1 00:00:04,620 --> 00:00:06,482 [dramatic music] 2 00:00:08,034 --> 00:00:10,620 I'm generally concerned with what's going on in this truck. 3 00:00:10,758 --> 00:00:12,827 NARRATOR: Dave and Tony battle it out-- 4 00:00:12,965 --> 00:00:15,241 I feel like I'm [bleep] eight years old over here, 5 00:00:15,379 --> 00:00:17,275 driving a [bleep] big-wheeler. 6 00:00:17,413 --> 00:00:22,482 NARRATOR: --while the Canadian drivers fight just to survive. 7 00:00:22,620 --> 00:00:25,000 Yee-haw! 8 00:00:25,137 --> 00:00:28,517 NARRATOR: And on the Dalton, New York attitude-- 9 00:00:28,655 --> 00:00:31,172 Look at this four wheeler, just cut me off like that. 10 00:00:31,310 --> 00:00:32,724 NARRATOR: --heats up the ice. 11 00:00:32,862 --> 00:00:36,172 I'm going to give him a piece of my mind, like, right now. 12 00:00:36,310 --> 00:00:39,172 [theme music] 13 00:01:06,724 --> 00:01:09,068 NARRATOR: Deep in the heart of the Canadian wilderness-- 14 00:01:09,206 --> 00:01:11,896 [ominous music] 15 00:01:14,379 --> 00:01:15,758 Come on, come on, come on, come on. 16 00:01:15,896 --> 00:01:18,689 Up here, we got a big hole. 17 00:01:18,827 --> 00:01:21,793 A hole, and a bump, and a hill. 18 00:01:21,931 --> 00:01:25,000 NARRATOR: --30-year veteran Alex Debogorski 19 00:01:25,137 --> 00:01:28,586 is 200 miles into his first run on the winter roads. 20 00:01:32,620 --> 00:01:35,379 He's hauling groceries to the isolated community 21 00:01:35,517 --> 00:01:38,034 of Red Sucker Lake. 22 00:01:38,172 --> 00:01:42,172 Oopsie daisie, over we go, and around and about. 23 00:01:42,310 --> 00:01:43,448 How much fun do you want? 24 00:01:43,586 --> 00:01:45,310 More fun than I think I can handle here. 25 00:01:49,896 --> 00:01:52,241 I love my job! 26 00:01:52,379 --> 00:01:55,241 [dramatic music] 27 00:01:59,827 --> 00:02:02,758 [music continues] 28 00:02:07,827 --> 00:02:10,620 See what's going on here, now. 29 00:02:10,758 --> 00:02:11,655 What's this? 30 00:02:22,206 --> 00:02:25,482 This is a-- some overflow. 31 00:02:25,620 --> 00:02:28,551 NARRATOR: A nearby river has breached its banks, 32 00:02:28,689 --> 00:02:32,586 flooding across the ice road. 33 00:02:32,724 --> 00:02:34,551 I'm just going to have to decide whether I'm 34 00:02:34,689 --> 00:02:37,103 going to attempt to cross it. 35 00:02:37,241 --> 00:02:40,034 [ominous music] 36 00:02:50,793 --> 00:02:52,034 This one here don't look too good. 37 00:02:52,172 --> 00:02:55,000 [water splashing] 38 00:02:59,551 --> 00:03:03,793 NARRATOR: There is no telling exactly how deep this water is. 39 00:03:13,103 --> 00:03:16,310 Or if a 26-ton big rig can make it across. 40 00:03:20,034 --> 00:03:24,793 But on a strange road hundreds of miles from civilization, 41 00:03:24,931 --> 00:03:28,000 Alex has to make the call on his own. 42 00:03:28,137 --> 00:03:28,862 Yeah. 43 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:30,448 This is a little bit dangerous. 44 00:03:30,586 --> 00:03:32,655 This is as good a way-- this is what-- good a way as anything 45 00:03:32,793 --> 00:03:33,482 to wreck stuff. 46 00:03:38,758 --> 00:03:39,827 It's one of those things. 47 00:03:39,965 --> 00:03:41,482 You'll either make it or not. 48 00:03:41,620 --> 00:03:44,482 [ominous music] 49 00:03:50,620 --> 00:03:52,931 Hang on to your underwear. 50 00:03:53,068 --> 00:03:55,965 [ominous music] 51 00:04:17,034 --> 00:04:19,896 I know we're doing good so far. 52 00:04:20,034 --> 00:04:22,931 [dramatic music] 53 00:04:34,034 --> 00:04:35,586 ALEX: Easy, easy. 54 00:04:35,724 --> 00:04:38,586 [tense music] 55 00:04:46,586 --> 00:04:48,965 ALEX: Come on, baby. 56 00:04:49,103 --> 00:04:50,448 Come on, come on. 57 00:04:50,586 --> 00:04:51,344 A little bit more. 58 00:04:51,482 --> 00:04:52,172 Yeah. 59 00:04:52,310 --> 00:04:52,965 Good. 60 00:04:53,103 --> 00:04:55,896 [ominous music] 61 00:05:04,448 --> 00:05:05,965 NARRATOR: Finally-- 62 00:05:06,103 --> 00:05:06,758 ALEX: We made it. 63 00:05:06,896 --> 00:05:08,758 Happy day! 64 00:05:08,896 --> 00:05:11,034 NARRATOR: --Alex reaches solid ground. 65 00:05:11,172 --> 00:05:12,586 Rock and roll. 66 00:05:12,724 --> 00:05:13,586 boogie woogie. 67 00:05:17,965 --> 00:05:18,689 Well, there you go. 68 00:05:18,827 --> 00:05:19,965 Some more excitement today. 69 00:05:20,103 --> 00:05:23,172 Every day, never a boring day. 70 00:05:23,310 --> 00:05:24,793 Next thing, we're going to get attacked 71 00:05:24,931 --> 00:05:26,793 by a blasted herd of ice worms. 72 00:05:26,931 --> 00:05:29,758 Or would it be a flock of ice worms? 73 00:05:35,379 --> 00:05:38,758 NARRATOR: 3,000 miles Northwest in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska-- 74 00:05:41,655 --> 00:05:42,517 All right. 75 00:05:42,655 --> 00:05:44,034 We ready? 76 00:05:44,172 --> 00:05:46,896 NARRATOR: Dalton newcomer Dave Redmond has just completed 77 00:05:47,034 --> 00:05:48,206 his first training run. 78 00:05:51,137 --> 00:05:52,172 Hey! 79 00:05:52,310 --> 00:05:53,655 Just touching base with you again here. 80 00:05:53,793 --> 00:05:56,344 NARRATOR: After the thumbs down from Tony, 81 00:05:56,482 --> 00:05:59,137 Dave won't be driving alone anytime soon. 82 00:05:59,275 --> 00:06:03,137 I'd definitely like him take another trip. 83 00:06:03,275 --> 00:06:06,310 I just don't feel, like, comfortable with his awareness 84 00:06:06,448 --> 00:06:07,103 on the road yet. 85 00:06:09,965 --> 00:06:11,172 Right turn. - I can't see. 86 00:06:11,310 --> 00:06:12,206 I can't see nothing. 87 00:06:12,344 --> 00:06:13,000 OK, bye. 88 00:06:13,137 --> 00:06:14,103 I couldn't see a thing. 89 00:06:14,241 --> 00:06:15,862 Yeah. 90 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,206 I just told him the whole awareness of yourself 91 00:06:18,344 --> 00:06:22,344 on the road, you know, has got me concerned a little bit. 92 00:06:22,482 --> 00:06:24,551 You have got to know where you're at, man. 93 00:06:24,689 --> 00:06:26,586 And I'm not comfortable with that yet. 94 00:06:26,724 --> 00:06:29,517 [dramatic music] 95 00:06:34,551 --> 00:06:36,448 Watch getting on your brakes too hard here. 96 00:06:36,586 --> 00:06:37,413 You can let it roll now. 97 00:06:37,551 --> 00:06:40,344 All right. 98 00:06:40,482 --> 00:06:42,758 Take it nice and slow through-- 99 00:06:42,896 --> 00:06:43,793 around this corner here. 100 00:06:46,793 --> 00:06:48,310 Hit that shift. 101 00:06:48,448 --> 00:06:49,655 Right. 102 00:06:49,793 --> 00:06:52,206 Like I said, a lot of times I'll go even direct to-- 103 00:06:52,344 --> 00:06:53,689 Sixth, then fourth. 104 00:06:53,827 --> 00:06:57,034 I'd go seven over to six direct. 105 00:06:57,172 --> 00:06:58,655 And then, six direct to fourth direct. 106 00:06:58,793 --> 00:06:59,793 OK. 107 00:06:59,931 --> 00:07:02,965 That's what I would do if I were you. 108 00:07:03,103 --> 00:07:04,068 Dude, get over! 109 00:07:04,206 --> 00:07:05,310 You're in the middle of the road. 110 00:07:05,448 --> 00:07:07,896 [horn honking] 111 00:07:11,793 --> 00:07:15,068 NARRATOR: With over two decades behind the wheel, 112 00:07:15,206 --> 00:07:19,172 Dave isn't used to being treated like a rookie. 113 00:07:19,310 --> 00:07:22,517 You know, you're absolutely professional at this job. 114 00:07:22,655 --> 00:07:25,103 I'm going to get you 1,000% credit there. 115 00:07:25,241 --> 00:07:25,965 OK? 116 00:07:26,103 --> 00:07:27,103 I know what I'm doing, man. 117 00:07:27,241 --> 00:07:28,379 Now, let me finish. 118 00:07:28,517 --> 00:07:29,517 I'm driving this truck. 119 00:07:29,655 --> 00:07:30,862 You know what I've learned today? 120 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:31,724 TONY: What's that? 121 00:07:31,862 --> 00:07:34,103 Absolutely [bleep] nothing. 122 00:07:34,241 --> 00:07:37,758 All I have learned is how you do this [bleep] job. 123 00:07:37,896 --> 00:07:40,344 You don't-- it ain't gonna work for me. 124 00:07:40,482 --> 00:07:42,482 Why does it got to be your way? 125 00:07:42,620 --> 00:07:44,965 I could say, I'm going to step out here and take a [bleep].. 126 00:07:45,103 --> 00:07:46,275 This is how I'm going to do it. 127 00:07:46,413 --> 00:07:48,068 And you're automatically on me. 128 00:07:48,206 --> 00:07:49,827 That's not how we do things up here. 129 00:07:49,965 --> 00:07:52,862 I bet you've said that 100 times since yesterday morning. 130 00:07:53,000 --> 00:07:54,620 How do you think that makes me feel? 131 00:07:54,758 --> 00:07:57,620 I know you got 25 years of driving experience. 132 00:07:57,758 --> 00:07:59,000 You know how many guys I've heard 133 00:07:59,137 --> 00:08:02,551 say that, and watched fricking either crash 134 00:08:02,689 --> 00:08:04,275 or make it six months up here? 135 00:08:04,413 --> 00:08:05,551 I'm here to help you. 136 00:08:05,689 --> 00:08:07,172 And you need to realize that. 137 00:08:07,310 --> 00:08:08,758 And you're taking offense to it. 138 00:08:08,896 --> 00:08:12,137 I'm taking offense to you choking it down my throat. 139 00:08:12,275 --> 00:08:14,827 And that's exactly what you're doing. 140 00:08:14,965 --> 00:08:17,482 You're on my ass nonstop. 141 00:08:17,620 --> 00:08:20,413 I mean, I can't even turn into a [bleep] parking lot without you 142 00:08:20,551 --> 00:08:21,620 over there. 143 00:08:21,758 --> 00:08:23,482 I feel like I'm [bleep] eight years old 144 00:08:23,620 --> 00:08:25,172 over here, driving a [bleep] big wheeler. 145 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,310 Think your attitude might have something to do with it? 146 00:08:30,448 --> 00:08:34,517 I have not had one [bleep] bit of [bleep] attitude with you. 147 00:08:34,655 --> 00:08:35,965 TONY: That's the way I see it, so-- 148 00:08:36,103 --> 00:08:36,965 DAVE: Well, that's it. 149 00:08:37,103 --> 00:08:39,103 Then, this is-- this is done. 150 00:08:39,241 --> 00:08:40,482 TONY: I don't think it really is. 151 00:08:40,620 --> 00:08:42,000 DAVE: It's done. 152 00:08:42,137 --> 00:08:43,931 Because you just got to just spill and spill your guts. 153 00:08:44,068 --> 00:08:45,965 And so I'm supposed to sit here and just shut up? 154 00:08:46,103 --> 00:08:48,551 And not-- not let you know what I'm thinking? 155 00:08:48,689 --> 00:08:52,965 Are you going to even let me say anything here, Mr. Attitude? 156 00:08:53,103 --> 00:08:55,034 Every time that I said, dude, get over. 157 00:08:55,172 --> 00:08:56,413 You're in the middle of the road. 158 00:08:56,551 --> 00:08:57,655 Dude, get over. - I move over. 159 00:08:57,793 --> 00:08:59,103 You're in the middle of the road. 160 00:08:59,241 --> 00:09:00,793 But they're legitimate, man! 161 00:09:00,931 --> 00:09:03,896 They're-- every time that I said these things, it's been legit. 162 00:09:04,034 --> 00:09:05,724 All of them! 163 00:09:05,862 --> 00:09:07,620 I'm not just sitting over here preaching. 164 00:09:07,758 --> 00:09:11,379 I'm generally concerned with what's going on in this truck. 165 00:09:11,517 --> 00:09:13,172 The attitude that I'm getting here-- 166 00:09:13,310 --> 00:09:16,137 you know, I don't think that I'm the only one that you're going 167 00:09:16,275 --> 00:09:17,206 to have trouble with, man. 168 00:09:17,344 --> 00:09:20,137 [dramatic music] 169 00:09:24,172 --> 00:09:27,241 NARRATOR: Halfway back to Fairbanks-- 170 00:09:27,379 --> 00:09:29,068 TONY: There you go. 171 00:09:29,206 --> 00:09:31,448 NARRATOR: --the truck stop at Coldfoot 172 00:09:31,586 --> 00:09:35,551 offers a much needed break from the road and each other. 173 00:09:35,689 --> 00:09:37,137 Pretty irritated. 174 00:09:37,275 --> 00:09:40,275 Very irritated about the way the guy's-- 175 00:09:40,413 --> 00:09:41,793 he's disrespectful. 176 00:09:41,931 --> 00:09:45,275 This guy is the biggest [bleep] on the planet, 177 00:09:45,413 --> 00:09:46,620 badmouthing me. 178 00:09:46,758 --> 00:09:49,241 We've got a lot of drivers looking for jobs. 179 00:09:49,379 --> 00:09:50,758 You know? 180 00:09:50,896 --> 00:09:52,724 We don't need somebody that's going to come up here and be 181 00:09:52,862 --> 00:09:53,689 a hothead or a-- 182 00:09:53,827 --> 00:09:55,206 or a cowboy. 183 00:09:55,344 --> 00:09:58,103 [dramatic music] 184 00:10:01,172 --> 00:10:03,689 NARRATOR: Meanwhile, in the Canadian outback-- 185 00:10:03,827 --> 00:10:06,620 [ominous music] 186 00:10:07,862 --> 00:10:08,551 Yee-haw! 187 00:10:11,586 --> 00:10:12,931 It's gonna be a rough one. 188 00:10:17,896 --> 00:10:19,896 NARRATOR: Hugh Rowland and Rick Yemm 189 00:10:20,034 --> 00:10:23,448 are 500 miles into their first run on Canada's 190 00:10:23,586 --> 00:10:27,586 notorious winter roads. 191 00:10:27,724 --> 00:10:28,724 HUGH: Yeah. 192 00:10:28,862 --> 00:10:29,862 Only the best drivers in the world 193 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:31,620 do these Canadian ice roads. 194 00:10:31,758 --> 00:10:34,413 I mean, that's why they left all the boys and girls over there 195 00:10:34,551 --> 00:10:35,827 on the Dalton. 196 00:10:35,965 --> 00:10:37,931 They-- I don't think they can handle these Canadian ice 197 00:10:38,068 --> 00:10:39,724 roads. 198 00:10:39,862 --> 00:10:41,206 RICK [OVER CB]: That's a big 10-4. 199 00:10:45,344 --> 00:10:48,172 NARRATOR: They're hauling emergency building supplies 200 00:10:48,310 --> 00:10:52,517 across the 120 miles of frozen swamp land 201 00:10:52,655 --> 00:10:54,965 to the native community of Oxford House. 202 00:10:55,103 --> 00:10:57,896 [dramatic music] 203 00:10:59,965 --> 00:11:03,896 For Rick, today is more than just the start of the season. 204 00:11:04,034 --> 00:11:07,275 First load in on my birthday. 205 00:11:07,413 --> 00:11:08,241 Happy birthday. 206 00:11:08,379 --> 00:11:10,689 Let the money making begin. 207 00:11:10,827 --> 00:11:16,103 [ominous music] 208 00:11:31,517 --> 00:11:32,517 Well, this is it. 209 00:11:32,655 --> 00:11:34,137 This is the first crossing right here. 210 00:11:34,275 --> 00:11:36,000 So I mean, I'm just stopping to check the ice. 211 00:11:36,137 --> 00:11:37,310 That's all I'm doing right now. 212 00:11:39,965 --> 00:11:48,724 NARRATOR: With 30 years experience on the ice, 213 00:11:48,862 --> 00:11:51,344 the Polar Bear knows trouble when he sees it. 214 00:11:51,482 --> 00:11:53,758 The more pretty ice is, the more dangerous it is. 215 00:11:53,896 --> 00:11:55,310 That's what we always said. 216 00:11:55,448 --> 00:11:57,448 So if you got real nice looking ice and all pretty colors, 217 00:11:57,586 --> 00:11:59,517 it's not very thick there. 'Cause the water's right 218 00:11:59,655 --> 00:12:00,379 underneath it. 219 00:12:00,517 --> 00:12:03,068 [ominous music] 220 00:12:04,689 --> 00:12:06,620 There under the snow bank, it's-- it's probably only 221 00:12:06,758 --> 00:12:07,724 a foot thick right now. 222 00:12:07,862 --> 00:12:09,793 So this is safe. 223 00:12:09,931 --> 00:12:11,413 Under that snow bank, it's not safe. 224 00:12:11,551 --> 00:12:14,000 So stay out here in between the tree lines. 225 00:12:14,137 --> 00:12:15,689 That's where we've got to drive today. 226 00:12:15,827 --> 00:12:18,034 NARRATOR: The main path across the lake 227 00:12:18,172 --> 00:12:20,275 is thick enough to support the trucks. 228 00:12:20,413 --> 00:12:23,241 But closer to the banks, a layer of snow 229 00:12:23,379 --> 00:12:28,586 acts as insulation, keeping the ice dangerously thin. 230 00:12:28,724 --> 00:12:29,551 Yeah! 231 00:12:29,689 --> 00:12:32,482 [ominous music] 232 00:12:35,517 --> 00:12:38,379 Once it's passable, we start hauling. 233 00:12:38,517 --> 00:12:39,724 We don't wait till it's perfect. 234 00:12:43,206 --> 00:12:44,275 She's opened up. 235 00:12:44,413 --> 00:12:45,586 So this is the first load of the season. 236 00:12:45,724 --> 00:12:46,689 We'll see what happens. 237 00:12:51,034 --> 00:12:53,724 [dramatic music] 238 00:12:53,862 --> 00:12:55,068 We're on the ice! 239 00:12:59,586 --> 00:13:03,620 NARRATOR: Deep in the Canadian wilderness, Hugh Rowland 240 00:13:03,758 --> 00:13:05,379 and Rick Yemm hit the ice. 241 00:13:09,137 --> 00:13:11,068 The start and the finish are the deadliest times 242 00:13:11,206 --> 00:13:11,896 of the year. 243 00:13:17,172 --> 00:13:21,000 Ice isn't up to full weight, so it's thin. 244 00:13:21,137 --> 00:13:23,068 Never seen a stretch of the asphalt 245 00:13:23,206 --> 00:13:24,827 open up and swallow someone and kill them. 246 00:13:35,931 --> 00:13:39,517 We're only going about 50 mile an hour most of the time here. 247 00:13:39,655 --> 00:13:42,448 [ominous music] 248 00:13:45,034 --> 00:13:46,862 How you making out back there? 249 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:49,034 RICK [OVER CB]: I like this driving. 250 00:13:49,172 --> 00:13:50,827 This is what it's all about. 251 00:13:50,965 --> 00:13:51,724 This is the ice roads. 252 00:13:51,862 --> 00:13:53,000 Ah. 253 00:13:53,137 --> 00:13:54,413 You don't get tired behind the wheel here. 254 00:13:54,551 --> 00:13:55,689 That's a fact. 255 00:13:58,344 --> 00:13:59,724 You get on the real ice roads, there 256 00:13:59,862 --> 00:14:02,206 ain't no such thing as getting tired and falling asleep. 257 00:14:02,344 --> 00:14:03,758 You ain't got time. 258 00:14:03,896 --> 00:14:06,689 [dramatic music] 259 00:14:11,310 --> 00:14:12,172 Come on. 260 00:14:15,344 --> 00:14:18,172 Ugh. 261 00:14:18,310 --> 00:14:19,655 Come on, baby. 262 00:14:19,793 --> 00:14:21,172 Come on, baby. 263 00:14:21,310 --> 00:14:24,172 [ominous music] 264 00:14:37,275 --> 00:14:38,000 I made her. 265 00:14:38,137 --> 00:14:38,862 By god, I made her. 266 00:14:42,241 --> 00:14:45,379 Ain't that [bleep] something, eh? 267 00:14:45,517 --> 00:14:49,000 See the Dalton boys try that. 268 00:14:49,137 --> 00:14:50,655 Come across open water. 269 00:14:50,793 --> 00:14:52,896 [LAUGHS] 270 00:14:53,034 --> 00:14:55,068 Oh, I knew these roads were going to be fun. 271 00:14:55,206 --> 00:14:57,551 Let's make some money here. 272 00:14:57,689 --> 00:14:59,517 Get some cash out of it. 273 00:14:59,655 --> 00:15:00,344 Yee-haw! 274 00:15:00,482 --> 00:15:03,379 [horn honking] 275 00:15:04,517 --> 00:15:07,965 NARRATOR: 2,600 miles Northwest-- 276 00:15:08,103 --> 00:15:11,310 after making a name as an elite, big city trucker, 277 00:15:11,448 --> 00:15:14,000 rookie Maya Sieber has come to Fairbanks 278 00:15:14,137 --> 00:15:18,758 to test herself against some of the best truckers in the world. 279 00:15:18,896 --> 00:15:20,827 I'm on my way to Carlile. 280 00:15:20,965 --> 00:15:23,137 I'm really excited. 281 00:15:23,275 --> 00:15:26,482 It feels like forever just to get to this point. 282 00:15:32,068 --> 00:15:34,206 Well, I was a truck driver for about three years 283 00:15:34,344 --> 00:15:35,241 from New York. 284 00:15:38,655 --> 00:15:41,310 Look at this truck trying to go. 285 00:15:41,448 --> 00:15:42,896 See, he's gotta make this tight turn. 286 00:15:43,034 --> 00:15:46,724 And these cars just don't want to cooperate. 287 00:15:46,862 --> 00:15:47,517 Go, driver. 288 00:15:47,655 --> 00:15:48,344 Go! 289 00:15:51,413 --> 00:15:52,758 And I worked my way up. 290 00:15:52,896 --> 00:15:56,344 I mean, I had to work a lot harder than a lot of people. 291 00:15:56,482 --> 00:15:58,241 It's driving me crazy! 292 00:15:58,379 --> 00:16:01,137 [horn honking] 293 00:16:01,275 --> 00:16:05,310 If I can conquer city driving, I have to do something else. 294 00:16:05,448 --> 00:16:08,241 And that's coming up to Alaska and driving the ice roads. 295 00:16:08,379 --> 00:16:09,896 Something dangerous and something 296 00:16:10,034 --> 00:16:11,000 that takes a lot of skill. 297 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:15,758 Holy [bleep]. 298 00:16:15,896 --> 00:16:18,551 It's cold. 299 00:16:18,689 --> 00:16:20,758 MAYA [VOICEOVER]: I'm taking a huge risk right now. 300 00:16:20,896 --> 00:16:22,586 I mean, I left everything behind. 301 00:16:22,724 --> 00:16:25,482 And I quit my job and left my family. 302 00:16:25,620 --> 00:16:26,758 I left my apartment. 303 00:16:26,896 --> 00:16:28,620 I left everything. 304 00:16:28,758 --> 00:16:29,965 Hi, Phil? 305 00:16:30,103 --> 00:16:32,758 NARRATOR: It'll be up to veteran trainer Phil Kromm 306 00:16:32,896 --> 00:16:36,862 to find out if Maya's got the skills to take on the Dalton. 307 00:16:37,000 --> 00:16:39,379 I suppose you're ready for a road test. 308 00:16:39,517 --> 00:16:41,034 - I'm more than ready. - Good. 309 00:16:41,172 --> 00:16:42,413 Good. 310 00:16:42,551 --> 00:16:44,275 We're going to go out to a truck and trailer I already 311 00:16:44,413 --> 00:16:45,068 have hooked up. 312 00:16:45,206 --> 00:16:46,724 It's an empty flatbed. 313 00:16:46,862 --> 00:16:48,862 NARRATOR: Maya's first test-- 314 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:53,068 proving that she knows her way around a big rig. 315 00:16:53,206 --> 00:16:55,482 Going to give Maya a road test today. 316 00:16:55,620 --> 00:16:58,241 And if she doesn't measure up, then we're 317 00:16:58,379 --> 00:17:01,344 going to send her back to New York City. 318 00:17:01,482 --> 00:17:04,896 I didn't come 15 hours here and freeze my ass off just 319 00:17:05,034 --> 00:17:06,724 to do driving around town. 320 00:17:06,862 --> 00:17:09,655 I mean, I came up here to really live a challenge, 321 00:17:09,793 --> 00:17:12,206 and just experience the Dalton, and go all the way. 322 00:17:12,344 --> 00:17:14,620 I mean, I could do this right where I came from. 323 00:17:14,758 --> 00:17:16,724 I have been. 324 00:17:16,862 --> 00:17:19,793 Well, whenever you're ready, we can go ahead and go. 325 00:17:19,931 --> 00:17:21,862 What we'll do is take a left out of the yard. 326 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:22,655 Just drive. 327 00:17:22,793 --> 00:17:24,344 Just do your thing. 328 00:17:24,482 --> 00:17:27,275 [music playing] 329 00:17:27,413 --> 00:17:31,620 PHIL: We'll take a right at the stop sign. 330 00:17:31,758 --> 00:17:32,655 Gotcha. 331 00:17:36,724 --> 00:17:38,137 You guys are crazy up here. 332 00:17:38,275 --> 00:17:40,000 I'm from New York, but you guys are crazy. 333 00:17:40,137 --> 00:17:41,862 We're the ones that are crazy? 334 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:43,137 You guys are crazy. 335 00:17:43,275 --> 00:17:45,034 Because you guys got a powerful truck on ice. 336 00:17:45,172 --> 00:17:47,965 NARRATOR: Maya settles in behind the wheel. 337 00:17:48,103 --> 00:17:52,310 And it's not long before she feels right at home. 338 00:17:52,448 --> 00:17:53,275 [horn honking] 339 00:17:53,413 --> 00:17:54,448 Oh, my god. 340 00:17:54,586 --> 00:17:56,448 Look at this four wheeler in front of me. 341 00:17:56,586 --> 00:17:58,137 Just cut me off like that. 342 00:17:58,275 --> 00:17:58,931 What in the hell? 343 00:17:59,068 --> 00:17:59,896 This is not New York. 344 00:18:00,034 --> 00:18:02,275 This is ridiculous. 345 00:18:02,413 --> 00:18:04,655 I'm going to give him a piece of my mind, like, right now. 346 00:18:04,793 --> 00:18:06,413 - You think that will work? - Yeah! 347 00:18:06,551 --> 00:18:09,379 I'll tell him that they're number one right now. 348 00:18:09,517 --> 00:18:11,310 That's how we do it in New York. 349 00:18:11,448 --> 00:18:12,172 Yeah. 350 00:18:12,310 --> 00:18:15,551 But here, people carry guns. 351 00:18:15,689 --> 00:18:16,551 Really? 352 00:18:16,689 --> 00:18:17,551 PHIL: Yeah! 353 00:18:17,689 --> 00:18:18,379 Oh. 354 00:18:18,517 --> 00:18:20,758 [silly music] 355 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:23,689 PHIL: I want you to turn into the yard here. 356 00:18:23,827 --> 00:18:24,482 Right here? 357 00:18:24,620 --> 00:18:25,724 PHIL: Mm-hmm. 358 00:18:25,862 --> 00:18:27,896 NARRATOR: The road test is over quickly. 359 00:18:28,034 --> 00:18:30,862 Now, it's up to Phil to decide whether Maya 360 00:18:31,000 --> 00:18:35,000 moves to the next step and takes on the haul road. 361 00:18:35,137 --> 00:18:37,413 You did do good. 362 00:18:37,551 --> 00:18:40,586 A little nervous, and that's totally expected. 363 00:18:40,724 --> 00:18:42,034 There's some things we can work on. 364 00:18:47,206 --> 00:18:49,206 I'm going to recommend that they hire you 365 00:18:49,344 --> 00:18:52,034 and start you in the training process on the haul road. 366 00:18:52,172 --> 00:18:54,620 There'll be plenty of stuff to work on. 367 00:18:54,758 --> 00:18:55,689 Awesome! 368 00:18:55,827 --> 00:18:56,689 Thank you. 369 00:18:56,827 --> 00:18:57,931 PHIL: You're welcome. - Great. 370 00:18:58,068 --> 00:18:59,275 - Good to be working with you. - You, too. 371 00:18:59,413 --> 00:19:00,068 See you soon. 372 00:19:00,206 --> 00:19:01,172 Take care. 373 00:19:01,310 --> 00:19:03,000 MAYA [VOICEOVER]: I never give up. 374 00:19:03,137 --> 00:19:04,862 It doesn't matter how hard it gets. 375 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:05,965 Never. 376 00:19:06,103 --> 00:19:07,551 I've never given up, and I never will. 377 00:19:07,689 --> 00:19:11,310 I think people are going to be very surprised about what they 378 00:19:11,448 --> 00:19:13,379 see when I take on that road. 379 00:19:13,517 --> 00:19:15,000 Don't judge a book by its cover. 380 00:19:19,172 --> 00:19:24,896 NARRATOR: 280 miles up the Dalton, 381 00:19:25,034 --> 00:19:28,655 Lisa Kelly leads the pack with her second heavy load of pipe. 382 00:19:31,517 --> 00:19:36,448 She's determined to be the top driver this season. 383 00:19:36,586 --> 00:19:41,137 But in the dash for the cash, Lisa opts for a steady crawl. 384 00:19:41,275 --> 00:19:44,000 I just drive safe and careful. 385 00:19:44,137 --> 00:19:47,241 And I'm pretty much the grandma up there. 386 00:19:47,379 --> 00:19:48,931 Just slow, steady. 387 00:19:49,068 --> 00:19:51,034 The tortoise and not the hare. 388 00:19:54,172 --> 00:19:56,862 NARRATOR: But just around the next bend-- 389 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:58,793 [cb chatter] 390 00:19:58,931 --> 00:20:00,172 What? 391 00:20:00,310 --> 00:20:01,344 NARRATOR: --there's trouble. 392 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:06,448 There's somebody spun out. 393 00:20:06,586 --> 00:20:08,206 I'm not sure if he's blocking the road. 394 00:20:16,862 --> 00:20:18,448 I would love that. 395 00:20:18,586 --> 00:20:21,137 NARRATOR: Knowing Lisa is closest to the scene, 396 00:20:21,275 --> 00:20:23,413 dispatch sends her ahead to help. 397 00:20:23,551 --> 00:20:25,000 Somebody's already spun out. 398 00:20:25,137 --> 00:20:27,379 And I might have to go chain up and push this guy up the hill. 399 00:20:27,517 --> 00:20:30,482 Get him unstuck so we can get by. 400 00:20:30,620 --> 00:20:33,482 [dramatic music] 401 00:20:39,068 --> 00:20:41,931 I am always happy to help somebody. 402 00:20:42,068 --> 00:20:44,931 [dramatic music] 403 00:20:59,517 --> 00:21:01,310 I wonder if he got-- nope. There he is. 404 00:21:01,448 --> 00:21:02,103 I see him. 405 00:21:02,241 --> 00:21:03,448 I think I see him. 406 00:21:03,586 --> 00:21:06,965 That blinking light up there-- that might be him. 407 00:21:07,103 --> 00:21:08,965 Here's our guy. 408 00:21:09,103 --> 00:21:11,793 NARRATOR: She'll have to push the stranded truck out 409 00:21:11,931 --> 00:21:13,034 of the ditch. 410 00:21:13,172 --> 00:21:14,724 But with just a few feet of clearance-- 411 00:21:14,862 --> 00:21:16,275 You got a copy here, lowboy? 412 00:21:16,413 --> 00:21:19,724 NARRATOR: --it'll take all of Lisa's skill to avoid sliding 413 00:21:19,862 --> 00:21:20,862 off the road herself. 414 00:21:22,344 --> 00:21:23,689 You ready for me to push on you? 415 00:21:27,758 --> 00:21:30,620 [ominous music] 416 00:21:43,586 --> 00:21:44,965 We're moving. 417 00:21:45,103 --> 00:21:47,965 [ominous music] 418 00:21:51,034 --> 00:21:53,379 I'm, like, right in the ditch here. 419 00:21:53,517 --> 00:21:56,344 [dramatic music] 420 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,827 This is freaking me out. 421 00:22:04,965 --> 00:22:05,827 He's heavy. 422 00:22:05,965 --> 00:22:08,310 See, these lowboys are heavy. 423 00:22:08,448 --> 00:22:09,275 We're both just like-- 424 00:22:09,413 --> 00:22:10,310 I can just feel it. 425 00:22:10,448 --> 00:22:11,965 We're both just, like, battling it. 426 00:22:12,103 --> 00:22:13,413 Trying to make this thing go. 427 00:22:13,551 --> 00:22:16,000 [dramatic music] 428 00:22:16,931 --> 00:22:18,241 NARRATOR: Finally-- 429 00:22:18,379 --> 00:22:20,689 [horn honking] 430 00:22:20,827 --> 00:22:25,172 NARRATOR: --the 75,000 pound lowboy reaches the peak. 431 00:22:25,310 --> 00:22:26,310 You are so welcome. 432 00:22:26,448 --> 00:22:28,068 Let me know if you need it any more. 433 00:22:28,206 --> 00:22:30,655 [music playing] 434 00:22:32,206 --> 00:22:36,758 NARRATOR: And Lisa continues her steady pace on to Prudhoe Bay. 435 00:22:36,896 --> 00:22:39,758 I knew that I was going to be working hard this year. 436 00:22:39,896 --> 00:22:42,172 And I am really glad that I'm ready. 437 00:22:45,379 --> 00:22:51,620 NARRATOR: 2,600 miles southeast in Northwest Manitoba-- 438 00:22:51,758 --> 00:22:53,551 These roads here, they're-- 439 00:22:53,689 --> 00:22:55,068 18 wheelers use them, but they're not 440 00:22:55,206 --> 00:22:56,896 built for 18 wheelers. 441 00:22:57,034 --> 00:22:59,379 They're-- they're rough as hell. 442 00:23:02,965 --> 00:23:05,448 Hang on to your [bleep] ass coming through there, buddy. 443 00:23:05,586 --> 00:23:08,344 [dramatic music] 444 00:23:14,344 --> 00:23:16,517 NARRATOR: Hugh and Rick roll deeper 445 00:23:16,655 --> 00:23:18,275 into the Canadian wilderness. 446 00:23:18,413 --> 00:23:21,241 [dramatic music] 447 00:23:22,896 --> 00:23:25,689 It's like four wheel driving in a big rig! 448 00:23:25,827 --> 00:23:27,172 [LAUGHS] 449 00:23:27,310 --> 00:23:28,689 [dramatic music] 450 00:23:28,827 --> 00:23:31,620 RICK [OVER CB]: Ain't it something? 451 00:23:31,758 --> 00:23:32,620 It's a rodeo. 452 00:23:32,758 --> 00:23:35,620 [dramatic music] 453 00:23:39,206 --> 00:23:41,551 [LAUGHS] 454 00:23:41,689 --> 00:23:44,275 [loud bang] 455 00:23:45,172 --> 00:23:48,034 Holy [bleep]. 456 00:23:48,172 --> 00:23:49,517 What the [bleep]? 457 00:23:52,620 --> 00:23:57,448 NARRATOR: 540 miles up the Canadian winter roads-- 458 00:23:57,586 --> 00:23:59,413 Woo! 459 00:23:59,551 --> 00:24:02,931 [loud bang] 460 00:24:03,068 --> 00:24:05,379 Holy [bleep]. 461 00:24:05,517 --> 00:24:08,275 What the [bleep]? 462 00:24:08,413 --> 00:24:10,413 [ominous music] 463 00:24:10,551 --> 00:24:12,206 RICK [OVER CB]: I thought I seen something. 464 00:24:12,344 --> 00:24:13,034 Yeah. 465 00:24:13,172 --> 00:24:14,896 I heard a bang. 466 00:24:15,034 --> 00:24:18,275 My tire there-- blew her up. 467 00:24:18,413 --> 00:24:22,551 She's riding around on the rim, too. 468 00:24:22,689 --> 00:24:23,793 I don't know. 469 00:24:23,931 --> 00:24:25,586 I'll catch up to you and see what I can see here. 470 00:24:25,724 --> 00:24:27,793 [ominous music] 471 00:24:31,068 --> 00:24:31,827 Oh, yeah. 472 00:24:31,965 --> 00:24:33,000 She's barely hanging on there. 473 00:24:37,034 --> 00:24:39,551 I don't know if it just blew the tire or blew the rim and tire. 474 00:24:39,689 --> 00:24:40,379 I don't know. 475 00:24:40,517 --> 00:24:42,517 I can't see from here. 476 00:24:42,655 --> 00:24:44,379 Maybe stop and take a look at that. 477 00:24:44,517 --> 00:24:45,206 That's a big 10-4. 478 00:24:54,275 --> 00:24:56,172 Got a flat tire, bent rim. 479 00:24:59,172 --> 00:25:00,275 Well, the tire's OK. 480 00:25:00,413 --> 00:25:01,793 It's just the rim [bleep] up. 481 00:25:01,931 --> 00:25:02,586 I'd say. 482 00:25:02,724 --> 00:25:05,000 A little bit. 483 00:25:05,137 --> 00:25:07,896 NARRATOR: Hundreds of miles from civilization, 484 00:25:08,034 --> 00:25:10,793 it can be days before Hugh gets help. 485 00:25:14,724 --> 00:25:16,482 Think that could make it up the road? 486 00:25:19,931 --> 00:25:23,551 Well, you can keep her all the way back to town, I think! 487 00:25:23,689 --> 00:25:26,206 I got seven spares on there. 488 00:25:26,344 --> 00:25:27,931 I'll just drive her up and drive her home. 489 00:25:28,068 --> 00:25:30,448 [dramatic music] 490 00:25:31,793 --> 00:25:33,172 RICK [OVER CB]: You going to be able to make it 491 00:25:33,310 --> 00:25:34,172 through this season? 492 00:25:34,310 --> 00:25:36,000 You are getting a little bit older. 493 00:25:36,137 --> 00:25:37,689 Ha, ha, ha. 494 00:25:37,827 --> 00:25:41,689 You're talking to the wrong hombre, buddy. 495 00:25:41,827 --> 00:25:44,655 It's gonna take a lot more than that to slow Hughie down. 496 00:25:44,793 --> 00:25:47,068 Back on the road again. 497 00:25:47,206 --> 00:25:47,896 Yee-haw! 498 00:25:51,310 --> 00:25:56,068 NARRATOR: While Hugh limps his way through the wilderness, 499 00:25:56,206 --> 00:25:59,068 at the Carlile yard in Fairbanks, 500 00:25:59,206 --> 00:26:02,517 rookie Maya Sieber has proven she can handle a big rig. 501 00:26:02,655 --> 00:26:03,344 Hey. 502 00:26:03,482 --> 00:26:04,931 There she is. 503 00:26:05,068 --> 00:26:07,827 NARRATOR: Now, it's time to get her first look at the dangers 504 00:26:07,965 --> 00:26:08,689 of the haul road. 505 00:26:08,827 --> 00:26:09,896 Well, climb on in here. 506 00:26:10,034 --> 00:26:11,620 And we'll getting going. 507 00:26:11,758 --> 00:26:13,827 MAYA: It's cold. 508 00:26:13,965 --> 00:26:15,275 Oh, my god. 509 00:26:15,413 --> 00:26:17,413 PHIL: Well, you ready for this? 510 00:26:17,551 --> 00:26:18,655 MAYA: I'm ready. 511 00:26:18,793 --> 00:26:21,689 [ominous music] 512 00:26:35,275 --> 00:26:39,620 It's unlike anything I've ever seen before. 513 00:26:39,758 --> 00:26:41,620 It looks like the moon. 514 00:26:44,758 --> 00:26:48,413 This road and mother nature can and will throw everything 515 00:26:48,551 --> 00:26:49,275 at you. 516 00:26:49,413 --> 00:26:51,310 You know, you have to be-- 517 00:26:51,448 --> 00:26:53,655 be ready for it. 518 00:26:53,793 --> 00:26:56,551 [dramatic music] 519 00:27:00,137 --> 00:27:04,379 NARRATOR: On the Dalton, there's a dead man for every mile. 520 00:27:04,517 --> 00:27:08,172 And many a rookie has called it quits after their first trip 521 00:27:08,310 --> 00:27:09,241 to Prudhoe Bay. 522 00:27:09,379 --> 00:27:10,689 Whoa! 523 00:27:10,827 --> 00:27:11,655 Big truck! 524 00:27:11,793 --> 00:27:14,620 [ominous music] 525 00:27:15,689 --> 00:27:16,551 PHIL: Yeah. 526 00:27:16,689 --> 00:27:18,034 [SIGHS] 527 00:27:18,172 --> 00:27:21,000 [ominous music] 528 00:27:25,517 --> 00:27:27,931 You have to be thinking all the time, you know? 529 00:27:28,068 --> 00:27:30,310 Like, we're getting ready to drop into the Roller Coaster. 530 00:27:30,448 --> 00:27:32,241 And you've got to think about-- OK, what gear? 531 00:27:32,379 --> 00:27:34,586 You gotta be thinking about if somebody has already 532 00:27:34,724 --> 00:27:36,862 dropped in that we can't see. 533 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:39,827 NARRATOR: Hanging with the Dalton's opening miles 534 00:27:39,965 --> 00:27:41,344 is one thing. 535 00:27:41,482 --> 00:27:45,344 But for a rookie, facing down the notorious Roller Coaster 536 00:27:45,482 --> 00:27:47,482 is a whole different ballgame. 537 00:27:47,620 --> 00:27:49,448 Oh, my god. 538 00:27:49,586 --> 00:27:52,896 You've got to be kidding me. 539 00:27:53,034 --> 00:27:55,068 [LAUGHS] This is a roller coaster. 540 00:27:55,206 --> 00:27:55,862 PHIL: Yeah. 541 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,862 [dramatic music] 542 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:02,310 This is scary. 543 00:28:02,448 --> 00:28:03,448 A little bit of the-- 544 00:28:03,586 --> 00:28:05,172 Absolutely no way. 545 00:28:08,275 --> 00:28:08,931 No way what? 546 00:28:09,068 --> 00:28:09,931 This is not real. 547 00:28:10,068 --> 00:28:10,724 No. 548 00:28:10,862 --> 00:28:12,793 This is crazy. 549 00:28:12,931 --> 00:28:14,448 You're going to have to learn how 550 00:28:14,586 --> 00:28:17,068 to drive through this stuff. 551 00:28:17,206 --> 00:28:20,965 I had no idea, like, how steep they really were. 552 00:28:21,103 --> 00:28:23,965 [ominous music] 553 00:28:27,965 --> 00:28:29,827 Holy [bleep]. 554 00:28:29,965 --> 00:28:32,551 Well, it should scare you a little bit. 555 00:28:32,689 --> 00:28:33,896 But not too much. 556 00:28:34,034 --> 00:28:35,586 That's unlike anything I've ever seen before. 557 00:28:38,241 --> 00:28:42,344 NARRATOR: 75 miles ahead, the wind kicks up. 558 00:28:45,413 --> 00:28:47,413 And the road disappears. 559 00:28:50,241 --> 00:28:51,931 Oh, my gosh. 560 00:28:52,068 --> 00:28:53,931 Northbound, driving down to Beaver Slide. 561 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:58,862 This is the Beaver Slide. 562 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:01,172 It's two miles down at 11%. 563 00:29:04,793 --> 00:29:06,172 It's a little hard to see. 564 00:29:06,310 --> 00:29:07,034 I mean, we can see. 565 00:29:07,172 --> 00:29:08,620 We just can't see very far. 566 00:29:08,758 --> 00:29:11,793 How do you even, like, see the side of the road? 567 00:29:11,931 --> 00:29:15,931 Um, sometimes you can't see the side of the road. 568 00:29:16,068 --> 00:29:18,655 That's crazy. 569 00:29:18,793 --> 00:29:21,793 I see why you can't-- you gotta keep looking far ahead. 570 00:29:21,931 --> 00:29:24,310 'Cause otherwise, I would want to go the direction the snow is 571 00:29:24,448 --> 00:29:25,137 blowing. 572 00:29:25,275 --> 00:29:27,965 [dramatic music] 573 00:29:29,551 --> 00:29:33,344 That's, like, ghostly. 574 00:29:33,482 --> 00:29:35,551 Is any of this [bleep] sinking in? 575 00:29:35,689 --> 00:29:37,793 Oh, this [bleep] is sinking in big time! 576 00:29:42,724 --> 00:29:47,310 NARRATOR: Halfway up the Dalton at the Coldfoot truck stop-- 577 00:29:47,448 --> 00:29:48,965 I just-- you know, like I said. 578 00:29:49,103 --> 00:29:50,965 I'm not going to play the bashing game. 579 00:29:51,103 --> 00:29:52,137 You know? 580 00:29:52,275 --> 00:29:53,448 That happened a little bit last night. 581 00:29:53,586 --> 00:29:56,793 NARRATOR: --trainer Tony Molesky is heading south. 582 00:29:56,931 --> 00:30:00,689 But after last night's blow up with new driver Dave Redmond-- 583 00:30:00,827 --> 00:30:03,034 You're on my ass nonstop. 584 00:30:03,172 --> 00:30:05,862 I mean, I can't even turn into a [bleep] parking lot without you 585 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:06,655 over there. 586 00:30:06,793 --> 00:30:08,344 They're legitimate, man! 587 00:30:08,482 --> 00:30:11,413 They're-- every time that I said these things, it's been legit. 588 00:30:11,551 --> 00:30:12,620 All of them! 589 00:30:12,758 --> 00:30:14,896 NARRATOR: --he's decided to lighten his load. 590 00:30:15,034 --> 00:30:16,931 And that's not my job to-- 591 00:30:17,068 --> 00:30:17,896 to deal with that. 592 00:30:20,827 --> 00:30:22,379 All right. We'll see you in a day or two. 593 00:30:22,517 --> 00:30:23,448 All right. 594 00:30:23,586 --> 00:30:26,413 [music playing] 595 00:30:43,344 --> 00:30:46,344 NARRATOR: Dave's stranded in the middle of the Dalton 596 00:30:46,482 --> 00:30:49,724 with no truck and no way to make a buck. 597 00:30:54,206 --> 00:30:57,000 You know, he's-- he's pissed because I called him out. 598 00:30:57,137 --> 00:31:00,862 [bleep] I mean, he's just got some serious issues. 599 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:04,517 But that's how some of these arrogant [bleep] are. 600 00:31:04,655 --> 00:31:05,862 I did my part. 601 00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:09,413 And, as far as I'm concerned, I'm done with-- 602 00:31:09,551 --> 00:31:10,206 [cb chatter] 603 00:31:10,344 --> 00:31:11,689 --done with that. 604 00:31:11,827 --> 00:31:14,137 Unless he can learn some respect, 605 00:31:14,275 --> 00:31:16,586 he's really not welcome back in here. 606 00:31:16,724 --> 00:31:19,793 Now, we're turning a two-day trip into a [bleep] week-long 607 00:31:19,931 --> 00:31:21,206 event. 608 00:31:21,344 --> 00:31:22,758 You know, I was warned. 609 00:31:22,896 --> 00:31:25,482 I was warned before I ever met him. 610 00:31:25,620 --> 00:31:29,793 You know, this is exactly how this guy's going to do you. 611 00:31:29,931 --> 00:31:32,206 I've said my piece. 612 00:31:32,344 --> 00:31:34,827 I'll pretty much just let Dave figure it out on his own 613 00:31:34,965 --> 00:31:35,965 at this point. 614 00:31:36,103 --> 00:31:38,758 He's either gonna make it, or he's not. 615 00:31:43,344 --> 00:31:47,517 NARRATOR: Back in Canada, Hugh Rowland fights his way 616 00:31:47,655 --> 00:31:50,655 into Oxford House-- 617 00:31:50,793 --> 00:31:53,206 [hugh laughing] 618 00:31:54,172 --> 00:31:57,034 --on only 17 of his 18 wheels. 619 00:31:57,172 --> 00:31:58,724 My tire's still on there. 620 00:31:58,862 --> 00:32:03,068 I think she'll hang right in there. 621 00:32:03,206 --> 00:32:05,310 I think I'm trying to make up a little time here. 622 00:32:05,448 --> 00:32:07,379 And this load's suppose to be there this afternoon. 623 00:32:07,517 --> 00:32:10,724 So I'm going a little faster than normal. 624 00:32:10,862 --> 00:32:13,724 [dramatic music] 625 00:32:21,206 --> 00:32:22,482 Yeah. A guy gets cooking on here. 626 00:32:22,620 --> 00:32:24,068 Then, all of a sudden, that [inaudible] 627 00:32:24,206 --> 00:32:25,172 jumps up in front of you. 628 00:32:25,310 --> 00:32:26,896 And you bounce right through the roof. 629 00:32:27,034 --> 00:32:27,793 RICK [OVER CB]: 10-4. 630 00:32:31,068 --> 00:32:32,482 This is hauling. 631 00:32:32,620 --> 00:32:34,931 This is bush road hauling. 632 00:32:41,896 --> 00:32:43,482 Always said, I'm an off-road guy. 633 00:32:43,620 --> 00:32:45,068 Don't like the highway. 634 00:32:50,068 --> 00:32:51,034 Yeah. 635 00:32:51,172 --> 00:32:52,344 I knew we'd have some fun on this one. 636 00:32:52,482 --> 00:32:55,000 [dramatic music] 637 00:32:57,413 --> 00:32:58,310 We made her, anyway. 638 00:33:01,551 --> 00:33:02,724 I guess we go into town up here. 639 00:33:02,862 --> 00:33:05,586 [light music] 640 00:33:08,068 --> 00:33:09,034 Wow-- a stop sign. 641 00:33:09,172 --> 00:33:10,413 Haven't seen one of those in a while. 642 00:33:10,551 --> 00:33:13,413 [music continues] 643 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:16,862 There we go. 644 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:20,000 [LAUGHS] 645 00:33:21,620 --> 00:33:24,620 NARRATOR: The building supplies may be shaken up, 646 00:33:24,758 --> 00:33:27,586 but they've arrived just in time to rebuild 647 00:33:27,724 --> 00:33:30,379 the home of the village elders that was damaged 648 00:33:30,517 --> 00:33:32,137 by a busted water line. 649 00:33:32,275 --> 00:33:34,724 They're very close to getting the elders back 650 00:33:34,862 --> 00:33:35,862 to their community. 651 00:33:38,931 --> 00:33:42,172 No longer misplaced, as Hugh would say. 652 00:33:42,310 --> 00:33:44,068 My load's just about off here. 653 00:33:44,206 --> 00:33:46,758 So when it's empty, I'm shutting them doors, 654 00:33:46,896 --> 00:33:49,172 and I'm boogie-ing south. 655 00:33:49,310 --> 00:33:52,034 It is my birthday today and stuff. 656 00:33:52,172 --> 00:33:53,551 I guess I'm giving the gifts. 657 00:33:53,689 --> 00:33:55,793 I give the gift to help put this place back together, so-- 658 00:33:55,931 --> 00:33:58,241 and the faster they can get this fixed, they can come home. 659 00:33:58,379 --> 00:33:59,655 So there's load number one done. 660 00:33:59,793 --> 00:34:01,724 I'm ready for number two. 661 00:34:01,862 --> 00:34:04,551 [horn honking] 662 00:34:06,137 --> 00:34:09,310 NARRATOR: While Hugh and Rick begin the long trek back 663 00:34:09,448 --> 00:34:13,482 to Winnipeg, 2,600 miles Northwest-- 664 00:34:13,620 --> 00:34:15,034 Are you awake? 665 00:34:15,172 --> 00:34:15,965 I'm awake. 666 00:34:16,103 --> 00:34:18,310 I'll be more awake. 667 00:34:18,448 --> 00:34:21,275 NARRATOR: --rookie Maya Sieber has made her way 668 00:34:21,413 --> 00:34:23,586 to the north slope's icy roads. 669 00:34:26,827 --> 00:34:30,379 Still can't let your guard down, even though there's 670 00:34:30,517 --> 00:34:32,206 no hills to deal with. 671 00:34:32,344 --> 00:34:35,172 [dramatic music] 672 00:34:37,793 --> 00:34:40,586 There's been a lot of guys run off the road out here 673 00:34:40,724 --> 00:34:42,068 and crashed their trucks. 674 00:34:42,206 --> 00:34:43,689 That's when it happens. 675 00:34:43,827 --> 00:34:45,206 Like, the closer you get somewhere, 676 00:34:45,344 --> 00:34:46,482 you get a little more relaxed. 677 00:34:46,620 --> 00:34:47,827 Like, oh, I'm almost there. 678 00:34:47,965 --> 00:34:48,793 Exactly. 679 00:34:54,103 --> 00:34:57,482 NARRATOR: Just 20 miles from Prudhoe Bay-- 680 00:34:57,620 --> 00:34:59,206 Oh, my god. 681 00:34:59,344 --> 00:35:02,206 [ominous music] 682 00:35:08,620 --> 00:35:09,482 MAYA: Holy [bleep]. 683 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:18,620 Well, there's a pickup on its top, here in the ditch. 684 00:35:18,758 --> 00:35:19,758 Yeah. 685 00:35:19,896 --> 00:35:23,724 Nobody said anything about a rollover. 686 00:35:23,862 --> 00:35:25,862 Well, you'd think somebody would have said something 687 00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:27,034 about it being here. 688 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:36,379 Let me just make sure if everything's all right here. 689 00:35:36,517 --> 00:35:39,344 [ominous music] 690 00:35:42,965 --> 00:35:45,689 NARRATOR: Just south of Prudhoe Bay-- 691 00:35:45,827 --> 00:35:48,275 MAYA: Oh, my god. 692 00:35:48,413 --> 00:35:53,896 NARRATOR: --Phil and Maya have pulled up to an accident. 693 00:35:54,034 --> 00:35:56,655 Well, we better make sure nobody's in here. 694 00:36:00,206 --> 00:36:02,896 Nobody said anything about this, so-- 695 00:36:03,034 --> 00:36:05,931 [ominous music] 696 00:36:19,413 --> 00:36:21,206 Doesn't look like anybody's in there. 697 00:36:23,965 --> 00:36:25,379 So it looks like an old crash. 698 00:36:25,517 --> 00:36:27,551 But her-- not old. 699 00:36:27,689 --> 00:36:29,034 But nobody said anything. 700 00:36:29,172 --> 00:36:32,551 So any time you come across something like this without 701 00:36:32,689 --> 00:36:35,275 anybody telling you it was there, 702 00:36:35,413 --> 00:36:38,758 you want to stop and make sure nobody's-- 703 00:36:38,896 --> 00:36:40,931 nobody's needing any help. 704 00:36:41,068 --> 00:36:43,896 [dramatic music] 705 00:36:44,034 --> 00:36:47,827 That's what can happen out here. 706 00:36:47,965 --> 00:36:50,793 [music playing] 707 00:36:58,827 --> 00:37:02,965 I'm surprised nobody said anything about that. 708 00:37:03,103 --> 00:37:05,689 NARRATOR: The driver of the overturned pickup 709 00:37:05,827 --> 00:37:08,206 walked away unharmed. 710 00:37:08,344 --> 00:37:10,241 But on the haul road, every trucker 711 00:37:10,379 --> 00:37:13,689 knows that luck doesn't last forever. 712 00:37:13,827 --> 00:37:15,689 First thing, really, to look for 713 00:37:15,827 --> 00:37:19,551 is tracks in the snow of somebody walking out of there. 714 00:37:19,689 --> 00:37:22,517 You gotta look inside just to make sure. 715 00:37:22,655 --> 00:37:27,896 It reminds you how short life is and how fragile we 716 00:37:28,034 --> 00:37:30,344 are as human beings, you know? 717 00:37:30,482 --> 00:37:33,379 [music playing] 718 00:37:33,517 --> 00:37:39,172 NARRATOR: Finally, the lights of Prudhoe Bay appear. 719 00:37:43,586 --> 00:37:46,448 Dude, this is the coldest I've ever felt in my life. 720 00:37:46,586 --> 00:37:48,275 It's not below 15. 721 00:37:48,413 --> 00:37:49,655 There's no [bleep] way in hell. 722 00:37:49,793 --> 00:37:51,275 PHIL: It's 15 below. 723 00:37:51,413 --> 00:37:52,379 If we-- it was-- 724 00:37:52,517 --> 00:37:53,310 PHIL: Wind chill's about 50 below. 725 00:37:53,448 --> 00:37:54,137 Oh! 726 00:37:54,275 --> 00:37:56,275 That's why. 727 00:37:56,413 --> 00:38:00,965 NARRATOR: And Maya's New York attitude has begun to thaw. 728 00:38:01,103 --> 00:38:02,413 It's just nonstop. 729 00:38:02,551 --> 00:38:05,655 You can never take your mind off the road at all. 730 00:38:05,793 --> 00:38:08,000 It's a lot to-- 731 00:38:08,137 --> 00:38:09,137 to know what to do. 732 00:38:09,275 --> 00:38:09,931 But I'm ready. 733 00:38:10,068 --> 00:38:11,379 I'm ready. 734 00:38:11,517 --> 00:38:13,206 It's damn cold, isn't it? 735 00:38:13,344 --> 00:38:14,862 That's not even the word. 736 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:17,965 It's like-- it's vicious. 737 00:38:18,103 --> 00:38:19,517 Yeah. 738 00:38:19,655 --> 00:38:21,172 Well, welcome to Prudhoe Bay. 739 00:38:26,620 --> 00:38:33,758 NARRATOR: Back on the Canadian ice roads, 740 00:38:33,896 --> 00:38:39,551 Alex is grinding out the last leg of his 700-mile journey. 741 00:38:39,689 --> 00:38:40,448 Oh. 742 00:38:40,586 --> 00:38:42,034 This is one of the mine fields. 743 00:38:42,172 --> 00:38:43,482 Yeah. 744 00:38:43,620 --> 00:38:45,965 Rocks sticking through, trying to grab something. 745 00:38:46,103 --> 00:38:48,103 Trying to grab something off the bottom of the truck 746 00:38:48,241 --> 00:38:50,517 and grab a piece of the truck going by. 747 00:38:55,172 --> 00:38:59,482 NARRATOR: But, there's still one major hazard in front of him. 748 00:38:59,620 --> 00:39:02,517 [ominous music] 749 00:39:06,103 --> 00:39:10,310 Well, we've just come on to Red Sucker Lake. 750 00:39:10,448 --> 00:39:13,241 [ominous music] 751 00:39:16,896 --> 00:39:21,655 So we're almost to our destination. 752 00:39:21,793 --> 00:39:24,206 Take it easy going across here. 753 00:39:24,344 --> 00:39:27,655 Because this lake hasn't come up to weight yet. 754 00:39:27,793 --> 00:39:30,655 [ominous music] 755 00:39:50,034 --> 00:39:52,344 Now, all the ice roads are pulling together. 756 00:39:52,482 --> 00:39:56,275 They're not melting, so that's a good sign. 757 00:39:56,413 --> 00:39:59,655 NARRATOR: After making it across the lake, 758 00:39:59,793 --> 00:40:02,689 Alex pulls into the town of Red Sucker 759 00:40:02,827 --> 00:40:05,517 and delivers his first load of the season. 760 00:40:05,655 --> 00:40:08,413 Heading south tomorrow morning. 761 00:40:08,551 --> 00:40:09,655 I'm tired. 762 00:40:09,793 --> 00:40:11,586 Had lots of adventure. 763 00:40:11,724 --> 00:40:13,931 Yeah, it's been an eventful day. 764 00:40:14,068 --> 00:40:15,172 I'm glad to be here. 765 00:40:20,137 --> 00:40:26,241 NARRATOR: The next morning, on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, 766 00:40:26,379 --> 00:40:29,862 Lisa Kelly crosses the finish line with her second load 767 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:30,931 of the season. 768 00:40:31,068 --> 00:40:33,379 Got it all here safely and intact. 769 00:40:33,517 --> 00:40:34,344 And chains were good. 770 00:40:34,482 --> 00:40:36,310 And everything was good. 771 00:40:36,448 --> 00:40:41,724 I'm excited that things are going so well this year. 772 00:40:41,862 --> 00:40:45,172 NARRATOR: Lisa's hustle has her at the front of the pack, 773 00:40:45,310 --> 00:40:49,068 with Tony and her Canadian rivals on her heels with one 774 00:40:49,206 --> 00:40:49,896 load apiece. 775 00:40:53,413 --> 00:40:54,034 Hey, Lisa. 776 00:40:54,172 --> 00:40:54,931 Hey, Phil. 777 00:40:55,068 --> 00:40:55,758 - How are you? - Good. 778 00:40:55,896 --> 00:40:56,862 How are you? 779 00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:57,931 - Have you met Maya? - Hey, Maya. 780 00:40:58,068 --> 00:40:59,068 - Hi, Lisa. - This is Lisa Kelly. 781 00:40:59,206 --> 00:41:00,103 - How are you? - Good! 782 00:41:00,241 --> 00:41:01,448 Nice to meet you. - Yeah, you too. 783 00:41:01,586 --> 00:41:02,241 How was your trip? 784 00:41:02,379 --> 00:41:03,931 It's a lot scarier. 785 00:41:04,068 --> 00:41:06,344 It doesn't do justice seeing it in any other way 786 00:41:06,482 --> 00:41:07,758 than you're, like, just seeing it-- 787 00:41:07,896 --> 00:41:08,689 - In person. - --yeah. 788 00:41:08,827 --> 00:41:09,586 In person. 789 00:41:09,724 --> 00:41:10,793 So I saw that-- a hill. 790 00:41:10,931 --> 00:41:12,068 The first hill-- I was, like-- 791 00:41:12,206 --> 00:41:13,241 [GASPS] Holy gee-- - Whoa. 792 00:41:13,379 --> 00:41:14,413 That's just the beginning. 793 00:41:14,551 --> 00:41:15,517 I was, like, oh, my god! 794 00:41:15,655 --> 00:41:16,965 You can't get bored of this road. 795 00:41:17,103 --> 00:41:18,413 It's awesome. PHIL: Definitely not. 796 00:41:18,551 --> 00:41:19,310 Nope. 797 00:41:19,448 --> 00:41:20,758 PHIL: Well, let's hit the road. 798 00:41:20,896 --> 00:41:21,689 Ready when you are. 799 00:41:21,827 --> 00:41:22,482 Have a good day! 800 00:41:22,620 --> 00:41:23,379 You, too! 801 00:41:23,517 --> 00:41:24,206 That's my advice. 802 00:41:24,344 --> 00:41:26,034 I'll see you on the road. 803 00:41:26,172 --> 00:41:28,965 [both laughing] 804 00:41:31,517 --> 00:41:32,620 NARRATOR: Back in Canada-- 805 00:41:39,931 --> 00:41:41,310 Hey! 806 00:41:41,448 --> 00:41:45,206 [LAUGHS] Holy [bleep]. 807 00:41:45,344 --> 00:41:47,241 Slack Alice, is that you? 808 00:41:47,379 --> 00:41:50,172 [LAUGHS] 809 00:41:50,310 --> 00:41:52,206 Hey, you look familiar. 810 00:41:52,344 --> 00:41:54,793 [horn honking] 811 00:41:54,931 --> 00:41:56,172 What the heck are you doing here? 812 00:41:56,310 --> 00:41:58,655 You lost, or-- boy, you're a long way from home. 813 00:42:02,172 --> 00:42:03,379 I think you got taller! 814 00:42:03,517 --> 00:42:05,137 [both laughing] 815 00:42:05,275 --> 00:42:07,241 What the hell are you doing? 816 00:42:07,379 --> 00:42:08,827 I'm working. 817 00:42:08,965 --> 00:42:10,413 The parrot's here. 818 00:42:10,551 --> 00:42:11,931 Rick-- he leased one of my trucks. 819 00:42:12,068 --> 00:42:12,724 Your-- your son? 820 00:42:12,862 --> 00:42:14,206 My-- yeah. [LAUGHS] 821 00:42:14,344 --> 00:42:16,103 Have you told him that you're his dad yet? 822 00:42:16,241 --> 00:42:17,379 I told him. 823 00:42:17,517 --> 00:42:20,275 I told him I [bleep] a parrot when I was 12. 824 00:42:20,413 --> 00:42:22,655 So now, I got two of you bastards to babysit up here. 825 00:42:22,793 --> 00:42:23,655 [bleep] me. 826 00:42:23,793 --> 00:42:25,034 [both laughing] 827 00:42:25,172 --> 00:42:26,172 Well, I gotta get going. 828 00:42:26,310 --> 00:42:27,620 I can't [bleep] around here all day. 829 00:42:27,758 --> 00:42:28,862 Not sure. 830 00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:35,034 I've known Hugh probably since roughly 1978. 831 00:42:35,172 --> 00:42:36,931 1980 maybe? Don't let me see you there. 832 00:42:37,068 --> 00:42:37,689 - OK. - Take care. 833 00:42:37,827 --> 00:42:39,103 OK. 834 00:42:39,241 --> 00:42:40,620 God bless you, even though you don't believe in him. 835 00:42:40,758 --> 00:42:42,206 [bleep] you! 836 00:42:42,344 --> 00:42:44,620 I may not get the most loads, but I always 837 00:42:44,758 --> 00:42:45,862 get the best of Hugh. 838 00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:47,758 You can tell by how much huffing and puffing he's 839 00:42:47,896 --> 00:42:49,827 doing at the time.