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[music playing]
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NARRATOR: On this episode
of "Ice Road Truckers."
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Another tanker hits the ditch.
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Once you get them
tires in that loose snow,
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you're not going
to bring it out.
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[honking]
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NARRATOR: Alex on slick ice.
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Don't [bleep] stop.
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Sheesh.
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NARRATOR: And Hugh in custody.
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Why don't we go
ahead and come inside?
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Grab the registration
for the truck.
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Grab the registration
for the trailer.
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Ah, the coppers-- they'll
never take me alive.
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NARRATOR: At the
top of the world--
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[beeping]
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[honking]
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--there's a job only
a few would dare.
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Just when you thought
extreme trucking couldn't
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get more dangerous, "Ice Road
Truckers" take on Alaska.
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[theme music]
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70 miles from Fairbanks, veteran
George Spears and rookie Tim
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Freeman are caught in one of
the worst blows of the season.
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Just horrendous storms.
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Holy cow.
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GEORGE SPEARS: Aw, man.
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What a nightmare.
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NARRATOR: They're southbound,
hoping to reach the safety
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of Fairbanks tonight.
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This is only Tim's sixth
trip on the Dalton,
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and already the rookie is caught
in his third brutal storm.
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To make it through these
blinding conditions
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he'll have to rely on
his lifeline and mentor.
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--that's when you have
to really know where
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the road's at.
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Makes a big difference if
you know what kind of hill
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is coming up.
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NARRATOR: They have no
choice but to forge ahead.
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Blowing snow in a storm this bad
can clog a truck's air filter
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and shut down the engine,
leaving them stranded
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on the road with no heat.
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They now have just
40 miles to go.
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GEORGE SPEARS: Hopefully we
got through a big part of it
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already, and it won't
be so bad for a ways.
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Tim couldn't have picked a
worse season to start out in.
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And if you can get
through this stuff here,
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then you can get
through anything.
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You know, it's a tough
time to start out,
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but you will certainly
learn that way.
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NARRATOR: Finally, after
four grueling hours--
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--they reached the
outskirts of Fairbanks.
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All right.
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We got to where we gotta
go, and nobody got hurt.
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It worked out great.
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[yawns]
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[horn honking]
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NARRATOR: Nine weeks into
a winter of fierce storms
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and arctic blows, time is
running out for Alaska's ice
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road season.
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Probably 3, 3 and 1/2, 4
weeks before the ice road
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closes this year.
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So kind of making a final push.
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NARRATOR: Major weather
delays have put everyone
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behind schedule and
cost truckers thousands
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of dollars in lost loads.
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Finally, today, there's
a break in the weather,
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and the race is on
to rack up the runs
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before the ice roads melt away.
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Halfway between
Deadhorse and Coldfoot--
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[horn blares]
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--Hugh Rowland and
convoy partner Phil Krom
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are back hauling to Fairbanks.
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I'm hauling a Sea-Can.
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I got about 50,000 on.
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Sun's been out.
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We're just about to the Pass.
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Nary a problem today.
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[horn honks]
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NARRATOR: So far Hugh's
maintaining his lead
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against rival Alex Debogorski
in the dash for the cash.
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He's on his eighth
load of this season.
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But Alex is right on his
tail with load number seven.
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So I'm catching up to you.
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Are you concerned?
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Not a bit.
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[laughter]
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It depends if I crash or not.
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If I crash, he'll
probably beat me.
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If he crashes, I know I got him.
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NARRATOR: But on this trip, Hugh
and Alex aren't the only rivals
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on the road.
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Phil is battling it
out over the radio
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with his arch
competitor, Drew Watson.
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They're arguing
about who's ahead.
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Drew can't understand that
we're ahead of him by 500 miles.
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[laughs]
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1,250.
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DREW (ON RADIO): 1,250.
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1,350.
- 1,500.
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DREW (ON RADIO): 500
miles in front of me.
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[inaudible]
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1,750.
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PHIL (ON RADIO):
I don't think so.
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2,000.
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[laughing]
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NARRATOR: Next up in the
Carlile Yard is Jack Jesse.
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He's managed to pull
an impressive 15 loads
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through this season's setbacks.
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And today, he's on
special assignment hauling
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10,000 gallons of diesel fuel.
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We got three
different compartments.
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45 in the front compartment.
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24 in the middle compartment.
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3,600 gallons in the
tail compartment.
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Very cold.
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JACK JESSE: All right?
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NARRATOR: Jack will convoy
with the upstart Lisa Kelly.
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The sun is shining,
but that's deceiving.
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It is not warm.
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It's just bright and cold now.
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[laughs] OK, I can't
feel my legs anymore.
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I'm going to get in the truck.
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NARRATOR: Lisa's hauled
10 loads this season.
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But if she's to make
it into heavy haul,
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she still has a lot to learn,
and there's no better mentor
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than Jack.
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[horn honks]
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LISA KELLY (ON
RADIO): All righty,
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let's get this party started.
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Well, hey.
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Off the Elliott
onto the Dalton.
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414 more miles to go.
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NARRATOR: 70 miles
from Fairbanks
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they hit the TAPS, 56 miles
of icy hills and sharp turns.
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These steep grades have
given Lisa plenty of trouble
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throughout the season.
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Oh, this is kinda slick.
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Where's the traction?
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Holy crap.
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I'm spinning.
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Well, that's actually the
hardest gear to hit, going
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from fifth back to fourth.
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Just take your time and wait
on it, and it'll fall right in.
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Not the way I do it.
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[laughs] I like riding
with Jack, because for one
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he's really patient and doesn't
act like I'm an inconvenience.
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And two is he just teaches
me all kinds of stuff
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that I want to know.
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NARRATOR: She's spun out so
many times downshifting on hills
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that Jack tries teaching
her a new method.
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OK.
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Take fifth over.
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Drag it down to
about 1,400 RPMs.
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I'm scared.
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NARRATOR: If Lisa
misses the shift,
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she could stall out and slide
all the way to the bottom.
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I'm going to try it.
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It's at 14.
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I got to go to 17.
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NARRATOR: Lisa
downshifts to fourth,
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but the gear doesn't lock in.
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Holy crap.
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NARRATOR: On the steep and
icy terrain of the TAPS,
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Lisa Kelly is getting
schooled by Jack Jesse on how
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to climb the vertical
hills without stalling out.
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JACK JESSE (ON RADIO):
Just take your time,
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and it'll fall right in.
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NARRATOR: But while down
shifting from fifth the fourth,
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she's found herself
free-wheeling in neutral.
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Holy crap.
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Ah!
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NARRATOR: Lisa continues to rev
the engine until finally she
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drops into fourth.
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[sigh]
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Oh, I just did the shift,
and I waited a second
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and I revved it up.
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And it kinda grinded
a little bit.
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And then I just fell
right down into the gear.
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Oh yeah.
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I am going to have to start
practicing that everywhere.
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That's awesome.
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I wish I could
run with him more.
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I really do.
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NARRATOR: Back in Fairbanks--
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You want me to run it
for a little bit first?
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Huh?
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Make sure you ain't
got no more leaks.
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NARRATOR: After taking a
beating in last night's storm,
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George's truck is in the
shop with an oil leak.
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And these things they
get sprayed by the rocks
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by the steer axle, grit
and grime off the road.
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Eventually it just
takes a toll on it.
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It started leaking.
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We just had to change them
now before it gives him
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a big problem on the road.
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Fire it up, Georgie.
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Somebody's got to take
care of good ole Georgie.
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Always got to take care of you.
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GEORGE SPEARS: That's right.
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NARRATOR: Out in the
yard, Tim is picking up
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his sixth load of the season.
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Just hooked up to my
load here in Fairbanks.
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I got on about five or
six fiber optic reels
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to go up to Prudhoe.
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NARRATOR: He and George have
high hopes for making good time
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in today's weather.
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And George has decided
that the clear skies are
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just right for preparing
the rookie to go solo.
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GEORGE SPEARS: Well, Tim,
I want you to go out front.
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You know, you're getting ready
to go on your own anyway,
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so you go out front.
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You got a lighter load.
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Let me know what's coming, and
make it easier for both of us.
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We'll do it.
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All right.
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Are you sure you can keep up?
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I don't know.
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I hope [inaudible].
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[horn honks]
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TIM FREEMAN: I
better do a good job.
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George told me out front.
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Otherwise, they're
going to can me.
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They're just going to fire me.
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NARRATOR: Tim has to
start making some cash.
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To get to Alaska, he
borrowed money from a bank
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back in Minnesota, but
with so many setbacks
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this season he's
barely breaking even.
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And just as they
reached the ice road,
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Tim notices another
problem with his truck.
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TIM FREEMAN: I see I got a
marker light that isn't working
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on my trailer that was
working when I left town.
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I don't know.
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I'll stop and check my rear
light [inaudible] and see what
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all's working, what isn't.
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I ain't got no tail
lights or marker lights.
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It's perfect.
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NARRATOR: It's illegal to
drive without tail lights.
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And when night
falls, Tim's truck
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will be invisible
on the ice road
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and could easily be rear-ended.
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It's just a simple tail light.
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But if Tim can't
fix it on the road,
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he'll have to turn back and
lose $1,300 for the wasted trip.
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George, you on here?
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GEORGE SPEARS (ON
RADIO): Yeah, Tim.
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TIM FREEMAN: I can't
get these to work.
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[radio chatter]
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NARRATOR: Up in Coldfoot--
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I had to reset my hours.
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Hey, I don't give
a rat's [bleep]..
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NARRATOR: Phil is ready to
settle his bet with rival Drew
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Watson.
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In completed trips, or--
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Completed trips.
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OK.
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So you started on the 31st.
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Yep.
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So did I. There's one.
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They can show their
each logbook and see
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who wins the argument,
because I know I'm right.
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[laughs]
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NARRATOR: Logbooks are official
records of a driver's time
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spent on the road.
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You got back on the 11th.
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So there's four.
OK.
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All right.
Four.
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And 2 and 1/2 this week.
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So that's 6 and 1/2.
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6 and 1/2 trips.
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OK.
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There's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
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Mhm.
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To Prudhoe Bay.
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Six to Prudhoe Bay.
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You're on your sixth trip.
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You got me beat
by half a trip.
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I told you.
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[laughs] I told you.
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That's what we counted.
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Get off my truck.
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So I'm half a trip
ahead all month long.
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Get off my truck.
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You know I am.
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Where's my 20 bucks?
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[laughing]
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NARRATOR: 100 miles south,
Lisa is still blazing a trail
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with the master.
- No.
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You're going to [inaudible]
it this time, aren't you?
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You shouldn't have any problems.
- OK.
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Yeah.
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NARRATOR: When Jack spots
trouble with her trailer.
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Yeah.
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My lights are on, and my tail
lights are very, very, very
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dim.
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NARRATOR: If Lisa can't get
her tail lights working,
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this will be the
end of the trip.
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Whoa.
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That's why it doesn't work.
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It's broke off.
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00:17:07,700 --> 00:17:10,533
My ground, and I
can't get in there.
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00:17:10,633 --> 00:17:12,867
What's going on here?
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00:17:12,967 --> 00:17:14,067
Piece of broken crap.
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The reason that
it's shorting out
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is because the ground is broke.
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00:17:19,867 --> 00:17:21,467
You took the cord
and labeled the cord?
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No.
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00:17:22,433 --> 00:17:23,567
No.
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And you say the lights came
on when you wiggled it?
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I didn't, but I could.
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Like if you were
to take a bungee,
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you know, and you hook on
it, pull it one direction,
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sometimes it holds them on.
- Oh yeah.
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OK.
I'll try that.
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Jack said use this bungee
cord, but the thing
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is I already knew that.
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But I didn't think
of it, because I'm
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with such an intelligent guy
that I just kind of naturally
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assumed he'd have the answer.
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And he did, and it's wonderful.
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OK.
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It's working right now.
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JACK JESSE: Go and hit your
breaks and see if they work.
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Yeah.
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That bungee cord did it, huh?
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LISA KELLY (ON RADIO):
Is it clear to go?
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OK, Lisa, you want
to go ahead here.
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NARRATOR: Lisa's quick fix has
to last long enough to get her
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to the garage in Deadhorse.
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I won't be bringing
the trailer back.
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But the next guy has
to do that trick.
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NARRATOR: After making it only
30 miles north from Fairbanks,
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Tim Freeman is also hung up
with a tail light problem
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and no quick fix
seems to be helping.
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This is perfect.
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NARRATOR: Tim is striking
out on the Dalton.
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Three out of six
trips up this road
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have ended with
mechanical trouble.
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On his very first run, Tim's
truck wasn't shifting properly.
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This sucks.
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00:19:00,867 --> 00:19:02,067
GEORGE SPEARS: I know it.
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NARRATOR: And he was
forced to abandon his load.
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Yeah.
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00:19:06,067 --> 00:19:06,833
I'm bummed about it.
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00:19:06,933 --> 00:19:08,800
I'm finally up
here and doing it.
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Now I have to go back to town.
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00:19:11,467 --> 00:19:13,567
NARRATOR: Then on
his third trip.
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[bleep] The tensioner
pulley is junk.
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00:19:16,633 --> 00:19:18,800
NARRATOR: The tensioner
on his fan belt
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00:19:18,900 --> 00:19:24,833
failed, leaving him stranded
130 miles from Fairbanks.
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00:19:24,933 --> 00:19:29,233
Now on his sixth run, a simple
tail light might once again
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put him out of the race.
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00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:35,300
A lot of times these
prongs get pushed together,
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and they won't
make a connection.
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00:19:36,767 --> 00:19:37,767
That could be our problem.
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00:19:43,067 --> 00:19:46,400
What the [bleep]?
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00:19:46,500 --> 00:19:47,967
NARRATOR: It's a no go.
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Tim has to get back to
the safety of Fairbanks
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while there's still daylight.
359
00:19:53,067 --> 00:19:54,700
If there's a dead
short in the trailer,
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it'll come back through
that [inaudible] wire cord
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and affect the stuff
in your truck too.
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00:19:58,500 --> 00:20:02,967
Like now, my dash lights aren't
working, interior dash lights.
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00:20:03,067 --> 00:20:04,267
He can get as far as Hilltop.
364
00:20:04,367 --> 00:20:07,633
And then they come up there
and fix it the morning.
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00:20:07,733 --> 00:20:10,967
NARRATOR: George pushes
ahead without him.
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TIM FREEMAN: It's really
frustrating, especially
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when you're in the situation
I'm in, where I need to make
368
00:20:15,433 --> 00:20:17,900
a little bit of money, pay
back this loan I borrowed
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against the bank down in
Minnesota to come up here.
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00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:30,333
NARRATOR: At the
Coldfoot rest stop
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halfway between Fairbanks
and Prudhoe Bay--
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ALEX DEBOGORSKI: Oh lord, lord.
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OK, OK.
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NARRATOR: Alex Debogorski has
been stranded since yesterday
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00:20:41,967 --> 00:20:46,667
when his trainer Ron Dubs was
forced to return to Fairbanks.
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Just dropping it anyways.
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00:20:48,400 --> 00:20:50,600
Just leave it for the next guy.
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00:20:50,700 --> 00:20:53,367
NARRATOR: Fortunately,
veteran George Spears
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arrived last night.
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00:20:56,700 --> 00:21:01,967
And without Tim, he has room
for a rookie in his convoy.
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00:21:02,067 --> 00:21:03,667
George Spears,
nice to meet you.
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00:21:03,767 --> 00:21:05,567
Alex Debogorski,
pleased to meet you too.
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00:21:05,667 --> 00:21:07,467
One thing about me, I'm slow.
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00:21:07,567 --> 00:21:09,533
I'm probably the slowest
guy in the whole outfit.
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00:21:09,633 --> 00:21:11,467
So you might as well
plan on taking some time.
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00:21:11,567 --> 00:21:12,633
So you're going to train--
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00:21:12,733 --> 00:21:14,067
finish training
me at being slow.
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I'm slow too.
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00:21:15,100 --> 00:21:16,067
GEORGE SPEARS: Well, OK.
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NARRATOR: Since Alex is
running behind his rival Hugh
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in the load count, a slow driver
is the last thing he needs.
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ALEX DEBOGORSKI: We're
trying not to rush things.
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We're following George.
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00:21:35,733 --> 00:21:37,600
George has a very
small pulse I think.
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00:21:37,700 --> 00:21:39,500
He takes it very easy.
396
00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:40,933
[chuckles]
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00:21:41,067 --> 00:21:43,467
Alex, how's everything
going back there?
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00:21:43,567 --> 00:21:45,667
It's going just great.
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00:21:45,767 --> 00:21:48,100
GEORGE SPEARS (ON RADIO): I
usually kinda dry my brakes out
400
00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:51,233
here on the straightaway,
so that we're
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00:21:51,333 --> 00:21:53,833
a little aways from the shelf,
and that way if we need them
402
00:21:53,933 --> 00:21:54,633
we got them.
403
00:22:00,667 --> 00:22:04,333
NARRATOR: Alex and George push
north towards 4,700-foot Atigun
404
00:22:04,433 --> 00:22:05,133
Pass.
405
00:22:07,400 --> 00:22:09,200
GEORGE SPEARS: We're
just here at the bottom.
406
00:22:09,300 --> 00:22:13,700
We're fixing to get out, put our
chains on, and see if we can't
407
00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:16,933
get up over the hill here.
408
00:22:17,067 --> 00:22:19,367
If I wait a while, do you
think George will do it for me?
409
00:22:19,467 --> 00:22:23,667
[laughs]
410
00:22:23,767 --> 00:22:28,600
NARRATOR: George throws his
chains on in just 15 minutes.
411
00:22:28,700 --> 00:22:31,767
Just another day in paradise.
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00:22:31,867 --> 00:22:33,933
NARRATOR: Now, Alex
is the slow one.
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00:22:41,567 --> 00:22:44,433
ALEX DEBOGORSKI: Well, that
was not what I wanted to do.
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00:22:44,533 --> 00:22:45,833
Darn it all.
415
00:22:45,933 --> 00:22:48,967
NARRATOR: Alex's poor chaining
skills have already caused one
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00:22:49,100 --> 00:22:50,400
trainer to leave him behind.
417
00:22:59,067 --> 00:23:03,067
Now, he wrestles with his
nemesis one more time.
418
00:23:03,067 --> 00:23:04,967
This is not the
right way to do this.
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00:23:05,100 --> 00:23:06,833
If you're looking for
the hard way to do it,
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00:23:06,933 --> 00:23:08,267
this is the hard way.
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00:23:08,367 --> 00:23:09,733
I'm going to try the other side.
422
00:23:09,833 --> 00:23:10,767
Yeah.
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00:23:10,867 --> 00:23:13,167
I'll have to move
ahead a foot or so.
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00:23:13,267 --> 00:23:14,067
I'll try that again.
425
00:23:20,067 --> 00:23:20,767
Damn.
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00:23:27,233 --> 00:23:32,233
NARRATOR: Back at Coldfoot, Jack
Jesse is getting a slow start
427
00:23:32,333 --> 00:23:33,533
on the day.
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00:23:33,633 --> 00:23:37,333
LISA KELLY: Finally had to
honk my horn to wake him up.
429
00:23:37,433 --> 00:23:38,800
I've been knocking on the door.
430
00:23:38,933 --> 00:23:40,300
I rocked the truck.
Nothing.
431
00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:41,767
So I'm like, is
he even in there?
432
00:23:41,867 --> 00:23:43,200
So I'm like, honk, honk, honk.
433
00:23:43,300 --> 00:23:45,633
And finally, he's like--
434
00:23:45,733 --> 00:23:47,600
looks out of the sleeper.
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00:23:47,700 --> 00:23:50,200
[laughter]
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00:23:51,267 --> 00:23:53,533
NARRATOR: Lisa Kelly
is eager to get
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00:23:53,633 --> 00:23:56,467
on the road before the
next storm blows through.
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00:23:56,600 --> 00:24:00,067
But she has to wait
for her convoy partner.
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00:24:00,100 --> 00:24:01,533
LISA KELLY: It's
taking him two hours
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00:24:01,633 --> 00:24:04,067
to get ready, to eat
breakfast, and primp and preen.
441
00:24:04,133 --> 00:24:06,567
And it took me an hour and
a half to take a shower
442
00:24:06,667 --> 00:24:07,367
and do my hair.
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00:24:14,933 --> 00:24:16,333
[grunt]
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00:24:19,900 --> 00:24:22,833
I'm always fully rested
before I take off.
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00:24:22,933 --> 00:24:24,300
[horn honks]
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00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:29,967
NARRATOR: Lisa takes the lead,
because she has a lighter load.
447
00:24:30,067 --> 00:24:33,067
And she's on a mission
to rack up as many trips
448
00:24:33,167 --> 00:24:34,100
this season as possible.
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00:24:37,133 --> 00:24:38,600
Finally got going.
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00:24:45,767 --> 00:24:48,067
NARRATOR: Up ahead,
Jack and Lisa
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reach the foot of Atigun Pass.
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00:24:50,433 --> 00:24:53,800
The weather is clear
today, but the slick road
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00:24:53,900 --> 00:24:55,400
is as menacing as ever.
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00:24:59,067 --> 00:25:00,867
LISA KELLY: I got
a random question.
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00:25:00,967 --> 00:25:04,333
Has anything scared you before?
456
00:25:04,433 --> 00:25:05,300
Um.
457
00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:06,100
Oh yeah.
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00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:07,467
I've been scared before.
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00:25:07,567 --> 00:25:10,467
As a matter of fact, about 200
yards in front on your left,
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00:25:10,567 --> 00:25:16,500
I almost went off the left side
one time, run off the road.
461
00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:18,067
Just about turned
everything over.
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00:25:18,133 --> 00:25:19,200
That pretty much scared me.
463
00:25:21,733 --> 00:25:23,967
So the great Jack does scare.
464
00:25:24,067 --> 00:25:26,233
It just takes a lot.
465
00:25:26,333 --> 00:25:28,267
[laugh] Yeah.
466
00:25:28,367 --> 00:25:30,533
I suppose it takes a little bit.
467
00:25:30,633 --> 00:25:31,667
You kinda get used to it.
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00:25:35,700 --> 00:25:38,467
NARRATOR: Back at the
foot of the pass--
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Chains, chains,
and more chains.
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00:25:40,767 --> 00:25:42,567
George comes to Alex's rescue.
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00:25:46,433 --> 00:25:47,400
OK.
472
00:25:47,500 --> 00:25:48,733
You want me to hold
this back over that.
473
00:25:48,833 --> 00:25:49,967
No.
We got that other chain.
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00:25:50,067 --> 00:25:50,767
Let's go forward.
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00:25:55,667 --> 00:25:56,800
This is going to work.
476
00:25:56,900 --> 00:25:57,733
We're looking good.
477
00:25:57,833 --> 00:25:58,533
OK.
Well--
478
00:25:58,633 --> 00:25:59,567
I'll be going a lot slower.
479
00:25:59,667 --> 00:26:00,967
You might want to
give me a little--
480
00:26:01,067 --> 00:26:02,233
Yeah.
I'll give you a break.
481
00:26:02,333 --> 00:26:03,167
You get going up there.
482
00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:05,267
Yeah.
483
00:26:05,367 --> 00:26:07,833
NARRATOR: Alex is
finally chained up,
484
00:26:07,933 --> 00:26:11,067
but the real challenge
still lies ahead.
485
00:26:11,167 --> 00:26:13,967
Even with the chains on,
I don't have a lot of weight
486
00:26:14,067 --> 00:26:15,567
to imprint the
chains in the road.
487
00:26:18,067 --> 00:26:19,900
They're just going to
make things just a little
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00:26:20,067 --> 00:26:23,400
more interesting.
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00:26:23,500 --> 00:26:26,367
NARRATOR: 240 miles
up the ice road,
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00:26:26,500 --> 00:26:31,833
Alex and George are starting the
great ascent over Atigun Pass.
491
00:26:31,933 --> 00:26:32,733
I have my chains on.
492
00:26:32,833 --> 00:26:34,200
We're off like a
hurtle of turtles.
493
00:26:37,633 --> 00:26:40,067
NARRATOR: This mountain
range has already
494
00:26:40,133 --> 00:26:43,167
taken down more than a
dozen trucks this season.
495
00:26:46,133 --> 00:26:48,500
My problem is I
don't weigh very much,
496
00:26:48,600 --> 00:26:50,233
so I don't have a
lot of traction.
497
00:26:50,333 --> 00:26:52,733
In the first place,
even with the chains on,
498
00:26:52,833 --> 00:26:57,067
I don't have a lot of weight to
imprint the chains in the road.
499
00:26:57,167 --> 00:26:59,267
NARRATOR: To avoid
spinning out, Alex
500
00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:04,067
has to keep up his
momentum, but he also
501
00:27:04,133 --> 00:27:07,333
needs to maintain a safe
distance from George.
502
00:27:07,433 --> 00:27:09,167
George is going to
try to make me spin out
503
00:27:09,267 --> 00:27:10,433
on this hill or what?
504
00:27:10,533 --> 00:27:12,400
How fast should we go?
505
00:27:12,500 --> 00:27:14,333
I think I'm going
to go down a gear.
506
00:27:18,567 --> 00:27:19,267
Ooh.
507
00:27:19,367 --> 00:27:21,800
It's a slip there.
508
00:27:21,900 --> 00:27:24,200
I think we'll be all right as
long as I don't get too much
509
00:27:24,300 --> 00:27:25,200
loose snow.
510
00:27:30,167 --> 00:27:34,967
Spinning a little bit
with the chains on.
511
00:27:35,067 --> 00:27:37,600
NARRATOR: This is no
place to lose control.
512
00:27:37,700 --> 00:27:39,633
If he doesn't find
enough traction,
513
00:27:39,733 --> 00:27:42,067
it's a long way to the bottom.
514
00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:53,533
Alex tries to find better
traction on the opposite side
515
00:27:53,633 --> 00:27:54,333
of the road.
516
00:27:56,700 --> 00:27:58,700
I got a little bit of
loose snow on the outside.
517
00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:00,600
When I get all
three axles in there
518
00:28:00,633 --> 00:28:04,333
and the lack of weight on my
drivers, it wants to spin.
519
00:28:09,133 --> 00:28:11,267
NARRATOR: Barely
clinging to the ice,
520
00:28:11,367 --> 00:28:14,533
he finally reaches the summit.
521
00:28:14,633 --> 00:28:17,500
GEORGE SPEARS (ON RADIO):
Alex, you gonna take her up OK?
522
00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:18,967
We made it up all right.
523
00:28:19,067 --> 00:28:20,167
GEORGE SPEARS (ON RADIO): OK.
524
00:28:27,067 --> 00:28:31,233
NARRATOR: 190 miles south, Hugh
and Phil are crossing the Yukon
525
00:28:31,333 --> 00:28:32,067
River Bridge.
526
00:28:36,467 --> 00:28:41,467
We've only got like 50 miles
left of the [bleep] TAPS And
527
00:28:41,567 --> 00:28:45,233
then we're back on the
[bleep] Fairbanks, so.
528
00:28:45,333 --> 00:28:48,700
NARRATOR: This bridge carries
both the Dalton traffic
529
00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:53,233
and the Trans Alaskan pipeline
across the 2,000-foot wide
530
00:28:53,333 --> 00:28:55,167
Yukon River.
531
00:28:55,267 --> 00:28:58,933
The Yukon River Bridge was
an enormously challenging
532
00:28:59,067 --> 00:29:02,900
engineering task and was crucial
to the success of the highway,
533
00:29:03,067 --> 00:29:05,267
because of course if you
can't cross the Yukon River,
534
00:29:05,367 --> 00:29:08,633
you're not going to get
anywhere near Prudhoe Bay.
535
00:29:08,733 --> 00:29:13,067
NARRATOR: Completed in 1976
at a cost of $30 million,
536
00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:19,100
it was engineered to withstand
the extreme forces of the ice
537
00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:21,567
and remains the largest
bridge in Alaska.
538
00:29:24,233 --> 00:29:25,933
[horn honking]
539
00:29:26,067 --> 00:29:29,067
After a 500-mile
journey, Hugh and Phil
540
00:29:29,133 --> 00:29:31,233
reached the end of the ice road.
541
00:29:31,333 --> 00:29:33,800
The last stop before
calling it a day
542
00:29:33,900 --> 00:29:36,633
is the DOT Inspection Station.
543
00:29:36,733 --> 00:29:38,633
HUGH ROWLAND: I got
to go to the scales.
544
00:29:38,733 --> 00:29:41,700
NARRATOR: Inspections are
usually just a formality.
545
00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:43,200
But today--
546
00:29:43,300 --> 00:29:46,200
I just got busted.
547
00:29:46,300 --> 00:29:47,367
Here he comes.
548
00:29:47,467 --> 00:29:49,067
He just pulled me into
the weigh scales here.
549
00:29:49,100 --> 00:29:50,133
OFFICER: How's it going?
550
00:29:50,233 --> 00:29:51,267
Good.
551
00:29:51,367 --> 00:29:52,733
I just wanted to see
your last inspection.
552
00:29:52,833 --> 00:29:54,367
Do you have a last
inspection with you?
553
00:29:54,467 --> 00:29:55,333
- No.
- No.
554
00:29:55,433 --> 00:29:56,500
OK.
- Just my logbook.
555
00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:57,433
All right.
556
00:29:57,533 --> 00:29:58,700
Let me grab your
logbook from you.
557
00:29:58,800 --> 00:29:59,900
OK.
558
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:01,367
So you only got 9 and 1/2
between this hour here,
559
00:30:01,467 --> 00:30:04,167
and you got 8 and
1/2 there, which
560
00:30:04,267 --> 00:30:05,833
isn't going to reset your time.
561
00:30:05,933 --> 00:30:06,933
You need 10.
562
00:30:07,033 --> 00:30:08,633
So why don't we go
ahead and come inside?
563
00:30:08,733 --> 00:30:10,133
Grab the registration
for the truck.
564
00:30:10,233 --> 00:30:12,933
Grab the registration
for the trailer.
565
00:30:13,033 --> 00:30:15,100
NARRATOR: Alaska
regulations allow truckers
566
00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:19,367
to drive for 16 hours a day
before taking a mandatory 10
567
00:30:19,500 --> 00:30:20,633
hours off.
568
00:30:20,767 --> 00:30:24,433
Not logging downtime properly
is a serious violation
569
00:30:24,533 --> 00:30:27,800
that can cost a driver his job.
570
00:30:27,900 --> 00:30:30,000
Ah, the coppers-- they'll
never take me alive.
571
00:30:36,100 --> 00:30:39,033
NARRATOR: Hugh's violations
may slow him down.
572
00:30:39,133 --> 00:30:43,167
But 350 miles north, Alex's
chances of catching up
573
00:30:43,267 --> 00:30:44,433
are not much better.
574
00:30:44,533 --> 00:30:46,167
ALEX DEBOGORSKI: So
we're going downhill.
575
00:30:46,267 --> 00:30:47,567
George is slowing down.
576
00:30:47,667 --> 00:30:52,633
Not 100% sure why, but I'm sure
he's got a good reason for it.
577
00:30:52,733 --> 00:30:54,900
I'm really having trouble
keeping my heart beating
578
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:56,033
at this speed.
579
00:30:56,133 --> 00:30:57,900
[laughs]
580
00:31:02,233 --> 00:31:03,067
I tell you.
581
00:31:03,167 --> 00:31:04,300
George is going
to have to hurry.
582
00:31:04,333 --> 00:31:06,500
We got an hour and 10 minutes
to get there for supper.
583
00:31:08,867 --> 00:31:09,800
Do you like steak?
584
00:31:09,900 --> 00:31:11,267
GEORGE SPEARS (ON
RADIO): Oh yeah.
585
00:31:11,367 --> 00:31:12,833
You bet.
586
00:31:12,933 --> 00:31:14,767
So we get there
in less than an hour
587
00:31:14,867 --> 00:31:16,500
and 10 minutes, we
could have a warm one.
588
00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:20,100
OK.
589
00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:21,400
Now let's see if that helps.
590
00:31:21,500 --> 00:31:24,833
[laughing]
591
00:31:24,933 --> 00:31:26,633
See if that speeds George up.
592
00:31:26,767 --> 00:31:29,067
I'm expecting a big
burst of flame and smoke
593
00:31:29,100 --> 00:31:30,167
to come out of his stacks.
594
00:31:30,267 --> 00:31:31,333
And he's just gone.
595
00:31:31,433 --> 00:31:35,967
[laughing]
596
00:31:36,067 --> 00:31:38,933
NARRATOR: Back at the
DOT inspection station,
597
00:31:39,067 --> 00:31:42,233
Hugh's logbooks are
still being examined.
598
00:31:42,333 --> 00:31:44,100
You see the way
the regulation reads,
599
00:31:44,233 --> 00:31:47,100
you have to have 10 hours
of off-duty time to reset
600
00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:48,167
your clock.
601
00:31:48,267 --> 00:31:49,867
Oh, and where's the 12th?
602
00:31:49,967 --> 00:31:51,267
Do you know where the 12th is?
603
00:31:51,367 --> 00:31:52,600
Did you do anything on that day?
604
00:31:52,700 --> 00:31:53,767
What day would it be?
605
00:31:53,867 --> 00:31:56,233
Do you know on the
calendar what day it is?
606
00:31:56,333 --> 00:31:57,200
Sunday.
607
00:31:57,300 --> 00:31:58,600
HUGH ROWLAND: Oh,
no, we didn't--
608
00:31:58,700 --> 00:31:59,400
This last Sunday.
609
00:31:59,500 --> 00:32:00,233
No.
610
00:32:00,300 --> 00:32:01,367
We had a veer off in town.
611
00:32:01,467 --> 00:32:02,267
Off in town?
612
00:32:02,367 --> 00:32:03,633
HUGH ROWLAND: I
didn't even work.
613
00:32:03,733 --> 00:32:04,433
OK.
614
00:32:04,533 --> 00:32:05,567
Yeah.
615
00:32:05,667 --> 00:32:07,967
You should have had the
12th in your last seven,
616
00:32:08,067 --> 00:32:10,767
because you got to retain
today's plus the last seven.
617
00:32:10,867 --> 00:32:12,567
And you don't have that
one in here either.
618
00:32:12,667 --> 00:32:14,067
If it gets any
worse, I'm going--
619
00:32:14,133 --> 00:32:15,133
I'm going to jail.
620
00:32:15,233 --> 00:32:16,867
[laughs]
621
00:32:16,967 --> 00:32:22,100
Well, unfortunately, you're
going to get a citation today.
622
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:24,600
I'm just trying to figure out
where all these violations are
623
00:32:24,700 --> 00:32:25,400
here.
624
00:32:26,967 --> 00:32:28,067
Here.
625
00:32:28,167 --> 00:32:31,233
I'm going to slip him a
$20, see if he lets me go.
626
00:32:31,333 --> 00:32:36,867
[laughs] Maybe I should
slip him 20 Canadian.
627
00:32:36,967 --> 00:32:38,800
How about 20 Canadian?
628
00:32:38,900 --> 00:32:43,567
[laughs]
629
00:32:43,667 --> 00:32:44,933
All right, Rookie.
630
00:32:45,067 --> 00:32:47,967
NARRATOR: Phil returns from
Carlile with missing paperwork
631
00:32:48,067 --> 00:32:50,700
for Hugh's trailer.
632
00:32:50,833 --> 00:32:52,267
HUGH ROWLAND: I
tried to bribe him.
633
00:32:52,367 --> 00:32:54,600
PHIL KROM: You can't
bribe these guys, man.
634
00:32:54,700 --> 00:32:57,233
So it's $200
fine, $10 surcharge.
635
00:32:57,333 --> 00:32:59,433
There are three points
assessed to your license.
636
00:32:59,533 --> 00:33:01,200
And you're out of service.
You can't drive.
637
00:33:13,533 --> 00:33:18,867
NARRATOR: 270 miles up the
road, Lisa and Jack have also
638
00:33:18,967 --> 00:33:20,767
hit a road block--
639
00:33:20,867 --> 00:33:23,067
[bleating]
640
00:33:23,133 --> 00:33:25,867
--of the four-legged kind.
641
00:33:25,967 --> 00:33:28,067
LISA KELLY: [giggles] He's
just crossing the road.
642
00:33:28,167 --> 00:33:29,433
He's going to jump
the guardrail.
643
00:33:29,533 --> 00:33:32,100
Look at him go.
644
00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:35,067
[bleating]
645
00:33:39,067 --> 00:33:41,467
They're running
around the truck.
646
00:33:41,567 --> 00:33:43,433
Where's another one?
647
00:33:43,533 --> 00:33:45,700
There's just two.
648
00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:47,933
He looked at me and goes,
hm, I think I'll go around.
649
00:33:48,067 --> 00:33:50,767
They ran right next to me.
650
00:33:50,867 --> 00:33:52,733
It was awesome.
651
00:33:52,833 --> 00:33:55,733
[horn honking]
652
00:33:57,867 --> 00:34:00,100
JACK JESSE: Well, you
know, the animals up here,
653
00:34:00,133 --> 00:34:01,567
you do your best
not to hit them.
654
00:34:01,667 --> 00:34:06,633
Nobody wants to run over
anything up here, because it
655
00:34:06,733 --> 00:34:08,567
could be bad for one.
656
00:34:08,667 --> 00:34:11,567
Two, it could potentially
break your truck.
657
00:34:11,667 --> 00:34:14,300
Dall sheep are one
of only a few mammals
658
00:34:14,433 --> 00:34:16,733
that have adapted to
life in the Arctic.
659
00:34:16,833 --> 00:34:19,767
They survive because
their thick hair is hollow
660
00:34:19,867 --> 00:34:22,700
and serves as insulation
against the frigid cold.
661
00:34:25,567 --> 00:34:27,067
JACK JESSE: I'm
trying [inaudible]..
662
00:34:27,100 --> 00:34:28,833
Move over.
663
00:34:28,933 --> 00:34:30,700
Little sheepies, I'm bigger.
664
00:34:30,767 --> 00:34:31,533
I'm bigger.
665
00:34:31,633 --> 00:34:33,167
Look at the sheep run right by.
666
00:34:33,267 --> 00:34:34,633
Beautiful little animals.
667
00:34:34,733 --> 00:34:36,300
Keep going, you little sheep.
668
00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:37,200
Go catch up with mama.
669
00:34:40,733 --> 00:34:44,133
NARRATOR: After dodging
today's lively obstacles,
670
00:34:44,233 --> 00:34:48,433
Jack maneuvers his 50,000-pound
rig of diesel fuel through
671
00:34:48,533 --> 00:34:49,467
the last stretch.
672
00:34:49,567 --> 00:34:50,833
JACK JESSE: You want
to be on your game
673
00:34:50,933 --> 00:34:52,333
when you're hauling
fuel, you know.
674
00:34:52,433 --> 00:34:54,200
They don't give fuel
to, like, the new guys.
675
00:34:54,300 --> 00:34:56,800
Because if you do mess
up, it can be extremely
676
00:34:56,900 --> 00:34:58,567
expensive to clean this up.
677
00:34:58,667 --> 00:35:00,667
And you just can't come
through and clean that up
678
00:35:00,767 --> 00:35:02,067
with a loader.
679
00:35:02,167 --> 00:35:04,600
Then you start getting into all
kinds of environmental issues.
680
00:35:04,733 --> 00:35:08,100
You know, you're dumping
diesel fuel on the ground.
681
00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:10,767
NARRATOR: And this has been
a season of tanker disasters
682
00:35:10,867 --> 00:35:11,567
on the Dalton.
683
00:35:18,933 --> 00:35:22,533
Last week, a tanker nearly went
off a cliff on Atigun Pass.
684
00:35:25,533 --> 00:35:29,367
And today on the south end of
the Dalton, a call comes in.
685
00:35:29,467 --> 00:35:31,633
There's another accident
on the ice road.
686
00:35:36,233 --> 00:35:40,567
Recovery specialist Ben
Krakowski races to the scene.
687
00:35:40,667 --> 00:35:42,267
I just got a call that truck--
688
00:35:42,367 --> 00:35:43,400
tires are off in a ditch.
689
00:35:43,500 --> 00:35:45,133
I don't know if it's a
trailer tires or not.
690
00:35:49,067 --> 00:35:52,733
I haven't met any southbounders
yet, and I should have by now.
691
00:35:52,833 --> 00:35:56,500
That tells me something's
going on up here somewhere.
692
00:35:56,600 --> 00:35:59,533
NARRATOR: He hopes to get
there before a logjam of trucks
693
00:35:59,633 --> 00:36:02,067
backs up on the ice.
694
00:36:02,167 --> 00:36:04,133
BEN KRAKOWSKI: When the
Dalton Highway's blocked,
695
00:36:04,167 --> 00:36:07,100
all the drivers that are
held up there, they're--
696
00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:08,433
they don't get paid for sitting.
697
00:36:08,533 --> 00:36:09,733
They get paid for driving.
698
00:36:09,833 --> 00:36:11,467
So the whole time
it's blocked, they're
699
00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:15,200
basically not making any money.
700
00:36:15,300 --> 00:36:17,067
NARRATOR: 16 miles
up the Dalton,
701
00:36:17,167 --> 00:36:19,500
recovery specialist
Ben Krakowski
702
00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:24,067
arrives at the scene of the
road's latest bad accident.
703
00:36:24,133 --> 00:36:27,333
A tanker caught the edge of the
road and wrecked in the ditch.
704
00:36:34,667 --> 00:36:36,067
If you look back
this way here,
705
00:36:36,100 --> 00:36:40,100
you can see where they
got the road plowed.
706
00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:41,900
Once you get them tires
in that loose snow,
707
00:36:42,067 --> 00:36:43,800
you're not going
to bring it out.
708
00:36:43,900 --> 00:36:45,367
I mean it just
sucks you in there.
709
00:36:45,500 --> 00:36:47,833
NARRATOR: Fortunately,
the driver escaped injury.
710
00:36:47,933 --> 00:36:50,367
BEN KRAKOWSKI: The truck wasn't
all the way over on its side.
711
00:36:50,467 --> 00:36:53,533
The tires were
still on the ground.
712
00:36:53,633 --> 00:36:57,133
NARRATOR: Another crew attempted
to pump out some of the fuel
713
00:36:57,233 --> 00:36:59,500
through holes punched
in the tanker.
714
00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:03,067
Now with the road blocked and
traffic starting to pile up,
715
00:37:03,100 --> 00:37:06,600
the pressure is on Ben
to get the wreck cleared.
716
00:37:06,700 --> 00:37:09,300
BEN KRAKOWSKI: I try to get them
opened up as quick as I can,
717
00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:14,067
so everyone can get
back doing their job.
718
00:37:14,100 --> 00:37:14,800
OK.
719
00:37:14,900 --> 00:37:15,600
We're ready.
720
00:37:34,900 --> 00:37:38,900
NARRATOR: After
dragging it to the edge,
721
00:37:39,067 --> 00:37:42,567
Ben finally wrestles the
30-ton rig out of the ditch.
722
00:37:45,900 --> 00:37:48,400
And they're going to pull up
alongside and finish pumping it
723
00:37:48,500 --> 00:37:49,733
off now.
724
00:37:49,833 --> 00:37:53,200
They said there was maybe
1,000 gallons left in it.
725
00:37:53,300 --> 00:37:55,767
NARRATOR: While workers
transfer the remaining fuel,
726
00:37:55,867 --> 00:37:58,733
Ben and his crew clean up
the spilled diesel, which
727
00:37:58,833 --> 00:38:00,967
has seeped out of the tanker.
728
00:38:01,067 --> 00:38:04,800
How much fuel you got here?
729
00:38:04,833 --> 00:38:07,200
That looks pretty clean right
underneath there though.
730
00:38:11,333 --> 00:38:12,633
I can smell fuel on it.
731
00:38:12,733 --> 00:38:14,867
NARRATOR: The method of
finding the diesel is
732
00:38:14,967 --> 00:38:17,633
primitive but effective
in protecting the tundra.
733
00:38:17,733 --> 00:38:19,467
If there's diesel in
it or anything in it,
734
00:38:19,567 --> 00:38:21,233
you can smell it.
735
00:38:21,333 --> 00:38:24,600
[sniffing] Well, that's good.
736
00:38:24,667 --> 00:38:25,400
No fuel.
737
00:38:27,867 --> 00:38:30,300
We don't know if there is hidden
damage underneath this thing
738
00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:32,067
after being in a
ditch like that,
739
00:38:32,133 --> 00:38:35,067
so we're just going to haul it
back and get her in their shop
740
00:38:35,100 --> 00:38:36,133
where they can thaw it out.
741
00:38:40,533 --> 00:38:43,267
NARRATOR: 50 miles
outside of Deadhorse, Alex
742
00:38:43,367 --> 00:38:45,733
is getting his first
chance to take the lead.
743
00:38:49,167 --> 00:38:51,467
ALEX DEBOGORSKI: Hopefully,
I'll be as quick as George.
744
00:38:51,567 --> 00:38:53,800
Hopefully, I'm not
too slow for him.
745
00:38:53,900 --> 00:38:56,500
[chuckles]
746
00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:59,067
All my experience with the
variety of roads I've driven on
747
00:38:59,133 --> 00:39:00,400
helped to drive on this road.
748
00:39:00,433 --> 00:39:02,067
Driving on the ice
roads, of course,
749
00:39:02,100 --> 00:39:04,933
are helpful for all
these icy sections,
750
00:39:05,067 --> 00:39:06,667
because it is quite slippery.
751
00:39:06,767 --> 00:39:08,833
And I have to be
gentle on the throttle,
752
00:39:08,933 --> 00:39:10,433
and don't change direction.
753
00:39:10,533 --> 00:39:12,967
You're slamming on the
brakes, because things
754
00:39:13,067 --> 00:39:15,433
can go awry and go
around in a circle
755
00:39:15,567 --> 00:39:18,700
and end up tying the
truck up in a knot.
756
00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:21,133
NARRATOR: Up ahead, a
woman in a pickup truck
757
00:39:21,233 --> 00:39:23,533
signals she wants to pass.
758
00:39:23,633 --> 00:39:25,333
You want to go by,
the little red pickup,
759
00:39:25,433 --> 00:39:26,433
just give me a second here.
760
00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:30,067
ALEX DEBOGORSKI: Yeah.
761
00:39:30,100 --> 00:39:30,800
Don't get excited.
762
00:39:30,900 --> 00:39:31,900
Just take it easy.
763
00:39:36,100 --> 00:39:38,367
You're welcome.
764
00:39:38,467 --> 00:39:41,567
She pulled out
and stepped on it.
765
00:39:41,667 --> 00:39:44,267
Give herself a start.
766
00:39:44,367 --> 00:39:46,967
NARRATOR: Suddenly, the
pickup comes to a halt
767
00:39:47,067 --> 00:39:50,667
to let an oncoming truck pass.
768
00:39:50,767 --> 00:39:53,067
Don't [bleep] stop.
769
00:39:53,167 --> 00:39:56,267
NARRATOR: And now, Alex is
bearing down on her in his
770
00:39:56,367 --> 00:39:59,800
60,000-pound rig.
771
00:39:59,900 --> 00:40:01,000
Sheesh.
772
00:40:01,100 --> 00:40:02,233
This woman's insane.
773
00:40:07,767 --> 00:40:13,100
NARRATOR: As he skids
towards a collision,
774
00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:17,067
the pickup starts moving again,
pulling away just in time.
775
00:40:19,467 --> 00:40:21,433
ALEX DEBOGORSKI: Of course,
she gave me no warning
776
00:40:21,533 --> 00:40:22,867
that she was going to stop.
777
00:40:22,967 --> 00:40:24,567
It was really icy
in that spot there.
778
00:40:24,667 --> 00:40:25,867
I would have just run her over.
779
00:40:29,700 --> 00:40:32,667
NARRATOR: A few miles
north, Alex catches sight
780
00:40:32,767 --> 00:40:35,300
of his destination.
781
00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:38,700
ALEX DEBOGORSKI: I am coming
into Prudhoe Bay, Carlile's
782
00:40:38,833 --> 00:40:41,000
yard and drop off this load.
783
00:40:41,100 --> 00:40:42,833
NARRATOR: With Hugh
sidelined, Alex
784
00:40:42,933 --> 00:40:46,000
hopes to seize the
opportunity and turn and burn
785
00:40:46,100 --> 00:40:47,567
with another load.
786
00:40:47,667 --> 00:40:50,033
Well, let's go
get a bite to eat.
787
00:40:50,133 --> 00:40:51,967
So you planning on
spending the night here?
788
00:40:52,067 --> 00:40:54,033
Well, Alex, I figure
it's already 7:00.
789
00:40:54,133 --> 00:40:55,533
It'll be 8:00 by
the time we eat.
790
00:40:55,667 --> 00:40:57,333
9:00 by the time
we get out trailers
791
00:40:57,433 --> 00:40:59,100
switched around and fueled up.
792
00:40:59,200 --> 00:41:01,300
I figured I-- that's
what I was planning on.
793
00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:03,133
Well, I suppose
[inaudible] stay.
794
00:41:03,233 --> 00:41:04,700
I'd rather go myself.
795
00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:05,800
Oh.
796
00:41:05,900 --> 00:41:07,933
This old guy goes to
bed every night, man.
797
00:41:08,067 --> 00:41:10,200
I don't drive like that at all.
798
00:41:10,300 --> 00:41:13,200
NARRATOR: George
has the final word.
799
00:41:13,300 --> 00:41:15,600
Alex isn't going
anywhere tonight.
800
00:41:21,833 --> 00:41:24,433
Across town, Jack
Jesse has arrived,
801
00:41:24,533 --> 00:41:28,067
and he's racing to unload
his tanker of fuel.
802
00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:30,333
There we go.
803
00:41:30,433 --> 00:41:31,467
We made it over to Colville.
804
00:41:31,567 --> 00:41:32,867
We got the fuel offloaded.
805
00:41:32,967 --> 00:41:34,500
It only actually took
about 30 minutes.
806
00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:35,967
Pretty fast.
I came over.
807
00:41:36,067 --> 00:41:37,100
Got something to eat.
808
00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:39,333
Just waiting on Lisa to
get done with her stuff.
809
00:41:39,433 --> 00:41:42,600
NARRATOR: Over at the Carlile
terminal, Lisa is now the one
810
00:41:42,700 --> 00:41:43,967
trying to keep up.
811
00:41:44,067 --> 00:41:46,333
Is it OK if I park
this trailer right here?
812
00:41:46,433 --> 00:41:47,500
MAN (ON RADIO): That's fine.
813
00:41:50,200 --> 00:41:52,100
I'm hurrying so I
don't get left by Jack.
814
00:41:59,667 --> 00:42:01,067
[horn honking]
815
00:42:01,167 --> 00:42:02,267
Let's get moving.
816
00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:04,233
Do I need paperwork?
817
00:42:04,267 --> 00:42:06,067
I will do a trip for you.
818
00:42:06,100 --> 00:42:07,333
It's going to bobtail you there.
819
00:42:07,433 --> 00:42:09,667
And then you'll pick up the
paperwork in the guard shack
820
00:42:09,767 --> 00:42:11,233
there.
- They're open 24 hours a day?
821
00:42:11,333 --> 00:42:12,067
MAN: Yep.
- OK.
822
00:42:12,133 --> 00:42:13,267
It's ready.
823
00:42:13,367 --> 00:42:14,467
Got to go to the bathroom.
824
00:42:21,600 --> 00:42:24,500
[beeping]
825
00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:30,500
He says go.
826
00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:31,300
I want to go.
827
00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:34,067
I'm game.
828
00:42:34,100 --> 00:42:36,500
[horn honking]
829
00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:45,067
NARRATOR: They made
this run in record time.
830
00:42:45,167 --> 00:42:48,100
And with clear skies
still on the horizon,
831
00:42:48,200 --> 00:42:50,633
Jack and Lisa push
south once again
832
00:42:50,733 --> 00:42:54,667
through the Alaskan wilderness,
hoping their luck will hold.
833
00:42:54,767 --> 00:42:56,833
JACK JESSE: We're going
to run back together.
834
00:42:56,933 --> 00:42:58,800
It's always better
to go with somebody.
835
00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:06,200
NARRATOR: After nine weeks
on Alaska's ice road,
836
00:43:06,300 --> 00:43:09,767
Lisa Kelly's push to run with
the big boys is paying off.
837
00:43:09,900 --> 00:43:13,300
While Hugh Rowland's citation
has cost him precious time
838
00:43:13,400 --> 00:43:17,967
and potentially his
lead on Alex Debogorski.
839
00:43:18,067 --> 00:43:20,067
At the courthouse
in Fairbanks, Hugh
840
00:43:20,167 --> 00:43:23,600
has to pay up to get
back on the road.
841
00:43:23,700 --> 00:43:25,567
I see you met our
famous troopers.
842
00:43:25,667 --> 00:43:27,533
[laughs] I think they've
been picking on me.
843
00:43:27,633 --> 00:43:28,333
All right.
844
00:43:28,433 --> 00:43:29,300
Is that true?
845
00:43:32,300 --> 00:43:33,200
Is that your citation?
846
00:43:33,300 --> 00:43:34,300
Yep.
847
00:43:34,400 --> 00:43:35,733
I'd got a lot more if
I'd known everybody
848
00:43:35,833 --> 00:43:36,900
was that good-looking.
849
00:43:37,067 --> 00:43:38,567
No contest.
850
00:43:38,667 --> 00:43:39,467
Have a great day.
851
00:43:39,567 --> 00:43:40,367
Thanks for coming in.
852
00:43:40,467 --> 00:43:41,767
Thank you.
853
00:43:41,867 --> 00:43:44,433
I just went and paid my fine for
my half hour mistake on my log.
854
00:43:44,533 --> 00:43:46,467
I'm going to head back up
the road in the morning
855
00:43:46,567 --> 00:43:49,067
there and get back at her.
856
00:43:49,167 --> 00:43:52,100
Well, at least, she
was good-looking.
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