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NARRATOR: Tonight on
"Ice Road Truckers"--

Roads are fading.

My body's fading.

It's almost time for
the end of the season.

NARRATOR: Hugh's load gets
too close for comfort.

Well, that sucks.

NARRATOR: Lisa steps up.

If I'm allowed to
follow, I just do.

But if I need to lead,
I'm really good at it.

NARRATOR: And two rookies
fight to stay on the road.

Oh, please pull over.

You've made some mistakes.

[music playing]

NARRATOR: Across the frozen
tundras of North America,

the ice roads are melting.

The dash for the cash
hits the homestretch.

And ice road truckers on
both sides of the continent

gear up for the
sprint to the finish.

At Polar Industries
in Manitoba, Canada--

HUGH: Hey, Rick, you awake?

Yeah, go ahead.

NARRATOR: Hugh
Roland and Rick Yemm

are up early, hoping to squeezein one more load before the ice

road disappears.

These roads are pretty
much [bleep] right now.

Look at that.
Does that look frozen?

The roads are fading.

My body's fading.

My hair is fading.

It's almost time for
the end of the season.

HUGH: OK, I'm rolling.

I'm good.

OK.

I'll get this thing wheeled
around, get out of here.

NARRATOR: Hauling 60,000
pounds of concrete barriers,

Hugh and Rick hit the road
to St. Theresa Point one

last time.

[music playing]

9:00 AM and the morning
sun is taking its toll

on the road and the rigs.

Sun's coming up there.

And she's got quite
a bit of heat.

The roads are getting
pretty slick out now.

Traveled as much as we
could at night there.

Another couple of days gonna
make a big difference here.

[music playing]

Some serious time I got
to spend with my hot tub

and get my back
back in shape again.

Spending a couple bucks
at the old chiropractor.

Hold on.

Holy [bleep].

I'm going to jump out here and
see what the [bleep] going on.

I wonder, wonder, wonder.

NARRATOR: The rough road causedone of the cement barriers

to slide forward
and just inches away

from slamming into Hugh's cab.

[bleep] Are you serious?

NARRATOR: 300 miles
from help, Hugh's run

may be over before it starts.

HUGH: Well, that [bleep] sucks.

NARRATOR: 100 miles
south, Alex Debogorski

is neck-and-neck in
the race with Hugh.

I'm not going to compete
on the talking end of it.

You know, sure, I
like to talk too.

But I'm not going to
argue with those guys.

Maybe I didn't get the
most loads every year,

but I was up there.

I always got lots of loads.

I got my fair share.

Most guys got a lot
less loads than I did.

NARRATOR: This 20-ton
load of building supplies

bound for St. Theresa Point
will help him keep pace.

I get a lot of good bounces
if I come off the seat.

But most of the
holes, I can hit them.

You know, you've
got a split second

to decide before you
hit that hole and swerve

and just catch that hole right
so you kind of go through

it smooth.

It doesn't-- it doesn't put theframe right down on the blasted

spring, eh?

It's stuck.

The tow truck's stuck.

ALEX: There's Bob's truck.

Look at the wheel's off.

Oh, the tow truck
is getting 'em.

NARRATOR: As the road
melts, more and more trucks

spin out in the
soft snow and mud.

Even a tow truck has gotten
stuck halfway through a rescue

job.

Do you want me
to give you a tug?

I'd sure appreciate it.

Half price today.

I'm gonna-- we're going to
give this tow truck a tow.

What next, they said, eh?

If you just sort of slip
the clutch and I'll back up.

And then I'll give it a jerk.

Just let the clutch out.

Any time you're ready.

OK.

I'm going to back up a little.

Enjoy your week, the
rest of your time here.

Not much longer, I guess, eh?

Yeah, not too much longer.

You want a story,
here's another one--

don't offer me a chance to
pull out a big tow truck.

Yeah, so I'm going
to be super trucker.

NARRATOR: But just
10 miles up the road,

Alex hits another snag.

What are you doing out here?

Well, I'm just doing some
test holes here, just trying

to see how thick the ice is.

NARRATOR: As the end of
the season approaches,

the frozen lakes begin to thaw.

And it's up to researchers
like Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht

to determine when the icebecomes too dangerous to cross.

Well, we can start right here.

Sounds rocky.

Oh, oh--

That's it.

There you go.

That wasn't too deep, is it?

It's about 18 inches.

But, you know, like
two, three weeks ago,

it was like four feet thick so.

A car might float along on the
surface for a minute or two

before it sinks.

But if you're in a big truck,
if it breaks clean through,

it'll basically sink
in about three seconds.

If you're doing any more
driving, be very careful.

Because, you know,
break-up's happening.

And the ice is getting
very thin, very quick.

Thank you very
much, Mr. Popsicle.

NARRATOR: Alex
will play it safe.

I'm taking a long way up the
west side of Lake Winnipeg,

on Highway 6.

NARRATOR: The long way
adds more than 200 miles

of driving to his run.

But with the ice
thinning quickly,

Alex would rather risk losing
the load count than his life.

I'm not going to worry about
stuff that's going to happen

tomorrow right now.

I've got a plan.

I'm going to stick to the
plan until the plan changes.

NARRATOR: 2,600 miles
west, in Prudhoe Bay,

Alaska, veteran Tony Molesky islooking for a backhaul to juice

up his load count.

TONY: Looks like the yard's
pretty thin this morning.

NARRATOR: This
late in the season,

the Prudhoe yard
is usually packed

with loads heading south.

But today, the freight
yard is a ghost town.

See what we got in here.

Pretty thin out there
in the yard, huh?

Yeah, lots of empty trailers,
lots of stuff coming in.

But not a whole lot
going south right now.

Perfect.

A lot of our
hardware is tied up

because there's a polar bear--

at least a mom and a cub.

And I had to pull
everything off and wait.

So--

They evacuate?

Yep.

NARRATOR: With a 1,200 pound
polar bear stalking out

a nearby equipment yard,
the road from the oil field

to Prudhoe Bay is closed.

And the area has been evacuatedfor a mile in every direction.

Wow.

Because they were
here before we were.

NARRATOR: The one-mile
evacuation zone

is part of a federal lawdesigned to protect both people

and bears.

In 1973, President Richard Nixonsigned the Endangered Species

Act--

The time has come for man
to make his peace with nature.

NARRATOR: --giving the
polar bear and other animals

with dwindling population a
better chance of surviving.

So for now--

Is there going to be a bunch
of backhauls coming soon?

We do have some
metal scrap ends that

need to get back to Fairbanks.
- Yeah.

Nice.

NARRATOR: Tony gets lucky.

Thanks for the trip.

We'll see you in a week or so.
- All right.

Take care.
Be safe, bro.

We will.

I just laid claim on
the only backhaul.

Rank has its privileges, man.

There's polar bears
costing huge money.

And we're running out
of time on the ice.

And then nothing we can do.

NARRATOR: 500 miles south,
at Carlisle headquarters--

Morning.

Hey, Lane.

How you doing?

What's going on?

Have a seat.

NARRATOR: It's judgment
day for Dave Redmond.

Let me grab the door quick.

Want me to grab it?

Thanks, Dave.

Let's-- let's talk about
what's going on out there.

I'm still getting some--

little bit of negative feedbackfrom my guys out there.

You know, from the first
trip, you've had problems.

I feel like I'm [bleep]
eight years old over here,

driving a [bleep] big wheel.

I think everything's going fine.

I mean, I keep my mouth shut.

I do my job.

I've spoken to Phil.

Phil is concerned still becausehe doesn't think that you're

communicating out there.

Copy that there, Dave?

Shut up!

About the incident the
other day, with the convoy.

It's when you passed by,
it was on a blind corner.

And they said there was almosta collision with a four-wheeler?

That's bull [bleep].

That's absolute bull [bleep].

Bull [bleep].

Bull [bleep].

Bull [bleep].

You play the tape back.

If that's the case, I'll
walk out of here right now.

She was just going real slow--

He's following way too close.

I mean, you don't even follow
that close on pavement.

You're going to follow
that close on [bleep] ice?

And she was just-- you
know, I just kept saying,

I'm having a hard time keeping
this truck slowed down going

down the hill.

Give me a [bleep]
enough room between us.

Well, I could if I
wasn't 80,000 pounds.

And I said, Maya, as soon asyou go around that next corner,

I'm going to come around you.

And she said, that's fine.

That works for me.

I'm going to let
him get around soon.

It'll make everybody's
life a little easier.

Soon as she come
around the corner,

I went around here, got
right back in front of her.

I mean, I thought we did thatas safe as we could have done it

under the circumstances.

There was no near miss
with no four-wheeler.

That is bull [bleep].

OK.

Because I heard that
from a couple of people.

So--
- That's bull [bleep].

NARRATOR: In the office
of Carlisle's top brass--

You know, from the first
trip, you've had problems

with personalities.

Tony has quit talking about
it because he knows that.

I don't say anything to Tony.

Tony comes up and
tries to say something,

I just stand there
with my mouth shut.

You're pissed because I[bleep] pissed in your sandbox.

Yeah, you disrespected
me in my truck.

You're wanting me to come
over here and grovel, OK.

It's not going to happen.

You've made some mistakes.

Your last trip
with Phil, I mean,

you high-hitched a trailer.

Ah-- mother [bleep] How
the [bleep] did I miss it all

together?

Not only could that have
done damage to the pipe,

but it's-- once again,
it's not a veteran mistake.

Right.

I mean, it's not something
that the guy that's

been driving for 25 years does.

And I mean--

You're right.

Your mind is somewhere else.

And it's not on
what you're doing.

You know what,
you're probably right.

My mind is-- probably 50% of
the day, all I do is wake up

and wonder who's going
to [bleep] me today.

How am I supposed to drive
on the most dangerous road

in the world with no
[bleep] seat belt!

And it won't get any better.

I think, at this point,
that we don't really

have any choice but to part
ways and then move forward.

OK.

I don't have any hard
feelings with you, Dave.

I think that while you'rehere, you did a good enough job

as far as getting up
and down the road.

But there's more to
it than just that.

Right.

I appreciate you
giving me a shot.

Well, I appreciate--

I appreciate your time, Dave.
I really do.

Thank you.

NARRATOR: With a load leader
down for the count, just

outside of town,
Lisa Kelly gears up

to make a run for the crown.

I'm never going to give up.

NARRATOR: After a rocky start--

Lisa fought her way
back to heavy haul.

And today's 15-ton check will
put her skills to the test.

- Hi, Rod.
- How you doing?

Good.
How are you?

Good.
Good, good, good.

Good to see you.

Good to see you, too.

It'll be fun, won't it?

Yes.

Yes.

NARRATOR: With 25
years experience,

driver Rod Cahill should be
leading this oversized convoy.

But he's got a problem.

I just noticed, you
have a block and I don't.

I'm going, uh oh.

That means you're going to
have more problems than me.

Yeah.

NARRATOR: The 5,000-pound cementblock weighs down the front

axle, increasing traction
on the slippery road.

What?

You want me to take that one?

Oh, no.

I'll be fine.

I'll be fine.

I'll let you lead.

All right.
- That cool with you?

Yep.

All right.

Well, this will be fun.

If I'm allowed to
follow, I just do.

But if I need to lead,
I'm really good at it.

[music playing]

I don't know that
much about Rod.

He's been with the
company for a while.

We haven't really run
together that much.

He just-- he's very,
very happy all the time.

Oh, my gosh.

NARRATOR: But less than 30
miles into their journey--

That would have been bad.

My truck has a code 95.

NARRATOR: When the truck's
computer system detects engine

problems, it will
automatically reduce

the available horsepower.

I've got a tail-heavy,
overweight, oversized load,

combined with a de-rating
truck is going to make

for a challenging day.

NARRATOR: De-rating could be
a computer glitch or a sign

of bigger problems.

But Lisa isn't backing down.

Everyone's going
to out-pull me.

And that's fine.

Whatever.

I'll get there
two miles an hour.

I don't care.

It'll get there.

NARRATOR: Back in the
Fairbanks truck yard,

rookie Maya Sieber
tightens down her load.

Hey, lady.

Hey, Phil.

- What's going on?
- Not much.

How you doing?

Good.

So you know, Dave's
no longer with us.

Are you serious?

Yeah.

He got let go.

In short, he was unwilling
to really learn and listen

to what's going on out there.

So, you know, like I told you
before, everybody's watching

the new drivers.

You know, a certain
amount of negativity

makes it back to the
boss here in town.

And that's how it happens.

Right.

And things are changing.

The snow pack is turning to ice.

And the ice pack is
turning to slick ice.

You know, it's just--

the job is definitely changing.

- I'll do what I have to do.
- All right.

Have a good one.

Thank you.

NARRATOR: With Dave
out of the picture,

the last rookie standing
is feeling the pressure.

It's really, really tough
to be open to learning

all over again.

But it's something
you have to do.

Up here, it's completely
different from any driving

you will ever do.

It's important for me
to get these loads in.

Dave's out of the picture now.

And I'm the only rookie up here.

You know, I have
to prove myself.

It kind of sucks because the
road's getting really slick

because the sun's really strong.

And it's melting the
top layer of ice.

And because I'm so
light, it's going

to be kind of difficult
to have traction.

It could be a fight
to get up there.

Today I'm in the mood
for a fight, so it's OK.

NARRATOR: 275 miles up the road,with the last of the season's

critical loads rolling north,
it's up to the Alaska DOT

to keep the roads open and safe.

Today worker Ken Bear is
on an emergency mission.

We're heading up north
in the valley here.

And we're going to go
up to mile post 195,

where Sheep Creek is, and
take a look at this big bubble

and see if we can't drill
a hole in the side of it,

get some water
pressure to release.

NARRATOR: As the weather
warms, lakes and rivers

go through a cycle of
freezing and thawing.

If the pressure
continues to build,

the ice bubble will eventually
burst, flooding the road.

K. Bear uses an ice auger
to relieve the pressure.

[music playing]

We got this just in time.

You can see these big cracks
along the front and the side

here.

We averted disaster.

That's ice cold.

NARRATOR: 100 miles
from Winnipeg,

in the thick of
the Canadian bush--

I'm going to jump out here andsee what the [bleep] going on.

I wonder, wonder, wonder.

NARRATOR: The rough
road has caused

one of Hugh's massive
concrete barriers

to slide dangerously
close to the cab.

Well, that [bleep] sucks.

NARRATOR: But 100 miles from
a forklift, the polar bear

has a plan.

I'm just going to try to use
my trailer to push it back on.

NARRATOR: They'll take
advantage of horsepower

and the high, flat edge
of Rick's trailer--

Watch it, watch it, watch it!

NARRATOR: --to carefully push
the barrier back in place.

Using the rig got it close--

Take a chain and
boomer and just--

Yeah, we'll get it.

I need your help, though.

NARRATOR: --but the
rest will take muscle.

Ah!

[bleep]

Sliding was such
a good idea, eh?

[bleep],, I pulled
that muscle big time.

We're just going to reinforce
this so that the blocks don't

slide out.

We're getting snow
all over the deck.

It's a warm day and the blocks
are starting to slide around

here a little bit.

You ready?

Let us be gone.

NARRATOR: While Hugh and
Rick get back in the race,

Alex is adding
hours onto his trip

to avoid crossing the thin ice.

No, I don't want to
get stuck in there.

I don't want to
wreck the freight.

And I don't want
to wreck the truck.

My goal is to get this old
truck back in one piece.

I don't want to be the
guy that finishes it off.

Let somebody else finish it off.

I'd like Orvis to
be able to say,

I gave Debogorski that
old truck and, you know,

he drove it all
season and brought it

back in the same
or better condition

than it was when he started.

Right now my job's to get
it to turn off in the bush.

I've got a plan.

I'm going to stick to the
plan until the plan changes.

NARRATOR: The detour will
keep Alex off the thin ice.

But driving the back roadsmeans 200 extra miles of bumping

and battering for his truck.

I'm losing air pretty quick.

I've got zero air
in the one side.

NARRATOR: And it's not long
before his beat-up rig gives

out.

Good under here.

Transmission, drive
shaft-- the drive shaft

let go at the back
of the front dif

and it snapped the pinion
right off on the back dif.

It flew out, took out the rightairbag and a couple airlines.

NARRATOR: After
19 punishing runs,

Alex is down for the count.

I'm about 10 minutes
past that Pelican Landing

where we fueled up.

Sorry about that.

Bye.

Well, let's see how
this finishes a run.

It doesn't matter whether I'm
on the ice road, in the bush,

whatever.
The run's finished.

NARRATOR: Back in Alaska, Dave
Redmond is licking his wounds

after being fired from his job.

You know I came up here.

I guess I beat them
at their own game.

And now they're
pissed off at me.

And now they don't want
to play with me no more.

So, you know, they're
just basically just

making my life miserable,
tainting the opinion

of the [bleep] management
as far as me driving safely

and doing stuff safely.

Well, you know, it's
kind of obvious.

You know, everybody
they've stuck me with

has been in a wreck, in a
wreck, in a ditch, whatever.

But I don't have any accidents.

[bleep] what's up with that?

I mean, it's kind of obvious
who's the [bleep] winner here.

So [bleep],, I'll just go home,go back down to the [bleep]

lower 48, where at least
everybody appreciates,

you know, somebody
who can do a good job.

I guess all that's left is toget my [bleep],, get the [bleep]

out of here.

Yeah, I've never been
fired from a job in my life

over petty bull [bleep] rumors.

You know, their
[bleep] employees

are taking over this
[bleep] company.

They show up to
work when they want.

They hold up everybody.

They don't give a [bleep].

It's just getting out of hand.

So it's best that
I just [bleep] go.

Don't need them anyways.

[bleep] I'll go back home and
work where I'm appreciated.

NARRATOR: 400 miles
up the haul road,

Tony Molesky is hauling
the day's only backhaul.

And he's approaching
a stretch of road

that's all too familiar.

This is kind of back in
the same spot, same truck,

heading into Surprise Rise here.

NARRATOR: At the
start of the season,

Tony was lucky to survive
a crash in this very spot.

TONY: I thought I was gone.

Let's see if we can do
this right this time.

DIANA: Is this Tony?

Yeah, what's happening?

DIANA: I've got a 21 wide.

He's gonna wait for you on
the other side of the detour.

OK, Diana.

We'll blaze on down there.

Thank you.

DIANA: You're welcome.

NARRATOR: With northbound
truckers normally having

the right away, Tony
speeds up, not wanting

to keep the 20 wide waiting.

But as he approaches the rise--

[truck horn]

I thought he was waiting
for us the other side

of the detour.

I guess not.

NARRATOR: 100 miles
south of Prudhoe Bay,

Alaska, Tony is facing
an oncoming 20 wide.

I thought he was waiting
for us the other side

of the detour.

I guess not.

[truck horn]

Crazy.

She told me you were waiting onthe other side of the detour.

That's why I come down there.

Aw, you're fine.

It all worked out.

It's all good.

You guys have a
good day up there.

That just goes to show you, youhave to expect the unexpected

even when you do
communicate, you know.

Kind of ironic where
we met him too.

We just met that 21 wide
right next to where I got

hit by a trailer
here a while back.

But you just never know.

NARRATOR: 200 miles
south of Prudhoe Bay--

I can't tell.

NARRATOR: Lisa has limped her
oversized load all the way

to Atigun Pass.

Thank you.

NARRATOR: With the polar
bear standoff resolved,

backhauls have resumed
out of Prudhoe Bay.

And Lisa and Rod--

I have to go by
this guy and I don't

want to do another ditch dive.

NARRATOR: --are running into
the first southbounders.

Yeah, we got three or four
coming up behind us, too.

I been slipping and
sliding all over here.

I managed not to burn out
this year or last year.

So I'd like to keep it that way.

NARRATOR: Before
heading up the pass,

Lisa pulls over to find
out what she'll be facing.

I spun out on the pass
going down and coming back.

Oh, really?

Yeah.

The pass is not very friendly.

Thanks for the info.

Good luck.

Drew said that the
pass is not good.

He's spun out before he even
made it to the waterfall.

But now that it's
not in good shape,

I'm throwing my second set.

OK.

Oh, my gosh.

NARRATOR: With two sets ofchains and an underpowered rig,

Lisa rolls her 15-ton
load onto Atigun.

I'm double-chained,
so I should be good.

Lisa, you leading?

What'd you say?

I wanted to know
if you were leading.

Oh, my gosh.

Who trained you, Rod?

They did a good job.

Ah, tell her good job.

ROD: [laughs] OK.

All right.

Rod's contagious.

Oh, here we go
into de-rate mode.

I think this thing would dobetter if I'd hooked my Mini up

to it.

I'm about to drop
another half here.

Yeah, there's-- see, there's
not much rock up here.

I'm so glad I chained.

There's no way I'd make
it up this, no way.

Hey, that's about what we
were doing pull trucking.

Pull trucking, we
were going about 11.

Push trucking I was
going about six.

Right now I'm doing about 13.

That's bad.

I'm gonna make it.

Needed all that room.

Yep, yep, yep.

NARRATOR: With only
half her horsepower,

the only thing that
got Lisa up the pass

was an extra set of
chains and determination.

Yay!

My boss made it!

All right!

We're doing good.

The two sets of chains worked.

And I'm glad that I did it.

I don't even think I would
have made it to the switchback

with this thing.

It was the right decision.

I can't say next stop is
Prudhoe because you never

know what's going to happen
between here and there.

We still got four hours to go.

If you remember the last
time I had one of these,

I went off at Toolik.

And that's still that
way about an hour.

And then, remember the time
the tires fell off my dolly?

That was up at Chicken Run.

That's past Toolik.

So a lot could happen
between here and there.

It ain't over till it's over.

NARRATOR: 20 miles behind
Lisa, at the base of Atigun,

Maya Sieber checks her
18,000 pound fuel tank.

It's all good.

I'm just about to
head up the pass.

I didn't put on chains today.

And I just passed another truckthat had chains on that just

came down the pass.

I heard him clanking.

I looked.

I was like, why
is he chained up.

I don't know.

Could be trouble.

I guess we're going
to find out, huh?

NARRATOR: Despite
Phil's warnings--

The job is
definitely changing.

And there's going to
be a little bit more

chaining up than we had
to do the last few weeks.

Too late now.

I'm heading up.

NARRATOR: --the
last rookie standing

may not be standing for long.

Oh, please move over.

And he's right where I need
to be in the left side.

Oh, slipping a little bit.

Ooh, I'm slipping.

It's really slippery.

It's slipping the whole way.

Just about to the top.

The top is only half way.

Now it's time to go down.

Oh, my goodness.

I'm not looking
forward to going down.

I'd rather burn out
than lock up going down.

Holy [bleep].

NARRATOR: On the north
slope of Atigun Pass,

Maya Sieber is in trouble.

Holy [bleep].

Maya, can you get stopped?

Um, yeah, I can try.

Yeah.
- OK.

Give it a try.

I'll be on the northbounder
coming up here.

If you can be stopped,
it'll all work out good.

Do you mean a southbounder?

Yeah, I mean a southbounder.

I'm sorry.

NARRATOR: A southbound truck
is taking up both lanes,

forcing Maya to stop on Atigun'ssteep, 12 percent grade.

OK.

I'm stopped up here.

OK, southbounder,
she's got it stopped.

You keep on going.

All righty, thanks.

Thank you very much.

I was getting a
little worried there.

I don't like that.

We're not supposed to stop.

Because northbounders
are expecting to haul

ass down this way.

It's not good that
I'm stopped here.

Oh, [bleep].

Stupid, stupid, stupid.

Definitely want to be paying
attention and listening

for anytime you lock up.

Because if you don't
know you're locked up,

you are in a lot of trouble.

I am concentrating right now.

I have to listen to the engine.

Going up you have to listen
for slipping and spinning.

And then going down you have
to listen for locking up.

To me this is like the most
challenging part of the road.

And this is just like miles andmiles of downgrades and S-turns

and crazy [bleep].

We're down.

I fought that hill.

I fought it without chains.

Still on to Prudhoe Bay.

Any hour I'm out here, I make
it the most productive I can.

And that's it.

This is grind time.

This is how I roll.

NARRATOR: In Canada,
Hugh and Rick

roll into St. Theresa Point.

This is my
turn-off here, buddy.

I'll go see what I got
to do with the blocks.

OK.

I'll just wait till
you get over this way,

and I just kind of drop
this trailer at the school

and then pick up a van trailer.

So I'll only be a
couple of minutes.

We're here.
We'll unload.

We'll head back.

And hopefully the road doesn't
get too screwed up tomorrow.

We'll deal with
this in the morning.

Because I'm just an un-pin.

I don't need any help or there'sno unload times or nothing.

So it should be quick
and easy for me.

Good enough.

Done for the day.

NARRATOR: On The
other side of town,

Hugh delivers his
concrete barriers.

The only thing differentabout this and the Dalton boys,

is we actually have to work.

We got to load our loads
and unload our loads.

[laughter]

NARRATOR: With the winter
roads melting fast,

Hugh's 21st load of the season
will put him one up on Alex.

Back in Fairbanks, Dave
Redmond is headed home.

You know, as far
as I know right now,

I'm ahead in the load count.

So that's about as far
as I can go with that.

It's been a good experience--
you know, coming to Alaska,

the Dalton Highway, the people,the weather, the challenges,

everything that's
been put forth to me.

It's just the working
environment took it [bleep]..

Appreciate the ride.

I mean, I was an
absolute outsider

from the day I got here till
the day I'm leaving right now.

Nobody gave me a
fair shake here.

NARRATOR: Dave's season is done.

But the Alabama Slammer leaves
at the top of the load board.

[music playing]

500 miles north, Lisa
Kelly is ready to make

a run for the title.

We are just
entering Prudhoe Bay.

And I'm looking forward to an
intensely long night of sleep.

I am tired.

I'm exhausted.

But I'm still here
and still going.

And I finished the job.

No wimping out, man.

Truck de-rated all the way here.

Slow going up the hills.

I freaking made it.

NARRATOR: In Canada, Alex also
has a reason to celebrate--

a replacement truck has arrived.

Very good.

What do you think for
windshield wipers?

That's good.

NARRATOR: Alex is
back in the race.

And we're getting ready totry it again, head north again.

It's a Volvo, which I've
never driven before.

So of course I'm learning
in the dark, like usual.

I do my best work in the dark.

NARRATOR: Next time, on the
finale of "Ice Road Truckers,"

Alex fights to
stay in the game--

We've got a leak,
pretty big leak.

NARRATOR: --while Mother
Nature's final punch leaves

Hugh and Rick
stranded in the bush.

Everybody gets in a [bleep]
hurry without thinking ahead.

NARRATOR: In Alaska, the
last rookie standing--

Oh, my god.

NARRATOR: --breaks new ground.

Oh, my god.

NARRATOR: And the
ice road crown--

It's pretty crucial
that we get this done.

NARRATOR: --is up for grabs.

Yay, the season's done!

Woohoo!