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[music playing]

NARRATOR: Tonight on
"Ice Road Truckers"--

She's dragging up
big time under me here.

NARRATOR: --the Canadians
battle thin ice.

We're right in her now.

NARRATOR: And in Alaska,
rookies run wild.

I'm going to take
out the top dogs.

NARRATOR: As everyone
guns for the top spot.

I'm going to be like a
rocket ship to Prudhoe.

As far as I'm
concerned, you're

not qualified to be here.

NARRATOR: But when
Mother Nature strikes--

We're going to
get into a blow that

is going to be zero visibility.

NARRATOR: --nobody's
making it home.

We're not going
to get through this.

AUSTIN WHEELER: I'm stuck here.

[theme music]

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NARRATOR: In Fairbanks--

I'm going into dispatch.

It's about 5:30 in the morning.

Go see what they got for me
to bring to Prudhoe today.

NARRATOR: --eager rookie
Austin Wheeler is first

through the door at dispatch.

You got me some paperwork?

It's too early in the morning
for this [bleep],, Austin.

I'm ready to go, man.

Little mini excavator
for our mini heavy hauler.

Yes.

Hell, yeah.

It's only 18,000 pounds.

It's going to be like a
rocket ship to Prudhoe.

All right.
Stay out of trouble.

All right.

See ya.

NARRATOR: Since
the season began,

Austin's been enrolled in
the School of Jack Jessee.

You're Austin?

Yes, sir.

NARRATOR: But the
23-year-old hasn't

been impressed with the ace.

Well, he's a douchebag for
sitting in Coldfoot while I

loaded up the truck by myself.

NARRATOR: Today, Austin's
running solo, getting

his first taste of freedom and
a chance to set his own pace.

AUSTIN WHEELER: Shoot
up to Prudhoe, one day,

spend the night, jet
back the next day

and go straight back up.

Just keep hammering them out.

There are some more
experienced people

in my way of being
the load count champ,

but that's not going to stop me,
because I know that, you know,

in here, I can do it.

Well, everything
checks out good.

Let's get out of here.

My goal is to beat
Jack in the load count.

NARRATOR: Hauling
an 18,000 pound

load of excavation equipment,
Austin's first out of the yard.

AUSTIN WHEELER: Who decides to
show up for work, Jack Jessee.

We'll give him a honk.

[honk]

Just showing up to work
an hour after I do.

That's the way I like it.

NARRATOR: But this morning,
Jack's got more on his mind

than getting a load.

I think Austin came
in a little too strong.

If he thinks he can handle
this without any instructions,

he should probably
turn around and go back

wherever he came from.

NARRATOR: After struggling
to rein in the rookie--

Man, Austin.

Hammer down, boys.

NARRATOR: --Jack's taking
his concerns to the boss.

JACK JESSEE: So, Austin.

I think we need to talk
about him a little bit.

Really?

JACK JESSEE: I think he's
trying to do too much, too fast.

He's getting in
too big of a hurry.

Separated the convoy by
30 miles at one point.

And he just-- he
ran off and left me.

Like, it's not sinking in.

He's just getting
ahead of himself.

I don't want him to
learn bad habits.

I appreciate your opinion.

If I think a guy's a
problem on the road,

I don't have any problem
pulling him off there.

But I just don't believe that's
the case with Austin right now.

I think he's got what it takes.

Maybe you better go out
and get in your truck

and take your load.

And I'll worry about
getting Austin off the road.

All right.

Jack and Austin didn't
get along very well,

didn't hit it off right away.

Not that I disagreed with
Jack, but the bottom line is,

Austin's got the skill
to handle the big stuff.

He's proved that.

Maybe Jack's threatened by that.

I don't know.

But I have to be fair
to all my drivers,

give them all a fair shot.

NARRATOR: With the veteran's
doubts falling on deaf ears,

Jack hooks up to his load
of lumber in a pickup truck.

I went in there
and said my piece.

I don't know if he was
listening that well or not,

but Austin doesn't have
near the miles as I do.

And I know Lane ain't got near
the miles that I do, if any.

Lane wants me to step up
and lead the pack this year.

But if nobody's going to
listen to me, why bother?

NARRATOR: 250 miles up the
road, after spending the night

in Coldfoot, Darrell
Ward is already halfway

to Prudhoe Bay with a 28,000
pound load of portable heaters.

I'm headed north.

It started snowing.

And you know, what
I got to watch

for is somebody else getting
crossways in the road

and me coming up on him and
not seeing him, you know.

Or they could be on
my side of the road,

because they're not as
capable of doing this as I am.

NARRATOR: Just two
weeks into the season,

Darrell's tied for the
lead in the load count.

DARRELL WARD: The farther
north I go, the worse she gets.

NARRATOR: And the
Montana legend isn't

about to let a mistake
knock him from the top spot.

DARRELL WARD: You
know, this road

could be a little slick today.

And I got this load that I'm
afraid is going to move around

on me.

So I will take it easy.

I just keep an eye on everything
and make sure it's good.

I'm ready to roll,
rock and roll.

Good feeling, when they
realize what I can do.

I'm doing my job.

They're happy with it.

Awesome.

Makes me feel good.

NARRATOR: Holding
a half day's lead

on the rest of the
pack, Darrell's approach

is paying off.

DARRELL WARD: I'm killing it.

I'm going to take
out the top dog.

I'm going to be the new top dog.

[music playing]

NARRATOR: 2,400 miles
to the southeast,

in Manitoba, Canada--

We got 16 fresh water tanks
going to St. Theresa Island.

What if I poop in one?

Then we have 15 fresh water
tanks and one sewage tank.

NARRATOR: Back from
their first trip

and anxious to get
in another run,

Hugh and Rick are
turning and burning.

Sir, you may want to
polar bear-ize those.

Yeah?

NARRATOR: Today, they're
heading 300 miles north,

hauling fresh water tanks to
the village of St. Theresa.

I do them tight.

He does them polar bear tight.

Let's roll.

Apparently, they
got more loads

going up this year than
any other year so far.

So that needs to
get up the roads.

NARRATOR: But with warm weather
wreaking havoc on the winter

roads, melting sections could
shut down without warning.

RICK YEMM: I guess we're
kind of taking a gamble,

but it's just the
way this game goes.

Some risk and a gamble I
took when I turned the key

and headed out here.

NARRATOR: 50 miles
north of town,

Hugh and Rick reach the entrance
to the St. Theresa winter road.

And so far, luck
is on their side.

[horn]

Oh, they had a big snow bank
across the front of the road

here.

And they just opened it up.

And I think we're the
first two trucks on it.

It's going to be rough in here.

NARRATOR: But first on the road
also means first on the ice.

We'll see what we hit.

This is supposed to be the
roughest son of a bitch they

got out here.

NARRATOR: If they can
get there in one piece.

RICK YEMM: It's
pretty [bleep] rough.

We're down to about [bleep]
20 kilometers an hour here.

It's that rough.

The winter road's
just like the autobahn.

You can go as fast as you
want if you can hang on

to the [bleep] steering wheel.

NARRATOR: As they
clear the next rise,

a two mile stretch of
virgin ice appears up ahead.

HUGH ROWLAND: OK.

We're just edging onto
the lake right now.

There is a good reminder
that this is a [bleep]

dangerous, dangerous job.

There's a big
excavator in the water.

Don't [bleep] around.

Respect it.

She's a-crackin'.

NARRATOR: In the
unseasonably warm weather,

ice is fragile and
quick to crack.

Let me know when
I'm good to come.

RADIO: 10-4.

NARRATOR: The plan is to cross
one at a time to increase

their chances of staying dry.

RICK YEMM [RADIO]: How's it
look up there, polar bear?

Very thin, very thin.

HUGH ROWLAND [RADIO]: We're just
crawling across here like this.

The cracks right
beside my window here

are opening up at least an
inch, two inches right there.

Oh, so she's deadly.

Yeah.

10-4.

You just watch these
cracks shoot across.

There's no cracks, then all
of a sudden there's cracks.

And look at that.

Cracks.

Oh, [bleep].

OK.

You can probably
come on if you want.

10-4-ski.

Yeah, she's cracking up
big time under me here.

Like, cracks shooting
all over the place.

And they're up to about an
inch wide when I'm doing it.

So just go slow.

RICK YEMM [RADIO]: 10-4.

This is ice road
trucking, now.

RICK YEMM [RADIO]: We do-- we're
coming into a bunch of [bleep]

this time around.

You could never stop
with a load on this.

You'd go down.

NARRATOR: Halfway across and 100
feet from the bottom, the ice

under Hugh's rig is
starting to fracture.

See where it just cracked
the [bleep] out of this.

Holy [bleep].

Big time, big time.

Oh, [bleep] yeah.

We're right in her now.

Sinking.

Hold on!

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NARRATOR: In Manitoba, Canada--

See where it just cracked
the [bleep] out of this.

Holy [bleep].

NARRATOR: --Hugh and Rick are
headed to the village of St.

Theresa, hauling a load of water
tanks over 100 feet of water.

Oh, [bleep] yeah.

We're right in her now.

Sinking.

Hold on!

Holy [bleep].

Fell through back
there a little bit.

You just respect the ice and
you'll make her through there.

Yeehaw.

[laughing]

Now that was kind of bad
coming through there.

I don't know.

I'm still not there yet.

Yeah, it's a big 10-4.

This separates the
men from the boys.

I'm clear, buddy.

That's pretty [bleep] trippy
watching them cracks open up,

eh?

Yeah.

You know you're on some
pretty [bleep] green ice

when you're out
there doing that.

[music playing]

NARRATOR: 2,400 miles to
the northwest in Fairbanks--

I hate to say it, but my
life's in another man's hands

right now.

NARRATOR: --South Carolina
native Ronald "Porkchop" Mangum

is on his way to
answer for what could

be a career-ending mistake.

Last trip, Porkchop failed to
properly hook up his trailer.

Son of a [bleep].

NARRATOR: Putting Carlile's 3
and 1/2 million pound oil rig

move in jeopardy.

Trailer [inaudible] weren't
locked in place all the way,

and she fell to the ground.

I screwed up.

I screwed up big time as far
as dropping that trailer.

I hope everything
works out pretty good.

We're just going to
have to wait and see.

I don't want to
go home a failure.

I miss my wife and kids, but
I don't want to go home yet.

NARRATOR: With his dream of
making big money in Alaska

on the line, Porkchop
reports to the boss's office.

LANE KEATOR: How you doing?

You mind if I come
in and talk, sir?

- Have a seat.
- Yes, sir.

Why don't you
close that door, too.

The other night in Prudhoe,
when you were getting

ready to go out on
the ice, it sounds

like you didn't do a complete
check on your fifth wheel

and ended up dropping a
trailer up there in the yard.

Yes, sir.

I'm completely
guilty as charged.

I can't be there
and do it for you.

I can't expect
your driver trainer

to be there and do it for you.

He shouldn't have to tell you
to do the basic steps of being

a truck driver.
You've got to start the truck.

You know, you got to get
hooked up to the trailer.

You got to make sure
you're hooked up.

Then you've got to make sure
your load's tied down, right?

I mean, as far as I'm
concerned, if you don't

do any one of those
steps, then you're not

qualified to be here.

In 15 years, I've
never had it happen.

And I'm embarrassed about it.

OK.

Well, that doesn't
fix the problem.

I guess I'm to the
point where, we need

to take a little break here and
get back together in a couple

days.

And we'll revisit it, OK?

I just got out of
a meeting with Lane.

Got my ass chewing like I
figured I was going to get.

He probably wanted to
jump across the desk

and rip my head off and stomp
on me, but for the most part

I think he was very reserved.

LANE KEATOR: Yeah.

I just got done
talking to Porkchop.

I had him back in
the office again.

Pretty much a common
thing these days.

I'm going to do a
little thinking.

He's going to do
a little thinking.

You know, I'm not sure he's
got a future at Carlile,

because I'm not sure
it's going to work.

NARRATOR: 100 miles north--

We're hauling ass.

[honk]

NARRATOR: --23-year-old Dalton
newcomer, Austin Wheeler,

is making good time on
his first solo trip.

We got a full tank of gas,
a four pack of Red Bull,

and a pound of beef jerky.

We're going as fast
as the law allows.

NARRATOR: Determined to stay
ahead of former mentor Jack

Jessee, Austin is setting
an aggressive pace.

AUSTIN WHEELER: We're
going to pass him.

[honk]

So nice to be by
myself, finally.

I feel like I won't get
slowed down at all today.

Nothing is out there to stop me.

NARRATOR: But as
he speeds north--

RADIO: Hey, you know,
it's pretty bad.

We're stranded up here
with 105,000 pounds.

NARRATOR: --the radio comes
to life with a call for help.

Don't you worry.

I'll be there
before you know it.

Well, there's another
Carlile driver up ahead of us

here, that he's kind of heavy.

And he's slowing way
down on the hills

and asked if I could
give him a little

push up the Gobblers Knob.

I don't mind helping
another driver out.

NARRATOR: When push
trucking, the front truck

does the steering, while
the back truck provides

the extra power.

But if either driver
loses control,

they'll both end
up in the ditch.

There's definitely a lot
of things that can go wrong

when you're push trucking.

You don't know what's
in front of you.

You're trusting the
driver in front of you

to steer you on the road.

All right.

I got you.

I'll start speeding up here.

You don't want to hit him hard.

It ruins the front ends
of trucks and the bumpers

on trailers.

Hang on.

NARRATOR: 150 miles
north of Fairbanks,

haul road rookie Austin
Wheeler is about to rear end

another big rig--

on purpose.

You don't want
to hit him hard.

It ruins the front ends
of trucks and the bumpers

on trailers.

Hang on.

The reason why you're pushing
is to help get that weight up

the hill.

NARRATOR: With the
two trucks locked in,

Austin's at the mercy of the
50 ton rig riding his bumper.

When you're push
trucking, you don't steer.

The front truck steers for you.

You just keep your foot in it.

You want to try to be a
little faster than the driver

that you're pushing.

There's an art to push trucking.

They just don't
let anybody do it.

All right.

I'm backing off you.

RADIO: I just sat back
and enjoyed the ride, man.

I sure appreciate it.

I'm going to have to buy you a
cup of coffee or something now.

Make it a Coke and you got it.

NARRATOR: While Austin
struts his stuff,

300 miles to the north--

A little chilly.

NARRATOR: --Darrell Ward's
already reached Prudhoe Bay.

After delivering
his load of heaters,

he's hoping to score a
backhaul and the extra pay that

comes with it.

What you got for me?

Got a triple stack here.

A triple stack?

Yeah.

How heavy is it?

It's heavy enough
for a backhaul.

Heavy enough for backhaul.

It's a paying backhaul.

- All right, Joe.
- Be careful there on out again.

It's blowing.
- Is it blowing?

- Yep.
- Thanks.

Sure.

NARRATOR: Still half a day
ahead of the competition--

All right.

Get her hooked up, man.

Get southbound toward Fairbanks.

NARRATOR: --the
Dalton newcomer's lead

has earned him a coveted
bonus on his return trip.

I got three trailers here.

They're needing them
back in Fairbanks

so they can get some freight
moved back up here, you know.

I was the only one
that made it here.

So I'm the one that got
the trailers to go back.

Right on.

We're good to rock and roll.

[music playing]

I don't think they're ever going
to send me back with nothing.

I think they really like
what I do, you know.

They know that, you
know, everything I take,

it arrives in the same
condition it left in, you know.

And it gets there on time.

They said, give those
flat beds to Darrell.

We need them here, and
we need them here now.

He's the man that
will get them to us.

When you love to be out
here on the road more

than you want to be at home,
I guess maybe I was meant just

to be a single man and
doing what I love to do,

and this is it.

NARRATOR: 2,400 miles
to the southeast--

Oh, [bleep].

NARRATOR: --Hugh and Rick
are battling their way

towards St. Theresa with two
loads of much needed water

tanks.

[bleep].

NARRATOR: The first drivers
on a newly opened stretch

of rough road, they're
taking their worst

beating of the season.

That's a bit of a rodeo
over that [bleep] corner,

wasn't there?

That's a 10-4.

It's been a rodeo on
this whole [bleep] road.

Good thing I wore
my [inaudible] today.

[music playing]

[chuckles] Here we go.

Once you get her hopping,
you can't get her stopping.

NARRATOR: Despite the
rugged conditions,

Hugh and Rick are finally
nearing their destination.

HUGH ROWLAND: Hold on.

NARRATOR: But as they
reach the final turn--

HUGH ROWLAND: You've
gotta be joking.

NARRATOR: --the veterans
have run out of road.

Hey, [bleep], you on here?

RADIO: Hello, hello, hello.

Hey.

We're at our turn off
here, for [bleep] sakes,

and the road's closed.

NARRATOR: At a standstill,
Hugh phones the buyer

to figure out a plan.

Hello?

This is Hugh.

We got a couple loads
of water tanks here.

16 fresh water tanks.

They were supposed
to go to St. Theresa,

but the road's not open.

OK.

OK.

Thanks.

Bye.

NARRATOR: With no
word of how long

the melting road
will remain closed,

the order is dump the load
and head back to town.

Pretty unique hand bomb.

We always wanted to do
it, and here's our chance.

What?

Wait.

What?

Go.

One more.

There's four.

That's good.

Yeah, baby.

[laughing]

All right.

We had to hand
bomb these tanks off.

Hopefully, they're
in the right spot.

But at this point,
they're so light,

they can put them behind
a snowmobile, tow them in.

Hell of a job, Mr.
Rowland, hell of a job.

HUGH ROWLAND [RADIO]: I
always wanted to do it.

Now I've done it.

And I hope I never
have to do it again.

I agree.

NARRATOR: With empty
trailers, Hugh and Rick

pull away from only their
second loads of the season.

That's not heard of
with a truck driver.

Oh, just push your load off
on the side of the road.

No.

That's definitely a first.

[horn]

NARRATOR: 50 miles south
of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska--

[music playing]

DARRELL WARD: She's
blowing hard up here.

NARRATOR: --Darrell Ward
is still leading the pack

with his triple
trailer backhaul.

It started snowing.
It's snowing pretty hard.

I don't know.
We picked up a couple inches.

NARRATOR: But with every mile,
conditions are getting worse.

DARRELL WARD: That's
not a good sign

when they're sending
that big boy up here.

You can see the wind's starting
to pick up here already.

I know we're going to
get into a blow that

is going to be zero visibility.

It's going to be terrible.

These roads are
going to be slick.

I just come up behind the
biggest road grader you ever

seen in your life.

Big old V blade on
the front, winged up,

and he's headed up
here for a reason.

NARRATOR: Two miles
ahead of Darrell,

Carlile's Phil Kromm
is also pushing south.

Freezing rain, blowing snow.

It's really kind of a tough day
to be leaving town, not knowing

exactly what we
would find out here.

Yeah, copy that.

Yeah, it's liable
to be real bad.

DARRELL WARD: This stuff's
really picking up and moving,

so let me just go see if
we can bust through it.

NARRATOR: Up ahead,
severe winter weather

is taking control.

Packing 80 mile per hour winds
and heavy, drifting snow,

the storm is quickly
clogging up the road.

In these conditions,
trucks can easily

become stranded,
trapping drivers for days

in brutal subzero temperatures.

[music playing]

RADIO: You get up down the side
and it just keeps getting worse

and worse and worse.

RADIO: It seems like
this is [bleep]..

I ain't doing it.

DARRELL WARD: Everybody
turning around.

RADIO: Yep.
Slope Mountain Camp for me.

DARRELL WARD: Everybody's going
back to Slope Mountain Camp,

turning around.

NARRATOR: After an hour
fighting the weather--

RADIO: Darrell.

Yes, sir.

RADIO: Going to back them in
right here in this little pull

out on top, drop them and
go down to the camp site.

NARRATOR: --both drivers
decide to call it quits.

DARRELL WARD: They're saying
it's really, really, nasty.

RADIO: It's changing fast.

10-4.

NARRATOR: Trapped in
the violent storm--

We're going to drop our
trailers here and go back

to Slope Mountain Camp.

We're not going to
get through this.

NARRATOR: --Darrell and
Phil drop their loads

and run for cover in
a nearby DOT camp.

DARRELL WARD: Pretty
rough out there.

I'm always one to want
to push through it,

but sometimes you gotta
throw in the towel, you know.

And admit a little defeat.

NARRATOR: 130 miles
to the south--

RADIO: We can only go 30
miles an hour on this strip.

NARRATOR: --Austin Wheeler is
running into the same storm

that stopped Darrell and
Phil in their tracks.

The roads just
really suck right now.

Once we got to the other
side at Atigun Pass,

the roads are just [bleep].

The wind's blowing really hard.

You can barely see.

The road's drifting
really bad with snow,

so you just got to be
careful going through here.

NARRATOR: Running solo, Austin
had hoped to fly up to Dalton.

NARRATOR: But the winter weather
has slowed him to a crawl.

There's a truck in the
ditch up here, one of our own,

so we'll probably stop and
see if we can help him out.

NARRATOR: A fellow Carlile
driver lost track of the road

and wound up buried in the
ditch, backing up the Dalton.

AUSTIN WHEELER:
I'm not with Jack.

I'm by myself.

I don't know.

We can try.

RADIO: OK, Austin.

Come on up.

NARRATOR: And with
traffic at a standstill,

the only way through
is for Austin

to quickly free the rig before
they all become hopelessly

trapped on the road.

I'm going to try to help
this guy get out of the ditch.

Oh, my God.

Let me know when you're ready.

RADIO: All right, bud.

AUSTIN WHEELER: Here we go.

Hang on.

Here we go again.

You gotta be kidding me.

Come on.

NARRATOR: 150 miles
south of Coldfoot--

Jack Jessee is headed toward
the storm with a load of timber

in a pickup truck.

RADIO: [inaudible] is
going to be a [bleep]..

Excellent.

I need a little
excitement for the night.

So I just talked
to another driver,

said there's a big weather
front moving through.

Right around the Arctic Circle,
it might get very interesting

tonight.

So, regardless of
how early or how late

you get out of town, when
the weather kicks up,

it's definitely going
to slow you down.

NARRATOR: On top of the
massive storm bearing down--

RADIO: Hey, Jack.

You got a bad tire on your rear.

NARRATOR: --Jack's
got other problems.

JACK JESSEE: Oh, [bleep].

RADIO: Uh.

Your rear tandem tire, the
outer, is wobbling pretty bad.

JACK JESSEE: Thanks a lot.

That back one does seem
a little screwed up.

NARRATOR: The frozen Dalton's
hard miles wreak havoc

on equipment.

If a loose wheel
goes unnoticed, it

can break free, sending
a 150 pound projectile

into oncoming traffic at
over 50 miles an hour.

JACK JESSEE: I'll be blocking
this part of the road here,

but when you've got to
stop, you've got to stop.

I can see where it's
already lopsided.

Look at that.

That's what it's doing.

I'm not really
sure what happened.

Loose lug nuts, broken
stud right there.

Wheel's separating.

Right now, we're
definitely at a standstill.

I can't go down the road with
this thing lolling like this.

NARRATOR: Stuck on
the side of the road

with a storm bearing down--

So I'm pretty well
stuck where I'm at until I

get this problem fixed.

NARRATOR: --the haul
road ace is stranded.

[music playing]

On the side of the haul road--

I don't know what happened.

Lug nuts got loose,
shrank, it doesn't matter.

NARRATOR: --Jack Jessee
is at a standstill

with a busted trailer
and a storm on the way.

Can't have these
things even free rolling.

Even if I took the weight
off, because it's still

going to break those studs.

So I think what I'm going to
end up doing is to go down

the road with no wheels.

NARRATOR: Desperate
to get back under way,

Jack's plan is to
remove the tires

and turn his big rig
into a 16-wheeler.

JACK JESSEE:
Hopefully, that chain

can pick the whole trailer up.

See what happens.

And the last one.

We got her.

And the cavalry arrived,
just as soon as I got done.

Here's one.

The guys showed up right when I
really needed the help the most

to load these tires up.

All right, guys.
Thanks.

Yep.
You're welcome.

See you later.

I say we go trucking now.

People see you riding down the
road with no wheels out there,

then they know
you've had problems.

But they also know you fixed
them and you overcome them.

NARRATOR: Jack's
back on the road,

but the fix cost
him precious time.

And with the storm
raging up ahead,

Jack's calling it a
night in Coldfoot.

It's definitely not the
way I want to end a long day.

NARRATOR: While the
veteran packs it in--

Austin is still determined
to reach Prudhoe Bay.

Here we go again.

NARRATOR: He's fighting to clear
a 105,000 pound tanker that's

blocking the road.

But the truck refuses to budge.

RADIO: I don't know
if that one worked.

AUSTIN WHEELER: Damn this wind.

NARRATOR: With every
passing second,

blowing snow buries
the big rig deeper.

AUSTIN WHEELER: Might be able
to pull it off from the front.

Worth a try.

NARRATOR: And with a line
of stuck trucks building

on the road behind him--

AUSTIN WHEELER: OK, Bill.

I'm going to try to
come around you here.

NARRATOR: --Austin takes one
last shot at freeing them

all from the crippling storm.

AUSTIN WHEELER: Just let me
disconnect you from me here.

Hold on.

All right.

Ready?

RADIO: Yep.

Now I am.

Come on.

Wahoo!

Whoo!

NARRATOR: With the truck
free and the road cleared,

Austin and the
rest of the drivers

are once again rolling north.

AUSTIN WHEELER: Well, the
Qualcomm said zero visibility

out here.

That ain't stopping us.

Now I'm leading the convoy
to Prudhoe, all chained up.

I ain't gonna lie.

I just feel like a
total bad ass today.

NARRATOR: Austin's
back underway,

but until he
reaches Prudhoe Bay,

Darrell Ward is all alone at
the top of the load count.

Back on the haul road--

I see lights out
there to the left.

NARRATOR: --another
truck is in trouble.

RADIO: Yeah, I was
following tracks.

I'm almost in the tracks and it
looks like the [inaudible] is

eight feet over, but I don't
know what the hell it is.

But I don't think
that's road over there.

NARRATOR: The stranded driver
has lost track of the road.

Let's see if we
can help him out.

NARRATOR: And
batting 1000, Austin

decides to attempt
another rescue.

Here I go.

NARRATOR: But this time, the
rookie has run out of luck.

AUSTIN WHEELER: I'm
stuck here because I've

been trying to play the [bleep]
savior and help everybody.

NARRATOR: Next time on
"Ice Road Truckers"--

Get me the hell out of here.

NARRATOR: --a path
of destruction

in the aftermath of the storm.

Barely seeing the road.

Crap.

It's very possible that
I've lost my best friend.

[sirens]

And we're off and running.

NARRATOR: Alex makes
a break for it.

And in Manitoba, the
heaviest loads of the year--

When you're
hearing ice cracking,

that's usually when the [bleep]
about to go really wrong.

NARRATOR: --have Hugh
and Rick at rock bottom.

Oh no.