads going to North Caribou.

We've got these building supplies

that they're in desperate need for

and, uh, they're counting on us to bring it in.

Todd: Do we even know what this road's like?

I know the roads are bad but,

I mean, do we know or are we just goin' in blind?

- Nobody's been down that road for a good week.

Um, it's enter at your own risk.

This is the biggest challenge I've taken on

in all my years of business here.

Worst case scenario

is we're leaving stuff in the bush till next year.

I don't know if we're gonna be able to pull this off,

but I think with, uh, the right team here

and the companies comin' together,

I think we can get this done.

So we got housing materials that's goin', we got one van

and the rest are gonna be decks.

Uh, Steph I'm gonna get you on the van.

No time better than now to learn.

Mark: Lisa and Todd you guys are gonna be on the decks as well.

I know there's a really bad hill there so we gotta start

pushin' trucks up or pullin' trucks up.

We're gonna take the loader.

- Right. That's a good idea. - Yeah.

Mark: So I think I've got all the bases covered.

Darrell I'll get you to back up to the loading dock.

We'll uh, I'll get the loader on there and, uh,

and you and I'll hit the road.

- You and I'll hit the road?

Mark: You bet, bud. I'm hoppin' in your truck, Darrell.

We're gonna have one trailer just dedicated as a support vehicle.

I'm gonna bring my loader. I'm gonna operate it

'cause I know we're gonna need it in sections of this road.

Uh, let's see if we can just bury the hatchet

and get this done.

Darrell: Mark and I are pretty stubborn, both of us.

Bull headed, stubborn,

but we're gonna have to throw that aside to get this job done

for this community.

Let's get it done. - Get it done.

- Let's hit the road. Let's go. - Let's go.

Narrator: The five man convoy will need to push

over 400 grueling miles to get to North Caribou

on a road that's already been shut down for the season.

It's a feat neither company has ever attempted before. [Chains clank]

Darrell: You outta be chaining this [bleep] down.

- Hey, let's not start fighting

before we get out there, eh buddy?

[Loud bang]

- All right.

This season is absolutely crazy.

I mean, if there's any chance of failing

on any of these loads this is the one.

Steph: I've got a great opportunity now

for me to prove myself.

This is like really my opportunity to show, like,

"Hey I'm here, I, I want to do this.

I'm not gonna stop at any rate."

Let's get goin'! Time to convoy the [bleep] out of this!

Hammer down, boys!

[Engine rattles]

Todd: [Laughing] I don't know what's gonna to happen.

When I say epic, I mean epic.

Mark stepped up to the plate.

We're gonna work together with two companies

to see if we can get the job done.

- This is gonna get interesting.

- Yep, let's get out of here

before the weather gets too warm.

Mark: All right, let's do this.

[Door shuts]

- Well, what do you guys say, are you ready

to get this convoy going or what?

- Let's get on the road, boys. It's time to hit the road.

- Yep, I'm ready, let's go. [Beeping]

- Just got my truck, papa Todd. I'm hopin' we're ready.

- Here we go. It's a big convoy, baby.

- [Bleep] yeah! [Bleep] yeah!

[Horn blares]

Narrator: Deep in Northern Ontario...

[Trucks rattle and rumble]

Lisa: I would say we're on the winter road

but this sure doesn't look like a winter road to me.

I don't think I've ever seen it this thawed out before.

Narrator: The historic two company convoy

is bearing down on the melted trail to North Caribou.

- This is gettin' to the point now

where it's not even a road anymore.

[Loud thumps] - Whoa!

[Truck rattles and groans]

- Holy mackerel.

- First time you've ever been on one of these roads, huh?

- Ah, they weren't kiddin' when they said it was closed.

Narrator: The road's so damaged by the thaw

it's been closed to all traffic.

- You and I both know how hard

this winter was on the communities.

- Oh, I know.

Narrator: But with the tiny village desperate for supplies

it's been open exclusively for the four truck convoy.

- How's everybody doing back there? The road's getting rough

and everybody role call in.

- Copy.

Todd: Yeah, we're just tootin' right along here.

Everybody's keepin' a nice steady even pace.

- I'm comin' up too. [Truck rattling]

[Bleep]!

[Truck rumbles]

I'm pumped. This is my uh, first convoy.

We're going in on a closed road.

You gotta washed out mud and tracks.

It's a war zone out here.

[Loud thumping]

- The ice roads have melted all the way down to like bare dirt.

[Truck rumbles]

We got ourselves one [bleep] freakin' rough

nasty lookin' muddy ice road. [Loud boom]

I ain't never seen the roads like this ever.

- It's gonna be a long ride in here

on this rough-[bleep] road, isn't it?

- Yeah.

Narrator: As bad as the 400 mile route is now,

it'll only get worse as the day wears on.

[Chains clanking]

Mark: It's a pretty big risk I'm takin' here.

If these temperatures get any warmer

we're gonna be in real rough shape.

- Yeah we are.

[Chains clanking]

- Wow.

Steph: Hammer down, boys and girls, hammer down.

- Get 'er done.

[Metallic clanking]

- This is gonna be a crazy- [bleep] trip.

Narrator: As the convoy pushes forward...

200 miles to the North East...

[Truck engine whirs]

[Truck rumbles]

...a legend's in the thick of it too.

Alex: I've been on a lot of roads than this one,

but it's sittin' right up there with the worst.

Narrator: On the trail to Sachigo Lake

it's been a slow painful ride for Alex Debogorski.

- Lower back's pretty stiff and my upper, you know,

my neck is sore from all the bouncing back and forth.

My arms are sore from hangin' on to the steering wheel.

Narrator: To avoid an four mile ice crossing

Alex has taken the long route to the remote village.

Alex: The challenge of course is still to get in here

unload my load and get out before the road uh, gets worse.

Narrator: A road packed with plenty

of extra muddy and rocky terrain.

And though he'll avoid the monster crossing on the short cut...

- I'm comin' up to the ice crossing.

Narrator: He'll still have to tangle

with a mile long stretch of ice.

Alex: I'm a lot nervous about the ice crossing,

'cause if it's in the same condition as the road

it's questionable.

This looks like I'm gonna be sliding on through the mud here.

Narrator: With conditions the way they are...

- Holy mackerel! Oh baby.

Narrator: even a short crossing could prove deadly.

[Engine hums]

- Well, we're on the side of the lake here.

We're on the-we're almost on the ice.

There's a bunch of ice here but it's kinda broken.

Doesn't, doesn't look really too great.

Almost looks like somebody went through the ice

and then it froze up on top of 'em.

[Ice cracking]

I'm gonna put my coat on, my hat.

If there's any problems on the ice crossing

you don't want to jump outta the truck with no clothes on,

'cause you may end up with no truck, cold and wet.

It definitely doesn't look very healthy, uh, but,

but what're ya gonna do?

You can't, you can't jump across it...

and there's some things I don't have control over.

I have to hand off to God.

All right. [Airbrakes hiss]

[Ice cracking sounds]

Okay, here goes.

[Engine rumbles]

In the name of the Father,

the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed it be thy name,

thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth

as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily... [Ice cracking]

It's definitely doing lots of crackin' and creakin'

[Tires rattle] snappin' and poppin' and...

[Engine rumbles]

[Ice cracking]

Give us this day our daily bread,

forgive us our trespasses

as we forgive those who trespass against us.

[Engine rumbling]

This is kinda ugly lookin' stuff.

Lead us not into temptation, deliver us from evil,

for thy is the kingdom, the power and the glory

now and forever. Amen.

[Ice cracking] These are not nice cracks.

If you have a dry crack it's not a problem,

they're froze together, but you have a wet crack

that means the crack is all the way through

and it's wet and it'll slip.

[Loud rumbling]

Hail Mary full of grace. The Lord is with us--

[Loud cracking splash] Oh!

That doesn't sound very good.

[Engine rumbles, ice cracking]

[Ice creaking]

Jesus I trust in you. Jesus I trust in you.

[Loud cracking]

Saint Michael the archangel defend us on this day of battle.

[Ice cracking]

[Loud cracking crash] Whoa!

Narrator: On an ice crossing on the way to Sachigo Lake...

Narrator: Alex Debogorski's season could be breaking badly.

[Ice cracking]

- Jesus I trust in y

[Loud cracking crash] Whoa!

[Ice cracking]

[Engine rumbles, chains clank]

That kinda spooked me. Crack, bang, pop.

Narrator: The surface is splintering everywhere.

[Ice cracking]

- Yeah, I can really hear it creaking and cracking over there.

Narrator: And as the ice evaporates, what's left

can barely withstand the pressure

from Alex's 10 ton haul.

Alex: Angel of God, my guardian dear,

to whom God's love and trust commits me here.

In the name of the father, the son, the spirit, Amen.

It's holding up the truck.

[Ice cracking]

[Loud rumbling]

So far.

[Ice cracking, chains rattle]

- That could always change in a big hurry.

Hopefully we're gettin' close to shore.

[Loud cracking pops]

[Ice cracking]

Oh-oh-oh there's land, land ho!

Narrator: The end of the crossing's within sight.

- A hundred yards to go and I'll be on land.

Narrator: But on the edge it's also where the ice shrinks

to its thinnest level.

- [Singing]

[Engine whirs, truck rattles]

Come on, baby.

Oh, we're on land.

You can tell 'cause we're bouncin' again.

[Truck rumbling]

Thank you, Lord. Had a bad one.

Narrator: Alex may be grateful,

but with over 150 grueling miles to go

he's far from home free.

- Might take forever to get there because it's so rough.

[Truck rattling]

- Ay yi yi yi yi.

Narrators: While Alex rumbles on...

200 miles to the South

the unprecedented two company convoy

is fightin' the thawing road to North Caribou.

- How's everybody doin' back there?

- I'm rollin'.

- I'm rollin'.

- Yep, ten-four, I'm right here.

Narrator: The 400 mile path is a mine field of rocks,

divots and mud,

but for the five person team failure's not an option.

[Loud thumping]

- Oh, there's a hole there.

[Loud thumping] Whoa, whoa.

[Metallic groaning, creaking]

Watch the rocks.

[Metallic groaning, rattling]

Slow her down on the rocks here kids.

We don't want to bust any tires.

[Loud clanking]

[Rattling thumps]

- I think the biggest concern isn't, uh,

falling through holes at the moment,

it's trying not to pop our tires on rocks.

[Loud rattling]

Narrator: For the veterans managing the terrain

is taking every ounce of skill they've got.

[Trucks rumble]

[Rattling thumps] - [Bleep]

Narrator: And for the rookie...

- I'm trying to make sure I'm careful

and watching where I go.

Narrator: Is trying to prove she can run with the big boys.

- [Bleep] hairy, yeah, and I'm trying to do my best.

I'm just tryin' to be careful, make sure I watch my mirror.

[Rattling thumps]

Do the best I can to make sure

my trailer is followin' properly.

[Rattling thumps]

I can blow a tire and then we're gonna be here

for a hell of a lot longer.

[Engine roars]

- Oh! Oh my gosh! [Loud thump]

[Metallic screeching, snow splattering]

Narrator: On the rocky road to North Caribou...

Todd: Holy smokes!

[Engine idling]

- [Bleep] ah. [Engine turns off]

[Bleep] man.

[Engine starts up]

Narrator: The harsh trail proved too much

for rookie Steph Custance.

And now towards the back of the convoy...

[Tires skid]

she's stuck in the ditch.

- Ah, hey Todd?

Todd: What's goin' on there, Steph?

Narrator: Up ahead...

- Ah!

Narrator: Word of Steph's misfortune

is reachin' the front of the pack.

Todd: Okay. I'm just comin' around the corner.

Steph's got herself stuck in a hole.

- Well, that's all on Todd.

I guess that's why he's at the tail end of this.

- We don't have to go back there.

- He can pick up the pieces I guess.

I'm too far ahead.

- Todd you got that for Steph? You're lookin' after that?

Todd: I'm gonna see if I can't get a rope on her here

and give her a little tug back.

- He'll get her out.

- I didn't want to have to do this run

with the rookie driver there, but I don't know,

she's gotta learn sometime.

Narrator: With the road deteriorating by the hour...

- Oh [bleep].

Narrator: Todd'll have to act fast.

- Just what I didn't want, stop the convoy.

Narrat: Or Steph and the top dog could find themselves

separated from the convoy.

- Yeah, I was tryin' to watch these pot holes

and all these [bleep] rocks here,

I was lookin' in my mirror

and lo and behold I drive off into it.

Tood: It's all right it happens.

Just be on the radio. As soon as I tell you

just put it in reverse.

- Okay. - Just let 'em start turnin' backwards

and I'll just give her a good tug. She should come right out.

- Okay. [Chains clank]

- It's always somethin' up here, man, always somethin'.

[Door shuts]

You ready Steph?

Steph: Yeah, I'm ready.

- Okay, here we go.

[Engine grinds, loud clank]

[Tires grinding]

[Tires grinding]

[Loud clank, engine revving]

[Tires crunching, chains clanking]

[Engine revving]

Let me know when you're clear of it.

Steph: I'm good I should be able to get out from here.

[Airbrakes hiss]

- It's all it takes sometimes is a good little tug

on somethin' to get somebody out real quick.

Could have been a hell of a lot worse than that.

Narrator: Todd's got the 22-year-old outta the ditch.

- Thanks papa Todd! - [Chuckles]

Todd: Oh, no problem.

Narrator: And the back half of the convoy

hustles back onto the road.

- Let's get goin'. [Door shuts]

[Horn honks]

Woo!

Narrator: But with 200 miles of disastrous road conditions to go...

Mark: Everybody moving?

- Steph is out and rollin'.

Narrator: The miracle mission is far from over.

- Hammer down!

Narrator: 150 miles to the North

on the trail to Sachigo Lake.

[Water splashing loudly]

- So far this season this is the worst [bleep] kicking

the truck got yet eh.

Narrator: Art Burke's on his own.

[Loud rattling]

- I got to beat the clock here eh.

That's the clock shinin' there.

If I don't beat that shiny clock that's up there

I don't get out of here.

Narrator: Even in the best of circumstances

this road is one of the most challenging in all of Ontario.

[Water splashing]

- The road is all full of mud, big ruts in it eh.

[Bleep] time to get in here.

Narrator: But as the warming weather continues its assault...

[Water splashing]

It's an all out battle just to keep moving.

[Loud splashing thump] [Truck rattling]

- I'm honored to bring it but holy [bleep].

Narrator: To get to Sachigo

the wild card chose to take the shortcut,

the good news, he's finally entering the home stretch.

- We're gonna go out on a limb here pretty [bleep] soon,

'cause we're gettin' close to this lake.

Narrator: The bad news, he's about to face off

with one of the biggest crossings in Ontario.

♪ ♪

[Truck rumbles, hisses]

- This is the ice crossin' that I [bleep] went through

last year I think.

[Engine idles]

[Door shuts]

[Ice cracking] This is the one, b'y.

It's crackin' when I'm walkin' on it for [bleep] sake.

[Ice cracking]

Narrator: Last season...

Art: No, no, no, no, no!

[Ice cracks, thunders]

We broke through the [bleep] ice, man.

Narrator: Art nearly met his maker on the same crossing.

Art: I gotta turn this around and go back.

Narrator: Earlier this winter...

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

Narrator: He tangled with the lake once again.

Art: And Arty is off the ice!

Narrator: And came out victorious.

[Chains rattling]

But now as warming temperatures are rapidly melting the ice...

- I'll tell that four or five warm days

just about [bleep] this, b'y.

Narrator: He's tempting fate once again.

[Ice cracking]

Art: Hopefully in the middle of this

will be better than last year.

Anyway b'y, we're not turnin' round now.

I'm gonna roll on it.

[Ice popping]

[Door shuts]

[Chains rattling]

All right, away we go again.

[Truck rumbling, ice cracking]

[Ice popping and cracking]

We're the last truck. There's nobody else here.

So there's something wrong with this [bleep] picture.

[Ice popping and cracking]

All the snow is all melted off this and everything look.

[Ice cracking]

There's some nice tracks in this mother [bleep], b'y.

Some of them it's open that wide.

[Ice popping and cracking]

I'm not even a gambler, man. I don't gamble.

I'm not into that at all, yet I'll do this.

This is the biggest [bleep] gamble of all, man.

You lose on this one you only lose once.

[Ice cracking, tires crunching]

[Ice cracking]

[Loud clank]

[Engine rumbling]

Something's going on out there.

[Ice cracking]

[Brakes squeak]

I gotta stop here on the ice, b'y.

I'm not sure what the [bleep] goin' on here,

but I think we're afire.

What the [bleep] is goin' on here?

We're [bleep].

Narrator: On the mammoth crossing to Sachigo Lake...

Now there's a hole [bleep] in the [bleep] radiator.

[Hood bangs down]

I don't know what the [bleep] we're gonna do, buddy.

We gotta get the [bleep] out of here.

[Clanking]

Narrator: His radiator's sprung a severe leak

and his fan's been busted from the rocky ride.

[Engine sputtering]

- Now she won't start.

Narrator: And now his overheated truck

may be down for the count.

- I can't [bleep] believe it won't [bleep] start, man.

[Liquid dripping] [Engine turning]

This is a nightmare.

We're broke down on the [bleep] ice.

[Metallic clanking]

We're [bleep].

[Liquid dripping]

[Engine turning]

[Ice popping and cracking]

I can't believe any of this, buddy.

[Engine turning] [Ice popping and cracking]

[Ice popping and cracking]

Now, come on.

[Engine roars to life]

Narrator: Cooled off, the engine finally starts up.

[Ice popping and cracking]

But whether it'll survive the last two miles of the crossing

is a complete unknown.

Art: Well I'm gonna see if I can't limp this [bleep]

across this [bleep] lake.

We're losin' fluid like a mother [bleep] though eh.

[Ice popping and cracking]

We can't go far like this. [Truck creaks]

If the engine overheats it'll [bleep] the engine.

I can't let that happen, right,

I'll have to stop before that happens.

This makes it even more [bleep] up.

I'm gonna as far as I can, b'y.

There's no other option, buddy.

I can't go out there [bleep] around anymore.

I can't shut her off, she [bleep] near didn't start there.

It had to go and [bleep] up here,

of all places eh, on the [bleep] ice eh.

[Ice popping and cracking]

I've just got my [bleep] fingers, legs, nuts

and everything crossed.

[Ice cracking]

It is crackin' like a bastard eh.

[Ice cracking]

Okay, b'y, another [bleep] 100 yards

we're off the ice here.

[Ice cracking]

[Kissing sounds] Come on, you old [bleep].

Hang on.

[Ice cracking]

[Truck rattles and rumbles on solid ground]

We're off the [bleep] ice anyway, b'y.

That's the main thing.

Narrator: Art's off the lake.

[Truck rattles and squeaks]

Still okay, b'y, if we can make up still a little bit here now

without her gettin' hot.

Narrator: Now he's gotta get through the last 50 miles

of thawing winter road to reach the village.

[Truck rattles]

- Well, all the snow is gone off this.

So now we're just drivin' on the partially frozen muskeg.

I'm just hopin' that another piece of that's not gonna blow off

and get through the thing completely eh.

[Loud thumping]

Never [bleep] ends eh.

[Truck rattling]

This is a [bleep] nightmare, b'y.

[Water splashes, loud thuds]

[Loud thumping]

Narrator: Finally... [Truck squeaks and rattles]

Art: So far so good.

Narrator: Art sputters into the remote community.

Art: I'm gonna take us right up here and park it.

[Truck hisses]

[Airbrakes hiss]

[Engine rattles off] [Liquid dripping]

Narrator: Despite all the challenges,

the load of construction supplies

makes it to Sachigo Lake.

Art: She's pretty [bleep].

Narrator: But it may have been at the expense of Art's rig.

[Liquid pouring]

- See this is loose.

The whole top of that's loose, look.

Broke all that off,

put a hole at the top of the radiator there

because a piece of the fan hit it.

So we're [bleep].

Everything in there is [bleep].

I just limped her across the line, b'y.

Here I am.

Last load of the season,

all that bang-bang-bang-bang- bang,

the old truck couldn't take it.

The radiator is hanging off,

the fan is all smashed to hell, the scrod is broke.

Narrator: The vehicle's beyond repair

and with no maintenance shop in the small town...

- It's nothing I can do about it,

it's out of my hands. I'm not a mechanic,

and if I was I don't have a radiator or any of that stuff.

Narrator: Art Burke's a man without a truck

350 miles from Winnipeg.

[Hood clanks down]

- [Chuckling] I don't know what's gonna happen.

rivals have come together on an historic run.

- It's like going into no man's land.

It's like a road to nowhere.

Narrator: And while the convoy has already put 200 miles behind them,

they've still got 200 more to go.

[Truck rattling]

Dirt-[bleep] roads, the snow has melted completely away.

- It's all washed out. [bleep] bumpy.

Keep her comin', boys.

Narrator: The tough road is putting everyone on edge.

[Loud thumping]

Mark: Jesus! Why don't you get up on the higher ground there?

What are you a pothole magnet?

- That looks worse than this over here.

[Loud rattling bangs]

- Come on!

- What the [bleep] you talkin' about?

- You're driving, man, come on!

- Well what the [bleep] you want me to do?!

- Just take it easy!

Darrell: I am takin' it easy!

I'm takin' it as easy as I can take it!

I'm doing 15 kilometers an hour!

Mark: [on radio] Well, I don't need your cowboy [bleep] right now,

just [bleep] slow the truck down!

Darrell: [on radio] Hey, I'm doing 15 kilometers an hour--

Mark: [on radio] What [bleep]... [Yelling over each other]

Darrell: [on radio] Yeah, I can see that [bleep]... - [Bleep] you!

You're supposed to be the [bleep] leader so lead!

Come on! Steer the rig!

- [Giggling]

- I don't know if we were supposed to hear that.

- You quit bitchin' about my drivin' or what?

- I'm not bitchin' about your drivin'.

- You got Darrell the know-it-all

and you got Mark the know-it-all and that,

it's like putting a dog and cat in cab together

and lockin' the door.

- As long as we get there no they can [bleep] kick, scream

and fight with each other the whole way,

but if we get there that's all that matters.

- We need to get in and out pretty [bleep] damn quick

because spring's comin'.

- We don't need to get in and out quick

we just need to get in and out safe.

- What the [bleep] I get myself into?

- Hey, you signed up for this.

[Gearshift grinds] [Engine revving]

[Engine rumbles to stop] [Airbrakes his]

- What you gotta take a leak now?

- No. I'm gonna [bleep] change the seats.

You're so [bleep] smart.

- Oh, I get the honor of driving Darrell Ward's truck?

Me?!

[Door shuts]

- All right let's have some fun with this.

Why don't you go have a nap?

- I think I will.

I think I'll just kick back right here and... [Door shuts]

take a [bleep] nap. Let's see how you drive.

- Darrell Ward, trucker extraordinaire.

[Truck gears grind]

- Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh! [bleep] me.

Mark: [Laughs] - Really? Seriously?

- [Laughing] - Huh?

I hope you don't have to get out more than one gear.

Mark: No we're just gonna keep it in second the whole time.

[Truck rattling]

- I think you're hitting more [bleep] bumps than I was.

[Truck banging and rattling]

This is way rougher than when I was driving.

You can't tell me it's not.

- Ah well... - Huh? - Road conditions, buddy.

- Yeah, whatever.

[Rattling and popping]

It's rough, I'm not gonna lie. It's rough.

Right what am I supposed to do? - Come this way farther.

I don't know we got a bunch of rocks there, bud.

We got a rock right there.

You got another one there, you got another one there,

you got another one there, you got another one there.

Where the [bleep] do you go?

- Right between 'em.

[Engine hums]

Hang to the right. - I'm gonna do that. Thank you.

[Chains rattling]

- Don't be hitting that big [bleep] right there.

Mark: I see it, I see it.

[Truck creaking]

[Tires crunching]

[Loud rattling]

- Missed it... there you go.

- Oh-oh-oh look at that!

- You'll make a big rigger one day, won't ya?

- [Laughing] - [Hands slap]

- Pull your [bleep] boots off the desk

and putt 'em on the [bleep] throttle!

I want my [bleep] truck back.

Mark: Yeah, you can have it back.

- Yeah, I do, I want it back.

Mark: I've had enough.

[Tire crunch, airbrakes hiss] [Engine rumbles to a stop]

I got the, I got the Darrell Ward ice road lesson.

Darrell: Yeah, you made it.

As long as you listen to what I'm tellin' you on the road.

Mark: I'll listen to you, man. You got a lot of experience

and I'll give you a lot of credit.

[Airbrakes hiss]

- All right, let's hit the road.

[Door shuts]

[Trucks rumble, chains rattle]

- At the end of the day we'll get the job done together.

- I know it.

[Chains rattling]

How much money are you makin' off this deal?

- It's irrelevant. The community gets the supplies

and we all go home.

- I was just curious what you were gettin' out of it.

[Rapid beeping]

Mark: What's going on?

- I don't know my gauges were just [bleep] up

and all my lights came on, all my dash lights.

What the [bleep]? My gauges are done.

- What's goin' on?

- I don't know. I smell some wiring.

- Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa! - Can you smell it? - Whoa-whoa-whoa!

[Loud hissing] Holy [bleep]! Darrell!

- What the [bleep] is burnin', Mark?

Mark: Darrell! Darrell! Darrell, Darrell [bleep]!

We gotta get the [bleep] out! - [Coughing]

What the hell?! Lisa: Oh my God! Darrell: We're burning, Mark!

- [Coughing violently] Darrell! Darrell! Stop the car!

Stop the [bleep] truck!

- What the [bleep] is goin' on? [Bleep] Mark?

[Door creaking open] Mark: [Coughing violently]

Darrell: [Bleep] this!

Cameraman: What's happening?

Lisa: Mark ran out! Jumped out!

[Truck rumbles, hisses]

Mark: Stop, stop, stop! Fire! Fire!

Narrator: Next time...

Art: Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa! Stop! Stop!

Narrator: On the season finale of "Ice Road Truckers"...

- The worst is coming.

Narrator: A decade on the ice has all led to this.

[Splashing thump] Todd: This road keeps getting worse.

- Holy [bleep].

- And worse. [Loud bang]

[Rattling thumps] Steph: Ah!

Mark: No I can't force you guys to do this.

Todd: This is where we find out how thin the ice actually is.

[Ice cracks loudly] - Oh [bleep]!

[Truck rumbles]