All language subtitles for Ice.Road.Truckers.S09E06.Break.On.Through.1080p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DDP2.0.H.264-NTb_track3_[eng]

Narrator:
Now...

Lisa:
Oh my God!

[Clang]

Narrator:
On "Ice Road Truckers."

Darrell:
Hammer down!

Come on! Come on!

Narrator:
It's a tug of war
on the winter roads.

Mike:
Damn it!

Narrator:
As some pull through...

[Ice cracking]

Art:
We're going to go through
the [bleep] ice here, b'y.

Narrator:
And others slip through
the cracks.

Art:
No! No! No!

♪♪♪♪♪

♪♪♪♪♪

Narrator:
All season,

[Truck honks]

a war has raged between
a trucking Goliath...

Mark:
It's taken years for me
to get to the top,

I'm not gonna let anybody
stand in my way.

Narrator:
And a team of renegades.

Are you ready to do this, Lisa?

I'm ready! Let's do this!

Narrator:
While Polar landed the most coveted hauls in the industry -

Todd:
Woo! Biggest load in history
across this ice right here

I'm hauling right now.

Narrator:
Darryl and Lisa took on jobs
no one else would touch.

Darrell: We're definitely walking across pretty thin ice out here.

Nobody's on this road
for a reason.

Lisa:
This is crazy! Whaa-hoo!

Narrator:
But last week,
the new business owners

scored a potential
game changer.

This will put us on the map.

Cool.

Narrator:
Snagging the biggest
contract of the season.

An overnight delivery of two
transformers for Deer Lake.

Darrell:
We have to get those
transformers there

no matter what
that road's like.

I'm game.

Narrator:
Urgently needed to upgrade
the town's energy supply.

Lisa:
If we don't get this convoy
moving

and get these transformers
to Deer Lake on time,

they're going to be
without power.

Narrator:
But now, the upstart company is facing a worst case scenario

as warming temperatures
have forced a closure
of an ice bridge

on the only trail
into Deer Lake,

bringing the mission
to a sudden halt.

Darrell:
I've got two transformers
on this trailer

that need to be to Deer Lake

so they can get their power
restored.

Snow crossing's not letting us
get this job done.

Lisa:
It's starting to get
a little late now,

and uh, they're repairing
this ice bridge,

and they can't let us cross
until it freezes up.

We've got some warm
temperatures,

and water doesn't freeze in
warm temperatures very well.

[Whirring]

Darrell:
This is the biggest contract
we've had

for this company, this year.

We need to get it done.

Sittin' here ain't doin' it.

Narrator: The ice bridge won't officially be reopened until dawn.

But with each passing minute,
the town's survival,

and the fate of the business
are at stake.

[Engine hums]

Darrell:
I'm going crazy sittin' here.

We can't sit here all night.
I don't know what to do.

Copy, Lisa?

Yeah go ahead, Darrell.

We need to get these
transformers to Deer Lake.

Yeah, copy that.

Are you ready to do this thing?

Copy that. I'm grabbing
a gear right behind ya.

Lisa:
Then good to go.

Well, we're gonna go for it.

[Shifting gears]

Narrator:
The freshly frozen bridge
has yet to be tested,

Narrator:
Now...

Lisa:
Oh my God!

[Clang]

Narrator:
On "Ice Road Truckers."

Darrell:
Hammer down!

Come on! Come on!

Narrator:
It's a tug of war
on the winter roads.

Mike:
Damn it!

Narrator:
As some pull through...

[Ice cracking]

Art:
We're going to go through
the [bleep] ice here, b'y.

Narrator:
And others slip through
the cracks.

♪♪♪♪♪

Narrator:
All season,

[Truck honks]

a war has raged between
a trucking Goliath...

Mark:
It's taken years for me
to get to the top,

I'm not gonna let anybody
stand in my way.

Narrator:
And a team of renegades.

Are you ready to do this, Lisa?

Narrator:
While Polar landed the most coveted hauls in the industry -

Todd:
Woo! Biggest load in history
across this ice right here

I'm hauling right now.

Narrator:
Darryl and Lisa took on jobs
no one else would touch.

Darrell: We're definitely walking across pretty thin ice out here.

Nobody's on this road
for a reason.

Narrator:
But last week,
the new business owners

scored a potential
game changer.

This will put us on the map.

Cool.

Narrator:
Snagging the biggest
contract of the season.

An overnight delivery of two
transformers for Deer Lake.

Darrell:
We have to get those
transformers there

no matter what
that road's like.

I'm game.

Narrator:
Urgently needed to upgrade
the town's energy supply.

Lisa:
If we don't get this convoy
moving

and get these transformers
to Deer Lake on time,

Narrator:
But now, the upstart company is facing a worst case scenario

as warming temperatures
have forced a closure
of an ice bridge

on the only trail
into Deer Lake,

bringing the mission
to a sudden halt.

Darrell:
I've got two transformers
on this trailer

that need to be to Deer Lake

so they can get their power
restored.

Snow crossing's not letting us
get this job done.

Lisa:
It's starting to get
a little late now,

and uh, they're repairing
this ice bridge,

and they can't let us cross
until it freezes up.

We've got some warm
temperatures,

and water doesn't freeze in
warm temperatures very well.

[Whirring]

Darrell:
This is the biggest contract
we've had

for this company, this year.

Narrator: The ice bridge won't officially be reopened until dawn.

But with each passing minute,
the town's survival,

and the fate of the business
are at stake.

Darrell:
I'm going crazy sittin' here.

Copy, Lisa?

Yeah go ahead, Darrell.

Yeah, copy that.

Are you ready to do this thing?

Copy that. I'm grabbing
a gear right behind ya.

Lisa:
Then good to go.

Well, we're gonna go for it.

Narrator:
The freshly frozen bridge
has yet to be tested,

and the heavy loads
from the big rigs

How's things feelin' out there,
Lisa?

[Tires crunch on the snow]

♪♪♪♪♪

♪♪♪♪♪

I hope I didn't damage it
at all.

[Engine hums]

Narrator:
One truck's made it
to the other side.

Darell:
Yeah, let's rock 'n roll.

Narrator:
But there's still 24 tonnes
of transformers yet to go.

We're going to ease up here
and ease on to it,

and see what happens.

A little farther.

[Engine hums]

I'm in.

Yeah, I'm over the hump,
I'm right behind ya.

Lisa:
Alrighty.

Darrell:
All right, hopefully that's
our last obstacle

between here and Deer Lake.

Lisa:
There's nothing we can do,
just keep going.

Narrator: With no time to waste, the team drives through the night.

[Tires crunch on the snow]

[Engine hums]

Lisa:
Almost to Deer Lake.

Narrator:
Finally the town of Deer Lake
appears on the horizon.

Parking.

[Airbrakes hiss]

Darrell:
This is the place!

[Door shuts]

Narrator:
And Darrell and Lisa
come through.

Man: Hi! Nice to see ya.
Darrell: Darrell.

Man: Yeah.
Lisa: Hi, Lisa.

Jim:
Jim, Jim, hi, nice to meet ya,
Lisa.

Really glad you guys
made it in.

Narrator:
Delivering a vital haul
for a community in need.

Kim:
Those new transformers you
just brought in,

we will put them into service
immediately,

and restore power
as soon as possible.

Darrell:
This was a huge score
for our company,

and it made a great
relationship with that
community,

them knowing that
we brought them power.

Again, I really appreciate
your efforts,

and thank you very much for...

Lisa: Thank you very much.
Jim: ...making the trip.

Darrell:
Absolutely, meant a lot to us.

Jim:
Meant a lot to us, too.

Lisa:
It's great that we made it
on time.

I was beginning to wonder
with all the obstacles,

so I'm really glad
that we made it.

We were able to pull through
for people

and not let them down.

Darrell: We have the power.
Lisa: We have the power.

Darrell:
We do! We have the power!

This company's tough
competition,

so you'd better brace yourself,
Mark,

because we're coming!

Narrator:
Back in Winnipeg,
at Polar headquarters,

the competition's top dog
is reporting for duty.

Time to get back
on the ice roads

and start doing some truckin'.

Go see what old Mark
has to say.

Narrator:
Last week...

[Loud crash]
Holy [bleep]!

Blades just slid right off.

Narrator:
A load of grader blades
for a government contract

fell off Todd's trailer.

[Door shuts]

Todd:
Oh, this sucks!

Narrator:
And to make sure Polar
made good on the delivery,

he picked up the entire haul
by hand.

[Knocks]
Hey, hey, hey!

What's up?

Todd: Mark!
Mark: What's goin' on?

Oh, I had a long run.

Everything went pretty good.

I pushed pretty hard
through there.

I only had one little problem -

I went around a corner
and all them [bleep]

son of a bitch's
blades come off.

But I got it all, you know I
hand-loaded them all back on,

restrapped them back down,
retied them,

got 'em there, got 'em
delivered, and got out. So...

So you, you delivered
everything?

Everything got, oh yeah,

I mean, I got 'em all
picked up,

and I even dug through the snow

and made sure
they were all there.

Yeah, yeah, hold on.
Did you count everything?

Well, I didn't count 'em.

Well, how do you know you
delivered everything?

Because according
to this right here,

three missing blades
for Tadoule Lake.

Oh you're [bleep] me.

No, I'm serious.
Three missing blades.

No, no [bleep] way.

And they weren't even where
you were telling me.

They were at the start
of the winter road,

and they found 'em.
They're in Lynn Lake.

The highways guys in Lynn Lake
have 'em.

So you dropped them at the
start of the winter road,

and then at the end.

You know what, Todd,
I can't have this.

This is-this is an important
contract for me.

This is a government contract
I'm vying for,

they've got three missing
blades,

we've gotta fix this.

It's not a phone call anybody
ever wants to get,

when a driver loses freight
on the road.

I was mortified.
I didn't want to get that call.

I mean, Todd, under normal
circumstances

I'd probably send you in
a half-tonne truck

to go deliver them on your
own dime, and on your own time.

But, you know lucky for you,

I've got another load that's
got to go to Tadoule,

but I need you to make
this right.

I need you to pick up those
blades in Lynn Lake

and get those blades as fast
as you can,

and get 'em up there.

Oh, I'm going to make it right,
believe me.

All right, bud.

Mark:
The one run that I really
needed for him to get done,

he loses some freight.

Totally not like Todd,
but nonetheless, uh...

driver responsibility,
driver error.

Todd: It is my responsibility to take care of this situation.

Narrator:
Because of Todd's mistake, Polar could lose the government

as a new customer.

And with hundreds
of miles ahead,

he's got a long way to go to
keep the contract on track.

Todd:
I felt like I let Mark down

because he had stressed
to me on how important

this government contract was.

I was disappointed in myself.

Locked and loaded!

Look out Tadoule Lake,
here we come again!

Who knows what's gonna
happen this time.

Narrator:
Deep in Manitoba...

[Engine hums]

Right now I just wanna
get into Lynn Lake,

I'm damn near there.

Mark is, you know of course
he's all over me.

[Engine hums]

Narrator:
Todd Dewey's on a mission
for redemption.

Picking up cargo he lost
from a crucial assignment.

So I'm gonna do it first,
getting into Lynn Lake,

find them grader blades,
get a visual on 'em.

All right, at the fuel dock
in Lynn Lake.

This is where they said
they were gonna drop off
these blades.

Yeah, son of a bitch,
that's those right there.

[Airbrakes hiss,
door shuts]

This is it,
just three little plates.

This is what fell off,
can you frickin' believe it?

I can't believe it.

Those ain't coming out
of there.

Rock 'n roll.

Narrator:
The stray blades
are loaded up,

but Todd's day
is far from over.

It's still another 200 miles
to Tadoule Lake

before the job is complete.

Leaving Lynn Lake,
on our way to Tadoule Lake.

Grader blades are picked up,

everybody can leave me alone
about these dumb ass grader
blades.

Narrator:
As Todd looks to keep a
government contract alive
for Polar...

back at headquarters,

[Backing up beeps]

Art:
Surprise, surprise!

Narrator:
The company's wild card is
getting back on the road.

Art:
We'll have to watch out
for this.

[Crash]

Whoa!

Narrator:
Last week...

What the [bleep] is goin' on
now?

Narrator:
An oil leak abruptly
ended Art's run.

Art:
How you doin', Mark?

We're sittin' on the side
of the road up here, boy.

The oil light keeps coming on.

Narrator:
He missed out
on a big paycheque.

Art:
How the [bleep] am I supposed
to make any money like this?

[Knocks]
Mark: Hey!

Art: How you doin', Mark, boy?
Mark: What's happenin'?

Narrator:
Now his truck's fixed.

Mark:
So, I told you the beginning
of the year

I want you to step up
your game.

Okay.

Mark:
Here's another opportunity
for you to do so.

Narrator: Just in time for one of Polar's

most important missions
of the season.

I just landed a new community,
Sachigo in Ontario.

It's the first time we're
gonna be going in there.

It's a new contract for us.

I'm trusting you with this.
Let's get this done right.

Yeah.

It's a big deal for us.

Uh, we wanna get in their
good books.

They got a lot of loads
they move.

It's an important contract
for us.

Narrator:
Every new community
is a valuable opportunity

for the company that lands it.

And Sachigo Lake could be
a goldmine for Polar.

But, with the melt hitting
weeks earlier than expected,

getting there is a risky
proposition.

Mark:
These lakes, I don't know
how much longer

they're gonna hold out for.

The thaw's comin', big time.
Art: Big time, yeah.

Mark:
You know, and if something
doesn't look right to you,
please call.

Safety first, okay?

Art: We got 'er, buddy.
Mark: Okay, bud.

Art: Is this it?
Mark: There you go.

Art: Right on, my friend.
Mark: Off you go.

Art:
See ya when we get back.

Mark:
Be safe, man.
Please check in, okay.

Art: Yeah, you know it.
Mark: Thanks.
Art: Take care.

Narrator:
Art will be blazing a trail
to the distant village,

over 500 miles away

and into the midst of rapidly
melting roads.

We're off for Sachigo Lake.

Got a load of building supplies to take up there.

Never been up there before.

First load for Polar.

The roads are starting to melt.

[Loud thud]

[Loud clang]

Art:
It's not that late in the year.

Hang on here maybe.

[Loud clangs]

[Loud clang]
Whoa!

[Loud clang]

And then in we go, man.

[Engine hums]

Narrator: Rising temperatures are turning the path into slush and mud.

[Engine hums]

Increasing the likelihood
of getting stuck.

Art:
I drag this stuff
all the way up here,

and I'd like to get in,
get it off,

give it to the people that want
it, and get out of there.

Narrator:
And with each passing hour,
the trail melts even more.

[Loud clang]

So Art will have to hustle
to get the load in and out

before the road's shut down
for the season,

or he and his truck could
become stranded

hundreds of miles
from Winnipeg.

[Bleep] mud is coming up
through this, and everything.

[Bleep] It's gettin' warmer
by the minute,

but I know this is not, we're a
long ways from out of this yet.

[Truck rattles]

We got an ice crossing
right away, here.

[Engine roars,
airbrakes hiss]

Narrator:
Now, under the high noon sun,

Art's got to tackle
an ice crossing

that's melting right
before his eyes.

Art:
We were supposed to have
a cold snap.

I don't know where the [bleep]
it went. It never came here.

Can't have an ice road [bleep]
when it's thawing out.

And away we go!

[Shifting gears]

And well, well, well, well,
well.

This might be a real [bleep]
show, b'y.

Narrator:
On a 5 mile ice crossing...

Art:
This might be a real
[bleep] show, b'y.

Narrator:
Art Burke's trying to blaze
a trail for Polar.

[Ice cracking]

Some nifty cracks in this one,
I'll tell ya.

They're open about that wide.

This is not good.

Narrator:
The temperatures are rising
by the minute...

[Water bubbles]

[Ice cracking]

Narrator:
rapidly melting the ice below.

[Chains clink,
tires crunch]

Art:
The water underneath must
be murky.

'Cause it's pushing up
through the cracks

and freezing on the top

and making these mushroom-y
lumps all over the place

that are brown, eh.

[Ice cracking]

[Tires crunch on ice]

The water's comin' up through,
everywhere.

Narrator:
All around him, water's
breaking through new cracks

and engulfing the ice,

Adding additional weight on top of the compromised crossing.

It's getting' warmer.

The temperature's already
gone up

one and a half degrees
in an hour or so,

so if it goes up a half
a degree an hour,

I'll be stuck in here today,

and I don't want that
to happen.

[Ice cracking]

Brown in one spot, and it's
black in another spot.

White in another spot.
It's all different colors.

It's all broke to hell.

The water's coming up through
it and everything else.

A [bleep] pressure point,
that big bulge.

Got to stay in the middle,
that's where it's thickest.

[Engine hums]

This white [bleep] [bleep]
here, that's snow ice,

This is not worth a [bleep].

This looks like it ends
right over there, b'y.

I can't say that I'm not happy
to get off of this.

[Shifting gears]

[Engine roars]

Okay, we're back on land again,
b'y.

Narrator:
The ice holds up... this time.

Art:
The ice crossing wasn't fit
for a goat.

Narrator:
And on the other side
of the crossing,

Art makes it to the tiny
village of Sachigo Lake.

Art:
We're here in Sachigo,
and I found the lumber yard.

Narrator:
Helping Polar get a foothold
in a new territory,

coming through big for
the company and community.

Art:
I want to get this off and get
out of here, like yesterday,

before it gets warm.

The load to Sachigo Lake
is complete.

All this stuff here,

and that over there,

I brought it to them,
and that makes me happy.

They got it, eh.

Well, I'm into the truck,
and I'm outta here.

Narrator:
While Art's on a hot streak
in warming temperatures...

[Truck honks]

Few inches of snow we got
last night

are kind of creating some
invisible bumps.

[Chains clink,
tires crunch]

Oh [bleep]!

Narrator:
Polar's rookie is battling
weather on the other extreme.

Hopefully it'll smooth up
a little bit.

Narrator:
Hauling 30 tonnes of cement

over the snow-covered
road to Shamattawa.

Mike:
Polar's got some serious
competition

from Darrell and Lisa
this year.

I was brought in
to give Mark an edge.

I'm gonna pick up
the pace a little

and try to make
some good time today.

Narrator:
For the past two weeks...

Mike:
Now we're talkin'.

Narrator: Mike Simmons has gotten a crash course on the winter roads.

[Bleep] [Bleep]
Agh! Woo!

Narrator:
Fighting through challenge,
after challenge.

Mike:
Come on, baby.

Yes!

If you're betting against me,

may the diesel gods
forgive you.

[Crashing]
Whoa!

Whoa! [bleep] that hurt!

Ah!

Narrator:
But now, he's facing his
toughest test yet...

as the wet roller coaster trail

is wreaking havoc
on truck and driver.

Mike:
This road is truly,
truly ridiculous.

[Crashing]
Sh...

Road conditions are very
healthy and bumpy.

Bumps are hidden, so you can't
see them until you're in them.

[Crashing]
Whoa!

This is like being in a car
crash for eight hours.

[Crashing]
Whoa!

[bleep] that came out
of nowhere.

[Truck whines]

Oh!

Hang on, man.
[bleep] Hang on!

♪♪♪♪♪

[Loud clank,
Airbrakes hiss]

[Revving]

[Wheels spinning]

Narrator:
Deep in the Canadian
wilderness...

The slick road to Shamattawa
has proven too much

for Polar rookie Mike Simmons.

[Truck whines]

Oh!

Hang on, man!

[Creaking]

[Loud clang,
airbrakes hiss]

[Revving, tires spinning]

Damn it!

This ain't lookin' good.

She's in deep.

I just slid right off the road.

I'm gonna have to throw on
another set of tire chains.

Narrator: The chains are Mike's only hope to gain enough traction

to break free from
the snow bank.

Mike:
I slid sideways off a hummock,

got stuck in the ditch.
I'm [bleep].

Come on, baby!

[Tires spinning]

[Tires spinning]

Damn it!

Narrator:
Buried deep,
50 miles from town.

Mike:
This is a nightmare.

Narrator:
The winter road's greenhorn
may be tasting defeat

for the first time.

Mike:
I doubt I'm gonna be able to
get out of this without a tow.

[Door shuts]

[Tires spinning]

Narrator:
As each attempt fails,

Mike digs himself in deeper
and deeper.

[Revving]

Erasing any chance he has
to escape on his own.

[Wind howls]

[Engine hums]

But up ahead,
a stroke of luck.

Mike:
Oh, we've got someone here,
might be able to give us a tow.

Narrator:
As a passing trucker provides
a potential lifeline.

I slid off the road here
on this super slick road.

Perfect.
Thanks, buddy.

Hopefully this works.

[Door shuts]

This is the moment of truth.

Okay, man, I'll put my foot
into her and you walk on it.

Man:
Yeah.

♪♪♪♪♪

[Tires spinning]

Couple more tugs like that,
and we'll get 'er.

[Truck engine roars]

Here we go!

[Truck engine roars]

Walk on 'er bud, walk on 'er!

♪♪♪♪♪

We got 'er, we got 'er.

Come on! Come on!

Come on! Come on!

We got 'er.

We got 'er, we got 'er!
We got 'er! We got 'er!

We got 'er!

We got 'er, we got 'er!
Come on!

[Claps, laughs]

And that is how you get
unstuck in the bush.

Man: [Over radio]
Got him out.

Mike:
Good Samaritans like this guy.

You're awesome.

Thank you very much.

I'm gonna, I'm gonna return
the favour to the next guy.

Absolutely.
Thank you very much, sir.

Friends of the road.

They come in all shapes
and sizes.

Narrator:
With help from the veteran
trucker,

Mike's back in business.

Let's hit the road.

I'd be lying if I said I wasn't pretty scared at some point.

[Engine hums]

But hey, fear sometimes is
a good kick in the pants.

Narrator:
To make up for lost time...

the rookie hammers down
the last 50 miles.

Mike:
Well, we're in Shamattawa.

Narrator:
Dodging a bullet, and coming
through once again.

Mike:
Made it.

The Shamattawa road
is a hell of a challenge.

I felt pretty stupid with
sliding off the road.

These roads out here
are not what I expected.

They are treacherous.

They will beat you,
they will exhaust you,

they will hurt you
and run you down.

[Door shuts]

Narrator:
As Mike turns and burns...

on the road out of Deer Lake,

the competition's still
riding high.

Well I'm glad we got the big
contract to the people.

Power's back on.
Good job, team!

Darrell:
Yeah. Power's back on.

I really appreciate your
efforts and thank you for -

Lisa: Thank you very much.
Jim: ...for making the trip.

Narrator:
After making good on the most
important contract

in the history
of their young company...

[Laughing] We have the power!

Yeah, that was a good one,
wasn't it?

Money in the bank for us, huh?

Narrator:
Darrell and Lisa are on their
way back to Winnipeg,

stronger than ever.

Darrell:
Watch out for the bumps.

Narrator:
And Lisa's even scored a bonus
back haul of scrap metal.

Lisa:
One up. More than we thought
we were gonna get.

[Air hissing sound]

What the [bleep] is with that?

Hear it?

I don't know what it is,
it's a new noise.

I've got a little funny noise
in my truck,

and I don't know what it is.

[Warning beeps]

Whoa.

The truck just says I got high
coolant temp now

and it just shut me down.

[Warning beeps]

Having some problems here.

I don't know what's going
on for sure.

Narrator:
But as they near the end
of the winter road...

Are you pulling right over or
just stopping right here or...?

Darrell:
Well, I don't have much of a
place to pull over here.

[Airbrakes hiss]

What a pain in the ass.

What the hell?

Narrator:
The diagnosis?
A busted fan belt.

Darrell:
Supposed to turn around
and round,

and it went to [bleep].

And so when it went to [bleep],
it ate my fan belt.

There's no water circulating,
you know.

Narrator:
And with the engine
overheating,

getting the rig home over the
last 100 miles is a long shot.

I know I can't leave it sitting
out here on the road.

So we might have to call
a tow truck then, huh?

Darrell:
Another tow truck.

Narrator: But for a small company without an infrastructure,

getting towed this far
would cost a fortune.

Darrell:
Huh. Ain't nothin' I can
do about it.

I don't have the parts
to fix it.

Narrator:
On the road home
from Deer Lake...

There's no water circulating.

Narrator:
A busted fan belt has
Darrell's engine overheating.

Ain't nothin' I can do
about it.

I don't have the parts
to fix it.

I don't have a idler pulley.

Lisa:
I guess try to get it up
to some place.

Darrell:
Some place off the road,
anyway.

Lisa:
I'm good.

Narrator:
Darrell will attempt to limp
to the nearest pullout,

and the team will have
to absorb a massive tow bill

to the closest mechanic,

wiping away a hefty chunk
of their new profits.

The idler pulley broke,
and so the fan belt shredded,

and now he can't cool
his truck,

so he can only drive until
it gets hot.

Yeah, the engine's gotta cool

or it's going to overheat
and seize.

How's your temperature holding?

Yeah it's right touching red.

The light hasn't come on yet,
but it's going to.

I'm in neutral rolling.

Lisa:
As soon as it hits the red,
it's going to shut down.

I gotta find a place
to get it off the road,

some place where I can get it
worked on or get a tow truck.

[Warning beeps]

There it goes.

I have no power,
I have no throttle,

I'm in neutral,
the engine is running,

but it's at an idle.

Lisa! My truck just died.

She ain't going to make it home
at this rate.

Yeah, I'd love to push ya.

Keep coming and push.

Narrator:
Push trucking is a way for two
trucks to use the power of one

by using the power of the
bumper of the truck in back

to push the dead one up front.

But it's a dangerous manoeuvre

as the rear truck must lock
with its convoy partner,

and the truck up front must
steer for both of them.

Lisa:
I need a nice smooth landing,

which involves me using my
brake and my throttle

at the same time.

It's like this moving target.

Narrator:
It ain't for rookies.

It takes a seasoned hand,
and most of all,

trust between the two partners.

Don't hit him hard!

Oh my god!

I can't even see the back
of this trailer at all,

like there I can see
the taillights.

[Loud clang]

Oof! That was harder
than I wanted.

Darrell:
That's all right,
it wasn't bad.

I think I came off of here.

Yeah, I think you did. I'm
on the brakes a little bit.

Lisa:
All right, I'll come back up
to ya.

[Loud clang]
Darrell: Whoa!

I knew that was too hard.

Good thing we got that bumper
put on your truck, Lisa.

[Loud clang]

Darrell:
Hammer down, hammer down.

Lisa:
So I'm trying to be smooth

I don't want to bend
the bars of my radiator.

[Loud clang]

Darrell:
Keep it tight. Hammer down!

Lisa's on my ass pushing, and
we're going down the highway.

Lisa:
So I'm kind of fighting
with the steering wheel,

I don't know why.

You don't need to steer.

As long as I'm connected
to Darrell,

he's telling my tires
where to go.

So I have to trust that he is
gonna steer me in good places,

and not got too fast
around corners.

And that he's not gonna
put me in another lane,

he's not going to put me
in a snow bank.

Darrell:
I don't know how far we're
gonna have to go like this.

I guess we'll see
what we've got.

Lisa:
We're doing fine, so we may as well just roll with it for now.

[Chuckles]

Narrator:
For the next 70 miles,

the team skilfully pushes
their way down the road.

Until finally...

Lisa:
Now we're just pulling
into this truck stop.

We're off the road and
we're in a pullout now.

That was a crazy long ways
to go and find a pullout.

The next town.

Narrator:
They arrive at a service
station,

and they're able to avoid
a huge financial hit.

So by the time we were done,

Lisa pushed me
for 120 kilometres

to get me back
to the nearest town

where I could get some repair
work done on my truck.

You know, when you're locked
to the back of me like that,

you're pretty much
at the mercy of me driving.

Yeah, I trust you.

[Laughing] I wouldn't
have wanted anybody else

pushing me 120 kilometres
at 80 kilometres an hour.

[Laughing]

Narrator:
As night falls...

Todd:
You know, it's about 11:00
at night.

I'm just about to Tadoule Lake, now.

Narrator:
Todd Dewey's closing in
on his final offload,

trying hard to make up
for a key mistake.

I'm gonna be honest,

I am beat to the core after
what I had to do today.

This is like a two
to three day run,

and I'm basically doing it
in about one day,

in about 18 or 19 hours
straight,

just pushing as hard as I can
to get these loads delivered.

I can't get dumped until
you know, in the morning.

I'm tired, I'm worn out.

So, I'm going to pull
over here,

just build a little fire

and just have myself
a warm can of soup.

Narrator: The life of an ice road trucker

means eating and sleeping
on the trail.

Okay.

Narrator:
And tonight...

Todd:
I'm just going to grab
this log.

Narrator:
It's dinner on the roadside.

[Grunts] Good old firewood
laying in the bush,

nice and dry.

Get ourselves a little
fire going.

[Pouring lighter fluid]

Watch out.

Come on, baby, get goin'!

[Fire crackles]
Ha ha!

[Flames whoosh]

Oh, that feels good, baby.

That's what I'm talkin' about.

Set a little can of stew
on there.

Be eatin' good tonight.

Get something warm
for my belly,

enjoy a little hot fire
and kind of warm up my soul
a little bit.

Enjoy a little bit
of what God gave us

down here to enjoy on earth,

and why not make a few memories
up here

while a guy is working
his ass off, you know.

Couldn't ask for a better way
to end a long day on the ice
roads.

As dawn breaks
on the ice roads...:

Todd:
Well, we're up and rolling
this morning.

Narrator:
Todd Dewey's made it
to his destination.

That's the town, the big town
of Tadoule Lake.

Narrator:
And the missing blades,
and load of lumber,

are safely delivered.

Todd:
You know what, I got down
the road, fought hard,

got to the airport, got the
grader blades delivered.

Mark was happy, I was happy,
the airport was happy,

my mission was accomplished,
and I was good.

Narrator:
With the government contract
fulfilled for Polar...

Todd:
That's it! That's a wrap!

Narrator:
The company top dog may be
out of the doghouse for good.

Todd:
Woo!

Narrator:
400 miles to the southeast,

in the rapidly melting Tundra,

[Bleep]

a Polar team-mate's
trying to get home.

Art:
Grey out here. Everything
is all melted to hell,

it's all mud.

The road is rough.
It's a bastard.

Narrator:
Art Burke's taken an
alternative route

out of distant Sachigo Lake.

We get this [bleep]
and over with

make our way to [bleep]
Winnipeg, b'y.

Narrator:
Looking for a trial that
hasn't been destroyed
by the warming weather.

The weather's getting
pretty warm, b'y.

When things are going well,
this is a fantastic job,

but when it's not,
it's a [bleep] terrible job.

Okay, now what?

Now what?

Well, I don't know.

We're at a V in the road here.

I'm not real positive,

but I'm pretty [bleep] sure
we go this way.

So this is the way we're going.

I hope [bleep] I made the right decision here.

I got a 50 percent chance
of getting this right.

Out here in the middle
of nowhere,

like there is these roads
going everywheres, eh.

You gotta be awful careful

because there's so many
of them,

that it's hard to keep track,
eh?

But I'm pretty sure that this
is the right way to go here.

This is the way I'm going.

And if I arss'd up,
Well, it's too late now,

I gotta go right to the end
of this

because there's no place
to turn around, b'y.

Off we go,
down the bouncy ice road.

[Laughs]
And hope for the best!

Narrator:
But the path has a surprise
for him.

An unmarked ice crossing
that's getting cooked...

under the hot sun.

Art:
I mean it's gotta be
the right [bleep] way.

Narrator:
And it looks more like a river
than a road.

They wouldn't make an ice road
like this for nothin'.

Narrator:
At a wheel and a prayer...

[Shifting gears]

Art goes for it.

Okay, b'y, we're going to get
out on the ice road here.

So with all this warm weather,

we're just gonna hold our breath and make it across this.

There's a lot of water here.

[Ice cracking]

This is weird looking ice.

Check this out, man, talk about
smashed, look at this!

I've never seen it
that beat up before. Look!

[Bleep] getting warmer
all the time.

Hopefully we're gonna be able
to pull this off, eh?

[Ice cracking]

There is miles and miles
and miles of tracks

on this water, b'y.

It's a big friggin' lake.

We'll get over here, in the
middle a little more.

Kind of holding my breath
for this.

[Water bubbles]

Usually you see cracks,

but that was totally shattered,
eh.

We definitely got some rough
ice here,

and this is in the middle of
the [bleep] ice.

[Bleep] mind you...

♪♪♪♪♪

What the [bleep]?!

[Water bubbles]

I can't go forward
and I can't go back.

Get your [bleep] door open,
buddy.

We're gonna go through
the [bleep] ice here, b'y.

No! No! No!

Narrator:
Next time on
"Ice Road Truckers..."

Alex:
Hang on to your shorts.

Narrator:
The thaw turns
the roads into chaos.

Alex:
This is just impossible.

Lisa:
Flinging mud everywhere!

Narrator:
And has the drivers....

Lisa:
Uh oh! Uh oh!

Art:
Come on, baby!
Come on, baby!

Narrator:
Fighting for survival.

Art:
If we go through this thing
you'll never see us again.