1 00:00:05,655 --> 00:00:08,344 NARRATOR: Tonight, on the season finale of "Ice Road Truckers"-- 2 00:00:08,482 --> 00:00:10,724 Last trap, hey, hey! 3 00:00:10,862 --> 00:00:12,965 NARRATOR: --time's running out, as both teams 4 00:00:13,103 --> 00:00:15,068 race to the finish line. 5 00:00:15,206 --> 00:00:16,724 There's a lot of water. 6 00:00:16,862 --> 00:00:18,517 These roads are melting fast. 7 00:00:18,655 --> 00:00:21,034 A little rough. 8 00:00:21,172 --> 00:00:23,758 NARRATOR: But in the battle for the winter roads-- 9 00:00:23,896 --> 00:00:25,344 She could totally break it. 10 00:00:25,482 --> 00:00:26,758 Team Polar! 11 00:00:26,896 --> 00:00:28,344 NARRATOR: --not everyone-- 12 00:00:28,482 --> 00:00:30,103 Look, he's going to back into the ditch. 13 00:00:30,241 --> 00:00:31,620 NARRATOR: --will make it to the end. 14 00:00:39,931 --> 00:00:43,758 [theme music] 15 00:01:11,689 --> 00:01:17,689 On the winter roads of Manitoba, two rivals 16 00:01:17,827 --> 00:01:19,827 have fought all season. 17 00:01:19,965 --> 00:01:22,413 I started VP Express to put Mark out of business. 18 00:01:22,551 --> 00:01:24,137 If it's the last thing we do this winter, 19 00:01:24,275 --> 00:01:26,379 we're going to put him under. 20 00:01:26,517 --> 00:01:27,862 I'm not taking this lightly. 21 00:01:28,000 --> 00:01:30,275 I'm going to make sure that this is their first and last season. 22 00:01:34,620 --> 00:01:39,103 NARRATOR: As spring arrives and roads are shutting down, 23 00:01:39,241 --> 00:01:41,310 the load count is too close to call. 24 00:01:44,620 --> 00:01:48,068 So it all comes down to the last few hauls. 25 00:01:48,206 --> 00:01:49,758 They're going to shut the roads on us. 26 00:01:49,896 --> 00:01:51,827 You know, we're not even just going day by day. 27 00:01:51,965 --> 00:01:52,896 We're going hour by hour. 28 00:01:55,448 --> 00:01:56,827 It was a good, good season. 29 00:01:56,965 --> 00:01:59,068 But it's going to be a [bleep] end, 'cause she's warming up 30 00:01:59,206 --> 00:01:59,896 real quick. 31 00:02:04,586 --> 00:02:07,655 NARRATOR: 400 miles north of Winnipeg-- 32 00:02:07,793 --> 00:02:10,482 You know, this is the last big hard push to Wasagamack. 33 00:02:10,620 --> 00:02:13,275 This is the last run. 34 00:02:13,413 --> 00:02:16,310 NARRATOR: --VP Express drivers Todd Dewey and Boss Hugh 35 00:02:16,448 --> 00:02:19,310 Rowland are in the final stretch of closing out 36 00:02:19,448 --> 00:02:21,379 a half million dollar contract. 37 00:02:21,517 --> 00:02:23,310 She's starting to get pretty slick out here. 38 00:02:27,689 --> 00:02:30,206 NARRATOR: But the melting roads aren't making it easy. 39 00:02:30,344 --> 00:02:32,206 MAN [ON RADIO]: It's a rough son of a bitch. 40 00:02:32,344 --> 00:02:34,517 The temperatures are definitely climbing fast. 41 00:02:34,655 --> 00:02:36,655 The warmer the temperatures get, the more the ice 42 00:02:36,793 --> 00:02:39,931 starts melting, the slicker, the more treacherous the road gets. 43 00:02:40,068 --> 00:02:40,758 A little rough. 44 00:02:45,689 --> 00:02:46,379 We're here. 45 00:02:46,517 --> 00:02:49,000 We finally made it. 46 00:02:49,137 --> 00:02:51,172 That was a good trip right there. 47 00:02:51,310 --> 00:02:53,965 NARRATOR: These two deliveries put VP in the lead. 48 00:02:56,896 --> 00:03:00,137 We're going to get unchained and get everything ready to go. 49 00:03:00,275 --> 00:03:03,413 We made it here, and, you know, that was a big relief. 50 00:03:03,551 --> 00:03:05,482 I'm glad that this is the last big push up here. 51 00:03:08,137 --> 00:03:11,000 NARRATOR: Todd offloads the trucks. 52 00:03:11,137 --> 00:03:12,413 Hey. 53 00:03:12,551 --> 00:03:14,517 NARRATOR: But the boss isn't ready to call it quits. 54 00:03:17,206 --> 00:03:18,103 OK. 55 00:03:18,241 --> 00:03:19,172 OK, I'll talk to you soon. 56 00:03:19,310 --> 00:03:19,965 Yeah. 57 00:03:20,103 --> 00:03:21,655 Bye. 58 00:03:21,793 --> 00:03:24,689 We got a hold of MIT this morning. 59 00:03:24,827 --> 00:03:27,931 And they're opening the road for God's Lake. 60 00:03:28,068 --> 00:03:30,793 So the push is on there. 61 00:03:30,931 --> 00:03:33,310 NARRATOR: As most roads are closing, 62 00:03:33,448 --> 00:03:35,448 the trail to the village of God's Lake 63 00:03:35,586 --> 00:03:39,413 is open after late-season maintenance. 64 00:03:39,551 --> 00:03:42,137 But drivers have been given just 48 hours 65 00:03:42,275 --> 00:03:44,551 to get supplies to the remote village. 66 00:03:44,689 --> 00:03:46,344 [honk] 67 00:03:47,793 --> 00:03:51,310 It's the season's final dash for the cash. 68 00:03:51,448 --> 00:03:53,172 God's Lake, where are we at? 69 00:03:53,310 --> 00:03:55,206 We're just finalizing the last couple of loads. 70 00:03:55,344 --> 00:03:57,344 NARRATOR: At Polar, owner Mark Kohaykewch 71 00:03:57,482 --> 00:04:00,103 is securing all the loads he can get. 72 00:04:00,241 --> 00:04:01,758 Sounds good. 73 00:04:01,896 --> 00:04:03,482 We're in crunch time here, so we've got to get everything out 74 00:04:03,620 --> 00:04:04,724 before those roads closed. 75 00:04:04,862 --> 00:04:06,379 - That's what we're pushing for. - All righty. 76 00:04:06,517 --> 00:04:08,275 Thanks. 77 00:04:08,413 --> 00:04:10,620 NARRATOR: The boss wants the business, 78 00:04:10,758 --> 00:04:14,068 but it's not without risk. 79 00:04:14,206 --> 00:04:16,586 God's Lake just opened up, and the season's ending. 80 00:04:16,724 --> 00:04:18,034 I mean, this is crazy. 81 00:04:18,172 --> 00:04:19,275 This is chaos. 82 00:04:19,413 --> 00:04:20,586 I'm just hoping and praying that everybody 83 00:04:20,724 --> 00:04:22,482 gets in and out of there safely with no wrecks 84 00:04:22,620 --> 00:04:26,137 or breakthroughs. 85 00:04:26,275 --> 00:04:28,310 NARRATOR: First out of the gate for Polar-- 86 00:04:28,448 --> 00:04:29,103 I'm out of here. 87 00:04:29,241 --> 00:04:31,172 God's Lake, here we come. 88 00:04:31,310 --> 00:04:33,724 NARRATOR: --Art Burke's tackling the swampy trail 89 00:04:33,862 --> 00:04:37,827 with a van load of appliances. 90 00:04:37,965 --> 00:04:39,275 I'm taking this up to God's Lake, 91 00:04:39,413 --> 00:04:42,965 and then we're homeward bound, buddy, for Yellowknife. 92 00:04:43,103 --> 00:04:46,758 The roads are kind of awful, but we can handle her. 93 00:04:46,896 --> 00:04:49,000 Last trip, hey! 94 00:04:49,137 --> 00:04:52,241 NARRATOR: Earlier in the season-- 95 00:04:52,379 --> 00:04:54,310 I don't feel there's any sense in me being here. 96 00:04:54,448 --> 00:04:56,379 We've come to a mutual agreement here, 97 00:04:56,517 --> 00:04:58,241 so we're going to let you go. 98 00:04:58,379 --> 00:05:01,862 NARRATOR: --Art was sent packing by VP bosses Hugh Rowland 99 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:03,448 and Vlad Pleskot. 100 00:05:03,586 --> 00:05:04,931 [bleep] you, VP. 101 00:05:05,068 --> 00:05:05,724 [bleep] you all! 102 00:05:05,862 --> 00:05:07,689 [chuckling] 103 00:05:11,689 --> 00:05:12,965 NARRATOR: But now-- 104 00:05:13,103 --> 00:05:14,344 I'm feeling great, man. 105 00:05:14,482 --> 00:05:15,482 It's the last run. 106 00:05:15,620 --> 00:05:17,965 We can handle the last one. 107 00:05:18,103 --> 00:05:22,413 NARRATOR: --he's helping Polar take on his former employer. 108 00:05:22,551 --> 00:05:24,655 I see there's the old crow's nest backing in there. 109 00:05:24,793 --> 00:05:27,689 I should swing around and tear the bell off it. 110 00:05:27,827 --> 00:05:29,896 Thank [bleep] I'm not in that. 111 00:05:30,034 --> 00:05:31,862 [honk] 112 00:05:33,413 --> 00:05:34,344 [chuckling] 113 00:05:34,482 --> 00:05:35,655 Oh, yeah. 114 00:05:35,793 --> 00:05:38,655 I miss that a case of the [bleep] [inaudible].. 115 00:05:38,793 --> 00:05:42,275 It's been a long season, broke down half the time. 116 00:05:42,413 --> 00:05:44,827 I'm just hoping this is going to work so I can kick ass and get 117 00:05:44,965 --> 00:05:46,965 this one over with really fast. 118 00:05:47,103 --> 00:05:48,379 If you make it, you're a hero. 119 00:05:48,517 --> 00:05:49,551 If you don't, you're a fool. 120 00:05:52,551 --> 00:05:55,758 NARRATOR: Just behind Art-- 121 00:05:55,896 --> 00:05:57,310 Great. 122 00:05:57,448 --> 00:06:00,103 NARRATOR: --40-year veteran Alex Debogorski joins the push 123 00:06:00,241 --> 00:06:01,931 to God's Lake. 124 00:06:02,068 --> 00:06:04,655 They could totally break it. 125 00:06:04,793 --> 00:06:06,724 You know, there's a big rush to get everything 126 00:06:06,862 --> 00:06:08,275 in before the roads close. 127 00:06:08,413 --> 00:06:11,241 This is going to probably be our last run if we can make it 128 00:06:11,379 --> 00:06:12,034 up there. 129 00:06:14,896 --> 00:06:16,827 The dash for the crash. 130 00:06:16,965 --> 00:06:19,275 [chuckling] 131 00:06:21,758 --> 00:06:22,620 NARRATOR: Across town-- 132 00:06:25,965 --> 00:06:27,758 Me and Darrell are trying to get out of here. 133 00:06:27,896 --> 00:06:30,379 NARRATOR: --teammates Lisa Kelly and Darrell Ward 134 00:06:30,517 --> 00:06:33,862 are also gearing up for the final run to God's Lake. 135 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:38,103 Let's get this show on the road. 136 00:06:38,241 --> 00:06:39,862 This is the last run, and we didn't even 137 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:41,310 know we were going to get this one. 138 00:06:41,448 --> 00:06:43,931 NARRATOR: The convoy is looking to put Polar on top, 139 00:06:44,068 --> 00:06:46,896 hauling 40,000 pounds of cement bags. 140 00:06:47,034 --> 00:06:49,379 We'll get this [bleep] done, and we'll get on the road. 141 00:06:49,517 --> 00:06:52,655 We'll get these concrete bags off of here. 142 00:06:52,793 --> 00:06:54,482 You got it, Darrell? 143 00:06:54,620 --> 00:06:55,413 I'm ready. 144 00:06:55,551 --> 00:06:56,655 I'm looking good. 145 00:06:56,793 --> 00:06:58,655 Let's get on the road while it's still frozen. 146 00:06:58,793 --> 00:07:00,655 All right, time's a wastin'. 147 00:07:00,793 --> 00:07:01,655 Team Polar! 148 00:07:08,482 --> 00:07:10,275 NARRATOR: As Darrell and Lisa hammer down-- 149 00:07:13,172 --> 00:07:14,379 God's Lake? 150 00:07:14,517 --> 00:07:15,620 Yeah, two? 151 00:07:15,758 --> 00:07:18,620 NARRATOR: --VP Express isn't far behind. 152 00:07:18,758 --> 00:07:19,758 All right. 153 00:07:19,896 --> 00:07:20,689 Thank you very much for the business. 154 00:07:20,827 --> 00:07:21,482 Appreciate it. 155 00:07:21,620 --> 00:07:22,310 Bye. 156 00:07:28,206 --> 00:07:29,000 Sweet! 157 00:07:29,137 --> 00:07:30,655 [chuckling] 158 00:07:31,758 --> 00:07:35,068 NARRATOR: Vlad delivers the news. 159 00:07:35,206 --> 00:07:36,551 Perfect. 160 00:07:36,689 --> 00:07:39,275 I'll tell the boss man, and we're ready to hit the road. 161 00:07:39,413 --> 00:07:42,896 NARRATOR: And with two cement trucks to haul, 162 00:07:43,034 --> 00:07:46,689 the load count is anybody's game. 163 00:07:46,827 --> 00:07:49,172 Well, this is kind of the last hurrah, going to God's Lake 164 00:07:49,310 --> 00:07:50,448 here. 165 00:07:50,586 --> 00:07:52,379 So it's going to be a longer haul, this one. 166 00:07:52,517 --> 00:07:55,896 But like I said, the push is on, so we're doing her. 167 00:07:56,034 --> 00:07:56,758 It's not over yet. 168 00:07:56,896 --> 00:07:57,793 It ain't over yet. 169 00:08:01,034 --> 00:08:02,620 We've got these son of a bitches loaded. 170 00:08:02,758 --> 00:08:04,413 It's been one hell of a frickin' afternoon. 171 00:08:04,551 --> 00:08:06,448 It's been a long frickin' day. 172 00:08:06,586 --> 00:08:09,551 We've got a long way to go tonight. 173 00:08:09,689 --> 00:08:10,965 It's going to be one of those days 174 00:08:11,103 --> 00:08:12,896 where a guy is gonna just have to push himself 175 00:08:13,034 --> 00:08:14,586 right to the limits. 176 00:08:14,724 --> 00:08:17,413 NARRATOR: With their trucks loaded up, the race is on. 177 00:08:23,172 --> 00:08:26,137 I'm just thinking that we should actually go tonight 178 00:08:26,275 --> 00:08:28,965 because the roads are probably going to be better. 179 00:08:29,103 --> 00:08:30,620 If we wait and go in the morning, 180 00:08:30,758 --> 00:08:32,448 the roads are probably going to be [bleep].. 181 00:08:36,517 --> 00:08:38,310 It might be still [bleep] tonight, too. 182 00:08:38,448 --> 00:08:39,103 Who [bleep] knows? 183 00:08:41,965 --> 00:08:45,655 This road here is like Supercross for 18 wheelers. 184 00:08:45,793 --> 00:08:47,379 Nothing but frickin' air the whole trip. 185 00:08:50,241 --> 00:08:53,310 Because if you ain't catching air, you ain't making it. 186 00:08:53,448 --> 00:08:56,344 If you ain't going fast enough to make it up the frickin' 187 00:08:56,482 --> 00:08:59,827 solid ice frickin' hills or the great, big, huge bumps that 188 00:08:59,965 --> 00:09:02,655 are right before the hills, it's just nasty. 189 00:09:02,793 --> 00:09:04,551 This is a horrible frickin' road. 190 00:09:09,758 --> 00:09:10,413 Come on. 191 00:09:10,551 --> 00:09:11,241 [bleep] 192 00:09:21,896 --> 00:09:23,275 Ah, mother [bleep]. 193 00:09:27,344 --> 00:09:29,379 Hold her up, Doug. 194 00:09:29,517 --> 00:09:32,758 You just got [bleep] stuck. 195 00:09:32,896 --> 00:09:37,724 NARRATOR: Hugh backs up for another run at the hill. 196 00:09:37,862 --> 00:09:39,724 Look it, he's horrible about backing up, dude. 197 00:09:47,206 --> 00:09:49,931 Hugh cannot back-- look, he's going to back into the ditch. 198 00:09:50,068 --> 00:09:52,206 Getting pretty close there to your driver's side 199 00:09:52,344 --> 00:09:53,344 in the ditch, laying there. 200 00:09:55,448 --> 00:09:56,931 He knows there's a big hill coming up. 201 00:09:57,068 --> 00:09:58,586 Juice on the mother [bleep]. Get going. 202 00:10:02,758 --> 00:10:03,965 I understand it's going to bounce 203 00:10:04,103 --> 00:10:05,241 the truck around a little bit. 204 00:10:05,379 --> 00:10:06,827 But you know what? 205 00:10:06,965 --> 00:10:09,689 Put some wood down to the floor and get up the frickin' hill. 206 00:10:09,827 --> 00:10:11,793 Yeah, it was dirty, so I thought I could go slow, 207 00:10:11,931 --> 00:10:13,275 but I can't. 208 00:10:13,413 --> 00:10:15,344 Yeah, you're going to have to give her a little juice. 209 00:10:24,931 --> 00:10:26,275 Come on, you [bleep]. 210 00:10:34,413 --> 00:10:35,275 Mother [bleep]. 211 00:10:42,931 --> 00:10:44,586 NARRATOR: The boss makes it to the top. 212 00:10:47,517 --> 00:10:49,896 But to keep VP on target-- 213 00:10:50,034 --> 00:10:52,172 Get it done. 214 00:10:52,310 --> 00:10:54,000 NARRATOR: --the rookie's also gotta make it. 215 00:11:09,275 --> 00:11:09,965 Damn it! 216 00:11:15,551 --> 00:11:16,413 Hugh, I didn't make her. 217 00:11:16,551 --> 00:11:17,965 HUGH [ON RADIO]: Son of a bitch. 218 00:11:29,241 --> 00:11:30,965 NARRATOR: On the road to God's Lake-- 219 00:11:36,931 --> 00:11:39,241 Come on. 220 00:11:39,379 --> 00:11:43,586 NARRATOR: --Todd Dewey spun out. 221 00:11:43,724 --> 00:11:45,517 Hugh, I didn't make her. 222 00:11:45,655 --> 00:11:47,068 HUGH [ON RADIO]: Son of a bitch. 223 00:11:47,206 --> 00:11:48,551 She's a rough [bleep] [inaudible].. 224 00:11:48,689 --> 00:11:50,137 I had to give her [bleep], man. 225 00:11:53,758 --> 00:11:58,896 NARRATOR: Todd's forced to back down and give it another go. 226 00:11:59,034 --> 00:12:00,586 Solid ice. 227 00:12:00,724 --> 00:12:01,896 That hill is solid ice. 228 00:12:04,827 --> 00:12:09,793 NARRATOR: It's the final stretch of the load count race. 229 00:12:09,931 --> 00:12:12,862 And the VP rookie has to gun it, or he might not 230 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:13,931 make it off the road. 231 00:12:19,758 --> 00:12:21,551 But higher speeds mean less control. 232 00:12:25,655 --> 00:12:26,344 Hold on. 233 00:12:50,241 --> 00:12:52,241 I'm glad that stretch of the road is over. 234 00:12:52,379 --> 00:12:53,758 I don't know what else is coming up. 235 00:12:53,896 --> 00:12:56,000 I knew that road was going to be frickin' treacherous. 236 00:12:56,137 --> 00:12:57,551 I knew it from the frickin' beginning. 237 00:12:57,689 --> 00:12:58,862 Ain't no doubt. 238 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:00,137 When you're an ice road trucker, man, there 239 00:13:00,275 --> 00:13:02,793 ain't no rest for the frickin' wicked. 240 00:13:02,931 --> 00:13:08,862 NARRATOR: While VP Express plows ahead, so does the competition. 241 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,172 [honk] 242 00:13:12,758 --> 00:13:14,482 We're headed for God's Lake. 243 00:13:14,620 --> 00:13:15,448 [inaudible] 244 00:13:18,206 --> 00:13:20,275 NARRATOR: Darrell Ward and Lisa Kelly 245 00:13:20,413 --> 00:13:23,137 are looking to score two final loads for Polar. 246 00:13:28,413 --> 00:13:30,758 These roads are melting fast, and there's a lot of water. 247 00:13:34,724 --> 00:13:37,241 Lisa's back there right behind me, keeping up well. 248 00:13:40,068 --> 00:13:41,482 You see that open water back there? 249 00:13:46,379 --> 00:13:47,724 Looks like it's melting. 250 00:13:50,827 --> 00:13:54,137 Well, the roads had a little bit of water on it, 251 00:13:54,275 --> 00:13:58,206 and the shoulders are really soft. 252 00:13:58,344 --> 00:14:00,655 Yeah, we gotta get the last of the supplies to the villages 253 00:14:00,793 --> 00:14:04,000 before they're cut off for a whole year, till next winter. 254 00:14:04,137 --> 00:14:06,724 We're going to get offloaded and get turned around 255 00:14:06,862 --> 00:14:10,689 and come back before we can't get back, because I don't want 256 00:14:10,827 --> 00:14:13,000 to get left behind and trapped on the other side. 257 00:14:17,724 --> 00:14:20,000 It's even bumpier trying to keep up with Darrell. 258 00:14:20,137 --> 00:14:21,448 Trying to play catch-up now. 259 00:14:36,620 --> 00:14:37,310 Oh. 260 00:14:40,413 --> 00:14:41,275 Damn you. 261 00:14:50,793 --> 00:14:52,655 [chuckling] 262 00:14:52,793 --> 00:14:55,655 That was so close. 263 00:14:55,793 --> 00:14:56,965 You slider around corners. 264 00:14:57,103 --> 00:14:58,655 It's really slippery out. 265 00:14:58,793 --> 00:15:01,827 I have chains on, and I'm sliding like crazy. 266 00:15:01,965 --> 00:15:02,827 Stupid sun. 267 00:15:06,724 --> 00:15:09,931 Hey, Darrell, I just got sideways on that corner 268 00:15:10,068 --> 00:15:10,758 back there. 269 00:15:17,724 --> 00:15:18,586 [chuckling] 270 00:15:21,310 --> 00:15:22,931 DARRELL: Just give it all it's got. 271 00:15:26,034 --> 00:15:29,655 NARRATOR: While Darrell and Lisa gun for God's Lake-- 272 00:15:29,793 --> 00:15:30,655 OK. 273 00:15:30,793 --> 00:15:32,241 What do we got here, buddy? 274 00:15:32,379 --> 00:15:33,034 God's Lake. 275 00:15:36,724 --> 00:15:40,000 NARRATOR: --Art Burke is already miles up the road. 276 00:15:42,724 --> 00:15:44,586 They're counting on me. 277 00:15:44,724 --> 00:15:45,965 This is the only time I've really 278 00:15:46,103 --> 00:15:50,551 had the ball without some kind of a [bleep] up. 279 00:15:50,689 --> 00:15:53,241 It looks bad up there, man. 280 00:15:53,379 --> 00:15:54,655 It just opened too, didn't it? 281 00:15:57,413 --> 00:15:58,068 Ooh. 282 00:16:04,551 --> 00:16:07,551 A lot of them trucks behind us, the road might be [bleep] over. 283 00:16:07,689 --> 00:16:10,448 I'd like to get the jump on them, eh? 284 00:16:10,586 --> 00:16:11,275 Uh-oh. 285 00:16:15,793 --> 00:16:16,482 Ah, [bleep] it. 286 00:16:16,620 --> 00:16:17,275 Let's go this way. 287 00:16:25,586 --> 00:16:26,275 We made her, buddy. 288 00:16:29,068 --> 00:16:32,241 There's God's Lake right there, huh? 289 00:16:32,379 --> 00:16:33,931 NARRATOR: After struggling all season, 290 00:16:34,068 --> 00:16:37,586 the VP cast-off is the first to score for Polar. 291 00:16:39,827 --> 00:16:42,310 And then I can kick ass out of here and boot her for home, eh? 292 00:16:47,551 --> 00:16:49,000 Where the [bleep] did they go? 293 00:16:51,862 --> 00:16:52,965 How you doing, Mark, boy? 294 00:16:53,103 --> 00:16:53,931 This is Art. 295 00:16:54,068 --> 00:16:55,689 Well, we're in God's Lake. 296 00:16:55,827 --> 00:16:57,000 It's the last one we hear, boy. 297 00:16:57,137 --> 00:16:59,586 We're kicking ass on her. 298 00:16:59,724 --> 00:17:00,517 OK. 299 00:17:00,655 --> 00:17:02,827 How do I get this backload? 300 00:17:02,965 --> 00:17:03,620 OK, thank you. 301 00:17:03,758 --> 00:17:04,586 Bye-bye, Mark. 302 00:17:04,724 --> 00:17:06,034 Bye-bye. 303 00:17:06,172 --> 00:17:08,517 NARRATOR: He's rewarded with the only backhaul bound 304 00:17:08,655 --> 00:17:11,206 for Winnipeg. 305 00:17:11,344 --> 00:17:13,758 I'll just boot her right over there and pick that up, eh-- 306 00:17:13,896 --> 00:17:15,827 is the plan, then get the hell out of here. 307 00:17:18,862 --> 00:17:22,827 NARRATOR: But this load could be hazardous to his health. 308 00:17:22,965 --> 00:17:23,758 OK. 309 00:17:23,896 --> 00:17:25,000 Can you come back further? 310 00:17:25,137 --> 00:17:28,379 Can we lift it right off the truck maybe? 311 00:17:28,517 --> 00:17:32,862 NARRATOR: 20 canisters of flammable propane gas. 312 00:17:33,000 --> 00:17:37,448 Well, I got my backload, last load. 313 00:17:37,586 --> 00:17:38,275 That's it. 314 00:17:38,413 --> 00:17:39,068 OK, cool. 315 00:17:46,103 --> 00:17:46,793 OK. 316 00:17:49,344 --> 00:17:51,068 I don't want them bouncing all around there. 317 00:17:51,206 --> 00:17:53,137 The next thing you know, they'll blow the arse out 318 00:17:53,275 --> 00:17:54,655 of the [bleep] trailer or something. 319 00:17:54,793 --> 00:17:56,655 I don't know if it all goes in a great big flare 320 00:17:56,793 --> 00:17:59,965 or a great big boom or how it works. 321 00:18:00,103 --> 00:18:04,310 NARRATOR: Art's in for a rough ride on the melting road. 322 00:18:04,448 --> 00:18:07,448 If the canisters come loose, one spark 323 00:18:07,586 --> 00:18:10,482 could turn this into the last run he ever makes. 324 00:18:15,758 --> 00:18:16,793 Away we go. 325 00:18:16,931 --> 00:18:18,448 Now we'll kick ass for Winnipeg, man. 326 00:18:18,586 --> 00:18:21,000 But now they'll shift around a bit, eh? 327 00:18:21,137 --> 00:18:23,137 I don't want them to move at all. 328 00:18:23,275 --> 00:18:25,206 NARRATOR: As Art heads out-- 329 00:18:25,344 --> 00:18:27,655 [honk] 330 00:18:31,620 --> 00:18:36,758 --teammate Alex Debogorski arrives in God's Lake. 331 00:18:36,896 --> 00:18:41,172 Everybody's in a rush, like a bunch of rats jumping off 332 00:18:41,310 --> 00:18:42,931 a ship. 333 00:18:43,068 --> 00:18:45,103 It's going to get really exciting here in a minute. 334 00:18:50,344 --> 00:18:52,034 Here we go. 335 00:18:52,172 --> 00:18:53,448 Another successful maneuver. 336 00:18:56,551 --> 00:18:59,172 NARRATOR: The old pro ties the load count with his haul 337 00:18:59,310 --> 00:19:00,344 of construction supplies. 338 00:19:04,206 --> 00:19:05,586 Well, thank you again. 339 00:19:05,724 --> 00:19:06,793 God bless you, buddy. 340 00:19:06,931 --> 00:19:07,620 Take care. 341 00:19:11,068 --> 00:19:13,517 NARRATOR: The veteran completes the final haul 342 00:19:13,655 --> 00:19:15,931 of his 40th season. 343 00:19:16,068 --> 00:19:19,068 I'm happy to deliver the load. 344 00:19:19,206 --> 00:19:22,241 We'll bounce our way back. 345 00:19:22,379 --> 00:19:23,965 NARRATOR: But now he's got to make it back 346 00:19:24,103 --> 00:19:25,103 before it's too late. 347 00:19:27,896 --> 00:19:29,896 It's just in the nick of time that we're leaving, 348 00:19:30,034 --> 00:19:33,896 I'll tell you that right now, because next thing leaves will 349 00:19:34,034 --> 00:19:43,793 start coming out, and here we'll be, sinking into the musky, 350 00:19:43,931 --> 00:19:46,724 disappear into oblivion. 351 00:19:46,862 --> 00:19:47,862 Spring is coming. 352 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:49,517 I mean, there's no if, buts, or maybe. 353 00:19:49,655 --> 00:19:52,137 And the next step is the road's gonna disappear. 354 00:19:52,275 --> 00:19:55,275 And I think it's fortunate that I'm getting off 355 00:19:55,413 --> 00:19:57,137 the road before it disappears. 356 00:20:22,448 --> 00:20:24,793 NARRATOR: On the road to Winnipeg-- 357 00:20:24,931 --> 00:20:27,275 It's just in the nick of time that we're leaving, 358 00:20:27,413 --> 00:20:30,068 I'll tell you that right now, because the road's gonna 359 00:20:30,206 --> 00:20:31,448 disappear. 360 00:20:31,586 --> 00:20:33,655 NARRATOR: --Alex Debogorski is on a collision course. 361 00:21:16,103 --> 00:21:18,068 There's not too much we can do with this one. 362 00:21:25,344 --> 00:21:27,586 NARRATOR: Fortunately for Alex, he's not 363 00:21:27,724 --> 00:21:29,137 the only driver on the road. 364 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:32,793 I'd appreciate it. 365 00:21:32,931 --> 00:21:34,137 MAN: Not a problem. 366 00:21:38,965 --> 00:21:40,344 OK. 367 00:21:40,482 --> 00:21:43,103 Well, I'll see if I can pull the pin on and drop the legs down. 368 00:21:46,551 --> 00:21:48,068 We're going to try to pull the truck out 369 00:21:48,206 --> 00:21:51,241 from under the trailer. 370 00:21:51,379 --> 00:21:53,862 I don't know if this is going to work. 371 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:55,172 I guess it doesn't matter. 372 00:21:55,310 --> 00:21:57,034 We've got that much damage done on the truck. 373 00:22:00,655 --> 00:22:02,758 I mean, that's about as good as that's going to get. 374 00:22:10,551 --> 00:22:11,206 OK, watch out. 375 00:22:11,344 --> 00:22:12,000 This might break. 376 00:22:17,413 --> 00:22:18,517 Life in the fast lane. 377 00:22:18,655 --> 00:22:19,586 What you do for love, eh? 378 00:22:19,724 --> 00:22:20,413 Love or war. 379 00:22:25,206 --> 00:22:26,206 MAN [ON RADIO]: Are you in? 380 00:22:26,344 --> 00:22:27,000 Yeah. 381 00:22:30,862 --> 00:22:32,310 Just go ahead and give her a good jerk. 382 00:22:49,206 --> 00:22:50,137 Well, that's a good start. 383 00:22:53,724 --> 00:22:55,206 The truck's out. 384 00:22:55,344 --> 00:22:57,034 Now we gotta get the trailer on the road. 385 00:23:06,172 --> 00:23:06,896 OK. 386 00:23:07,034 --> 00:23:08,241 Watch out for flying chain. 387 00:23:19,379 --> 00:23:20,172 I really appreciate it. 388 00:23:20,310 --> 00:23:21,172 Thank you very much. 389 00:23:21,310 --> 00:23:22,000 All the best. 390 00:23:34,586 --> 00:23:36,103 Let's put her back together again. 391 00:23:42,655 --> 00:23:44,517 NARRATOR: The truck's out of the ditch. 392 00:23:44,655 --> 00:23:47,413 It's damaged but drivable. 393 00:23:47,551 --> 00:23:50,413 And until the rig's checked out, there's no telling 394 00:23:50,551 --> 00:23:53,413 how much it will cost Polar. 395 00:23:53,551 --> 00:23:54,620 The show must go on. 396 00:23:58,103 --> 00:23:59,655 All the pieces are back together again, 397 00:23:59,793 --> 00:24:02,103 they're all pointed in a straight line, 398 00:24:02,241 --> 00:24:05,862 going the way we're supposed to be going instead of having 399 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:07,551 a conflict in the trailer wanting 400 00:24:07,689 --> 00:24:10,482 to go one way and the truck going to go the opposite way. 401 00:24:10,620 --> 00:24:12,620 If the truck and the trailer had an argument there, 402 00:24:12,758 --> 00:24:14,482 and they wanted to go in opposite directions, 403 00:24:14,620 --> 00:24:17,482 and I didn't help the situation by sticking my nose in. 404 00:24:20,241 --> 00:24:24,827 Needless to say, we got a whole bunch of thousands of dollars 405 00:24:24,965 --> 00:24:26,793 worth of pieces missing now. 406 00:24:26,931 --> 00:24:29,000 NARRATOR: After 40 years on the ice roads, 407 00:24:29,137 --> 00:24:32,724 fate has finally caught up with Alex. 408 00:24:32,862 --> 00:24:34,241 Oh, well. 409 00:24:34,379 --> 00:24:36,344 I don't have to worry about working in the trucking 410 00:24:36,482 --> 00:24:39,310 business any more, I guess. 411 00:24:39,448 --> 00:24:43,103 NARRATOR: As Alex limps the damaged rig back to Winnipeg-- 412 00:24:46,689 --> 00:24:49,275 God's Lake is where I'm going. 413 00:24:49,413 --> 00:24:53,551 That's where Lisa's going too, because she's following me. 414 00:24:53,689 --> 00:24:58,965 NARRATOR: --Darrell and Lisa close in on God's Lake. 415 00:24:59,103 --> 00:25:02,137 Lisa got here right behind me, too. 416 00:25:02,275 --> 00:25:03,896 She hung right in there. 417 00:25:04,034 --> 00:25:07,620 I'll run with Lisa Kelly any day. 418 00:25:07,758 --> 00:25:09,551 Looks like we made it, Lisa. 419 00:25:12,862 --> 00:25:14,206 Right over here on the left, there's 420 00:25:14,344 --> 00:25:17,965 a bunch of cement bags like what we have. 421 00:25:18,103 --> 00:25:19,000 So this must be it. 422 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:32,137 NARRATOR: Unloading the cement bags puts Polar back on top. 423 00:25:32,275 --> 00:25:34,206 I'm sure this is our last load for the season, 424 00:25:34,344 --> 00:25:36,965 and we conquered it all. 425 00:25:37,103 --> 00:25:37,793 Cool. 426 00:25:37,931 --> 00:25:38,586 All right. 427 00:25:38,724 --> 00:25:40,137 All right. 428 00:25:40,275 --> 00:25:42,241 NARRATOR: Now they've got to race back to Winnipeg 429 00:25:42,379 --> 00:25:44,586 before the roads shut down for the season. 430 00:25:49,068 --> 00:25:52,241 It ended well, but then again, I'm not back yet either. 431 00:25:57,034 --> 00:25:58,172 NARRATOR: Back down the road-- 432 00:26:03,448 --> 00:26:06,620 Yeah, that last 50 clicks is a brutal son of a [bleep].. 433 00:26:06,758 --> 00:26:07,862 Yeah. 434 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:09,586 Yeah, that's definitely by far the nastiest road 435 00:26:09,724 --> 00:26:11,827 I've been on yet. 436 00:26:11,965 --> 00:26:15,413 NARRATOR: --VP Express boss Hugh Rowland and driver Todd Dewey 437 00:26:15,551 --> 00:26:17,172 are trying to catch up to Polar. 438 00:26:20,551 --> 00:26:22,068 So, did you want to stop here? 439 00:26:22,206 --> 00:26:25,482 Or you just want to head out on the ice? 440 00:26:25,620 --> 00:26:27,172 TODD [ON RADIO]: I'm fine. 441 00:26:27,310 --> 00:26:28,000 OK. 442 00:26:31,724 --> 00:26:33,137 NARRATOR: To get the loads delivered, 443 00:26:33,275 --> 00:26:38,551 they'll have to cross Island Lake with 35-ton cement trucks. 444 00:26:56,068 --> 00:26:58,413 TODD [ON RADIO]: Let me know when I can roll on there 445 00:26:58,551 --> 00:26:59,344 and be with you. 446 00:26:59,482 --> 00:27:00,241 10-4. 447 00:27:15,137 --> 00:27:16,379 Any time there now. 448 00:27:16,517 --> 00:27:17,517 TODD [ON RADIO]: Copy that. 449 00:27:35,517 --> 00:27:38,379 That's a big lake, dude. 450 00:27:38,517 --> 00:27:39,344 So I'm pretty tired. 451 00:27:39,482 --> 00:27:41,000 But this is a huge ice run. 452 00:27:41,137 --> 00:27:43,172 I mean, this is frickin'-- this is definitely by far 453 00:27:43,310 --> 00:27:46,551 the biggest ice run I've ever been on. 454 00:27:46,689 --> 00:27:48,448 This is a frickin' huge lake. 455 00:27:56,034 --> 00:27:58,103 I think this is one of the biggest ice crossings I've 456 00:27:58,241 --> 00:27:58,965 been on this season. 457 00:28:02,896 --> 00:28:03,896 What a frickin' day, man. 458 00:28:04,034 --> 00:28:05,310 What a day. 459 00:28:05,448 --> 00:28:07,103 You know, I never dreamed in a million years 460 00:28:07,241 --> 00:28:09,758 that, in the middle of the frickin' night, 461 00:28:09,896 --> 00:28:14,034 in an 18 wheeler with an oversized load, 462 00:28:14,172 --> 00:28:17,310 would I be on the frickin' frozen ice above water 463 00:28:17,448 --> 00:28:20,068 on a huge frickin' lake driving. 464 00:28:23,034 --> 00:28:25,068 This time of night, this lake with an oversized load, 465 00:28:25,206 --> 00:28:26,931 you're going to the bottom so frickin' quick 466 00:28:27,068 --> 00:28:28,655 you wouldn't have time to do nothing. 467 00:28:28,793 --> 00:28:30,448 You would freeze frickin' solid by the time 468 00:28:30,586 --> 00:28:31,965 you hit that frickin' water. 469 00:28:32,103 --> 00:28:34,448 You'd be dead. 470 00:28:34,586 --> 00:28:37,931 Oh, there's a monster crack in the frickin' ice. 471 00:28:46,413 --> 00:28:47,689 Wow. 472 00:28:47,827 --> 00:28:50,241 Did you feel the ice moving when I rolled over it? 473 00:29:03,344 --> 00:29:05,689 [honking] 474 00:29:13,172 --> 00:29:15,379 Mr. D, when you get to the end of that lake, 475 00:29:15,517 --> 00:29:17,482 you just drive right over that hill there 476 00:29:17,620 --> 00:29:19,655 and come straight across onto another one. 477 00:29:24,620 --> 00:29:25,758 Thank you, Hugh. 478 00:29:25,896 --> 00:29:27,275 I'm just getting ready to get off the ice here. 479 00:29:32,965 --> 00:29:37,000 NARRATOR: They make it across the ice. 480 00:29:37,137 --> 00:29:41,206 But they still gotta deliver to catch Polar in the load count. 481 00:29:41,344 --> 00:29:42,724 It's been a hard push, and we'll 482 00:29:42,862 --> 00:29:45,586 continue on through the night into God's Lake hopefully. 483 00:29:45,724 --> 00:29:47,034 I don't know how far we'll make it, 484 00:29:47,172 --> 00:29:48,793 but you have to push all the way through. 485 00:29:48,931 --> 00:29:49,827 You don't have a choice. 486 00:29:59,206 --> 00:30:02,310 NARRATOR: In God's Lake-- 487 00:30:02,448 --> 00:30:04,413 Once you hit it, don't stop. 488 00:30:04,551 --> 00:30:07,448 NARRATOR: --Todd Dewey and Hugh Rowland's all-night run 489 00:30:07,586 --> 00:30:08,275 pays off. 490 00:30:11,586 --> 00:30:12,793 [chuckling] 491 00:30:12,931 --> 00:30:13,965 That's how we do it, buddy. 492 00:30:17,034 --> 00:30:18,862 Yes, sir! 493 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:20,344 Woo! 494 00:30:20,482 --> 00:30:22,310 [chuckling] 495 00:30:23,965 --> 00:30:25,620 NARRATOR: The cement trucks are delivered. 496 00:30:25,758 --> 00:30:31,034 And now VP Express and Polar are locked in a load count tie. 497 00:30:31,172 --> 00:30:32,724 This has been one hell of a journey. 498 00:30:32,862 --> 00:30:34,931 We had to push through the night, get into God's Lake, 499 00:30:35,068 --> 00:30:37,862 we got unloaded, so we are done. 500 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:39,931 We are a wrecking machine. 501 00:30:40,068 --> 00:30:41,551 We're going to go, man. Let's [bleep]-- 502 00:30:41,689 --> 00:30:42,862 Let's hit the road. 503 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:45,827 Let's get the [bleep] out of dodge and head south. 504 00:30:45,965 --> 00:30:48,758 NARRATOR: VP turns and burns for Winnipeg. 505 00:30:48,896 --> 00:30:50,482 But 200 miles south-- 506 00:30:53,241 --> 00:30:56,482 [SINGING] We're rocking and we're rolling. 507 00:30:56,620 --> 00:30:59,172 NARRATOR: --Art Burke is trying to bring in the tie-breaking 508 00:30:59,310 --> 00:31:00,000 load-- 509 00:31:05,241 --> 00:31:07,241 if he can survive the trip. 510 00:31:07,379 --> 00:31:09,931 Away we go now, to kick ass for Winnipeg, man. 511 00:31:10,068 --> 00:31:11,482 I'm glad. 512 00:31:11,620 --> 00:31:13,655 We'll be out of here before the [bleep] road closes up here. 513 00:31:13,793 --> 00:31:17,310 NARRATOR: Roads are closing, and the clock is ticking. 514 00:31:17,448 --> 00:31:20,068 But with a trailer of explosive gases, 515 00:31:20,206 --> 00:31:23,482 Art can't afford to put the pedal to the metal. 516 00:31:23,620 --> 00:31:24,827 The sun is beating on the road, 517 00:31:24,965 --> 00:31:26,379 and there's one spot down here. 518 00:31:26,517 --> 00:31:28,620 There's a spring coming up through it or something. 519 00:31:28,758 --> 00:31:30,586 The water is, like, a foot deep. 520 00:31:30,724 --> 00:31:34,379 And then once the springs break through, she's over, buddy. 521 00:31:34,517 --> 00:31:36,344 We were lucky to get in there when we did, see? 522 00:31:36,482 --> 00:31:38,655 I knew, I knew, we had to kick [bleep] ass, man. 523 00:31:43,655 --> 00:31:45,931 Well, she's throwing some sliding today, eh? 524 00:31:49,379 --> 00:31:50,206 Whoa, baby. 525 00:31:58,068 --> 00:31:59,655 All you need is to [bleep] bang one around 526 00:31:59,793 --> 00:32:01,551 and then bang them together and get a spark. 527 00:32:01,689 --> 00:32:02,931 You know she's gone. 528 00:32:03,068 --> 00:32:05,758 Great big boom, make a flat deck right out of her. 529 00:32:05,896 --> 00:32:11,827 NARRATOR: While Art tries to bring home the title for Polar, 530 00:32:11,965 --> 00:32:15,448 time's nearly up for the ice road truckers. 531 00:32:15,586 --> 00:32:18,482 We're just on our way to go and shut the roads down 532 00:32:18,620 --> 00:32:20,448 for the year. 533 00:32:20,586 --> 00:32:25,034 NARRATOR: MIT's Tim Smyrski's riding out to shut them down. 534 00:32:25,172 --> 00:32:26,517 Have to close them all. 535 00:32:26,655 --> 00:32:29,172 Mother Nature's pulling the plug on us. 536 00:32:29,310 --> 00:32:32,517 She tells us when it's over, and a lot of the times 537 00:32:32,655 --> 00:32:35,931 the water starts to build up on top of the ice, 538 00:32:36,068 --> 00:32:38,586 and that tells us it's time to shut them down 539 00:32:38,724 --> 00:32:42,172 because if we don't shut them down, boom, the trucks 540 00:32:42,310 --> 00:32:43,551 will go down below the ice. 541 00:32:43,689 --> 00:32:46,448 And we always try and keep them on top of the ice. 542 00:32:46,586 --> 00:32:50,896 NARRATOR: As routes are closed, it's a desperate race 543 00:32:51,034 --> 00:32:51,724 back to Winnipeg. 544 00:32:55,827 --> 00:32:58,413 When spring temperatures reach the back country, 545 00:32:58,551 --> 00:33:03,310 the frozen swamp the roads are built over starts to melt. 546 00:33:03,448 --> 00:33:05,275 Trucks that don't make it out in time 547 00:33:05,413 --> 00:33:07,379 will sink in thawed out bog. 548 00:33:11,655 --> 00:33:13,482 It's warm out here. 549 00:33:13,620 --> 00:33:16,551 I'm gonna get out of here before the [bleep] ice melts and turns 550 00:33:16,689 --> 00:33:18,103 to [bleep]. 551 00:33:18,241 --> 00:33:20,310 NARRATOR: Every driver is scrambling to make it off 552 00:33:20,448 --> 00:33:21,862 in time. 553 00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:24,655 We're going to get off this thing. 554 00:33:24,793 --> 00:33:25,758 Yeah, she's melting. 555 00:33:25,896 --> 00:33:27,241 The water is halfway across the road. 556 00:33:29,931 --> 00:33:33,068 That's why they don't want anybody on here right now. 557 00:33:33,206 --> 00:33:34,655 We need to get the hell out of dodge 558 00:33:34,793 --> 00:33:37,620 and get off that ice road. 559 00:33:37,758 --> 00:33:39,034 And it's time to go home. 560 00:33:39,172 --> 00:33:41,275 My final run is over. 561 00:33:41,413 --> 00:33:43,034 Take this thing to Polar and park it. 562 00:33:46,137 --> 00:33:46,827 Just in time. 563 00:33:50,241 --> 00:33:51,827 We just about go her licked. 564 00:33:51,965 --> 00:33:55,103 It ain't gonna be long. 565 00:33:55,241 --> 00:33:57,517 [honking] 566 00:34:00,103 --> 00:34:04,689 NARRATOR: Road by road, the season comes to a close. 567 00:34:04,827 --> 00:34:05,655 There we have it. 568 00:34:10,413 --> 00:34:11,517 Closed for another season. 569 00:34:19,137 --> 00:34:21,517 NARRATOR: At Polar headquarters, one driver 570 00:34:21,655 --> 00:34:24,241 has already made it back. 571 00:34:24,379 --> 00:34:26,931 Overall, how did you-- how do you enjoy Manitoba ice roads? 572 00:34:27,068 --> 00:34:28,551 I've never driven these roads before, 573 00:34:28,689 --> 00:34:29,931 so it's a challenge to me. 574 00:34:30,068 --> 00:34:31,310 MARK: Yeah. 575 00:34:31,448 --> 00:34:35,586 Darrell Ward's wrapping up with boss Mark Kohaykewch. 576 00:34:35,724 --> 00:34:39,241 You succeeded with every challenge we threw at you, so 577 00:34:39,379 --> 00:34:42,379 with saying that, you know, we'd love to have you back, Darrell. 578 00:34:42,517 --> 00:34:44,689 You know what, Mark, give me a call. 579 00:34:44,827 --> 00:34:46,793 I will come and take care of whatever problems 580 00:34:46,931 --> 00:34:48,620 that you guys have been having. 581 00:34:48,758 --> 00:34:49,793 Right on. 582 00:34:49,931 --> 00:34:51,241 So in saying that, Darrell, I'm going 583 00:34:51,379 --> 00:34:53,344 to give you your final check. 584 00:34:53,482 --> 00:34:54,896 - All right. - Thank you very much. 585 00:34:55,034 --> 00:34:56,275 And you know what? 586 00:34:56,413 --> 00:34:58,827 I rarely do this, Darrell, but you did a hell of a job 587 00:34:58,965 --> 00:35:00,551 this year. 588 00:35:00,689 --> 00:35:02,896 We threw some creative challenges at you. 589 00:35:03,034 --> 00:35:04,000 You pulled it off. 590 00:35:04,137 --> 00:35:06,862 So with everything you've done for us, 591 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:08,931 above and beyond the call of duty, 592 00:35:09,068 --> 00:35:10,413 here's a bonus check for you. 593 00:35:10,551 --> 00:35:11,241 Nice. 594 00:35:11,379 --> 00:35:12,551 Yeah. 595 00:35:12,689 --> 00:35:15,379 I've never had anybody do that for me, Mark. 596 00:35:15,517 --> 00:35:16,827 I'm going home to start a new life, 597 00:35:16,965 --> 00:35:18,000 and I appreciate the bonus. 598 00:35:18,137 --> 00:35:19,379 You got it. 599 00:35:19,517 --> 00:35:21,000 Come back next year, buddy, and kick us over the top. 600 00:35:21,137 --> 00:35:22,758 Pleasure. It's always been a pleasure. 601 00:35:22,896 --> 00:35:23,586 Team Polar. 602 00:35:26,689 --> 00:35:28,517 The year's over. 603 00:35:28,655 --> 00:35:30,896 I got an opportunity to come back here next year. 604 00:35:31,034 --> 00:35:34,310 These guys are real happy with my performance. 605 00:35:34,448 --> 00:35:37,689 When the winter roads freeze up and they give me a call, 606 00:35:37,827 --> 00:35:40,655 I will come back to Polar. 607 00:35:40,793 --> 00:35:44,965 NARRATOR: As Darrell heads out on a high note-- 608 00:35:45,103 --> 00:35:47,137 Aw, [bleep]. 609 00:35:47,275 --> 00:35:50,482 NARRATOR: --Alex Debogorski's season is also over. 610 00:35:50,620 --> 00:35:53,517 You know that headache rack was brand new. 611 00:35:53,655 --> 00:35:58,896 NARRATOR: But he's delivered a huge financial hit to the boss. 612 00:35:59,034 --> 00:36:02,344 This is going to be a write off. 613 00:36:02,482 --> 00:36:04,793 NARRATOR: On the slick road back to Winnipeg, 614 00:36:04,931 --> 00:36:08,000 Alex suffered one of the worst wrecks of his career. 615 00:36:08,137 --> 00:36:08,827 We're done. 616 00:36:12,206 --> 00:36:15,068 The back panel, side panel, ferry. 617 00:36:15,206 --> 00:36:17,931 The window, we lost three inches in the window. 618 00:36:18,068 --> 00:36:20,344 Yeah. 619 00:36:20,482 --> 00:36:21,344 Holy [bleep]. 620 00:36:26,827 --> 00:36:29,689 NARRATOR: The cost to repair the damage is more than the price 621 00:36:29,827 --> 00:36:33,344 of the truck, totaling the rig. 622 00:36:33,482 --> 00:36:34,241 MARK: Not good, Alex. 623 00:36:34,379 --> 00:36:35,034 Not good. 624 00:36:46,034 --> 00:36:47,689 I don't think that truck's going to make it. 625 00:36:47,827 --> 00:36:49,103 I think it's done. 626 00:36:49,241 --> 00:36:51,517 NARRATOR: At Polar headquarters in Winnipeg-- 627 00:36:51,655 --> 00:36:52,344 Well, I feel-- 628 00:36:52,482 --> 00:36:53,586 I feel bad about it. 629 00:36:53,724 --> 00:36:54,931 You know. 630 00:36:55,068 --> 00:36:57,620 NARRATOR: --it's judgment day for Alex Debogorski. 631 00:36:57,758 --> 00:36:59,172 We put a lot of pressure on the guys 632 00:36:59,310 --> 00:37:01,034 at the end of the season to get in and out. 633 00:37:01,172 --> 00:37:03,206 I do fault Alex a little bit, but you 634 00:37:03,344 --> 00:37:05,310 know what, I'll take a little bit of responsibility 635 00:37:05,448 --> 00:37:08,172 in the sense that we did put pressure on them to get in 636 00:37:08,310 --> 00:37:10,793 and out before those roads closed. 637 00:37:10,931 --> 00:37:14,896 My main concern is you didn't get hurt, for number one, 638 00:37:15,034 --> 00:37:18,068 and my customers got their freight. 639 00:37:18,206 --> 00:37:19,586 And that's what's important to me. 640 00:37:19,724 --> 00:37:22,103 You can't really take it back after you wreck it, though. 641 00:37:22,241 --> 00:37:24,448 Yeah. 642 00:37:24,586 --> 00:37:26,862 Well, you could buy it. 643 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:28,965 You can take it back to Yellowknife with you if you 644 00:37:29,103 --> 00:37:30,206 want. 645 00:37:30,344 --> 00:37:32,551 [chuckling] 646 00:37:35,310 --> 00:37:36,068 You know what, Alex? 647 00:37:36,206 --> 00:37:38,551 It was a good season overall. 648 00:37:38,689 --> 00:37:40,344 We'll start again next year. 649 00:37:40,482 --> 00:37:42,206 Right? 650 00:37:42,344 --> 00:37:44,482 OK. 651 00:37:44,620 --> 00:37:45,413 Thanks, Alex. 652 00:37:45,551 --> 00:37:46,862 Thank you. 653 00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:48,862 No matter how much experience you have, these winter 654 00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:51,482 roads in Manitoba, if you don't respect them, 655 00:37:51,620 --> 00:37:53,379 they'll take you out. 656 00:37:53,517 --> 00:37:57,137 NARRATOR: Polar may have lost a truck. 657 00:37:57,275 --> 00:37:58,931 Well, this is the last drive home. 658 00:37:59,068 --> 00:38:02,655 I can hardly wait to get my little butt back to Winnipeg. 659 00:38:02,793 --> 00:38:05,448 NARRATOR: But they've gained a load count victory 660 00:38:05,586 --> 00:38:07,000 thanks to Art Burke. 661 00:38:07,137 --> 00:38:08,689 [chuckling] 662 00:38:09,689 --> 00:38:12,000 What do you think? 663 00:38:12,137 --> 00:38:14,862 These are my new driving glasses, boy. 664 00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:16,862 They look pretty sharp, eh? 665 00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:18,827 I had them from day one. 666 00:38:18,965 --> 00:38:22,620 I was just never happy enough to put them on, boy. 667 00:38:22,758 --> 00:38:25,000 [chuckling] 668 00:38:28,482 --> 00:38:32,206 NARRATOR: The former VP Express employee delivers the load 669 00:38:32,344 --> 00:38:34,103 for Polar Industries. 670 00:38:37,172 --> 00:38:39,517 Yee-haw! 671 00:38:39,655 --> 00:38:43,551 Nice [inaudible],, and it's just one more feather in my hat. 672 00:38:43,689 --> 00:38:47,379 I think she's got enough right there, boy. 673 00:38:47,517 --> 00:38:51,482 Had the ball, kicked ass, last trip, everybody's happy. 674 00:38:51,620 --> 00:38:55,000 [SINGING] Happy days are here again. 675 00:38:55,137 --> 00:38:57,931 [chuckling] 676 00:39:02,793 --> 00:39:07,448 NARRATOR: Polar's celebration is underway, as they squeak out 677 00:39:07,586 --> 00:39:11,448 the victory over VP Express in the battle for the Manitoba 678 00:39:11,586 --> 00:39:12,241 winter roads. 679 00:39:15,448 --> 00:39:17,655 I think we solidified our reputation a little bit 680 00:39:17,793 --> 00:39:19,275 more this year. 681 00:39:19,413 --> 00:39:21,275 We're where we want to be, and we're going 682 00:39:21,413 --> 00:39:22,758 to continue to grow like this. 683 00:39:22,896 --> 00:39:24,620 The VP Express, as far as I'm concerned, 684 00:39:24,758 --> 00:39:27,482 is no competition to Polar Industries. 685 00:39:27,620 --> 00:39:29,034 What do you got to eat? 686 00:39:29,172 --> 00:39:32,206 Pierogies, cabbage rolls, some coleslaw, and moose sausage. 687 00:39:32,344 --> 00:39:33,000 Oh, yeah? 688 00:39:33,137 --> 00:39:36,068 There you go. 689 00:39:36,206 --> 00:39:38,206 I got exactly what I wanted out of this season. 690 00:39:38,344 --> 00:39:42,000 I had a frickin' blast, loved every second of it, 691 00:39:42,137 --> 00:39:45,862 and I'll have memories that I'll never forget. 692 00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:47,689 I just want to thank everybody for coming. 693 00:39:53,068 --> 00:39:55,965 I really feel like I've accomplished a lot out here, 694 00:39:56,103 --> 00:39:58,068 knowing that I've conquered these roads. 695 00:39:58,206 --> 00:40:00,413 I came up here the perfect time. 696 00:40:00,551 --> 00:40:03,793 I have my children, and I have my high school sweetheart back. 697 00:40:03,931 --> 00:40:05,482 And to come up here and make enough money 698 00:40:05,620 --> 00:40:07,862 to put Ladonna and I down a new road 699 00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:09,655 and keep my children on the right track, 700 00:40:09,793 --> 00:40:12,068 this is going to be the most perfect summer I've ever had, 701 00:40:12,206 --> 00:40:12,931 no matter what. 702 00:40:14,896 --> 00:40:18,448 To sum the whole thing up, I'd say, thank god it's over. 703 00:40:18,586 --> 00:40:19,655 [chuckling] 704 00:40:21,206 --> 00:40:24,482 I found the beginning of this very, very, very stressful. 705 00:40:24,620 --> 00:40:25,931 But all that went away. 706 00:40:26,068 --> 00:40:28,586 I learned a lot. 707 00:40:28,724 --> 00:40:29,655 A lot. 708 00:40:29,793 --> 00:40:30,965 When I'm laying on deathbed, boy, 709 00:40:31,103 --> 00:40:33,965 and I'm thinking of all the things that I did, 710 00:40:34,103 --> 00:40:37,689 this season will definitely be on there. 711 00:40:37,827 --> 00:40:40,758 Everybody, ready? 712 00:40:40,896 --> 00:40:42,000 Another successful season. 713 00:40:42,137 --> 00:40:42,827 Right on. 714 00:40:45,689 --> 00:40:48,862 NARRATOR: But across town, VP Express 715 00:40:49,000 --> 00:40:51,000 is having their own celebration. 716 00:40:51,137 --> 00:40:52,310 We're wrapping the season up. 717 00:40:52,448 --> 00:40:55,551 We're having a good time. 718 00:40:55,689 --> 00:40:59,586 I love race days. 719 00:40:59,724 --> 00:41:02,862 NARRATOR: They may have come just shy of beating Polar, 720 00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:05,620 but Hugh and Vlad have established themselves 721 00:41:05,758 --> 00:41:08,965 as a force in Manitoba. 722 00:41:09,103 --> 00:41:11,068 It's been a phenomenal year for me and Vlad here. 723 00:41:11,206 --> 00:41:12,482 We're pretty happy with ourselves. 724 00:41:12,620 --> 00:41:14,551 I mean, VP Express ain't going anywhere. 725 00:41:14,689 --> 00:41:15,655 We're here to stay. 726 00:41:15,793 --> 00:41:17,379 And I know one thing for another-- 727 00:41:17,517 --> 00:41:19,517 I'm going to put them out of business next year. 728 00:41:19,655 --> 00:41:22,103 NARRATOR: Despite being their first year in business 729 00:41:22,241 --> 00:41:25,689 together, VP carved out an exclusive contract 730 00:41:25,827 --> 00:41:28,620 with Wasagamack, and the future of the company 731 00:41:28,758 --> 00:41:31,241 is looking bright. 732 00:41:31,379 --> 00:41:35,344 This is just a cheers to say it's been great. 733 00:41:35,482 --> 00:41:38,413 It's been one hell of a year, and I've had an awesome time. 734 00:41:38,551 --> 00:41:41,103 This season has been great. 735 00:41:41,241 --> 00:41:45,275 Even this is our first year, I have huge plans for VP. 736 00:41:45,413 --> 00:41:47,379 We've got a contract for next year for more loads 737 00:41:47,517 --> 00:41:49,379 than we hauled up there this year already. 738 00:41:49,517 --> 00:41:52,000 So by next year, we'll be hauling the most loads 739 00:41:52,137 --> 00:41:53,448 up the ice road than anybody. 740 00:41:56,896 --> 00:42:00,724 NARRATOR: As spring comes to Manitoba, 741 00:42:00,862 --> 00:42:06,689 the truckers head home, surviving another season 742 00:42:06,827 --> 00:42:09,482 on thin ice. 743 00:42:09,620 --> 00:42:10,896 Sharp corner, sharp corner. 744 00:42:13,931 --> 00:42:16,931 You can't ask for any better of an experience in a guy's 745 00:42:17,068 --> 00:42:20,000 life, if you like driving truck like I do. 746 00:42:20,137 --> 00:42:21,241 It's been an awesome feeling. 747 00:42:21,379 --> 00:42:23,172 It feels like a huge accomplishment. 748 00:42:29,241 --> 00:42:30,413 It's rough. 749 00:42:30,551 --> 00:42:33,137 It's not for the meek, I'll tell you that, eh? 750 00:42:33,275 --> 00:42:35,413 It takes a certain type of bird, that's for sure. 751 00:42:38,620 --> 00:42:39,482 Holy mackerel. 752 00:42:39,620 --> 00:42:40,758 [bleep], get out of the truck. 753 00:42:43,620 --> 00:42:45,655 Yeah, I made a difference this season. 754 00:42:45,793 --> 00:42:47,103 I make a difference every season. 755 00:42:47,241 --> 00:42:49,241 I make a difference every day. 756 00:42:49,379 --> 00:42:50,689 Sometimes it's a good difference, 757 00:42:50,827 --> 00:42:52,068 sometimes it's a bad difference. 758 00:42:52,206 --> 00:42:54,103 You're just trying to make more good differences. 759 00:42:54,241 --> 00:42:55,517 [chuckling] 760 00:42:57,517 --> 00:42:59,275 I've got a lot of memories of these roads, 761 00:42:59,413 --> 00:43:00,827 and I'll remember these roads forever 762 00:43:00,965 --> 00:43:03,344 because these roads are the roads that put me 763 00:43:03,482 --> 00:43:05,586 on the right road. 764 00:43:05,724 --> 00:43:08,482 [chuckling] 765 00:43:10,862 --> 00:43:12,448 It's still a blast driving through them 766 00:43:12,586 --> 00:43:14,724 hills and, you know, across the rivers. 767 00:43:14,862 --> 00:43:16,620 You watch the sun come up and the sun go down 768 00:43:16,758 --> 00:43:18,241 and the moon come up, the moon go down. 769 00:43:18,379 --> 00:43:23,758 And you're just driving where nobody else gets to go. 770 00:43:23,896 --> 00:43:26,482 There ain't very many people that get to do what we do. 771 00:43:26,620 --> 00:43:28,413 Yeah! 772 00:43:28,551 --> 00:43:30,241 I love trucking, and it's in my blood. 773 00:43:30,379 --> 00:43:32,241 And I can't imagine life without trucking. 774 00:43:32,379 --> 00:43:34,724 But it takes a different breed to come out here and do this. 775 00:43:34,862 --> 00:43:36,172 The ones that survive, you're like, 776 00:43:36,310 --> 00:43:37,379 yeah, you're pretty badass. 777 00:43:37,517 --> 00:43:39,551 That's awesome.