1 00:00:05,179 --> 00:00:05,353 [music playing] 2 00:00:07,137 --> 00:00:09,618 NARRATOR: On this episode of"Ice Road Truckers," [horn] 3 00:00:09,661 --> 00:00:11,620 the competition between the Polar 4 00:00:11,663 --> 00:00:14,275 Bear and Alex goes into overdrive. 5 00:00:14,318 --> 00:00:15,928 I always lied to him. 6 00:00:15,972 --> 00:00:20,063 If I had 20 loads, I'd tell him I had 15. 7 00:00:20,107 --> 00:00:23,240 NARRATOR: The rookie and theold pro hit a storm head on. 8 00:00:31,944 --> 00:00:34,686 And the upstart gets the run of her life. 9 00:00:34,730 --> 00:00:37,950 We are on the ocean right now. 10 00:00:37,994 --> 00:00:38,864 [cracking] 11 00:00:40,823 --> 00:00:48,265 NARRATOR: At the top of theworld, there's a job only a few 12 00:00:48,309 --> 00:00:51,138 would dare. 13 00:00:51,181 --> 00:00:52,661 [horn] 14 00:00:52,704 --> 00:00:54,358 Just when you thoughtextreme trucking couldn't 15 00:00:54,402 --> 00:00:59,711 get more dangerous, "Ice RoadTruckers" take on Alaska. 16 00:01:05,108 --> 00:01:06,544 [theme music] 17 00:01:29,437 --> 00:01:30,351 [ice breaking] 18 00:01:38,968 --> 00:01:43,581 Ice road truckers are fiveweeks into a season of cold fury 19 00:01:43,625 --> 00:01:46,715 through one of the harshestAlaskan winters on record. 20 00:01:46,758 --> 00:01:51,067 Carlile Transportation hasdelivered more than 625 21 00:01:51,111 --> 00:01:55,941 of the 2,000 loads destinedfor the Arctic oil fields. 22 00:01:55,985 --> 00:01:59,293 And so far, they've avoidedthe roads' most-feared danger. 23 00:02:02,122 --> 00:02:03,079 [crash] 24 00:02:07,649 --> 00:02:11,261 In the Fairbanks yard of Carlile Trucking, 25 00:02:11,305 --> 00:02:14,873 Hugh "The Polar Bear" Rowlandis first in line at dispatch. 26 00:02:14,917 --> 00:02:15,961 Hey, boss. 27 00:02:16,005 --> 00:02:17,093 MAN: Hey, Hugh. - How are you? 28 00:02:17,137 --> 00:02:18,747 MAN: How we doing? HUGH: Good. 29 00:02:18,790 --> 00:02:20,096 MAN: Actually, I've got aload sitting right out there 30 00:02:20,140 --> 00:02:21,663 on the counter for you. HUGH: Right here. 31 00:02:21,706 --> 00:02:23,621 Yeah, I think Phil's going to be here shortly 32 00:02:23,665 --> 00:02:24,753 to run up with you. 33 00:02:24,796 --> 00:02:26,320 OK, so I can go hook on and-- 34 00:02:26,363 --> 00:02:27,103 You bet. 35 00:02:27,147 --> 00:02:29,453 OK, man, thanks. 36 00:02:29,497 --> 00:02:32,413 NARRATOR: Hugh hooks up withhis fifth load of the season. 37 00:02:32,456 --> 00:02:33,718 [thud] 38 00:02:33,762 --> 00:02:35,851 But as a new driver, he can't roll out 39 00:02:35,894 --> 00:02:38,723 without his escort Phil Kromm. 40 00:02:38,767 --> 00:02:41,422 Phil's not here, and I'mloaded and ready to go. 41 00:02:41,465 --> 00:02:44,164 And if I keep [bleep] around,Alex will catch up to me. 42 00:02:44,207 --> 00:02:45,643 He's [bleep]. 43 00:02:45,687 --> 00:02:47,123 [bleep] around muchlonger, and he'll be back. 44 00:02:53,956 --> 00:02:56,132 NARRATOR: Hugh and his rival Alex Debogorski 45 00:02:56,176 --> 00:02:59,222 have competed for decades. 46 00:02:59,266 --> 00:03:01,181 HUGH: Alex is a wild man at the end of the year. 47 00:03:01,224 --> 00:03:02,704 He's a record-setter. 48 00:03:02,747 --> 00:03:04,053 ALEX: [laughter] 49 00:03:05,924 --> 00:03:07,665 NARRATOR: This season, Hugh has managed 50 00:03:07,709 --> 00:03:09,450 to get ahead by two loads. 51 00:03:09,493 --> 00:03:11,191 The Polar Bear has got the right of way. 52 00:03:11,234 --> 00:03:12,975 Here we go. 53 00:03:13,018 --> 00:03:15,673 NARRATOR: While Alex has beenplagued by mechanical trouble. 54 00:03:15,717 --> 00:03:17,022 [splash] 55 00:03:17,066 --> 00:03:18,807 We've had numerous delays this trip. 56 00:03:18,850 --> 00:03:21,418 This is just another one. 57 00:03:21,462 --> 00:03:23,855 NARRATOR: But today,he's the very next driver 58 00:03:23,899 --> 00:03:25,814 to walk into dispatch. 59 00:03:25,857 --> 00:03:28,120 MAN: I've got you a loadof pipe because, you know, 60 00:03:28,164 --> 00:03:29,557 you're getting good at that. 61 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:32,168 And consistency is what we're all about here. 62 00:03:32,212 --> 00:03:33,517 You're on the jack. 63 00:03:33,561 --> 00:03:34,866 Great, thank you very much. 64 00:03:34,910 --> 00:03:36,781 Have a good one. 65 00:03:36,825 --> 00:03:38,522 NARRATOR: For Alex, being able to haul 66 00:03:38,566 --> 00:03:41,482 pipe is money in the bank. 67 00:03:41,525 --> 00:03:45,225 Pipe is in demand for everythingfrom drilling oil to repairing 68 00:03:45,268 --> 00:03:48,271 the 800-mile-long pipeline. 69 00:03:48,315 --> 00:03:50,578 I'm just tightening up all the straps. 70 00:03:50,621 --> 00:03:54,277 NARRATOR: But it can alsobe the deadliest of loads. 71 00:03:54,321 --> 00:03:58,325 A pipe that's not secured cansuddenly become a torpedo. 72 00:04:01,153 --> 00:04:02,633 ALEX: It's loose. 73 00:04:02,677 --> 00:04:04,069 And the truck stops willquick, it will come ahead 74 00:04:04,113 --> 00:04:06,550 and cut the top off the truck. 75 00:04:06,594 --> 00:04:10,424 And-- and somebody's going to the trouble 76 00:04:10,467 --> 00:04:12,469 of having a funeral. 77 00:04:12,513 --> 00:04:14,123 So-- 78 00:04:14,166 --> 00:04:16,865 NARRATOR: Across the yard,Phil Kromm finally arrives. 79 00:04:16,908 --> 00:04:19,346 As Carlile's safety supervisor, he 80 00:04:19,389 --> 00:04:22,871 was delayed at an accident scene, his own. 81 00:04:22,914 --> 00:04:26,309 Yeah, I backed into one of these trucks 82 00:04:26,353 --> 00:04:27,484 there and bumped her up. 83 00:04:27,528 --> 00:04:29,704 So I got to go do a report, and-- 84 00:04:29,747 --> 00:04:30,574 [laughter] 85 00:04:31,923 --> 00:04:33,229 Certain-- certain things I gotta do, 86 00:04:33,273 --> 00:04:34,883 especially as the safety man, you know? 87 00:04:34,926 --> 00:04:35,840 [laughter] 88 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:40,628 Well, here's my mistake today earlier, 89 00:04:40,671 --> 00:04:44,109 trying to back around thistruck blind and looked 90 00:04:44,153 --> 00:04:45,981 in it like in my mirror that I had enough room. 91 00:04:46,024 --> 00:04:48,157 Obviously, I didn't. 92 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:50,246 Um, it's a $1,000 mistake. 93 00:04:50,290 --> 00:04:53,205 And, plus, I get to probablyhear about this for the next 10 94 00:04:53,249 --> 00:04:53,989 years. 95 00:04:57,993 --> 00:05:01,257 NARRATOR: The safety officernow gets the novel experience 96 00:05:01,301 --> 00:05:02,824 of writing himself up. 97 00:05:02,867 --> 00:05:06,306 PHIL: OK, description of problem-- 98 00:05:06,349 --> 00:05:08,612 head in ass. 99 00:05:08,656 --> 00:05:13,617 And solution-- get out andwalk around if you're not 100 00:05:13,661 --> 00:05:15,837 sure about the available space. 101 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:19,623 Corrective action-- kick driverright square in the nuts. 102 00:05:22,931 --> 00:05:25,412 ALEX: [inaudible],, are you serious about Phil? 103 00:05:25,455 --> 00:05:27,065 HUGH: [laughter] 104 00:05:27,109 --> 00:05:28,980 Kind of funny, though, himbeing the safety instructor 105 00:05:29,024 --> 00:05:29,764 and everything. 106 00:05:29,807 --> 00:05:30,765 [laughter] 107 00:05:32,070 --> 00:05:33,594 NARRATOR: While Hugh waits for Phil, 108 00:05:33,637 --> 00:05:38,033 Alex's convoy leader JackMcCahan is ready to go. 109 00:05:38,076 --> 00:05:39,513 - Let's get on the road. - Yes, sir. 110 00:05:39,556 --> 00:05:41,428 Get making some of that big Alaskan money. 111 00:05:41,471 --> 00:05:43,386 That's right, some of the good American money. 112 00:05:43,430 --> 00:05:44,256 [laughter] 113 00:05:46,171 --> 00:05:49,305 NARRATOR: Alex out of the yardgetting a jump on his arrival. 114 00:05:53,048 --> 00:05:55,180 ALEX: Hughie is still back in town, 115 00:05:55,224 --> 00:05:57,574 because the fellow he's going with 116 00:05:57,618 --> 00:06:00,447 is getting their pee tested, I guess. 117 00:06:00,490 --> 00:06:01,230 Or tasted. 118 00:06:01,273 --> 00:06:02,013 I'm not sure which. 119 00:06:02,057 --> 00:06:02,971 [laughter] 120 00:06:05,887 --> 00:06:08,455 NARRATOR: Every accidenttriggers an automatic urine 121 00:06:08,498 --> 00:06:11,240 test for drugs and alcohol. 122 00:06:11,283 --> 00:06:12,633 All right, it's on the counter. 123 00:06:12,676 --> 00:06:14,374 - All right, thanks, Phil.- Yep. 124 00:06:14,417 --> 00:06:16,114 NARRATOR: Even if the test comes up clean, 125 00:06:16,158 --> 00:06:18,552 the penalties can be severe. 126 00:06:18,595 --> 00:06:21,293 PHIL: Can be up to and including termination. 127 00:06:21,337 --> 00:06:23,513 You know, any time thingslike this happen, we take it 128 00:06:23,557 --> 00:06:24,775 very seriously. 129 00:06:24,819 --> 00:06:26,255 [music playing] 130 00:06:27,778 --> 00:06:29,606 NARRATOR: Two hours later, Hugh and Phil 131 00:06:29,650 --> 00:06:31,303 finally get the OK to leave. 132 00:06:34,742 --> 00:06:38,876 I'm glad it was [bleep] crashup there that did it, not me. 133 00:06:38,920 --> 00:06:41,531 He's the instructor, the safety guy, 134 00:06:41,575 --> 00:06:45,579 so he won't live that downuntil I go home, you know? 135 00:06:45,622 --> 00:06:46,449 [laughter] 136 00:06:48,059 --> 00:06:51,802 NARRATOR: Hugh is 60 milesbehind his archrival. 137 00:06:51,846 --> 00:06:53,587 But he's back in the chase. 138 00:06:53,630 --> 00:06:57,155 HUGH: Me and Alex always hada friendly little rivalry 139 00:06:57,199 --> 00:06:59,854 every year there, just alittle [bleep] game we play. 140 00:06:59,897 --> 00:07:01,595 But I always lied to him. 141 00:07:01,638 --> 00:07:03,553 He always thought he was closer to me than-- 142 00:07:03,597 --> 00:07:04,902 than he was. 143 00:07:04,946 --> 00:07:07,644 If I had 20 loads, I'd tell him I had 15. 144 00:07:07,688 --> 00:07:09,341 That would keep his [bleep] spirits up. 145 00:07:09,385 --> 00:07:12,214 And he'd think he was running real hard on me. 146 00:07:12,257 --> 00:07:13,171 [horn] 147 00:07:14,651 --> 00:07:17,349 NARRATOR: Back in the Carlile yard, 148 00:07:17,393 --> 00:07:21,528 Lisa Kelly is also strapping down pipe. 149 00:07:21,571 --> 00:07:23,834 Got to go all the way around with it. 150 00:07:23,878 --> 00:07:27,142 NARRATOR: These giant 80-footsections connect the oil rigs 151 00:07:27,185 --> 00:07:29,405 directly to the Alaskan pipeline. 152 00:07:29,449 --> 00:07:32,974 This is the longest I've ever hauled. 153 00:07:33,017 --> 00:07:35,455 NARRATOR: She's alsobooked for her longest run 154 00:07:35,498 --> 00:07:39,807 yet on the ice road of the Arctic Ocean. 155 00:07:39,850 --> 00:07:42,853 I have to get this tieddown and get out of town. 156 00:07:42,897 --> 00:07:44,768 NARRATOR: This trip is a giant step 157 00:07:44,812 --> 00:07:48,468 towards her goal of becomingone of the elite-- a heavy haul 158 00:07:48,511 --> 00:07:50,818 driver. 159 00:07:50,861 --> 00:07:52,341 TIM: I know she wants the challenge. 160 00:07:52,384 --> 00:07:53,908 She's willing to take that challenge. 161 00:07:53,951 --> 00:07:56,345 And I think she'd like to bethe first heavy haul woman 162 00:07:56,388 --> 00:07:58,565 that we've got here at Carlile. 163 00:07:58,608 --> 00:08:00,828 NARRATOR: But just when sheneeds extra time to load 164 00:08:00,871 --> 00:08:03,918 up right, she doesn't get it. 165 00:08:03,961 --> 00:08:06,747 LISA: I'm up against the clock today 166 00:08:06,790 --> 00:08:09,010 because I've got to get upby 4:00, which I don't think 167 00:08:09,053 --> 00:08:11,099 is going to happen. 168 00:08:11,142 --> 00:08:13,493 NARRATOR: Every rush hour,the streets of Fairbanks 169 00:08:13,536 --> 00:08:16,191 are off limits to wide loads. 170 00:08:16,234 --> 00:08:19,586 Lisa's only got 12 minutesto beat the curfew or else 171 00:08:19,629 --> 00:08:22,806 she'll have to wait untilnightfall to depart. 172 00:08:22,850 --> 00:08:23,807 [beep] 173 00:08:34,731 --> 00:08:37,908 Her trailer wheels won't budge, locked in place 174 00:08:37,952 --> 00:08:38,909 by frozen brakes. 175 00:08:38,953 --> 00:08:39,867 [beep] 176 00:08:42,347 --> 00:08:43,697 It won't move. 177 00:08:46,700 --> 00:08:48,702 NARRATOR: Lisa tries a cold-weather shortcut 178 00:08:48,745 --> 00:08:51,095 to thaw out her brake lines. 179 00:08:51,139 --> 00:08:52,401 Pouring methanol in the lines. 180 00:08:57,232 --> 00:09:00,148 That's the easy solution is that they're frozen. 181 00:09:04,674 --> 00:09:06,720 NARRATOR: But the quick fixdoesn't free the wheels. 182 00:09:15,076 --> 00:09:16,991 Arrgh! 183 00:09:17,034 --> 00:09:17,992 We tried. 184 00:09:21,082 --> 00:09:24,346 NARRATOR: The last resort,getting under the truck. 185 00:09:24,389 --> 00:09:26,783 I like being on the ground anyway. 186 00:09:26,827 --> 00:09:27,741 [laughter] 187 00:09:29,481 --> 00:09:32,049 NARRATOR: And hammering awayat the ice and snow that's 188 00:09:32,093 --> 00:09:33,921 built up on the rims. 189 00:09:33,964 --> 00:09:37,315 There's like ice all over these. 190 00:09:37,359 --> 00:09:38,273 [hammering] 191 00:09:43,583 --> 00:09:44,322 Oh, crappy. 192 00:09:48,762 --> 00:09:51,329 NARRATOR: Two minutes leftto get out of the yard. 193 00:09:51,373 --> 00:09:53,201 If she hasn't fixed her truck, she'll 194 00:09:53,244 --> 00:09:57,248 lose half a day's driving,worth about $1,000 with a load 195 00:09:57,292 --> 00:09:58,075 this critical. 196 00:10:04,125 --> 00:10:05,082 [beep] 197 00:10:06,562 --> 00:10:08,303 With seconds to spare, Lisa's on the move. 198 00:10:13,395 --> 00:10:15,527 Bend me over and spank me. 199 00:10:15,571 --> 00:10:16,485 [laughter] 200 00:10:18,052 --> 00:10:18,922 Crack that whip. 201 00:10:21,925 --> 00:10:22,883 Holy crap! 202 00:10:22,926 --> 00:10:26,321 This thing is long. 203 00:10:26,364 --> 00:10:28,758 Our problem is going to be corners. 204 00:10:28,802 --> 00:10:31,543 NARRATOR: It's tough enoughto make the 90-degree turns 205 00:10:31,587 --> 00:10:32,806 of city streets. 206 00:10:32,849 --> 00:10:35,809 LISA: Am I going to make this? 207 00:10:35,852 --> 00:10:39,116 NARRATOR: Soon she'll be onthe extreme ice-covered curves 208 00:10:39,160 --> 00:10:44,818 of the haul road, and then ocean ice. 209 00:10:44,861 --> 00:10:45,732 [crash] 210 00:10:46,863 --> 00:10:48,169 It's going to be fun to haul. 211 00:10:53,696 --> 00:10:56,307 NARRATOR: 130 miles north on the Dalton, 212 00:10:56,351 --> 00:10:59,571 rookie driver Tim Freemanand mechanic Jarid Lane 213 00:10:59,615 --> 00:11:02,096 are on a recovery mission. 214 00:11:02,139 --> 00:11:03,793 There it is right there, Jarid. 215 00:11:03,837 --> 00:11:05,665 JARID: It sure looks cold. 216 00:11:05,708 --> 00:11:09,233 Yeah, poor little girl. 217 00:11:09,277 --> 00:11:11,845 NARRATOR: On just his third run of the season, 218 00:11:11,888 --> 00:11:14,761 Tim broke down for a second time. 219 00:11:14,804 --> 00:11:15,675 TIM: This sucks. 220 00:11:15,718 --> 00:11:16,588 GEORGE: I know it. 221 00:11:20,375 --> 00:11:22,986 TIM: Jarid, this is what we've got going on. 222 00:11:23,030 --> 00:11:26,207 And the tensioner pulley is junk. 223 00:11:26,250 --> 00:11:28,426 NARRATOR: The tensioner on the fan belt failed. 224 00:11:28,470 --> 00:11:33,693 And the engine overheated,even at 40 below zero. 225 00:11:33,736 --> 00:11:37,000 TIM: So we got the new tensionerpulley on now, put the belt 226 00:11:37,044 --> 00:11:38,436 back on, see if she'll fire up. 227 00:11:46,270 --> 00:11:48,708 Good deal. 228 00:11:48,751 --> 00:11:52,189 Ready to roll. 229 00:11:52,233 --> 00:11:55,802 NARRATOR: But just as they fixone problem, Tim finds another. 230 00:11:55,845 --> 00:11:59,457 He's been the victim of highway robbery. 231 00:11:59,501 --> 00:12:04,158 Some [bleep]weedweed stole thetire chains off my truck. 232 00:12:04,201 --> 00:12:05,986 Full set of three-wheelers gone-- 233 00:12:06,029 --> 00:12:08,249 two-- and a full set of singles. 234 00:12:08,292 --> 00:12:10,251 Somebody helped themselves. 235 00:12:10,294 --> 00:12:14,951 NARRATOR: In his run of badluck, Tim's hit rock bottom. 236 00:12:14,995 --> 00:12:18,085 Now he has to run barefootwithout chains down 237 00:12:18,128 --> 00:12:20,261 the steep hills to Fairbanks. 238 00:12:20,304 --> 00:12:21,871 TIM: Pretty steep slick hills. 239 00:12:21,915 --> 00:12:22,872 This truck's cold. 240 00:12:22,916 --> 00:12:24,526 The differentials are stiff. 241 00:12:24,569 --> 00:12:26,441 So it's going to be a fightall the way back to town. 242 00:12:26,484 --> 00:12:28,922 I'm going to stay right behind him. 243 00:12:28,965 --> 00:12:30,314 [music playing] 244 00:12:31,968 --> 00:12:34,144 NARRATOR: Running theDalton is dangerous business 245 00:12:34,188 --> 00:12:37,887 for a veteran with the best of equipment. 246 00:12:37,931 --> 00:12:40,498 For a rookie driver with no chains, 247 00:12:40,542 --> 00:12:44,154 the passage ahead is one of white-knuckle fear. 248 00:12:44,198 --> 00:12:47,201 TIM: [bleep] snow [inaudible]. 249 00:12:47,244 --> 00:12:49,203 [bleep] is jerking me all over the place. 250 00:12:54,643 --> 00:12:57,254 NARRATOR: 80 miles north of Fairbanks, 251 00:12:57,298 --> 00:13:00,997 rookie Tim Freeman isbarefooting back to town, 252 00:13:01,041 --> 00:13:02,782 rolling on the ice with no chains. 253 00:13:06,350 --> 00:13:10,528 Truckers choose barefooting whendriving conditions are perfect. 254 00:13:10,572 --> 00:13:13,227 But Tim has no choice. 255 00:13:13,270 --> 00:13:17,971 Some [bleep]weedweed stole thetire chains off my truck. 256 00:13:18,014 --> 00:13:20,060 NARRATOR: Now he'ssliding all over the ice. 257 00:13:25,543 --> 00:13:28,546 TIM: See this is [bleep] hillhere because it's jerking me 258 00:13:28,590 --> 00:13:29,765 all over the place. 259 00:13:35,684 --> 00:13:37,555 [music playing] 260 00:13:43,997 --> 00:13:45,302 [bleep] 261 00:13:45,346 --> 00:13:46,869 NARRATOR: Tim feathers the throttle 262 00:13:46,913 --> 00:13:50,438 to regain traction justbefore going over the edge. 263 00:13:55,486 --> 00:13:57,837 TIM: You don't want to spin out on any hills. 264 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:00,274 You just want to make it back to town safe. 265 00:14:00,317 --> 00:14:02,102 NARRATOR: Tim races back to Fairbanks 266 00:14:02,145 --> 00:14:05,583 to catch up with his runningmate and mentor, George Spears. 267 00:14:05,627 --> 00:14:09,239 George is loaded up andscheduled to leave in just four 268 00:14:09,283 --> 00:14:10,980 hours. 269 00:14:11,024 --> 00:14:13,200 But when Tim returns to the garage, 270 00:14:13,243 --> 00:14:15,637 they discover an electricalproblem with the starter. 271 00:14:20,860 --> 00:14:25,690 The truck has to be fixed bythe time George is set to leave 272 00:14:25,734 --> 00:14:29,129 or else Tim will have to waittwo more days for George's 273 00:14:29,172 --> 00:14:31,218 return. 274 00:14:31,261 --> 00:14:32,175 [beep] 275 00:14:34,221 --> 00:14:35,178 [squeak] 276 00:14:39,269 --> 00:14:40,662 GEORGE: He came here to work. 277 00:14:40,705 --> 00:14:43,491 And he's in a position where he needs to work. 278 00:14:43,534 --> 00:14:45,493 And any time that his truck is broke down, 279 00:14:45,536 --> 00:14:46,668 it's been tough on him. 280 00:14:46,711 --> 00:14:47,887 How much fuel is left in it? 281 00:14:47,930 --> 00:14:49,627 There's fuel it it. 282 00:14:49,671 --> 00:14:51,891 We want to get him back onthe road and get him some money. 283 00:14:55,372 --> 00:14:58,767 NARRATOR: If the truck doesn'tstart running again soon, 284 00:14:58,810 --> 00:15:00,421 Tim could be out of the game. 285 00:15:05,643 --> 00:15:08,995 80 miles up the Dalton, Alex Debogorski 286 00:15:09,038 --> 00:15:13,695 is running with 28-year veteran Jack McCahan. 287 00:15:13,738 --> 00:15:16,785 Jack, you got a copy. 288 00:15:16,828 --> 00:15:19,919 NARRATOR: They approach a grimlandmark named Chucky's Corner. 289 00:15:23,096 --> 00:15:25,620 Jack, what's the scoop onthat Chucky's Corner there? 290 00:15:25,663 --> 00:15:27,709 What happened to Chucky? 291 00:15:27,752 --> 00:15:35,456 JACK: Oh, it happened back in probably 1981. 292 00:15:35,499 --> 00:15:38,894 And it killed him. 293 00:15:38,938 --> 00:15:40,678 NARRATOR: By all reports, the driver 294 00:15:40,722 --> 00:15:43,072 was hauling a load of pipe when he rolled. 295 00:15:43,116 --> 00:15:45,857 One piece shook looseand killed him instantly. 296 00:15:45,901 --> 00:15:46,815 [crash] 297 00:15:48,338 --> 00:15:51,298 The many crosses on the road honor the dead 298 00:15:51,341 --> 00:15:55,302 and warn the living that this isNorth America's most dangerous 299 00:15:55,345 --> 00:15:57,913 road. 300 00:15:57,957 --> 00:16:00,133 ALEX: There's a lot morepeople died on this ice road 301 00:16:00,176 --> 00:16:02,918 here, the Dalton Highway, than on the combined ice 302 00:16:02,962 --> 00:16:06,356 roads of Northern Canada. 303 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:07,967 NARRATOR: Alex clears Chucky's Corner. 304 00:16:11,405 --> 00:16:18,890 But eight miles up the roadlies his nemesis, Mackey Hill. 305 00:16:18,934 --> 00:16:22,372 ALEX: I'm really excited. 306 00:16:22,416 --> 00:16:24,679 Mackey Hill and me have hada couple of run-ins already. 307 00:16:28,335 --> 00:16:31,294 NARRATOR: Mackey is agear-crushing, 16-degree grade 308 00:16:31,338 --> 00:16:33,993 straight to the top. 309 00:16:34,036 --> 00:16:35,777 ALEX: I missed a couple of shifts 310 00:16:35,820 --> 00:16:39,128 on this hill the very first tripand then had to stop and start 311 00:16:39,172 --> 00:16:42,088 all over again in first gear. 312 00:16:42,131 --> 00:16:43,045 [gear grinding] 313 00:16:45,482 --> 00:16:47,832 Seemed that I had a trafficjam behind me because everybody 314 00:16:47,876 --> 00:16:50,618 and their dog passed me. 315 00:16:50,661 --> 00:16:52,576 I figured as long aspeople are laughing at me, 316 00:16:52,620 --> 00:16:54,883 they don't have to laugh at somebody else. 317 00:16:54,926 --> 00:16:55,884 [laughter] 318 00:16:57,407 --> 00:16:59,975 NARRATOR: Now at the baseof that slippery hill, 319 00:17:00,019 --> 00:17:04,327 Alex tries to avoid strikingout for a third time. 320 00:17:04,371 --> 00:17:06,329 If you make too rough a shift, won't 321 00:17:06,373 --> 00:17:08,549 be much torque in the tires. 322 00:17:08,592 --> 00:17:11,987 If they spin once, thenquite often, you're done. 323 00:17:12,031 --> 00:17:15,860 You don't get two chances 324 00:17:15,904 --> 00:17:25,827 NARRATOR: One by one he hitsthe correct sequence of gears, 325 00:17:25,870 --> 00:17:29,439 his 46,000-pound rigbarely clinging to the ice. 326 00:17:35,489 --> 00:17:37,621 And, finally, rounding the top of Mackey. 327 00:17:41,582 --> 00:17:44,802 Alex is one more hillcloser to proving himself 328 00:17:44,846 --> 00:17:46,891 to Alaskan truckers. 329 00:17:46,935 --> 00:17:49,633 ALEX: There's a few of themthat are grumpy about Hughie 330 00:17:49,677 --> 00:17:51,287 and I being here. 331 00:17:51,331 --> 00:17:53,550 They're not happy to seeCanada's national treasure 332 00:17:53,594 --> 00:17:57,119 on this road with them, two ofCanada's national treasures. 333 00:17:57,163 --> 00:17:58,599 [laughter] 334 00:18:00,644 --> 00:18:02,603 NARRATOR: 40 miles behind Alex is 335 00:18:02,646 --> 00:18:07,651 the other notorious Canadian,Hugh "The Polar Bear" Rowland. 336 00:18:07,695 --> 00:18:10,089 I mean, I've been treatedreal good here by everybody. 337 00:18:10,132 --> 00:18:11,829 But I know [bleep] well behind their backs 338 00:18:11,873 --> 00:18:13,396 they're saying them [bleep] Canadians. 339 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:14,223 [laughter] 340 00:18:15,877 --> 00:18:17,661 They don't know how todrive this road,them [bleep] 341 00:18:17,705 --> 00:18:18,575 Canadians. 342 00:18:18,619 --> 00:18:20,055 I'll hear it at the end. 343 00:18:24,886 --> 00:18:26,148 What about the Polar Bear? 344 00:18:56,178 --> 00:18:57,310 [laughter] 345 00:19:00,748 --> 00:19:01,662 [horn] 346 00:19:09,974 --> 00:19:13,021 NARRATOR: The Coldfoot truckstop lies 60 miles north 347 00:19:13,064 --> 00:19:14,153 of the Arctic Circle. 348 00:19:14,196 --> 00:19:15,066 [groan] 349 00:19:16,981 --> 00:19:19,549 NARRATOR: After spending thenight at this remote outpost 350 00:19:19,593 --> 00:19:24,815 and grabbing a hot meal, Alex Debogorski gears up 351 00:19:24,859 --> 00:19:28,079 for the run to Deadhorse. 352 00:19:28,123 --> 00:19:29,994 Yeah, I'm just doing a free trip, 353 00:19:30,038 --> 00:19:32,562 look underneath the truck tosee if there's any oil dripping, 354 00:19:32,606 --> 00:19:34,129 check the tires. 355 00:19:34,173 --> 00:19:36,523 I had a flat tire lasttrip when I got to Prudhoe. 356 00:19:39,569 --> 00:19:42,485 Checked the lights. 357 00:19:42,529 --> 00:19:43,617 Oh, goodness grief. 358 00:19:43,660 --> 00:19:44,966 Look at that. 359 00:19:45,009 --> 00:19:45,967 We've got another flat tire, looks like. 360 00:19:46,010 --> 00:19:46,794 The tread is gone. 361 00:19:49,536 --> 00:19:51,320 That one will have to be replaced. 362 00:19:51,364 --> 00:19:53,540 There's nothing left of it. 363 00:19:53,583 --> 00:19:55,368 NARRATOR: The tire's not only flat, 364 00:19:55,411 --> 00:19:59,763 the entire tread layer, or cap, has peeled off. 365 00:19:59,807 --> 00:20:03,463 ALEX: Must've happened the last 50 miles or so. 366 00:20:03,506 --> 00:20:08,207 NARRATOR: On his last run,Alex had a flat in Deadhorse. 367 00:20:08,250 --> 00:20:10,687 But here in Coldfoot, there's no shop. 368 00:20:10,731 --> 00:20:13,124 And spares are hard to come by. 369 00:20:13,168 --> 00:20:15,692 JACK: Does Carlile have any spare tires here? 370 00:20:15,736 --> 00:20:17,651 Uh, just one last week. 371 00:20:17,694 --> 00:20:18,478 JACK: A trucker did? 372 00:20:18,521 --> 00:20:19,827 Yes, sir. 373 00:20:19,870 --> 00:20:21,524 JACK: Well, we ain't got none here, then. 374 00:20:21,568 --> 00:20:24,266 NARRATOR: Getting a new tireto Coldfoot could take days. 375 00:20:24,310 --> 00:20:27,443 And in that time Alex has already lost, 376 00:20:27,487 --> 00:20:31,447 his rival, Hugh Rowland, has passed him by. 377 00:20:31,491 --> 00:20:34,058 ALEX: So Hugh has gone ahead. 378 00:20:34,102 --> 00:20:36,017 I guess everything is going fine for him. 379 00:20:36,060 --> 00:20:36,931 [laughter] 380 00:20:38,889 --> 00:20:40,978 NARRATOR: The only other option is to leave now, 381 00:20:41,022 --> 00:20:42,371 flat tire or not. 382 00:20:44,982 --> 00:20:45,722 Let's go. 383 00:20:48,725 --> 00:20:50,945 Hopefully, we don't wreck the other tire. 384 00:20:50,988 --> 00:20:53,861 If one tire is flat, and allthe weight's on the other tire, 385 00:20:53,904 --> 00:20:56,733 and the other tire is doingtoo much work, then it'll fail. 386 00:21:01,912 --> 00:21:06,743 NARRATOR: 60 miles up ahead,Hugh is rolling up the Brooks 387 00:21:06,787 --> 00:21:11,966 Range towards Atigun Passin a convoy with Phil Kromm. 388 00:21:12,009 --> 00:21:14,577 Yeah, ole Philbilly, he'sa bit of a loose cannon. 389 00:21:14,621 --> 00:21:16,144 I guess that he likes to bend pumpers. 390 00:21:26,850 --> 00:21:28,199 I figured you missed that one. 391 00:21:28,243 --> 00:21:29,897 Ha, yeah. 392 00:21:29,940 --> 00:21:33,074 HUGH: Somebody to travel with,and [bleep] on the radio, 393 00:21:33,117 --> 00:21:35,555 and tell stories to each other. 394 00:21:35,598 --> 00:21:38,471 And our lies get bigger and bigger. 395 00:21:38,514 --> 00:21:43,389 Put some miles on, that's themain thing, making some cash. 396 00:21:43,432 --> 00:21:46,435 NARRATOR: After 30 years ofdriving Canadian ice roads, 397 00:21:46,479 --> 00:21:48,698 Hugh is starting to pull his weight in America. 398 00:21:48,742 --> 00:21:50,918 HUGH [ON RADIO]: And I'vedrove quite a few of the ice 399 00:21:50,961 --> 00:21:53,312 roads now, different roads. 400 00:21:53,355 --> 00:21:55,792 And like them, like, I think it's a great road. 401 00:21:55,836 --> 00:21:57,577 So-- and everybody is proud of this road. 402 00:21:57,620 --> 00:21:58,882 So that's a good deal. 403 00:22:05,541 --> 00:22:07,456 HUGH: And like, I gotreal bragging rights now. 404 00:22:07,500 --> 00:22:09,893 I mean, I've been onthis road and them roads. 405 00:22:09,937 --> 00:22:11,678 I mean, not too many guys can say that. 406 00:22:11,721 --> 00:22:14,855 I'm pretty proud of that myself. 407 00:22:14,898 --> 00:22:19,294 NARRATOR: Now the road tiltsup to the roof of the Arctic. 408 00:22:19,338 --> 00:22:23,603 4,700-foot Atigun Pass isthe northernmost winter road 409 00:22:23,646 --> 00:22:29,348 in the world, with zigzaggingturns and sheer drops. 410 00:22:33,177 --> 00:22:35,049 It's just claimed another victim. 411 00:22:42,186 --> 00:22:42,926 Yeah. 412 00:22:47,627 --> 00:22:50,020 [music playing] 413 00:23:02,424 --> 00:23:04,905 I hope we don't spin out, crash, and burn. 414 00:23:04,948 --> 00:23:06,733 That'd be [bleep] silly after all that trash 415 00:23:06,776 --> 00:23:08,430 that I've been through with the Philbilly 416 00:23:08,474 --> 00:23:10,650 there about bending the pumper. 417 00:23:17,657 --> 00:23:19,615 10-4. 418 00:23:19,659 --> 00:23:23,793 NARRATOR: With even the localsspinning out on the ice, 419 00:23:23,837 --> 00:23:35,152 Hugh shows some real driving skill 420 00:23:35,196 --> 00:23:38,068 and makes a clean pass over the summit. 421 00:23:38,112 --> 00:23:41,158 HUGH: One more trip over the pass, no casualties. 422 00:23:46,294 --> 00:23:50,690 NARRATOR: 250 miles southin Fairbanks, George Spears 423 00:23:50,733 --> 00:23:54,563 and Tim Freeman are sweatinga deadline of 12:00 noon, 424 00:23:54,607 --> 00:23:57,958 as mechanics troubleshoot yetanother problem with Tim's 425 00:23:58,001 --> 00:23:59,742 truck. 426 00:23:59,786 --> 00:24:01,135 [beep] 427 00:24:01,178 --> 00:24:03,442 Not firing. 428 00:24:03,485 --> 00:24:07,358 There's something to do withthe computer on that truck that 429 00:24:07,402 --> 00:24:11,537 is not letting it start properly. 430 00:24:11,580 --> 00:24:14,453 NARRATOR: 11:15, 45 minutes to the deadline. 431 00:24:14,496 --> 00:24:17,847 GEORGE: I've took this on,and I want to finish it. 432 00:24:22,983 --> 00:24:25,376 I don't want to him to miss out on this trip. 433 00:24:25,420 --> 00:24:26,900 If I can take him with me, I will. 434 00:24:26,943 --> 00:24:29,946 And if not, then it's hasta la vista, buddy. 435 00:24:29,990 --> 00:24:33,254 I can't help it. 436 00:24:33,297 --> 00:24:34,385 How long you going to be? 437 00:24:36,083 --> 00:24:36,823 I don't know. 438 00:24:41,392 --> 00:24:43,003 NARRATOR: Another 30 minutes pass 439 00:24:43,046 --> 00:24:46,093 as Jarid Lane narrows theproblem to a computer sensor. 440 00:24:49,357 --> 00:24:51,968 But time is almost up. 441 00:24:52,012 --> 00:24:53,448 [crank sound] 442 00:25:04,459 --> 00:25:06,722 TIM: After a couple hours ofscrewing around over there, 443 00:25:06,766 --> 00:25:08,637 they figured out it was an engine speed sensor. 444 00:25:12,075 --> 00:25:15,905 We are ready, George, right behind you. 445 00:25:15,949 --> 00:25:18,647 NARRATOR: At the stroke of noon,the wheels are finally rolling. 446 00:25:30,485 --> 00:25:34,271 Tim's run of bad luck mighthave broken another rookie. 447 00:25:34,315 --> 00:25:37,884 But he still believes thathis fate lies on the Dalton. 448 00:25:41,104 --> 00:25:42,758 TIM: I don't really see anything that's 449 00:25:42,802 --> 00:25:45,108 going to be more challengingthan the haul road of Prudhoe 450 00:25:45,152 --> 00:25:47,328 Bay. 451 00:25:47,371 --> 00:25:51,680 And I haven't come across ajob that's more rewarding. 452 00:25:51,724 --> 00:25:54,596 My goal is just to get a truck,get comfortable, memorize 453 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:57,643 this road, make as many trips as I can 454 00:25:57,686 --> 00:25:59,122 until it's time to retire, man. 455 00:25:59,166 --> 00:26:00,036 I mean, I'm here for-- 456 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:00,776 I'm here for good. 457 00:26:05,651 --> 00:26:07,043 Northbound on Two Mile. 458 00:26:10,873 --> 00:26:13,006 Timmy, give me a holler whenyou get up on top there. 459 00:26:13,049 --> 00:26:14,268 Let me know how you're doing. 460 00:26:14,311 --> 00:26:15,269 All right, George. 461 00:26:15,312 --> 00:26:17,184 That's going well so far. 462 00:26:17,227 --> 00:26:19,142 All righty. 463 00:26:19,186 --> 00:26:21,449 NARRATOR: Tim hits the ice for the fourth time. 464 00:26:21,492 --> 00:26:25,801 But he still has a long way togo to prove himself to George. 465 00:26:25,845 --> 00:26:28,021 TIM: Every time he catchesme doing something I'm not 466 00:26:28,064 --> 00:26:31,372 supposed to do or somethinglike that, you know, [inaudible] 467 00:26:31,415 --> 00:26:33,853 Timmy, he says. 468 00:26:33,896 --> 00:26:35,289 He's a good driver and all that. 469 00:26:35,332 --> 00:26:37,944 But, you know, I've got 30 years up here. 470 00:26:37,987 --> 00:26:39,728 He's got three trips. 471 00:26:39,772 --> 00:26:41,948 NARRATOR: Just when Timstarts to get comfortable 472 00:26:41,991 --> 00:26:42,731 on this run-- 473 00:26:51,784 --> 00:26:52,698 [bleep] 474 00:26:56,266 --> 00:26:57,224 [bleep] 475 00:26:58,747 --> 00:26:59,661 [bleep] 476 00:27:05,754 --> 00:27:07,364 Tim just slid off the hill back there 477 00:27:07,408 --> 00:27:11,325 behind us a little bit. 478 00:27:11,368 --> 00:27:12,631 Trying to go too slow, you know? 479 00:27:17,461 --> 00:27:20,029 You can go too slow just like going too fast. 480 00:27:20,073 --> 00:27:21,074 It's not good. 481 00:27:21,117 --> 00:27:24,468 It'll cause you to slide too. 482 00:27:24,512 --> 00:27:26,645 NARRATOR: On every big hill on the Dalton, 483 00:27:26,688 --> 00:27:30,039 gear selection is critical. 484 00:27:30,083 --> 00:27:34,043 Go too fast, and the tirescan't grab ahold of the ice. 485 00:27:34,087 --> 00:27:38,134 Too slow, and the engine lugs,causing the wheels to drag 486 00:27:38,178 --> 00:27:40,746 and often resulting in a dangerous slide. 487 00:27:40,789 --> 00:27:41,660 [crash] 488 00:27:44,619 --> 00:27:46,969 GEORGE: All right, just pickit back up here a little bit. 489 00:27:47,013 --> 00:27:48,188 We got to climb up Eight Mile. 490 00:27:51,452 --> 00:27:53,019 Tim? 491 00:27:53,062 --> 00:27:57,284 NARRATOR: Tim follows George'slead and picks up speed. 492 00:27:57,327 --> 00:27:58,677 His wheels stop spinning. 493 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:03,856 GEORGE [ON RADIO]: How we making her, Timmy? 494 00:28:03,899 --> 00:28:04,770 Just fine. 495 00:28:09,818 --> 00:28:12,168 You know, you might be wipinga little sweat off your brow 496 00:28:12,212 --> 00:28:13,822 from the last mile behind you. 497 00:28:13,866 --> 00:28:15,519 But, uh, you're still got to-- 498 00:28:15,563 --> 00:28:17,304 still got to stay in tune and in focus to 499 00:28:17,347 --> 00:28:18,653 what's happening in front of you. 500 00:28:23,397 --> 00:28:28,097 NARRATOR: 210 miles north isLisa Kelly doing one last load 501 00:28:28,141 --> 00:28:31,361 check before heading into the high mountains. 502 00:28:31,405 --> 00:28:33,755 Tight on both sides. 503 00:28:33,799 --> 00:28:37,280 I'm really, like, out to kickbutt and get this thing up 504 00:28:37,324 --> 00:28:40,240 there safely, and efficiently,and without problems 505 00:28:40,283 --> 00:28:43,156 so that they'll give me more. 506 00:28:43,199 --> 00:28:44,592 [music playing] 507 00:28:53,514 --> 00:28:54,994 NARRATOR: Her next big ascent-- 508 00:28:55,037 --> 00:28:57,605 the narrow passage cut into the mountainside 509 00:28:57,648 --> 00:29:02,784 called The Shelf, the sceneof many bad accidents. 510 00:29:02,828 --> 00:29:06,483 LISA: Um, so far, thisyear's been crazy for wrecks, 511 00:29:06,527 --> 00:29:08,442 because we've had a truck flipped over 512 00:29:08,485 --> 00:29:09,835 at the top of The Shelf. 513 00:29:09,878 --> 00:29:11,575 The car carrier just plowed in the ditch 514 00:29:11,619 --> 00:29:14,535 at the top of The Shelf a couple days after. 515 00:29:14,578 --> 00:29:17,494 That's just the wrecks that I've seen. 516 00:29:17,538 --> 00:29:20,846 And they say it's not ifyou go in the ditch up here, 517 00:29:20,889 --> 00:29:21,760 it's when. 518 00:29:25,198 --> 00:29:28,723 NARRATOR: Lisa clears The Shelf. 519 00:29:28,767 --> 00:29:30,290 Now, up to Atigun Pass. 520 00:29:35,338 --> 00:29:38,907 I am at the bottom, about ready to go up. 521 00:29:38,951 --> 00:29:40,300 [music playing] 522 00:29:45,696 --> 00:29:48,787 Gary, is it clear up thereso I can get to the top? 523 00:29:48,830 --> 00:29:51,180 GARY [ON RADIO]: It'll beclear by the time you get here. 524 00:29:51,224 --> 00:29:52,834 LISA: OK. 525 00:29:52,878 --> 00:29:56,359 NARRATOR: With 80 feet oftrailer behind and solid ice 526 00:29:56,403 --> 00:30:01,669 below, every turn is an adventure. 527 00:30:01,712 --> 00:30:05,499 LISA: Corners are really interesting to get 528 00:30:05,542 --> 00:30:07,980 around the corner, because you're so long. 529 00:30:12,549 --> 00:30:16,423 I don't want it to slidearound, because pipe can kill me 530 00:30:16,466 --> 00:30:20,862 or anybody else because itslides easily, because it's 531 00:30:20,906 --> 00:30:22,124 kind of torpedo shaped. 532 00:30:22,168 --> 00:30:24,083 And so it likes to act like one. 533 00:30:24,126 --> 00:30:26,128 Somebody once told me thatif you take a trailer, 534 00:30:26,172 --> 00:30:28,435 and you tip it upside down,nothing should fall off. 535 00:30:28,478 --> 00:30:29,784 That's how it should be strapped. 536 00:30:41,491 --> 00:30:43,232 NARRATOR: Lisa clears the pass safely. 537 00:30:46,061 --> 00:30:50,152 But tomorrow, she'll bedriving on a frozen ocean. 538 00:30:50,196 --> 00:30:53,460 LISA: It's the farthest pointnorth that you can get by road. 539 00:30:53,503 --> 00:30:55,375 And now I'm going to go even further. 540 00:31:00,771 --> 00:31:02,773 NARRATOR: 70 miles from Coldfoot-- 541 00:31:02,817 --> 00:31:05,385 Yep, yep, yep, 542 00:31:05,428 --> 00:31:08,997 NARRATOR: Alex Debogorski isattempting to climb Atigun Pass 543 00:31:09,041 --> 00:31:13,393 with a bald and deflated tire. 544 00:31:13,436 --> 00:31:18,920 My flat tire is still flat,hasn't fixed itself yet. 545 00:31:18,964 --> 00:31:22,010 Probably stressed the guysout that are behind me. 546 00:31:22,054 --> 00:31:23,272 Look here, he's going by. 547 00:31:26,014 --> 00:31:27,102 He's in a rush. 548 00:31:30,279 --> 00:31:32,325 Yeah, must be a fire truck. 549 00:31:32,368 --> 00:31:33,979 He look-- did he look like a fire truck? 550 00:31:34,022 --> 00:31:34,893 [laughter] 551 00:31:39,332 --> 00:31:41,943 NARRATOR: As he hits this steepdowngrade on the other side 552 00:31:41,987 --> 00:31:44,032 of the pass, the lack of traction 553 00:31:44,076 --> 00:31:46,948 becomes a much more dangerous hazard. 554 00:31:46,992 --> 00:31:48,863 ALEX: Boy is that slippery right there. 555 00:31:48,907 --> 00:31:51,257 Woo! 556 00:31:51,300 --> 00:31:53,650 You just go down the hill faster. 557 00:31:57,611 --> 00:32:02,094 NARRATOR: Alex tries to controlhis speed with the jake brake, 558 00:32:02,137 --> 00:32:06,359 which uses engine compressionto slow the truck. 559 00:32:06,402 --> 00:32:08,752 ALEX: I tend to try touse as much jake as I can 560 00:32:08,796 --> 00:32:11,016 so I don't have to use much brakes. 561 00:32:11,059 --> 00:32:13,801 NARRATOR: Because any brakingcan cause the damaged tire 562 00:32:13,844 --> 00:32:18,066 to spin out and send him off the road. 563 00:32:18,110 --> 00:32:20,939 ALEX: We're trying to take it easy. 564 00:32:20,982 --> 00:32:24,855 So we don't want to wreck the other tire. 565 00:32:24,899 --> 00:32:27,206 Hopefully, I don't have to do any heroics today. 566 00:32:34,126 --> 00:32:37,912 NARRATOR: Nursing the flat tireand feathering the jake brake, 567 00:32:37,956 --> 00:32:42,395 Alex clears the pass. 568 00:32:42,438 --> 00:32:47,182 The Canadian is holding his own on this road. 569 00:32:47,226 --> 00:32:49,880 But he's still behind his rival, Hugh Rowland. 570 00:32:52,274 --> 00:32:53,014 Alex. 571 00:33:01,631 --> 00:33:02,676 ALEX: Why? 572 00:33:02,719 --> 00:33:03,633 Is that way he's been talking? 573 00:33:07,202 --> 00:33:09,335 I'm going to have to get a bar of soap maybe. 574 00:33:09,378 --> 00:33:10,292 [laughter] 575 00:33:15,863 --> 00:33:20,868 NARRATOR: 100 miles aheadis Lisa Kelly, rolling 576 00:33:20,911 --> 00:33:24,132 towards the biggest moment of her career-- 577 00:33:24,176 --> 00:33:28,615 her longest run on the iceroad of the Arctic Ocean. 578 00:33:28,658 --> 00:33:32,184 LISA: It is a beautiful morningout, especially when you're 579 00:33:32,227 --> 00:33:35,143 surrounded by mountains like we are right now. 580 00:33:35,187 --> 00:33:37,580 And the sun coming over the ones behind you. 581 00:33:41,584 --> 00:33:44,022 NARRATOR: When there's a breakfrom the brutal winds that 582 00:33:44,065 --> 00:33:47,895 prevail on the north slope,a trucker makes good time. 583 00:33:47,938 --> 00:33:49,418 LISA: Because it's flat and straight, 584 00:33:49,462 --> 00:33:50,593 you can open her up a little. 585 00:33:50,637 --> 00:33:53,031 Woo! 586 00:33:53,074 --> 00:33:55,990 NARRATOR: Suddenly, she getsa glimpse of the original way 587 00:33:56,034 --> 00:33:57,644 of hauling freight on the slope. 588 00:34:00,690 --> 00:34:04,564 Oh, those are those tundra crawlers. 589 00:34:04,607 --> 00:34:06,044 That's so cool. 590 00:34:09,612 --> 00:34:12,876 NARRATOR: Before the Dalton opened in 1974, 591 00:34:12,920 --> 00:34:15,749 the only way to movefreight across the tundra 592 00:34:15,792 --> 00:34:18,882 was on overland trains. 593 00:34:18,926 --> 00:34:22,930 They supplied the DEW line, orDistant Early Warning stations 594 00:34:22,973 --> 00:34:27,195 that were built to alert theUS to incoming Soviet missiles. 595 00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:28,805 PROFESSOR COLE: In the early years, 596 00:34:28,849 --> 00:34:33,593 it was the Letorneau snowtrain, this giant machine 597 00:34:33,636 --> 00:34:37,945 with these huge wheelscrawling across the tundra. 598 00:34:37,988 --> 00:34:41,340 NARRATOR: The snow trainrode on 7-foot tall tires, 599 00:34:41,383 --> 00:34:47,085 hauled up to 150 tons, and couldoperate in 68 degrees below 0. 600 00:34:50,088 --> 00:34:52,829 While the overland trains of the '50s and '60s 601 00:34:52,873 --> 00:34:56,572 took days to cross the NorthSlope, in good weather, 602 00:34:56,616 --> 00:35:00,272 Lisa takes just five hours toreach the end of the Dalton. 603 00:35:00,315 --> 00:35:02,100 Just getting into Deadhorse here. 604 00:35:05,015 --> 00:35:06,756 10-4. 605 00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:09,281 NARRATOR: But the load hasn'treached its final destination. 606 00:35:09,324 --> 00:35:13,676 Tomorrow, she will risk it allon the ice of the Arctic Ocean. 607 00:35:13,720 --> 00:35:14,634 [crack] 608 00:35:14,677 --> 00:35:16,070 [music playing] 609 00:35:19,029 --> 00:35:24,470 NARRATOR: 320 miles southof Deadhorse, the weather 610 00:35:24,513 --> 00:35:26,472 begins to change for Jim and George. 611 00:35:29,910 --> 00:35:32,826 The winds are gusting at 30 miles per hour. 612 00:35:32,869 --> 00:35:36,699 And they hear that up ahead, it's even worse. 613 00:36:13,388 --> 00:36:15,173 NARRATOR: Next up, the downhill stretch 614 00:36:15,216 --> 00:36:17,436 that Tim's been dreading the whole trip. 615 00:36:23,224 --> 00:36:25,705 NARRATOR: The Beaver Slide-- 616 00:36:25,748 --> 00:36:29,361 it's as slippery as a skislope and 2 miles long. 617 00:36:43,723 --> 00:36:45,681 [music playing] 618 00:37:12,447 --> 00:37:17,670 NARRATOR: Tim's brakes lock up and send 619 00:37:17,713 --> 00:37:19,193 him skidding across the ice. 620 00:37:36,341 --> 00:37:41,520 NARRATOR: Tim carefully gears down 621 00:37:41,563 --> 00:37:43,348 and regains control of his rig. 622 00:38:05,848 --> 00:38:06,762 [horn] 623 00:38:09,069 --> 00:38:13,203 NARRATOR: Tim and Georgebarrel ahead to Coldfoot, 624 00:38:13,247 --> 00:38:16,468 where they learn that theweather has closed down Atigun 625 00:38:16,511 --> 00:38:18,296 Pass. 626 00:38:18,339 --> 00:38:20,254 TIM: They report it's blowing tonight. 627 00:38:20,298 --> 00:38:24,389 It'll be till noon beforethey get the pass open. 628 00:38:24,432 --> 00:38:25,999 It'll be another campout at Coldfoot. 629 00:38:26,042 --> 00:38:26,782 Woo hoo! 630 00:38:33,659 --> 00:38:36,488 NARRATOR: In far northern Alaska, 631 00:38:36,531 --> 00:38:41,101 the competition comesdown to its final moments. 632 00:38:41,144 --> 00:38:44,800 The boys of NASCAR make200 laps to go 500 miles. 633 00:38:44,844 --> 00:38:48,630 And we only have to make one lap to go 500 miles. 634 00:38:48,674 --> 00:38:51,329 NARRATOR: Alex Debogorski hasrun all the way up the Brooks 635 00:38:51,372 --> 00:38:54,897 Range and across the NorthSlope with a huge handicap. 636 00:38:54,941 --> 00:38:56,725 ALEX: Yeah. 637 00:38:56,769 --> 00:39:01,687 We've got a flat tire here wecan try to nurse into Prudhoe. 638 00:39:01,730 --> 00:39:03,297 NARRATOR: Now it's all but certain 639 00:39:03,341 --> 00:39:05,908 he'll make it to the finish line. 640 00:39:05,952 --> 00:39:07,823 Sweetness. 641 00:39:07,867 --> 00:39:10,478 NARRATOR: But Alex was forced to run slower. 642 00:39:10,522 --> 00:39:14,003 And that's the difference inthe race with his archrival. 643 00:39:14,047 --> 00:39:18,443 HUGH: That was a good run thismorning, made some good time. 644 00:39:18,486 --> 00:39:22,098 NARRATOR: 35 miles ahead ofAlex is Hugh Rowland running 645 00:39:22,142 --> 00:39:22,969 with Bill Kromm. 646 00:39:25,754 --> 00:39:29,497 HUGH: Philbilly had thehammer down a couple of times. 647 00:39:29,541 --> 00:39:31,412 She's time to pitter-patter, we get at her, 648 00:39:31,456 --> 00:39:35,503 and she said to [bleep]lollygag, we'll lollygag. 649 00:39:35,547 --> 00:39:38,201 NARRATOR: After startingtwo hours later than Alex, 650 00:39:38,245 --> 00:39:42,031 Hugh pulls into aDeadhorse one step ahead. 651 00:39:42,075 --> 00:39:44,904 He wins this round of bragging rights 652 00:39:44,947 --> 00:39:48,429 as he delivers his fifth load of this season. 653 00:39:48,473 --> 00:39:51,519 Yeah, number five. 654 00:39:51,563 --> 00:39:53,260 So we're here. 655 00:39:53,303 --> 00:39:56,481 NARRATOR: He's two loads upon Alex, who's only now seeing 656 00:39:56,524 --> 00:39:58,787 his destination on the horizon. 657 00:39:58,831 --> 00:40:00,310 ALEX: So we're coming to Prudhoe Bay. 658 00:40:00,354 --> 00:40:01,834 It's overcast. 659 00:40:01,877 --> 00:40:04,227 And it's pretty grey out. 660 00:40:07,492 --> 00:40:10,233 Well, after three trips, it'sstarting to look familiar. 661 00:40:10,277 --> 00:40:11,670 [music playing] 662 00:40:15,282 --> 00:40:18,067 NARRATOR: But 60 miles evenfurther to the northwest 663 00:40:18,111 --> 00:40:19,112 is Lisa Kelly. 664 00:40:26,075 --> 00:40:28,034 Ahead, the open ice. 665 00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:32,691 LISA: And we're about 60 miles north 666 00:40:32,734 --> 00:40:37,086 of Deadhorse, me and thiswonderful 80-foot pipe. 667 00:40:37,130 --> 00:40:40,786 We have been through a lot together. 668 00:40:40,829 --> 00:40:41,787 [chuckle] 669 00:40:43,136 --> 00:40:44,790 So we got on pavement, gravel, snow. 670 00:40:44,833 --> 00:40:46,226 We've been all over the place. 671 00:40:46,269 --> 00:40:47,227 [horn] 672 00:40:50,273 --> 00:40:53,625 Now we're about toexperience ice, ocean ice. 673 00:40:59,848 --> 00:41:01,850 NARRATOR: To get on the ocean ice road, 674 00:41:01,894 --> 00:41:07,813 she first has to clear a 180-degree turn. 675 00:41:07,856 --> 00:41:10,816 LISA: Oh, my gosh, this corner is intense. 676 00:41:10,859 --> 00:41:12,818 Well, other people have done it. 677 00:41:12,861 --> 00:41:13,775 I can do it, right? 678 00:41:32,272 --> 00:41:34,666 NARRATOR: Now she leaves the land behind. 679 00:41:41,716 --> 00:41:44,676 LISA: I'm on the ocean ice. 680 00:41:44,719 --> 00:41:46,591 I kind of feel the waves. 681 00:41:46,634 --> 00:41:48,288 [cracking] 682 00:41:48,331 --> 00:41:50,638 NARRATOR: The wave-like motionis the weight of the truck 683 00:41:50,682 --> 00:41:55,513 making the ice sag and stretch. 684 00:42:00,909 --> 00:42:01,823 [cracking] 685 00:42:03,129 --> 00:42:05,435 LISA: We are on the ocean right now. 686 00:42:05,479 --> 00:42:06,872 It's so intense, dude. 687 00:42:06,915 --> 00:42:07,786 [cracking] 688 00:42:10,353 --> 00:42:12,268 [music playing] 689 00:42:20,799 --> 00:42:24,280 NARRATOR: Lisa keeps herspeed to 10 miles an hour. 690 00:42:24,324 --> 00:42:27,719 Any faster, and she can damage the ice 691 00:42:27,762 --> 00:42:29,547 or even break through it. 692 00:42:32,941 --> 00:42:33,855 [splash] 693 00:42:40,645 --> 00:42:42,385 She creeps towards the oilfield. 694 00:42:45,127 --> 00:42:47,956 LISA: We are on the ocean right now. 695 00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:49,479 Yeah, it's kind of surprising to me 696 00:42:49,523 --> 00:42:53,658 to see all this stuffsitting here on this ice. 697 00:42:53,701 --> 00:42:55,964 I bet there's some intense weight out here. 698 00:42:56,008 --> 00:42:58,663 So I don't know how far this thing's frozen. 699 00:42:58,706 --> 00:42:59,664 [music playing] 700 00:42:59,707 --> 00:43:00,621 [bubbling] 701 00:43:04,712 --> 00:43:08,455 NARRATOR: Finally, Lisapulls into the finish line. 702 00:43:08,498 --> 00:43:09,891 [music playing] 703 00:43:12,807 --> 00:43:14,243 LISA: Here's Alaska. 704 00:43:14,287 --> 00:43:18,596 We're right here above it. 705 00:43:18,639 --> 00:43:21,511 We drove out on-- above Alaska. 706 00:43:21,555 --> 00:43:25,385 Now we're just unstrapping this. 707 00:43:25,428 --> 00:43:26,255 It's being stubborn. 708 00:43:30,869 --> 00:43:32,784 I'm on the ice. 709 00:43:32,827 --> 00:43:34,742 I'm happy to be here. 710 00:43:34,786 --> 00:43:36,091 I'll be happier to leave. 711 00:43:36,135 --> 00:43:37,005 [chuckle] 712 00:43:38,616 --> 00:43:40,400 NARRATOR: Handing over herload to the crane crew, 713 00:43:40,443 --> 00:43:42,184 her job is done. 714 00:43:42,228 --> 00:43:44,273 LISA: Just tell me whenyou need me out of the way. 715 00:43:44,317 --> 00:43:45,318 MAN: Get out of the way. 716 00:43:45,361 --> 00:43:46,319 All right. 717 00:43:46,362 --> 00:43:47,102 MAN: Thank you. 718 00:43:50,236 --> 00:43:54,022 NARRATOR: At the end of week5, Jack Jessee tops all drivers 719 00:43:54,066 --> 00:43:56,329 with eight loads. 720 00:43:56,372 --> 00:44:00,028 Hugh leads the Canadians with five. 721 00:44:00,072 --> 00:44:03,379 And Lisa Kelly'sflawless run over the ice 722 00:44:03,423 --> 00:44:08,428 puts her one step closer tobecoming a heavy haul driver. 723 00:44:08,471 --> 00:44:13,259 Plus, she's done what only ahandful of truckers can claim-- 724 00:44:13,302 --> 00:44:16,871 steered a big rig across the ocean. 725 00:44:16,915 --> 00:44:18,046 [music playing] 726 00:44:19,221 --> 00:44:20,179 I have this checklist. 727 00:44:20,222 --> 00:44:22,268 It's my bucket list. 728 00:44:22,311 --> 00:44:24,966 I am going to able to put ice road trucker 729 00:44:25,010 --> 00:44:27,665 right on the top with abig old fat red checkmark 730 00:44:27,708 --> 00:44:28,840 right next to it. 731 00:44:28,883 --> 00:44:30,972 [music playing]