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NARRATOR: Tonight, on the season
finale of "Ice Road Truckers"--

Last trap, hey, hey!

NARRATOR: --time's
running out, as both teams

race to the finish line.

There's a lot of water.

These roads are melting fast.

A little rough.

NARRATOR: But in the battle
for the winter roads--

She could totally break it.

Team Polar!

NARRATOR: --not everyone--

Look, he's going to
back into the ditch.

NARRATOR: --will
make it to the end.

[theme music]

On the winter roads of
Manitoba, two rivals

have fought all season.

I started VP Express to
put Mark out of business.

If it's the last thing
we do this winter,

we're going to put him under.

I'm not taking this lightly.

I'm going to make sure that this
is their first and last season.

NARRATOR: As spring arrives
and roads are shutting down,

the load count is
too close to call.

So it all comes down
to the last few hauls.

They're going to
shut the roads on us.

You know, we're not even
just going day by day.

We're going hour by hour.

It was a good, good season.

But it's going to be a [bleep]
end, 'cause she's warming up

real quick.

NARRATOR: 400 miles
north of Winnipeg--

You know, this is the last
big hard push to Wasagamack.

This is the last run.

NARRATOR: --VP Express drivers
Todd Dewey and Boss Hugh

Rowland are in the final
stretch of closing out

a half million dollar contract.

She's starting to get
pretty slick out here.

NARRATOR: But the melting
roads aren't making it easy.

MAN [ON RADIO]: It's a
rough son of a bitch.

The temperatures are
definitely climbing fast.

The warmer the temperatures
get, the more the ice

starts melting, the slicker, the
more treacherous the road gets.

A little rough.

We're here.

We finally made it.

That was a good
trip right there.

NARRATOR: These two
deliveries put VP in the lead.

We're going to get unchained
and get everything ready to go.

We made it here, and, you
know, that was a big relief.

I'm glad that this is the
last big push up here.

NARRATOR: Todd
offloads the trucks.

Hey.

NARRATOR: But the boss isn't
ready to call it quits.

OK.

OK, I'll talk to you soon.

Yeah.

Bye.

We got a hold of
MIT this morning.

And they're opening the
road for God's Lake.

So the push is on there.

NARRATOR: As most
roads are closing,

the trail to the
village of God's Lake

is open after
late-season maintenance.

But drivers have been
given just 48 hours

to get supplies to
the remote village.

[honk]

It's the season's final
dash for the cash.

God's Lake, where are we at?

We're just finalizing
the last couple of loads.

NARRATOR: At Polar,
owner Mark Kohaykewch

is securing all the
loads he can get.

Sounds good.

We're in crunch time here, so
we've got to get everything out

before those roads closed.

- That's what we're pushing for.
- All righty.

Thanks.

NARRATOR: The boss
wants the business,

but it's not without risk.

God's Lake just opened
up, and the season's ending.

I mean, this is crazy.

This is chaos.

I'm just hoping and
praying that everybody

gets in and out of there
safely with no wrecks

or breakthroughs.

NARRATOR: First out of
the gate for Polar--

I'm out of here.

God's Lake, here we come.

NARRATOR: --Art Burke's
tackling the swampy trail

with a van load of appliances.

I'm taking this
up to God's Lake,

and then we're homeward
bound, buddy, for Yellowknife.

The roads are kind of awful,
but we can handle her.

Last trip, hey!

NARRATOR: Earlier
in the season--

I don't feel there's any
sense in me being here.

We've come to a
mutual agreement here,

so we're going to let you go.

NARRATOR: --Art was sent packing
by VP bosses Hugh Rowland

and Vlad Pleskot.

[bleep] you, VP.

[bleep] you all!

[chuckling]

NARRATOR: But now--

I'm feeling great, man.

It's the last run.

We can handle the last one.

NARRATOR: --he's helping Polar
take on his former employer.

I see there's the old
crow's nest backing in there.

I should swing around
and tear the bell off it.

Thank [bleep] I'm not in that.

[honk]

[chuckling]

Oh, yeah.

I miss that a case of
the [bleep] [inaudible]..

It's been a long season,
broke down half the time.

I'm just hoping this is going to
work so I can kick ass and get

this one over with really fast.

If you make it, you're a hero.

If you don't, you're a fool.

NARRATOR: Just behind Art--

Great.

NARRATOR: --40-year veteran
Alex Debogorski joins the push

to God's Lake.

They could totally break it.

You know, there's a big
rush to get everything

in before the roads close.

This is going to probably be
our last run if we can make it

up there.

The dash for the crash.

[chuckling]

NARRATOR: Across town--

Me and Darrell are
trying to get out of here.

NARRATOR: --teammates Lisa
Kelly and Darrell Ward

are also gearing up for the
final run to God's Lake.

Let's get this
show on the road.

This is the last
run, and we didn't even

know we were going
to get this one.

NARRATOR: The convoy is
looking to put Polar on top,

hauling 40,000 pounds
of cement bags.

We'll get this [bleep] done,
and we'll get on the road.

We'll get these concrete
bags off of here.

You got it, Darrell?

I'm ready.

I'm looking good.

Let's get on the road
while it's still frozen.

All right, time's a wastin'.

Team Polar!

NARRATOR: As Darrell
and Lisa hammer down--

God's Lake?

Yeah, two?

NARRATOR: --VP Express
isn't far behind.

All right.

Thank you very much
for the business.

Appreciate it.

Bye.

Sweet!

[chuckling]

NARRATOR: Vlad
delivers the news.

Perfect.

I'll tell the boss man, and
we're ready to hit the road.

NARRATOR: And with two
cement trucks to haul,

the load count is
anybody's game.

Well, this is kind of the
last hurrah, going to God's Lake

here.

So it's going to be a
longer haul, this one.

But like I said, the push
is on, so we're doing her.

It's not over yet.

It ain't over yet.

We've got these son
of a bitches loaded.

It's been one hell of
a frickin' afternoon.

It's been a long frickin' day.

We've got a long
way to go tonight.

It's going to be
one of those days

where a guy is gonna
just have to push himself

right to the limits.

NARRATOR: With their trucks
loaded up, the race is on.

I'm just thinking that we
should actually go tonight

because the roads are
probably going to be better.

If we wait and go
in the morning,

the roads are probably
going to be [bleep]..

It might be still
[bleep] tonight, too.

Who [bleep] knows?

This road here is like
Supercross for 18 wheelers.

Nothing but frickin'
air the whole trip.

Because if you ain't catching
air, you ain't making it.

If you ain't going fast enough
to make it up the frickin'

solid ice frickin' hills or
the great, big, huge bumps that

are right before the
hills, it's just nasty.

This is a horrible
frickin' road.

Come on.

[bleep]

Ah, mother [bleep].

Hold her up, Doug.

You just got [bleep] stuck.

NARRATOR: Hugh backs up for
another run at the hill.

Look it, he's horrible
about backing up, dude.

Hugh cannot back-- look, he's
going to back into the ditch.

Getting pretty close there
to your driver's side

in the ditch, laying there.

He knows there's a
big hill coming up.

Juice on the mother [bleep].
Get going.

I understand it's
going to bounce

the truck around a little bit.

But you know what?

Put some wood down to the floor
and get up the frickin' hill.

Yeah, it was dirty, so
I thought I could go slow,

but I can't.

Yeah, you're going to have
to give her a little juice.

Come on, you [bleep].

Mother [bleep].

NARRATOR: The boss
makes it to the top.

But to keep VP on target--

Get it done.

NARRATOR: --the rookie's
also gotta make it.

Damn it!

Hugh, I didn't make her.

HUGH [ON RADIO]: Son of a bitch.

NARRATOR: On the
road to God's Lake--

Come on.

NARRATOR: --Todd Dewey spun out.

Hugh, I didn't make her.

HUGH [ON RADIO]: Son of a bitch.

She's a rough
[bleep] [inaudible]..

I had to give her [bleep], man.

NARRATOR: Todd's forced to back
down and give it another go.

Solid ice.

That hill is solid ice.

NARRATOR: It's the final
stretch of the load count race.

And the VP rookie has to
gun it, or he might not

make it off the road.

But higher speeds
mean less control.

Hold on.

I'm glad that stretch
of the road is over.

I don't know what
else is coming up.

I knew that road was going
to be frickin' treacherous.

I knew it from the
frickin' beginning.

Ain't no doubt.

When you're an ice road
trucker, man, there

ain't no rest for
the frickin' wicked.

NARRATOR: While VP Express plows
ahead, so does the competition.

[honk]

We're headed for God's Lake.

[inaudible]

NARRATOR: Darrell
Ward and Lisa Kelly

are looking to score two
final loads for Polar.

These roads are melting fast,
and there's a lot of water.

Lisa's back there right
behind me, keeping up well.

You see that open
water back there?

Looks like it's melting.

Well, the roads had a
little bit of water on it,

and the shoulders
are really soft.

Yeah, we gotta get the last of
the supplies to the villages

before they're cut off for a
whole year, till next winter.

We're going to get offloaded
and get turned around

and come back before we can't
get back, because I don't want

to get left behind and
trapped on the other side.

It's even bumpier trying
to keep up with Darrell.

Trying to play catch-up now.

Oh.

Damn you.

[chuckling]

That was so close.

You slider around corners.

It's really slippery out.

I have chains on, and
I'm sliding like crazy.

Stupid sun.

Hey, Darrell, I just got
sideways on that corner

back there.

[chuckling]

DARRELL: Just give
it all it's got.

NARRATOR: While Darrell and
Lisa gun for God's Lake--

OK.

What do we got here, buddy?

God's Lake.

NARRATOR: --Art Burke is
already miles up the road.

They're counting on me.

This is the only
time I've really

had the ball without some
kind of a [bleep] up.

It looks bad up there, man.

It just opened too, didn't it?

Ooh.

A lot of them trucks behind us,
the road might be [bleep] over.

I'd like to get the
jump on them, eh?

Uh-oh.

Ah, [bleep] it.

Let's go this way.

We made her, buddy.

There's God's Lake
right there, huh?

NARRATOR: After
struggling all season,

the VP cast-off is the
first to score for Polar.

And then I can kick ass out of
here and boot her for home, eh?

Where the [bleep] did they go?

How you doing, Mark, boy?

This is Art.

Well, we're in God's Lake.

It's the last one we hear, boy.

We're kicking ass on her.

OK.

How do I get this backload?

OK, thank you.

Bye-bye, Mark.

Bye-bye.

NARRATOR: He's rewarded
with the only backhaul bound

for Winnipeg.

I'll just boot her right over
there and pick that up, eh--

is the plan, then get
the hell out of here.

NARRATOR: But this load could
be hazardous to his health.

OK.

Can you come back further?

Can we lift it right
off the truck maybe?

NARRATOR: 20 canisters
of flammable propane gas.

Well, I got my
backload, last load.

That's it.

OK, cool.

OK.

I don't want them
bouncing all around there.

The next thing you know,
they'll blow the arse out

of the [bleep]
trailer or something.

I don't know if it all
goes in a great big flare

or a great big boom
or how it works.

NARRATOR: Art's in for a rough
ride on the melting road.

If the canisters
come loose, one spark

could turn this into the
last run he ever makes.

Away we go.

Now we'll kick ass
for Winnipeg, man.

But now they'll shift
around a bit, eh?

I don't want them
to move at all.

NARRATOR: As Art heads out--

[honk]

--teammate Alex Debogorski
arrives in God's Lake.

Everybody's in a rush, like
a bunch of rats jumping off

a ship.

It's going to get really
exciting here in a minute.

Here we go.

Another successful maneuver.

NARRATOR: The old pro ties
the load count with his haul

of construction supplies.

Well, thank you again.

God bless you, buddy.

Take care.

NARRATOR: The veteran
completes the final haul

of his 40th season.

I'm happy to deliver the load.

We'll bounce our way back.

NARRATOR: But now he's
got to make it back

before it's too late.

It's just in the nick of
time that we're leaving,

I'll tell you that right now,
because next thing leaves will

start coming out, and here we'll
be, sinking into the musky,

disappear into oblivion.

Spring is coming.

I mean, there's no
if, buts, or maybe.

And the next step is the
road's gonna disappear.

And I think it's fortunate
that I'm getting off

the road before it disappears.

NARRATOR: On the
road to Winnipeg--

It's just in the nick of
time that we're leaving,

I'll tell you that right
now, because the road's gonna

disappear.

NARRATOR: --Alex Debogorski
is on a collision course.

There's not too much we
can do with this one.

NARRATOR: Fortunately
for Alex, he's not

the only driver on the road.

I'd appreciate it.

MAN: Not a problem.

OK.

Well, I'll see if I can pull the
pin on and drop the legs down.

We're going to try
to pull the truck out

from under the trailer.

I don't know if this
is going to work.

I guess it doesn't matter.

We've got that much
damage done on the truck.

I mean, that's about as
good as that's going to get.

OK, watch out.

This might break.

Life in the fast lane.

What you do for love, eh?

Love or war.

MAN [ON RADIO]: Are you in?

Yeah.

Just go ahead and
give her a good jerk.

Well, that's a good start.

The truck's out.

Now we gotta get the
trailer on the road.

OK.

Watch out for flying chain.

I really appreciate it.

Thank you very much.

All the best.

Let's put her back
together again.

NARRATOR: The truck's
out of the ditch.

It's damaged but drivable.

And until the rig's checked
out, there's no telling

how much it will cost Polar.

The show must go on.

All the pieces are
back together again,

they're all pointed
in a straight line,

going the way we're supposed
to be going instead of having

a conflict in the
trailer wanting

to go one way and the truck
going to go the opposite way.

If the truck and the trailer
had an argument there,

and they wanted to go
in opposite directions,

and I didn't help the situation
by sticking my nose in.

Needless to say, we got a whole
bunch of thousands of dollars

worth of pieces missing now.

NARRATOR: After 40
years on the ice roads,

fate has finally
caught up with Alex.

Oh, well.

I don't have to worry about
working in the trucking

business any more, I guess.

NARRATOR: As Alex limps the
damaged rig back to Winnipeg--

God's Lake is where I'm going.

That's where Lisa's going too,
because she's following me.

NARRATOR: --Darrell and
Lisa close in on God's Lake.

Lisa got here
right behind me, too.

She hung right in there.

I'll run with Lisa
Kelly any day.

Looks like we made it, Lisa.

Right over here on
the left, there's

a bunch of cement bags
like what we have.

So this must be it.

NARRATOR: Unloading the cement
bags puts Polar back on top.

I'm sure this is our
last load for the season,

and we conquered it all.

Cool.

All right.

All right.

NARRATOR: Now they've got
to race back to Winnipeg

before the roads shut
down for the season.

It ended well, but then
again, I'm not back yet either.

NARRATOR: Back down the road--

Yeah, that last 50 clicks
is a brutal son of a [bleep]..

Yeah.

Yeah, that's definitely
by far the nastiest road

I've been on yet.

NARRATOR: --VP Express boss Hugh
Rowland and driver Todd Dewey

are trying to catch up to Polar.

So, did you want to stop here?

Or you just want to
head out on the ice?

TODD [ON RADIO]: I'm fine.

OK.

NARRATOR: To get
the loads delivered,

they'll have to cross Island
Lake with 35-ton cement trucks.

TODD [ON RADIO]: Let me know
when I can roll on there

and be with you.

10-4.

Any time there now.

TODD [ON RADIO]: Copy that.

That's a big lake, dude.

So I'm pretty tired.

But this is a huge ice run.

I mean, this is frickin'--
this is definitely by far

the biggest ice run
I've ever been on.

This is a frickin' huge lake.

I think this is one of the
biggest ice crossings I've

been on this season.

What a frickin' day, man.

What a day.

You know, I never dreamed
in a million years

that, in the middle
of the frickin' night,

in an 18 wheeler with
an oversized load,

would I be on the frickin'
frozen ice above water

on a huge frickin' lake driving.

This time of night, this
lake with an oversized load,

you're going to the
bottom so frickin' quick

you wouldn't have
time to do nothing.

You would freeze frickin'
solid by the time

you hit that frickin' water.

You'd be dead.

Oh, there's a monster
crack in the frickin' ice.

Wow.

Did you feel the ice moving
when I rolled over it?

[honking]

Mr. D, when you get
to the end of that lake,

you just drive right
over that hill there

and come straight
across onto another one.

Thank you, Hugh.

I'm just getting ready
to get off the ice here.

NARRATOR: They make
it across the ice.

But they still gotta deliver to
catch Polar in the load count.

It's been a hard
push, and we'll

continue on through the night
into God's Lake hopefully.

I don't know how
far we'll make it,

but you have to push
all the way through.

You don't have a choice.

NARRATOR: In God's Lake--

Once you hit it, don't stop.

NARRATOR: --Todd Dewey and
Hugh Rowland's all-night run

pays off.

[chuckling]

That's how we do it, buddy.

Yes, sir!

Woo!

[chuckling]

NARRATOR: The cement
trucks are delivered.

And now VP Express and Polar
are locked in a load count tie.

This has been one
hell of a journey.

We had to push through the
night, get into God's Lake,

we got unloaded, so we are done.

We are a wrecking machine.

We're going to go, man.
Let's [bleep]--

Let's hit the road.

Let's get the [bleep] out
of dodge and head south.

NARRATOR: VP turns and
burns for Winnipeg.

But 200 miles south--

[SINGING] We're rocking
and we're rolling.

NARRATOR: --Art Burke is trying
to bring in the tie-breaking

load--

if he can survive the trip.

Away we go now, to kick
ass for Winnipeg, man.

I'm glad.

We'll be out of here before the
[bleep] road closes up here.

NARRATOR: Roads are closing,
and the clock is ticking.

But with a trailer
of explosive gases,

Art can't afford to put
the pedal to the metal.

The sun is
beating on the road,

and there's one spot down here.

There's a spring coming up
through it or something.

The water is, like, a foot deep.

And then once the springs break
through, she's over, buddy.

We were lucky to get in
there when we did, see?

I knew, I knew, we had
to kick [bleep] ass, man.

Well, she's throwing
some sliding today, eh?

Whoa, baby.

All you need is to
[bleep] bang one around

and then bang them
together and get a spark.

You know she's gone.

Great big boom, make a
flat deck right out of her.

NARRATOR: While Art tries to
bring home the title for Polar,

time's nearly up for
the ice road truckers.

We're just on our way to
go and shut the roads down

for the year.

NARRATOR: MIT's Tim Smyrski's
riding out to shut them down.

Have to close them all.

Mother Nature's
pulling the plug on us.

She tells us when it's
over, and a lot of the times

the water starts to build
up on top of the ice,

and that tells us it's
time to shut them down

because if we don't shut
them down, boom, the trucks

will go down below the ice.

And we always try and keep
them on top of the ice.

NARRATOR: As routes are
closed, it's a desperate race

back to Winnipeg.

When spring temperatures
reach the back country,

the frozen swamp the roads
are built over starts to melt.

Trucks that don't
make it out in time

will sink in thawed out bog.

It's warm out here.

I'm gonna get out of here before
the [bleep] ice melts and turns

to [bleep].

NARRATOR: Every driver is
scrambling to make it off

in time.

We're going to
get off this thing.

Yeah, she's melting.

The water is halfway
across the road.

That's why they don't want
anybody on here right now.

We need to get the
hell out of dodge

and get off that ice road.

And it's time to go home.

My final run is over.

Take this thing to
Polar and park it.

Just in time.

We just about go her licked.

It ain't gonna be long.

[honking]

NARRATOR: Road by road, the
season comes to a close.

There we have it.

Closed for another season.

NARRATOR: At Polar
headquarters, one driver

has already made it back.

Overall, how did you-- how do
you enjoy Manitoba ice roads?

I've never driven
these roads before,

so it's a challenge to me.

MARK: Yeah.

Darrell Ward's wrapping up
with boss Mark Kohaykewch.

You succeeded with every
challenge we threw at you, so

with saying that, you know, we'd
love to have you back, Darrell.

You know what,
Mark, give me a call.

I will come and take
care of whatever problems

that you guys have been having.

Right on.

So in saying that,
Darrell, I'm going

to give you your final check.

- All right.
- Thank you very much.

And you know what?

I rarely do this, Darrell,
but you did a hell of a job

this year.

We threw some creative
challenges at you.

You pulled it off.

So with everything
you've done for us,

above and beyond
the call of duty,

here's a bonus check for you.

Nice.

Yeah.

I've never had anybody
do that for me, Mark.

I'm going home to
start a new life,

and I appreciate the bonus.

You got it.

Come back next year, buddy,
and kick us over the top.

Pleasure.
It's always been a pleasure.

Team Polar.

The year's over.

I got an opportunity to
come back here next year.

These guys are real happy
with my performance.

When the winter roads freeze
up and they give me a call,

I will come back to Polar.

NARRATOR: As Darrell
heads out on a high note--

Aw, [bleep].

NARRATOR: --Alex Debogorski's
season is also over.

You know that headache
rack was brand new.

NARRATOR: But he's delivered a
huge financial hit to the boss.

This is going
to be a write off.

NARRATOR: On the slick
road back to Winnipeg,

Alex suffered one of the
worst wrecks of his career.

We're done.

The back panel,
side panel, ferry.

The window, we lost
three inches in the window.

Yeah.

Holy [bleep].

NARRATOR: The cost to repair the
damage is more than the price

of the truck, totaling the rig.

MARK: Not good, Alex.

Not good.

I don't think that
truck's going to make it.

I think it's done.

NARRATOR: At Polar
headquarters in Winnipeg--

Well, I feel--

I feel bad about it.

You know.

NARRATOR: --it's judgment
day for Alex Debogorski.

We put a lot of
pressure on the guys

at the end of the season
to get in and out.

I do fault Alex a
little bit, but you

know what, I'll take a
little bit of responsibility

in the sense that we did put
pressure on them to get in

and out before
those roads closed.

My main concern is you didn't
get hurt, for number one,

and my customers
got their freight.

And that's what's
important to me.

You can't really take it back
after you wreck it, though.

Yeah.

Well, you could buy it.

You can take it back to
Yellowknife with you if you

want.

[chuckling]

You know what, Alex?

It was a good season overall.

We'll start again next year.

Right?

OK.

Thanks, Alex.

Thank you.

No matter how much experience
you have, these winter

roads in Manitoba, if
you don't respect them,

they'll take you out.

NARRATOR: Polar may
have lost a truck.

Well, this is the
last drive home.

I can hardly wait to get my
little butt back to Winnipeg.

NARRATOR: But they've
gained a load count victory

thanks to Art Burke.

[chuckling]

What do you think?

These are my new
driving glasses, boy.

They look pretty sharp, eh?

I had them from day one.

I was just never happy
enough to put them on, boy.

[chuckling]

NARRATOR: The former VP Express
employee delivers the load

for Polar Industries.

Yee-haw!

Nice [inaudible],, and it's just
one more feather in my hat.

I think she's got
enough right there, boy.

Had the ball, kicked ass,
last trip, everybody's happy.

[SINGING] Happy
days are here again.

[chuckling]

NARRATOR: Polar's celebration
is underway, as they squeak out

the victory over VP Express
in the battle for the Manitoba

winter roads.

I think we solidified
our reputation a little bit

more this year.

We're where we want
to be, and we're going

to continue to grow like this.

The VP Express, as
far as I'm concerned,

is no competition
to Polar Industries.

What do you got to eat?

Pierogies, cabbage rolls, some
coleslaw, and moose sausage.

Oh, yeah?

There you go.

I got exactly what I
wanted out of this season.

I had a frickin' blast,
loved every second of it,

and I'll have memories
that I'll never forget.

I just want to thank
everybody for coming.

I really feel like I've
accomplished a lot out here,

knowing that I've
conquered these roads.

I came up here the perfect time.

I have my children, and I have
my high school sweetheart back.

And to come up here
and make enough money

to put Ladonna and
I down a new road

and keep my children
on the right track,

this is going to be the most
perfect summer I've ever had,

no matter what.

To sum the whole thing up,
I'd say, thank god it's over.

[chuckling]

I found the beginning of this
very, very, very stressful.

But all that went away.

I learned a lot.

A lot.

When I'm laying
on deathbed, boy,

and I'm thinking of all
the things that I did,

this season will
definitely be on there.

Everybody, ready?

Another successful season.

Right on.

NARRATOR: But across
town, VP Express

is having their own celebration.

We're wrapping the season up.

We're having a good time.

I love race days.

NARRATOR: They may have come
just shy of beating Polar,

but Hugh and Vlad have
established themselves

as a force in Manitoba.

It's been a phenomenal
year for me and Vlad here.

We're pretty happy
with ourselves.

I mean, VP Express
ain't going anywhere.

We're here to stay.

And I know one
thing for another--

I'm going to put them out
of business next year.

NARRATOR: Despite being
their first year in business

together, VP carved out
an exclusive contract

with Wasagamack, and the
future of the company

is looking bright.

This is just a cheers
to say it's been great.

It's been one hell of a year,
and I've had an awesome time.

This season has been great.

Even this is our first year,
I have huge plans for VP.

We've got a contract for
next year for more loads

than we hauled up there
this year already.

So by next year, we'll
be hauling the most loads

up the ice road than anybody.

NARRATOR: As spring
comes to Manitoba,

the truckers head home,
surviving another season

on thin ice.

Sharp corner, sharp corner.

You can't ask for any better
of an experience in a guy's

life, if you like
driving truck like I do.

It's been an awesome feeling.

It feels like a
huge accomplishment.

It's rough.

It's not for the meek,
I'll tell you that, eh?

It takes a certain type
of bird, that's for sure.

Holy mackerel.

[bleep], get out of the truck.

Yeah, I made a
difference this season.

I make a difference
every season.

I make a difference every day.

Sometimes it's a
good difference,

sometimes it's a bad difference.

You're just trying to make
more good differences.

[chuckling]

I've got a lot of
memories of these roads,

and I'll remember
these roads forever

because these roads are
the roads that put me

on the right road.

[chuckling]

It's still a blast
driving through them

hills and, you know,
across the rivers.

You watch the sun come
up and the sun go down

and the moon come
up, the moon go down.

And you're just driving
where nobody else gets to go.

There ain't very many people
that get to do what we do.

Yeah!

I love trucking, and
it's in my blood.

And I can't imagine
life without trucking.

But it takes a different breed
to come out here and do this.

The ones that
survive, you're like,

yeah, you're pretty badass.

That's awesome.