1 00:00:02,698 --> 00:00:04,568 Hang onto your teeth and buckle up your straps. 2 00:00:04,569 --> 00:00:05,569 Let's get 'er done. 3 00:00:05,570 --> 00:00:07,049 Hang on. 4 00:00:07,050 --> 00:00:08,137 You're going to get a little rough. 5 00:00:08,138 --> 00:00:09,138 Faster, Todd. 6 00:00:09,139 --> 00:00:11,272 Faster. 7 00:00:11,359 --> 00:00:12,360 We're in trouble. 8 00:00:14,623 --> 00:00:16,102 Oh-oh. 9 00:00:16,103 --> 00:00:19,148 Hey, Dad, you got a copy? 10 00:00:19,149 --> 00:00:21,325 This road eats equipment alive. 11 00:00:21,412 --> 00:00:23,588 Rescuing those trucks is not going to be an easy job. 12 00:00:23,675 --> 00:00:25,328 Get them unstuck and pulled out of there. 13 00:00:25,329 --> 00:00:27,201 Scooter over there took the easiest job. 14 00:00:27,288 --> 00:00:29,072 Todd Dewey needs to dial his back. 15 00:00:44,392 --> 00:00:45,870 I just gotta get warm. 16 00:00:48,222 --> 00:00:49,700 What a day. 17 00:00:49,701 --> 00:00:51,834 We did a lot of work for nothing. 18 00:00:51,921 --> 00:00:54,010 Kind of a piss off. 19 00:00:54,141 --> 00:00:57,056 Right when you think you've been challenged with everything 20 00:00:57,057 --> 00:00:59,710 possible in a truck and a road, all of a sudden, 21 00:00:59,711 --> 00:01:02,149 something just frickin' slams your ass. 22 00:01:02,236 --> 00:01:04,280 You're like, are you freaking kidding me? 23 00:01:04,281 --> 00:01:05,804 How is this even possible? 24 00:01:16,424 --> 00:01:19,904 This trip that you guys are going next is a long one. 25 00:01:19,905 --> 00:01:22,516 It's going to Fort Severn way up north. 26 00:01:22,517 --> 00:01:25,519 You guys are gonna be gone for a while. 27 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:27,651 We have a very small window to get all the freight in there. 28 00:01:27,652 --> 00:01:29,784 That's why there are six of you guys going. 29 00:01:29,785 --> 00:01:32,135 Three loads are going to the water treatment plant, 30 00:01:32,222 --> 00:01:33,832 critical material. 31 00:01:33,919 --> 00:01:35,790 We don't get it in there, they can't finish the water 32 00:01:35,791 --> 00:01:38,009 treatment plant, giving clean drinking 33 00:01:38,010 --> 00:01:39,621 water to the community. 34 00:01:39,708 --> 00:01:41,448 The other three loads are building materials, 35 00:01:41,449 --> 00:01:43,145 helps them build homes. 36 00:01:43,146 --> 00:01:45,278 This is at the very tail end of the season. 37 00:01:45,279 --> 00:01:47,149 If there's warm weather and they decide to shut 38 00:01:47,150 --> 00:01:48,933 down the roads, that's it. 39 00:01:48,934 --> 00:01:51,241 Lyndon was up there last year. 40 00:01:51,328 --> 00:01:53,852 Wayne, he's driving the picker truck with the crane on it. 41 00:01:53,939 --> 00:01:54,853 You're gonna need it. 42 00:01:54,940 --> 00:01:56,202 And you guys know Todd. 43 00:01:56,203 --> 00:01:57,899 He's driving the winch truck. 44 00:01:57,900 --> 00:01:59,466 You're also going to be needing that, too. 45 00:01:59,467 --> 00:02:01,207 So what you're trying to tell us, Bill, 46 00:02:01,208 --> 00:02:02,644 is you're sending a bunch of babysitters with us? 47 00:02:04,211 --> 00:02:05,820 Oh, I-- I see what you're saying. 48 00:02:05,821 --> 00:02:08,562 Yes, yes. 49 00:02:08,563 --> 00:02:10,651 I want you guys to convoy in. 50 00:02:10,652 --> 00:02:12,741 You're stronger in numbers, and it's going to take all six 51 00:02:12,828 --> 00:02:15,873 of you and the trucks to dig out those back holes. 52 00:02:15,874 --> 00:02:18,747 There's not a damn thing I can do to help you guys up there. 53 00:02:18,834 --> 00:02:21,836 On your way in there, you're going to see a few trucks 54 00:02:21,837 --> 00:02:22,750 that have been buried in snow. 55 00:02:24,970 --> 00:02:26,842 That's your backhaul. 56 00:02:26,929 --> 00:02:29,279 You need to get the two trucks unstuck 57 00:02:29,366 --> 00:02:33,152 and out of the snow on your way in when you guys are together. 58 00:02:33,153 --> 00:02:36,155 Because after you guys offload, you're splitting up. 59 00:02:36,156 --> 00:02:38,287 Scooter, you're heading deeper into the bush 60 00:02:38,288 --> 00:02:40,333 to Peawanuck to go pick up your backhaul. 61 00:02:40,334 --> 00:02:42,204 OK. 62 00:02:42,205 --> 00:02:44,119 Lisa and Todd, you're loading up the stuck trucks 63 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:46,078 and hauling them back to Muskie Creek. 64 00:02:46,166 --> 00:02:48,210 But if those trucks don't make it back, 65 00:02:48,211 --> 00:02:49,865 we don't get paid, right? 66 00:02:49,952 --> 00:02:51,518 So you would like us to actually get them out 67 00:02:51,519 --> 00:02:53,824 and not add to the pile? 68 00:02:53,825 --> 00:02:55,391 Yes. 69 00:02:56,959 --> 00:02:58,481 Can't make no promises on that. 70 00:02:58,482 --> 00:03:01,180 It's the last run of the season, 71 00:03:01,181 --> 00:03:03,312 and I need you guys to focus and be serious. 72 00:03:03,313 --> 00:03:07,403 I don't care about the bet you guys got. 73 00:03:07,404 --> 00:03:10,014 Let's throw a $100 bet down and see who can run the most 74 00:03:10,015 --> 00:03:11,451 miles this winter road. 75 00:03:11,452 --> 00:03:14,280 But let's work as a team, right? 76 00:03:14,281 --> 00:03:15,759 I don't-- forget about the cameras. 77 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:16,978 I'm being serious. 78 00:03:16,979 --> 00:03:17,674 Can I trust you guys? - Yes. 79 00:03:17,675 --> 00:03:18,763 Yep. 80 00:03:18,850 --> 00:03:20,024 Yeah, absolutely. 81 00:03:20,025 --> 00:03:21,635 Any questions? Any concerns? 82 00:03:21,636 --> 00:03:22,940 - No, we're ready to roll. - Let's do it. 83 00:03:22,941 --> 00:03:24,681 OK, let's make it happen. 84 00:03:28,033 --> 00:03:29,425 The thing about a convoy is teamwork. 85 00:03:29,426 --> 00:03:30,731 When you're all there together, 86 00:03:30,732 --> 00:03:32,081 when everybody's working together, 87 00:03:32,168 --> 00:03:34,343 things get done a hell of a lot quicker. 88 00:03:37,347 --> 00:03:39,609 It's always a good idea to designate 89 00:03:39,610 --> 00:03:41,743 somebody in the convoy to be the main shot caller. 90 00:03:41,830 --> 00:03:43,832 That's a position I'm used to taking on, 91 00:03:43,919 --> 00:03:45,094 because that's the job I do at home. 92 00:03:45,181 --> 00:03:47,313 Fueling up their survival fuel tank 93 00:03:47,314 --> 00:03:49,053 for the trip to Fort Severn. 94 00:03:52,449 --> 00:03:54,972 Going to Fort Severn, get this building material there. 95 00:03:54,973 --> 00:03:56,278 Get the sewer tanks there. 96 00:03:56,279 --> 00:03:58,412 The community needs it. 97 00:03:58,499 --> 00:04:00,064 There's only a short window of time to get it up there. 98 00:04:00,065 --> 00:04:01,153 We're gonna be running hard. 99 00:04:01,241 --> 00:04:02,502 We're gonna be tired. 100 00:04:02,503 --> 00:04:05,069 Hopefully, everything goes right. 101 00:04:05,070 --> 00:04:06,723 Convoys are good on a rare occasion, 102 00:04:06,724 --> 00:04:08,508 because you got lots of people, and you 103 00:04:08,509 --> 00:04:10,074 got more tools between you. 104 00:04:10,075 --> 00:04:12,642 But generally, my idea toward convoys 105 00:04:12,643 --> 00:04:15,559 are, there's a lot of needs, so there's a lot of stopping. 106 00:04:15,646 --> 00:04:17,256 And it takes a lot more time, because everybody's waiting. 107 00:04:17,257 --> 00:04:18,561 We got it filled up? 108 00:04:18,562 --> 00:04:19,736 Good to go. 109 00:04:19,737 --> 00:04:21,477 I don't know what to expect. 110 00:04:21,478 --> 00:04:23,305 But I'm hoping that we can all work together as a team 111 00:04:23,306 --> 00:04:26,265 and get these loads in as quick as possible. 112 00:04:26,266 --> 00:04:28,092 Next stop, Fort Severn. 113 00:04:38,756 --> 00:04:40,801 narrator: The Muskie Creek convoy is taking 114 00:04:40,802 --> 00:04:43,151 on the world's longest winter road 115 00:04:43,152 --> 00:04:46,850 on 1,000-mile odyssey to rescue two frozen trucks, 116 00:04:46,851 --> 00:04:49,767 before offloading in Fort Severn and splitting 117 00:04:49,854 --> 00:04:52,987 up to grab their backhauls. 118 00:04:52,988 --> 00:04:55,598 800 miles to the northwest-- 119 00:05:05,740 --> 00:05:08,916 You gonna stop and chain up, Riley, or... 120 00:05:08,917 --> 00:05:10,874 No, I'm gonna raw dog it. 121 00:05:10,875 --> 00:05:12,093 10-4. 122 00:05:16,098 --> 00:05:17,490 narrator: Riley and Zach are blasting 123 00:05:17,491 --> 00:05:20,972 north to meet up with Shaun in Fond Du Lac 124 00:05:21,059 --> 00:05:24,541 so Team Harris can convoy into the Uranium City ghost town. 125 00:05:24,628 --> 00:05:28,283 Just turned on to the Fond Du Lac road. 126 00:05:28,284 --> 00:05:30,241 This is the end of the season now. 127 00:05:30,242 --> 00:05:32,635 Just try and get these last couple loads across. 128 00:05:34,812 --> 00:05:36,683 narrator: Riley's hauling an oversized steel culvert 129 00:05:36,684 --> 00:05:39,164 that hangs off the back of his trailer, 130 00:05:39,251 --> 00:05:42,341 so Zach's got to follow behind in his pilot truck. 131 00:05:44,344 --> 00:05:46,606 Yeah, I've lost it in Uranium City today, 132 00:05:46,607 --> 00:05:49,957 so we really need to boogie. 133 00:05:49,958 --> 00:05:52,264 Sounds good. 134 00:05:52,352 --> 00:05:54,615 Be prepared to stop. 135 00:05:54,745 --> 00:05:56,790 It keeps getting warmer, so it's 136 00:05:56,791 --> 00:05:59,967 very sketchy on the ice roads. 137 00:05:59,968 --> 00:06:01,490 Yeah, it's slippery there. 138 00:06:03,493 --> 00:06:04,581 I can feel it. 139 00:06:04,668 --> 00:06:06,974 It is slick. 140 00:06:06,975 --> 00:06:08,845 compounded . 141 00:06:08,846 --> 00:06:11,761 . 142 00:06:13,590 --> 00:06:15,810 Ho-ho-ho. 143 00:06:15,897 --> 00:06:17,898 Anything broken? 144 00:06:17,899 --> 00:06:20,291 Oh, my God, that was rough. 145 00:06:20,292 --> 00:06:22,294 I just want to prove to my dad 146 00:06:22,382 --> 00:06:23,774 that I can handle the rough country. 147 00:06:23,861 --> 00:06:27,169 I can control my nerves in the sticky spots 148 00:06:27,256 --> 00:06:31,041 and just to be able to do the job, basically. 149 00:06:31,042 --> 00:06:32,913 It's kind of a badge of honor to get trusted with this 150 00:06:32,914 --> 00:06:35,133 haul to Uranium City. 151 00:06:45,230 --> 00:06:46,406 narrator: As the frigid darkness 152 00:06:46,536 --> 00:06:48,451 blankets the northern frontier-- 153 00:06:50,366 --> 00:06:52,020 Lisa, how you making out? 154 00:06:52,107 --> 00:06:53,673 Fighting the battle. 155 00:06:53,674 --> 00:06:55,631 narrator: - the Muskie convoy is 156 00:06:55,632 --> 00:06:58,765 fighting their way up the world's longest winter road. 157 00:06:58,766 --> 00:06:59,854 Hang on. 158 00:06:59,941 --> 00:07:01,942 Oh, oh, oh, come on. 159 00:07:01,943 --> 00:07:03,378 That looks like a pretty good hole there. 160 00:07:05,642 --> 00:07:08,296 narrator: And they're just getting started. 161 00:07:08,297 --> 00:07:10,341 The old Mother Nature is kicking a little more ass 162 00:07:10,342 --> 00:07:12,431 than we thought it was. 163 00:07:12,432 --> 00:07:14,911 It's like you can barely tell there's a road here. 164 00:07:14,912 --> 00:07:17,219 narrator: Muskie Todd leads the charge 165 00:07:17,306 --> 00:07:20,439 followed by Todd, Scooter, and Lisa with Wayne 166 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:22,528 and Lyndon batting cleanup. 167 00:07:22,529 --> 00:07:26,183 Oh my gosh, this road is just kicking Rowdy's, and I'm just 168 00:07:26,184 --> 00:07:28,970 struggling, driving on it. 169 00:07:29,057 --> 00:07:30,927 narrator: As the ice road warms, 170 00:07:30,928 --> 00:07:32,974 it breaks up during the day. 171 00:07:35,150 --> 00:07:38,806 narrator: Then holes, bumps, and ruts refreeze at night 172 00:07:38,893 --> 00:07:41,460 and conspire to beat up the drivers. 173 00:07:41,461 --> 00:07:43,418 We're gonna have to push really hard through the night 174 00:07:43,419 --> 00:07:45,073 to put some miles behind us, and hopefully 175 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:46,770 get out of here before this road falls completely apart 176 00:07:46,857 --> 00:07:48,902 and we can't get out of here. 177 00:07:50,861 --> 00:07:52,906 We've got a crossing coming up called Hayes River. 178 00:07:56,476 --> 00:07:58,128 Here we are. 179 00:07:58,129 --> 00:07:59,826 I'm going to just park right in-- 180 00:07:59,827 --> 00:08:01,480 right in the middle of the road here. 181 00:08:01,481 --> 00:08:03,133 Oh, jeez. 182 00:08:06,355 --> 00:08:07,398 We gotta stop right here until we 183 00:08:07,399 --> 00:08:09,401 get to where I can see Todd. 184 00:08:09,489 --> 00:08:10,967 He's on the ice now, and I gotta-- we gotta wait 185 00:08:10,968 --> 00:08:12,970 a second till he gets across. 186 00:08:13,057 --> 00:08:15,058 narrator: At the river, everyone 187 00:08:15,059 --> 00:08:19,628 stops so Muskie Todd can check out the ice crossing first. 188 00:08:19,629 --> 00:08:20,629 You don't want to dare try getting two trucks on there 189 00:08:20,630 --> 00:08:21,935 at one time. 190 00:08:21,936 --> 00:08:22,719 You'll really be pushing the luck on that. 191 00:08:25,243 --> 00:08:26,592 Yeah, pulling off there, Todd. 192 00:08:26,593 --> 00:08:28,245 You can come on over if you need to. 193 00:08:28,246 --> 00:08:29,682 Sounds good there, Todd. 194 00:08:31,511 --> 00:08:34,078 One truck at a time, and we'll get across this. 195 00:08:34,165 --> 00:08:36,123 And the real challenge is gonna be the hill after. 196 00:08:36,124 --> 00:08:41,128 On my way, here I come. 197 00:08:41,129 --> 00:08:42,912 I've always thought it was spooky 198 00:08:42,913 --> 00:08:45,959 getting onto the ice at night, nothing else around, just you 199 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:47,177 and your truck and the ice. 200 00:08:49,354 --> 00:08:50,746 You know, this isn't a normal ice crossing. 201 00:08:50,747 --> 00:08:52,095 This is a river crossing. 202 00:08:52,096 --> 00:08:53,836 And you can tell by the texture. 203 00:08:53,837 --> 00:08:55,664 You can tell by the way it's frozen 204 00:08:55,665 --> 00:08:57,579 with the moving water that it's 205 00:08:57,580 --> 00:09:00,234 not just straight and flat. 206 00:09:00,235 --> 00:09:02,497 Ice crossings at night are a lot more sketchy. 207 00:09:02,498 --> 00:09:05,587 You can't see the cracks in the ice. 208 00:09:05,588 --> 00:09:08,242 You can't see where the little pressure ridges are. 209 00:09:08,243 --> 00:09:10,593 You can't see the color of the ice. 210 00:09:21,169 --> 00:09:22,823 OK, Scooter. Looking good, buddy. 211 00:09:22,910 --> 00:09:23,910 Just rolled off. 212 00:09:23,911 --> 00:09:25,868 Go ahead and hit her. 213 00:09:25,869 --> 00:09:28,001 Hang on to your teeth, and buckle up your straps. 214 00:09:28,002 --> 00:09:28,871 Let's get 'er done. 215 00:09:31,179 --> 00:09:33,920 Feels good. 216 00:09:33,921 --> 00:09:34,877 Trying to listen. 217 00:09:37,664 --> 00:09:41,318 Hey, Lisa, bring her on. 218 00:09:41,319 --> 00:09:43,538 All right, here I come. 219 00:09:45,802 --> 00:09:47,760 You hear all those cracks? 220 00:09:49,763 --> 00:09:52,461 Oh, that was a good one. 221 00:09:54,419 --> 00:09:56,029 All right. 222 00:10:03,428 --> 00:10:05,126 This is a nasty hill called Hayes Hill, 223 00:10:05,213 --> 00:10:07,694 and it takes everything you got to get up it. 224 00:10:07,824 --> 00:10:10,260 At the end of this long, straight stretch right here, 225 00:10:10,261 --> 00:10:11,611 that's where the hill starts. 226 00:10:11,698 --> 00:10:12,828 So we've got this whole runway to get 227 00:10:12,829 --> 00:10:15,439 a run for that hill. 228 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:18,008 And I'm taking every inch of that runway. 229 00:10:18,095 --> 00:10:21,707 10-4, OK. 230 00:10:21,708 --> 00:10:23,752 narrator: Hayes Hill is a half mile 231 00:10:23,753 --> 00:10:29,236 8% grade battlefield paved with refrozen holes and ruts. 232 00:10:29,237 --> 00:10:30,367 Faster, Todd. 233 00:10:30,368 --> 00:10:32,282 Faster. - Hang on. 234 00:10:32,283 --> 00:10:34,633 It's gonna get a little rough. 235 00:10:36,940 --> 00:10:37,854 Come on, you son of a bitch. 236 00:10:37,941 --> 00:10:39,246 Let's go. 237 00:10:41,641 --> 00:10:43,903 There's the hillside. 238 00:10:43,904 --> 00:10:46,166 Here comes the bumps. 239 00:10:46,167 --> 00:10:49,691 I don't want to slow up at all, or we ain't makin' her. 240 00:10:49,692 --> 00:10:51,214 Oh, come on. 241 00:10:51,215 --> 00:10:53,303 We're right there. 242 00:10:53,304 --> 00:10:54,349 Tell me this don't get your heart pumping. 243 00:11:00,747 --> 00:11:02,966 Come on. 244 00:11:03,053 --> 00:11:05,534 narrator: At the ragged edge of the northern frontier-- 245 00:11:05,621 --> 00:11:06,490 Hang on. 246 00:11:06,491 --> 00:11:08,101 Hoo-hoo. 247 00:11:08,102 --> 00:11:09,711 narrator:--the Muskie Creek convoy 248 00:11:09,712 --> 00:11:11,366 faces the opening salvo in their battle 249 00:11:11,453 --> 00:11:13,629 against the world's longest winter road-- 250 00:11:13,716 --> 00:11:15,238 This is a long-ass hill. 251 00:11:15,239 --> 00:11:17,067 narrator:--Hayes Hill. 252 00:11:17,198 --> 00:11:19,547 Tell me this don't get your heart pumping. 253 00:11:19,548 --> 00:11:21,723 Oh, come on. 254 00:11:21,724 --> 00:11:23,769 We're right there. 255 00:11:23,770 --> 00:11:24,944 That's it. 256 00:11:24,945 --> 00:11:26,773 We're at the top. Yes! 257 00:11:26,860 --> 00:11:29,122 Million-dollar baby makes it again. 258 00:11:29,123 --> 00:11:32,560 Scooter, bring her on up. 259 00:11:32,561 --> 00:11:33,866 On my way. 260 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:37,173 Me and hills have not gotten along this year. 261 00:11:39,046 --> 00:11:42,352 Hey, puppy, you can do it. 262 00:11:43,528 --> 00:11:45,269 Come on, baby. 263 00:11:45,356 --> 00:11:47,009 Oh, oh, oh, come on. 264 00:11:48,098 --> 00:11:49,926 Not today. 265 00:11:50,013 --> 00:11:52,275 Not today. 266 00:11:52,276 --> 00:11:54,713 Can I come up yet? 267 00:11:54,714 --> 00:11:56,280 Bring it on up, Princess. 268 00:11:56,367 --> 00:11:57,238 It's all yours. 269 00:11:57,325 --> 00:11:59,500 Rowdy can do it. 270 00:11:59,501 --> 00:12:01,371 Rowdy's rowdy. 271 00:12:02,634 --> 00:12:04,158 All right, you're good. 272 00:12:04,245 --> 00:12:06,550 Me and Rowdy beat the hill. 273 00:12:06,551 --> 00:12:08,074 We all made it up the hill. 274 00:12:08,075 --> 00:12:09,772 We still got a long way to go. 275 00:12:15,822 --> 00:12:17,518 narrator: 600 miles east-- 276 00:12:22,132 --> 00:12:24,568 I'm gonna park out here, Zach. 277 00:12:24,569 --> 00:12:25,569 Yeah, go. 278 00:12:27,747 --> 00:12:28,922 narrator: Riley and Zach Harris 279 00:12:29,009 --> 00:12:33,316 are meeting Shaun outside of Fond Du Lac 280 00:12:33,317 --> 00:12:35,754 after he spent the night on the ice with his load. 281 00:12:39,846 --> 00:12:42,325 Well, this is the big one. 282 00:12:42,326 --> 00:12:46,416 We're headed to Uranium City, about 55 miles, give or take. 283 00:12:46,417 --> 00:12:48,201 Right now, we're closer to the Arctic Circle 284 00:12:48,202 --> 00:12:50,072 than we are to the nearest major city. 285 00:12:50,073 --> 00:12:51,378 That's pretty cool. 286 00:12:51,379 --> 00:12:52,684 Like, this is the end of the road here. 287 00:12:52,772 --> 00:12:55,774 There's a high seam that's broken through, 288 00:12:55,775 --> 00:12:58,560 and it's flooding onto the ice. 289 00:12:58,647 --> 00:13:00,822 So make sure you guys got a lot of distance between you 290 00:13:00,823 --> 00:13:01,823 when you go through, because there is gonna be flood 291 00:13:01,824 --> 00:13:03,042 water come up through there. 292 00:13:03,043 --> 00:13:04,695 - OK. - Just be careful. 293 00:13:04,696 --> 00:13:05,914 Don't let it scare you. 294 00:13:11,399 --> 00:13:14,270 narrator: Zach and Riley's final test is the deadly 295 00:13:14,271 --> 00:13:16,838 55-mile ice crossing over one of North 296 00:13:16,839 --> 00:13:20,407 America's largest lakes. 297 00:13:20,408 --> 00:13:22,061 This is the boys' first trip up here, 298 00:13:22,062 --> 00:13:23,410 so that's pretty exciting. 299 00:13:23,411 --> 00:13:25,281 I'm glad I'm here to see it. 300 00:13:25,282 --> 00:13:27,676 I kinda think maybe they're a little bit nervous today, 301 00:13:27,763 --> 00:13:29,764 because this is a huge crossing. 302 00:13:29,765 --> 00:13:31,984 Not a lot of people have been up here. 303 00:13:31,985 --> 00:13:33,768 A lot of people are scared to come this far. 304 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:38,904 It's rockin'. 305 00:13:38,905 --> 00:13:42,472 The pops is popping. 306 00:13:42,473 --> 00:13:45,127 We're coming up to a heave that has broken open. 307 00:13:45,128 --> 00:13:46,433 It's pretty dangerous up here. 308 00:13:46,434 --> 00:13:48,001 Watch your speed. 309 00:13:48,088 --> 00:13:50,654 Just can't stop paying attention to the road. 310 00:13:56,226 --> 00:13:58,228 Yee-haw. 311 00:13:58,315 --> 00:14:00,012 narrator: Across the northern wilderness-- 312 00:14:00,013 --> 00:14:01,665 Temperatures have dropped dramatically. 313 00:14:01,666 --> 00:14:04,843 We're down to -23. 314 00:14:04,844 --> 00:14:06,801 There ain't nothing like the smell of diesel, 315 00:14:06,802 --> 00:14:11,066 cold air, and the wheels turning. 316 00:14:11,067 --> 00:14:13,113 narrator:--the Muskie Creek crew is realizing 317 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:15,462 they're not on a road. 318 00:14:15,463 --> 00:14:17,682 He's in there, eh? 319 00:14:17,769 --> 00:14:20,075 narrator: They're in a graveyard. 320 00:14:20,076 --> 00:14:23,426 Look at that, another snowcat. 321 00:14:23,427 --> 00:14:26,821 This road eats equipment alive. 322 00:14:29,216 --> 00:14:31,347 The ground swallowed them up. 323 00:14:31,348 --> 00:14:34,699 If our trucks are in that deep, we're so screwed. 324 00:14:38,138 --> 00:14:42,054 If we can't get the trucks out, they don't get paid. 325 00:14:42,055 --> 00:14:43,838 So it's important because it's a big chunk of money. 326 00:14:47,277 --> 00:14:48,538 Yeah, just a little rough. 327 00:14:48,539 --> 00:14:50,149 So you definitely want to give her 328 00:14:50,150 --> 00:14:53,239 as soon as you get across that little light bridge. 329 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:55,284 narrator: Muskie Todd's leading the convoy 330 00:14:55,285 --> 00:14:57,808 and telling the other drivers what to expect. 331 00:14:57,809 --> 00:14:59,637 OK there, Todd, I'm up top. 332 00:14:59,724 --> 00:15:00,463 narrator: Followed by Todd-- 333 00:15:00,464 --> 00:15:02,248 Headed your way. 334 00:15:02,249 --> 00:15:04,728 narrator:--Lisa and Scooter, with the other two 335 00:15:04,729 --> 00:15:07,122 Muskie drivers behind them. 336 00:15:07,123 --> 00:15:08,776 Pretty good hill there, Scoot, soon as you 337 00:15:08,777 --> 00:15:09,820 come across that ice bridge. 338 00:15:09,821 --> 00:15:11,345 Give her, buddy. 339 00:15:11,432 --> 00:15:12,867 Roger that. 340 00:15:12,868 --> 00:15:16,437 A tight ice bridge, and then a hill. 341 00:15:18,395 --> 00:15:21,702 All right, Lisa, it's all yours. 342 00:15:21,703 --> 00:15:25,140 Holy moly, that is narrow. 343 00:15:25,141 --> 00:15:27,142 I haven't really recovered from it, going in the ditch 344 00:15:27,143 --> 00:15:30,799 off the ice bridge, and-- 345 00:15:30,886 --> 00:15:34,758 Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. 346 00:15:34,759 --> 00:15:37,632 Oh. I'm right on the edge. 347 00:15:39,286 --> 00:15:40,242 Oh, gosh. 348 00:15:43,377 --> 00:15:45,378 I'm across the ice bridge. 349 00:15:47,250 --> 00:15:48,381 Hey, it looks like we got a little ice 350 00:15:48,382 --> 00:15:50,078 crossing coming up here. 351 00:15:50,079 --> 00:15:51,819 Oh, this is gonna be fun. 352 00:15:51,820 --> 00:15:53,255 narrator: A half-frozen lake is 353 00:15:53,256 --> 00:15:55,562 the final obstacle between the Muskie convoy 354 00:15:55,563 --> 00:15:57,433 and their frozen backhauls. 355 00:15:57,434 --> 00:15:59,392 We definitely have had a couple of warm days, 356 00:15:59,393 --> 00:16:01,525 so that's kind of an issue that, 357 00:16:01,612 --> 00:16:03,397 you know, we want to get out and look at the ice 358 00:16:03,484 --> 00:16:05,876 and make sure that it looks decent enough to run on. 359 00:16:05,877 --> 00:16:07,487 It should be froze enough. 360 00:16:07,488 --> 00:16:09,445 What about the last two days that have been warm? 361 00:16:09,446 --> 00:16:10,795 It doesn't have an effect on this at all? 362 00:16:10,926 --> 00:16:12,318 You'll find out. 363 00:16:12,319 --> 00:16:13,623 That is not the kind of confidence 364 00:16:13,624 --> 00:16:14,843 I'm looking for here. 365 00:16:14,974 --> 00:16:16,409 I believe strongly in teamwork 366 00:16:16,410 --> 00:16:17,410 and getting along with each other. 367 00:16:17,411 --> 00:16:18,977 No one's above each other. 368 00:16:18,978 --> 00:16:20,630 I don't think we got much of a choice here. 369 00:16:20,631 --> 00:16:21,936 We're gonna just have to roll on it. 370 00:16:21,937 --> 00:16:23,590 These loads have got to get in today. 371 00:16:26,202 --> 00:16:27,115 Good luck, buttercup. 372 00:16:27,116 --> 00:16:29,030 I believe in you. 373 00:16:29,031 --> 00:16:30,727 Good luck, super Todd. 374 00:16:30,728 --> 00:16:32,947 You can fly out of it if you fall. 375 00:16:36,386 --> 00:16:37,213 Todd, you're good to go. 376 00:16:38,432 --> 00:16:40,042 Oh, yeah. 377 00:16:40,129 --> 00:16:42,000 She's cracking. She's popping, making noise. 378 00:16:45,395 --> 00:16:46,353 Whoo-hoo. 379 00:16:48,094 --> 00:16:50,051 Go ahead, you're good. 380 00:16:50,052 --> 00:16:51,618 Rolling, rolling, rolling. 381 00:16:51,619 --> 00:16:53,141 Here I come, a-rolling. 382 00:16:55,362 --> 00:16:57,667 All right, here we go. 383 00:16:57,668 --> 00:16:59,495 When it's snow covered like this, 384 00:16:59,496 --> 00:17:01,193 you can almost deceive yourself into thinking that you're 385 00:17:01,194 --> 00:17:03,064 just on a winter road. 386 00:17:03,065 --> 00:17:05,546 But when you're looking down through the ice? 387 00:17:05,633 --> 00:17:08,069 Holy moly. 388 00:17:08,070 --> 00:17:09,767 It's a pretty in-your-face reminder that you're 389 00:17:09,854 --> 00:17:12,334 actually on a lake. 390 00:17:12,335 --> 00:17:15,817 All right, I think I'm on the shore here. 391 00:17:15,904 --> 00:17:18,688 Headed to Fort Severn on the longest winter road. 392 00:17:18,689 --> 00:17:20,126 Hell yeah. 393 00:17:33,269 --> 00:17:35,053 The most dangerous ice crossing we'll make all winter 394 00:17:35,054 --> 00:17:37,098 is on this lake. 395 00:17:37,099 --> 00:17:40,320 narrator: Halfway into their 55-mile lake crossing-- 396 00:17:40,407 --> 00:17:43,801 There's a frost heave that has cracked significantly. 397 00:17:43,932 --> 00:17:46,630 narrator:--the Harris convoy has hit the heave, splitting 398 00:17:46,717 --> 00:17:48,588 the massive sheet of ice. 399 00:17:48,589 --> 00:17:51,373 So that's a concern, especially with heavier loads. 400 00:17:51,374 --> 00:17:52,462 You know, we're gonna have to play that one by ear, 401 00:17:52,549 --> 00:17:54,942 just go really slow. 402 00:17:54,943 --> 00:17:56,597 We can't really stop and assess it. 403 00:17:56,684 --> 00:17:59,208 We'll just kinda have to assess it on the go. 404 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:02,777 They're very significant heaves, 405 00:18:02,864 --> 00:18:04,735 where the heave has pushed it up, 406 00:18:04,822 --> 00:18:07,563 and then you can't get across. 407 00:18:07,564 --> 00:18:08,477 And when you get to that heave, 408 00:18:08,478 --> 00:18:09,913 if you can't get across, 409 00:18:09,914 --> 00:18:11,960 then you've just traveled 14 hours for nothing. 410 00:18:14,049 --> 00:18:16,398 narrator: Here, precision is essential. 411 00:18:19,228 --> 00:18:21,186 Too close together, and the truck's combined weight 412 00:18:21,187 --> 00:18:24,406 could split open the heave. 413 00:18:24,407 --> 00:18:27,017 And if they stop, the static pressure 414 00:18:27,018 --> 00:18:30,282 at the edge of the ice sheet could do the same. 415 00:18:30,283 --> 00:18:32,588 There's been many pieces of equipment lost 416 00:18:32,589 --> 00:18:34,982 and some lives lost on this stretch here, for sure. 417 00:18:34,983 --> 00:18:38,986 This Lake Athabasca is a deep, deep, cold lake. 418 00:18:38,987 --> 00:18:40,641 This is the last place you want to fall. 419 00:18:40,728 --> 00:18:42,424 You never want to fall into the water anywhere, 420 00:18:42,425 --> 00:18:44,600 but this is the absolute last place you want to do that. 421 00:18:51,521 --> 00:18:56,438 Zach, right where you are right now, on that point, 422 00:18:56,439 --> 00:18:58,571 back in the mid-'70s, wherever these 423 00:18:58,572 --> 00:19:00,355 pressure ridges are, your uncle, 424 00:19:00,356 --> 00:19:02,401 he was running the grader. 425 00:19:02,402 --> 00:19:03,837 And he clipped off the top of one of those pressure ridges, 426 00:19:03,838 --> 00:19:05,447 and he went through. 427 00:19:05,448 --> 00:19:07,711 Right in here is where he died. 428 00:19:07,798 --> 00:19:08,929 Oh, my God. 429 00:19:08,930 --> 00:19:11,062 So this is the place, eh? 430 00:19:11,150 --> 00:19:12,412 Yeah, right in here. 431 00:19:12,499 --> 00:19:15,196 So the grader's still there. 432 00:19:15,197 --> 00:19:16,676 You know, you work in these dangerous places, 433 00:19:16,677 --> 00:19:18,591 and your family never wants to get that call. 434 00:19:18,592 --> 00:19:20,941 But sometimes, it happens. 435 00:19:22,639 --> 00:19:25,206 I do my best to try and be safe and careful 436 00:19:25,207 --> 00:19:28,209 and so I can come home to my wife and daughter. 437 00:19:28,210 --> 00:19:33,780 And I don't want to leave my family without me. 438 00:19:33,781 --> 00:19:36,261 It's a pretty good reminder that it's not a joke out here. 439 00:19:36,262 --> 00:19:37,132 Well, that's why you be careful 440 00:19:37,219 --> 00:19:38,567 around those pressure ridges. 441 00:19:38,568 --> 00:19:40,482 Slow right down. They're not to be with. 442 00:19:42,181 --> 00:19:44,705 This ice crossing and haul into Uranium City, 443 00:19:44,792 --> 00:19:46,097 it's not for the faint of heart. 444 00:19:46,185 --> 00:19:47,533 It's a challenging one. 445 00:19:47,534 --> 00:19:49,579 It looks serene, and anybody can do it. 446 00:19:49,710 --> 00:19:52,146 But just like that. 447 00:19:55,933 --> 00:19:57,804 What the was that? 448 00:20:03,027 --> 00:20:05,725 I've got an issue with my hood. 449 00:20:05,726 --> 00:20:07,770 We need to rectify on the fly. 450 00:20:07,771 --> 00:20:09,729 I'm gonna hop out and do my hood latch up on the go. 451 00:20:09,730 --> 00:20:12,471 Watch you don't slip. 452 00:20:12,472 --> 00:20:15,430 I'm always very in awe of my dad. 453 00:20:15,431 --> 00:20:18,085 I mean, he's almost superhuman, in some ways. 454 00:20:18,086 --> 00:20:20,392 He's willing to put himself in pretty risky situations. 455 00:20:20,393 --> 00:20:22,132 It's a little bit scary. 456 00:20:22,133 --> 00:20:23,569 My hood latch has come undone. 457 00:20:23,570 --> 00:20:25,266 I don't know if it's broke or just popped open, 458 00:20:25,267 --> 00:20:26,790 and it's rattling. 459 00:20:26,877 --> 00:20:29,052 And we can't come to a dead stop on the ice, 460 00:20:29,053 --> 00:20:32,142 so I'm just gonna slow 'er down and hop out, and do it up. 461 00:20:32,143 --> 00:20:34,144 To run these ice roads, you kind of 462 00:20:34,145 --> 00:20:35,668 gotta be a little bit crazy. 463 00:20:35,669 --> 00:20:37,931 My dad is not scared of anything. 464 00:20:37,932 --> 00:20:40,587 He goes harder than 90% of the people I know. 465 00:20:43,111 --> 00:20:45,199 It's absolutely dangerous to get out of the cab 466 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:46,853 while you're moving, but it's even more 467 00:20:46,854 --> 00:20:48,681 dangerous to stop on the ice. 468 00:21:07,875 --> 00:21:09,790 Hey, Dad, you got a copy? 469 00:21:22,063 --> 00:21:23,019 narrator: On one of the world's 470 00:21:23,020 --> 00:21:25,021 longest lake crossings-- 471 00:21:25,022 --> 00:21:26,588 Hey, Dad, you got a copy? 472 00:21:26,589 --> 00:21:29,199 My dad likes doing sketchy . 473 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:31,419 narrator:--Shaun Harris is fixing his hood, 474 00:21:31,420 --> 00:21:33,421 and gambling that running on the ice 475 00:21:33,422 --> 00:21:35,945 beside his truck is safer than stopping 476 00:21:35,946 --> 00:21:38,819 next to the ice heave. 477 00:21:45,478 --> 00:21:48,176 Not my first rodeo. 478 00:21:53,964 --> 00:21:57,054 Yeah, I guess this would be Beaver Lodge. 479 00:21:57,141 --> 00:22:00,014 We just pulled up to Beaver Lodge Portage. 480 00:22:00,101 --> 00:22:02,015 Yeah, copy that. 481 00:22:02,016 --> 00:22:03,886 narrator: At the north shore of Lake Athabasca-- 482 00:22:03,887 --> 00:22:06,368 The Overland Portage is pretty rough in some spots. 483 00:22:06,499 --> 00:22:07,455 You gotta be careful. 484 00:22:07,456 --> 00:22:09,849 Yes, sir. 485 00:22:09,850 --> 00:22:11,154 narrator:--a portage 486 00:22:11,155 --> 00:22:13,243 separates the Harris convoy 487 00:22:13,244 --> 00:22:14,420 from the final ice crossing 488 00:22:14,507 --> 00:22:16,378 into Uranium City. 489 00:22:23,472 --> 00:22:26,300 Oh, lordy. 490 00:22:26,301 --> 00:22:28,171 Oh. 491 00:22:28,172 --> 00:22:31,131 That sounded very destructive when 492 00:22:31,132 --> 00:22:32,698 I went through those holes. 493 00:22:32,699 --> 00:22:34,917 It didn't look a lot better. 494 00:22:34,918 --> 00:22:36,615 It's a portage. 495 00:22:36,616 --> 00:22:38,530 Like, we basically just went over top of a hill. 496 00:22:42,665 --> 00:22:45,188 Hey, Dad, when you come on to the ice there, 497 00:22:45,189 --> 00:22:48,932 the holes on the ice, they don't look deep, but they are. 498 00:22:49,019 --> 00:22:50,498 Copy that. 499 00:22:55,243 --> 00:22:58,855 We got some core boxes that are just walking their way out, 500 00:22:58,942 --> 00:23:00,334 so I'm hoping to hang on. 501 00:23:00,335 --> 00:23:01,989 We're almost there. 502 00:23:08,561 --> 00:23:10,518 There are so many holes to try and navigate here. 503 00:23:12,521 --> 00:23:15,044 And there is water flooding the ice. 504 00:23:15,045 --> 00:23:16,045 That's scary. 505 00:23:22,313 --> 00:23:24,227 We're getting through the worst of it, but holy . 506 00:23:31,497 --> 00:23:33,237 That was sketchy incorporated, that one. 507 00:23:40,114 --> 00:23:41,897 Well, we made 'er. 508 00:23:41,898 --> 00:23:42,855 Way to go, guys. 509 00:23:42,856 --> 00:23:44,030 Way to go. 510 00:23:44,031 --> 00:23:45,205 That was awesome. 511 00:23:45,206 --> 00:23:47,729 This town is frozen in time. 512 00:23:47,730 --> 00:23:50,079 It hasn't advanced since 1982. 513 00:23:54,737 --> 00:23:57,304 There's a uranium rush in the new settlement. 514 00:23:57,305 --> 00:24:01,656 In no time at all, the place has become a uranium capital. 515 00:24:01,657 --> 00:24:03,920 Uranium City is one of my favorite places 516 00:24:04,007 --> 00:24:05,966 to go, just the history there. 517 00:24:09,491 --> 00:24:12,799 The output here is 35,000 tons of ore per day. 518 00:24:12,886 --> 00:24:14,756 So the new settlement is boomtown 519 00:24:14,757 --> 00:24:17,412 on a scale never seen before. 520 00:24:17,499 --> 00:24:22,721 They had upwards of 40 or 50 mines. 521 00:24:22,722 --> 00:24:25,506 In the early '80s, when the uranium prices dropped, 522 00:24:25,507 --> 00:24:27,029 it became a ghost town. 523 00:24:27,030 --> 00:24:29,946 It just absolutely decimated the community. 524 00:24:30,033 --> 00:24:31,773 It's like it's frozen in time. 525 00:24:31,774 --> 00:24:33,820 It's like it's perpetually 1984 there, 526 00:24:33,907 --> 00:24:35,343 and that's what's really cool about that town. 527 00:24:36,736 --> 00:24:39,302 This place is beautiful. 528 00:24:39,303 --> 00:24:42,044 It's like time stopped, and it never changed. 529 00:24:42,045 --> 00:24:44,177 It's pretty cool. 530 00:24:44,178 --> 00:24:46,527 This is the boys' first trip up here, 531 00:24:46,528 --> 00:24:48,181 so that's pretty exciting. 532 00:24:48,182 --> 00:24:50,052 This truly is one of my proudest moments 533 00:24:50,053 --> 00:24:51,619 with these two. 534 00:24:51,620 --> 00:24:53,360 When they were growing up, there's 535 00:24:53,361 --> 00:24:55,275 been years where I just wasn't around as much as I 536 00:24:55,276 --> 00:24:57,190 probably should have been. 537 00:24:57,191 --> 00:25:00,586 It gives me pride that we're doing something together. 538 00:25:00,673 --> 00:25:03,413 That's where my load is going is right there. 539 00:25:03,414 --> 00:25:04,632 And we have arrived. 540 00:25:08,245 --> 00:25:10,508 It feels good we made it. 541 00:25:10,509 --> 00:25:12,466 Feel better when we get all this off here. 542 00:25:16,340 --> 00:25:18,473 We need to get back to Stony Rapids. 543 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:20,213 It's a long ways, but we gotta get 544 00:25:20,214 --> 00:25:21,257 back there, because we got a load tomorrow 545 00:25:21,258 --> 00:25:22,868 morning for another client. 546 00:25:22,869 --> 00:25:24,958 Awesome. 547 00:25:25,045 --> 00:25:26,088 Deadly, deadly. 548 00:25:26,089 --> 00:25:27,482 OK, we gotta take a picture. 549 00:25:30,050 --> 00:25:31,703 There we go. yeah. 550 00:25:32,922 --> 00:25:34,054 We're done. 551 00:25:37,971 --> 00:25:41,190 narrator: 600 miles to the east-- 552 00:25:41,191 --> 00:25:42,931 Where are the trucks? Are they here? 553 00:25:42,932 --> 00:25:44,760 We're here, buddy. 554 00:25:44,847 --> 00:25:46,282 narrator:--the Muskie convoy has arrived 555 00:25:46,283 --> 00:25:49,024 at their buried paychecks. 556 00:25:49,025 --> 00:25:50,373 They are buried in the snow. 557 00:25:50,374 --> 00:25:53,464 Oh, my God. 558 00:25:53,552 --> 00:25:56,075 On your way in there, you're gonna see a few 559 00:25:56,076 --> 00:25:57,817 trucks that have been buried in snow. 560 00:25:57,947 --> 00:25:59,426 That's your backhaul. 561 00:25:59,427 --> 00:26:01,342 Get them unstuck and pulled out of there. 562 00:26:01,429 --> 00:26:04,300 Unbelieve-- oh, we got one truck that's even still 563 00:26:04,301 --> 00:26:06,433 connected to the trailer. 564 00:26:06,434 --> 00:26:08,174 How do you even dig through that snow bank 565 00:26:08,175 --> 00:26:10,829 to even get to them things? 566 00:26:10,830 --> 00:26:13,266 That is unbelievable. 567 00:26:13,267 --> 00:26:15,137 narrator: Their mission is to extricate 568 00:26:15,138 --> 00:26:18,489 the stuck trucks before they offload and split up. 569 00:26:18,577 --> 00:26:20,970 The snow bank looks solid. 570 00:26:21,057 --> 00:26:22,580 narrator: It'll take all six of them 571 00:26:22,581 --> 00:26:26,235 and their machinery for any chance at success. 572 00:26:26,236 --> 00:26:28,021 There's no way. 573 00:26:28,108 --> 00:26:30,240 With all of us even digging, it would take us four hours 574 00:26:30,327 --> 00:26:33,286 to even dig a path just to get to the back axle on this one, 575 00:26:33,287 --> 00:26:34,374 to maybe start pulling it out. 576 00:26:37,378 --> 00:26:39,249 This is . 577 00:26:47,083 --> 00:26:49,084 narrator: In the wild northern wilderness-- 578 00:26:54,308 --> 00:26:56,222 the Harris convoy is fighting their way out. 579 00:26:56,223 --> 00:26:58,617 Augh. 580 00:26:58,704 --> 00:27:00,792 Got so many holes to try and navigate here. 581 00:27:06,755 --> 00:27:09,104 The conditions of the ice change so much. 582 00:27:09,105 --> 00:27:11,151 It's at the end of the year, and the ice 583 00:27:11,238 --> 00:27:13,196 is sagging a little bit. 584 00:27:13,327 --> 00:27:15,937 It's been traveled on, cracked, and re-cracked. 585 00:27:15,938 --> 00:27:17,592 And then all of a sudden, there's 586 00:27:17,679 --> 00:27:18,461 going to be one big crack, and it's going to be too late. 587 00:27:24,991 --> 00:27:26,513 A little rough. 588 00:27:26,514 --> 00:27:29,255 Ooh. Oh, . 589 00:27:29,256 --> 00:27:30,952 me. 590 00:27:37,873 --> 00:27:39,482 bottomed out here. 591 00:27:39,483 --> 00:27:41,963 This hole fell out from underneath. 592 00:27:41,964 --> 00:27:43,835 Even in four-wheel drive, eh? She won't come up? 593 00:27:43,836 --> 00:27:46,011 No, I'm like, sitting on the bumper, I think. 594 00:27:46,012 --> 00:27:47,621 You're stuck? 595 00:27:47,622 --> 00:27:49,841 Oh, yeah, you-- you went through. 596 00:27:49,842 --> 00:27:51,451 Holy . 597 00:27:58,285 --> 00:27:59,677 narrator: Back with the Muskie convoy-- 598 00:27:59,678 --> 00:28:01,287 We might be able to dig this one here. 599 00:28:01,288 --> 00:28:02,637 Get them-- get it wedged on the front. 600 00:28:02,724 --> 00:28:04,072 We might have to start pulling it 601 00:28:04,073 --> 00:28:05,118 straight forward with the trailer 602 00:28:05,205 --> 00:28:06,509 and everything on there. 603 00:28:06,510 --> 00:28:07,336 narrator: - Todd Dewey's jumping 604 00:28:07,337 --> 00:28:09,382 in to lead the recovery. 605 00:28:09,383 --> 00:28:11,384 But I'm just wondering if Wayne can put his picker truck 606 00:28:11,385 --> 00:28:13,821 and try to pick the ass end of this truck up first. 607 00:28:13,822 --> 00:28:16,128 I'm sending Todd, Wayne, and Lyndon 608 00:28:16,129 --> 00:28:17,695 to help you guys up there. 609 00:28:17,696 --> 00:28:19,305 No lifting with the picker truck. 610 00:28:19,306 --> 00:28:20,741 No pulling with it. 611 00:28:20,742 --> 00:28:22,351 If I can hook around here, I can try 612 00:28:22,352 --> 00:28:24,136 to break it with the winch. - Yeah. 613 00:28:24,137 --> 00:28:26,007 - Then he can lift it. - Yeah. 614 00:28:26,008 --> 00:28:28,097 Be nice to the equipment, you guys. 615 00:28:28,184 --> 00:28:30,796 If one of our units are dead on the road, 616 00:28:30,883 --> 00:28:33,493 it's a $20,000 tow bill. 617 00:28:33,494 --> 00:28:34,973 We're gonna have to get your trailer unhooked, 618 00:28:34,974 --> 00:28:36,323 and get your truck in position on where 619 00:28:36,410 --> 00:28:37,803 you think you can pull. 620 00:28:37,890 --> 00:28:39,586 Get your cables hooked up, get this figured out. 621 00:28:39,587 --> 00:28:41,457 Well, let's get geared up. 622 00:28:41,458 --> 00:28:44,591 Get the shovels, and let's start digging these trucks out. 623 00:28:44,592 --> 00:28:45,766 They're in there. 624 00:28:45,767 --> 00:28:47,333 What are we doing? 625 00:28:47,334 --> 00:28:48,334 A lot of digging. 626 00:28:48,335 --> 00:28:49,727 Wow. 627 00:28:49,728 --> 00:28:51,990 This is going to be fun. 628 00:28:51,991 --> 00:28:54,296 We're gonna dig this frame out. 629 00:28:54,297 --> 00:28:56,472 We're going to try to get the winch truck on this back side, 630 00:28:56,473 --> 00:28:59,258 get the whole cable wrapped around this frame, 631 00:28:59,259 --> 00:29:01,217 see if we can't pull it up and maybe twist the sides, 632 00:29:01,304 --> 00:29:03,524 start breaking these back tires free. 633 00:29:03,611 --> 00:29:05,351 narrator: Todd's plan is for the team 634 00:29:05,352 --> 00:29:09,181 to dig out the snow, then use Muskie Todd's winch truck 635 00:29:09,182 --> 00:29:10,444 to pull out the stuck rig. 636 00:29:12,446 --> 00:29:13,968 Run that chain through that, 637 00:29:13,969 --> 00:29:16,841 then you hook the cable, then hook back to the cable. 638 00:29:16,842 --> 00:29:18,669 I hope this works. 639 00:29:18,757 --> 00:29:20,714 Be careful where you're at. 640 00:29:20,715 --> 00:29:21,759 Everyone, back out of the way. 641 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:23,761 Yeah. 642 00:29:31,073 --> 00:29:33,205 It's gonna slide his truck around. 643 00:29:33,206 --> 00:29:34,728 - Yeah. - Just going to push it. 644 00:29:34,729 --> 00:29:35,947 It ain't getting busted out of there. 645 00:29:35,948 --> 00:29:39,602 It's not even moving it. 646 00:29:39,603 --> 00:29:40,821 I think it's a little more frozen in there 647 00:29:40,822 --> 00:29:42,911 than we think she is, guys. 648 00:29:42,998 --> 00:29:44,565 Yeah, but I think it should be close to the rear ends, 649 00:29:44,652 --> 00:29:46,392 not around where it's at. 650 00:29:46,393 --> 00:29:49,917 Let's wrap around the tire on that side. 651 00:29:49,918 --> 00:29:52,311 Try to pop it loose this way. 652 00:29:52,312 --> 00:29:54,226 I guess we'll try this and see if we can get it to bust. 653 00:29:54,227 --> 00:29:57,056 This is-- this thing's in there. 654 00:29:57,143 --> 00:29:59,885 So we're trying to wrap this around the axle. 655 00:29:59,972 --> 00:30:01,624 See if we can pop one axle free at a time, 656 00:30:01,625 --> 00:30:03,365 and pull it sideways. 657 00:30:03,366 --> 00:30:06,455 Everybody, clear. 658 00:30:06,456 --> 00:30:08,588 All right, second try. 659 00:30:08,589 --> 00:30:12,245 Hopefully, we don't gotta do this a third time. 660 00:30:12,332 --> 00:30:14,334 Come on, baby, pop. 661 00:30:16,466 --> 00:30:17,554 Oh, my gosh. 662 00:30:17,641 --> 00:30:19,468 Hey, easy, easy, easy. 663 00:30:19,469 --> 00:30:20,643 Work it loose. 664 00:30:24,344 --> 00:30:26,562 It's kinda goin' like this. 665 00:30:26,563 --> 00:30:28,869 You're flexing that frame every time you do it. 666 00:30:28,870 --> 00:30:31,089 It's not really breaking it loose, is it? 667 00:30:31,090 --> 00:30:32,352 It's wiggling it. 668 00:30:32,439 --> 00:30:34,483 It's trying. 669 00:30:34,484 --> 00:30:35,789 Why didn't we just put it around one part of one frame 670 00:30:35,790 --> 00:30:37,704 in between these duals, right here, 671 00:30:37,705 --> 00:30:38,748 try to yank one piece out? 672 00:30:38,749 --> 00:30:40,142 You know what I'm saying? 673 00:30:40,273 --> 00:30:41,621 Yeah, but just yanking on that one just 674 00:30:41,622 --> 00:30:42,752 gonna try to slide it all sideways. 675 00:30:42,753 --> 00:30:44,363 We're trying to lift up. 676 00:30:44,364 --> 00:30:46,017 The frame, not the tires. The frame. 677 00:30:46,018 --> 00:30:46,975 Well, that's what we just did right here, 678 00:30:47,106 --> 00:30:48,323 and it wouldn't do nothing. 679 00:30:48,324 --> 00:30:49,672 Yeah, but we took the whole frame. 680 00:30:49,673 --> 00:30:51,065 I'm taking one piece of the frame. 681 00:30:51,066 --> 00:30:52,589 I'm a team player. 682 00:30:52,676 --> 00:30:54,199 You can't just go in like a bull in a china shop, 683 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:55,984 and try to do something. 684 00:30:56,071 --> 00:30:58,725 This has to be set up properly to get through here. 685 00:30:58,726 --> 00:31:01,250 So we're trying to hook a cable one by one to each tire 686 00:31:01,337 --> 00:31:03,818 and rip one part of the tire out of the muskegs 687 00:31:03,905 --> 00:31:07,822 and maybe twist the front end out. 688 00:31:07,909 --> 00:31:10,476 I mean, I guess we could shovel until it's down level, 689 00:31:10,477 --> 00:31:14,176 but that would be a pain and take hours. 690 00:31:14,307 --> 00:31:15,611 Hold on. 691 00:31:15,612 --> 00:31:17,614 This tire is exposed here. 692 00:31:17,701 --> 00:31:19,354 I know, but we gotta break them one by one out. 693 00:31:19,355 --> 00:31:20,573 I'm just saying-- 694 00:31:20,574 --> 00:31:22,228 You wanna dig this one out? 695 00:31:22,358 --> 00:31:23,706 Because I've dug the other three out, Scooter. 696 00:31:23,707 --> 00:31:25,056 I'm just saying, it could pop out. 697 00:31:25,057 --> 00:31:27,188 Feel free to start digging, buddy. 698 00:31:27,189 --> 00:31:28,886 You can bust this wheel out right 699 00:31:28,887 --> 00:31:30,932 here, this'll come right out. 700 00:31:31,019 --> 00:31:32,802 But if you pulls on that angle, 701 00:31:32,803 --> 00:31:34,369 that'll bend this fender right down to his tire. 702 00:31:34,370 --> 00:31:36,285 Right here is your backup. 703 00:31:36,372 --> 00:31:38,897 If he gets the bank, it'll pop these out. 704 00:31:38,984 --> 00:31:40,201 You want me to back up that way? 705 00:31:40,202 --> 00:31:41,421 We already tried to pop them out, 706 00:31:41,508 --> 00:31:42,378 and it wasn't working like that. 707 00:31:42,465 --> 00:31:43,336 It's not gonna work that way. 708 00:31:43,423 --> 00:31:44,641 Do I have to feud? 709 00:31:44,728 --> 00:31:46,555 I swear to God. 710 00:31:46,556 --> 00:31:48,514 Drop it with the attitude. 711 00:31:48,515 --> 00:31:49,994 I've had four ways it's gonna be done. 712 00:31:49,995 --> 00:31:51,866 He overtalked me, did it opposite, 713 00:31:51,953 --> 00:31:54,259 and then back to the same way I said to be done. 714 00:31:54,260 --> 00:31:57,131 Look at Scooter over there, took the easiest job. 715 00:31:57,132 --> 00:31:59,047 Todd Dewey needs to dial his back. 716 00:31:59,134 --> 00:32:00,569 Yeah, I know how those go. 717 00:32:00,570 --> 00:32:01,919 There you go. 718 00:32:03,138 --> 00:32:04,617 is pushing other people away. 719 00:32:04,618 --> 00:32:06,793 Two oldest guys over here getting it done. 720 00:32:06,794 --> 00:32:09,231 I have no patience for and bullies. 721 00:32:09,318 --> 00:32:10,885 I don't put up with that. 722 00:32:10,972 --> 00:32:12,234 When someone starts talking down to me, look out. 723 00:32:19,198 --> 00:32:20,633 I'm just saying-- 724 00:32:20,634 --> 00:32:22,331 You wanna dig this one out? 725 00:32:22,418 --> 00:32:23,767 Because I've dug the other three out, Scooter. 726 00:32:23,854 --> 00:32:25,552 I'm just saying, it could pop out. 727 00:32:25,639 --> 00:32:28,249 I'm just saying, feel free to start digging, buddy. 728 00:32:28,250 --> 00:32:31,122 I have no patience for and bullies. 729 00:32:31,123 --> 00:32:33,385 narrator: On the world's longest winter road-- 730 00:32:33,386 --> 00:32:35,344 And I'll clock him right here. 731 00:32:35,431 --> 00:32:37,650 narrator:--an impossible mission is tearing 732 00:32:37,651 --> 00:32:40,653 apart the Muskie Creek convoy. 733 00:32:40,654 --> 00:32:43,178 Don't ever talk down to me. 734 00:32:43,309 --> 00:32:46,180 Hey, Scooter. 735 00:32:46,181 --> 00:32:47,616 Are you mad at me? 736 00:32:47,617 --> 00:32:48,704 Oh, my gosh. 737 00:32:48,705 --> 00:32:50,489 Don't worry about it. 738 00:32:50,490 --> 00:32:51,969 Let's get this thing done, get going. 739 00:32:51,970 --> 00:32:53,406 Hey, what are you upset with me about? 740 00:32:53,493 --> 00:32:54,668 Talking down to me. 741 00:32:54,755 --> 00:32:55,624 How'd I do that? 742 00:32:55,625 --> 00:32:57,496 Over there. 743 00:32:57,497 --> 00:32:59,455 Sometimes it's hard for me to step back 744 00:32:59,542 --> 00:33:00,979 and just say, Todd, take a breath. 745 00:33:01,066 --> 00:33:02,501 Just keep your mouth shut, Todd. 746 00:33:02,502 --> 00:33:04,546 Which is obviously really hard for me to do. 747 00:33:04,547 --> 00:33:06,506 Todd, you gotta pass the shovel over once in a 748 00:33:06,636 --> 00:33:08,202 while, then. 749 00:33:08,203 --> 00:33:09,596 You think I can tell him what to do? 750 00:33:09,726 --> 00:33:11,205 I like both of them a lot. 751 00:33:11,206 --> 00:33:12,685 They're both good people. 752 00:33:12,686 --> 00:33:13,469 It's just a lot of misunderstandings 753 00:33:13,600 --> 00:33:15,905 and just big personalities. 754 00:33:15,906 --> 00:33:17,820 Hey, don't be mad at me. 755 00:33:17,821 --> 00:33:19,126 If I hurt your feelings, I'm sorry. 756 00:33:19,127 --> 00:33:20,998 I don't like being talked down to. 757 00:33:20,999 --> 00:33:22,216 And if that's how you feel-- - You know I love you. 758 00:33:22,217 --> 00:33:23,696 Don't you dare try to kiss me. 759 00:33:23,697 --> 00:33:24,871 I've been lonely from my wife. 760 00:33:24,872 --> 00:33:27,569 Hold him, Lisa. 761 00:33:27,570 --> 00:33:28,657 . 762 00:33:35,274 --> 00:33:38,189 narrator: On the north shore of Lake Athabasca-- 763 00:33:38,190 --> 00:33:41,714 Apparently, Zach has fallen through the ice. 764 00:33:41,715 --> 00:33:44,413 narrator:--Zach is dropping through the ice. 765 00:33:44,500 --> 00:33:46,458 Even in four-wheel drive, eh? She won't come up? 766 00:33:46,459 --> 00:33:48,155 No. 767 00:33:48,156 --> 00:33:50,289 I'm like, sitting on the bumper, I think. 768 00:33:50,376 --> 00:33:51,419 Holy . 769 00:33:51,420 --> 00:33:53,118 OK, I'm coming. 770 00:33:53,205 --> 00:33:56,772 Looks like Zach just went through here, 771 00:33:56,773 --> 00:33:58,731 so I'm gonna pull him out. 772 00:33:58,732 --> 00:34:01,516 We have an absolute time-sensitive load. 773 00:34:01,517 --> 00:34:04,867 If we don't get them on the truck and headed out on the ice 774 00:34:04,868 --> 00:34:07,784 tomorrow, I get penalized for that. 775 00:34:07,871 --> 00:34:10,525 Son of a bitch. 776 00:34:10,526 --> 00:34:13,007 You're stuck. 777 00:34:13,094 --> 00:34:14,660 You ready? 778 00:34:17,229 --> 00:34:18,272 All right, go. 779 00:34:18,273 --> 00:34:19,491 Give her. 780 00:34:28,936 --> 00:34:30,023 Yo, that's gnarly. 781 00:34:30,024 --> 00:34:31,981 Oh, yeah. 782 00:34:31,982 --> 00:34:33,984 Riley and Zach are both new to these roads. 783 00:34:34,072 --> 00:34:37,117 I've tried to teach them everything I can. 784 00:34:37,118 --> 00:34:39,902 But I am a firm believer of learn to do by doing. 785 00:34:39,903 --> 00:34:42,079 And sometimes you have to fall on your ass 786 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:43,603 and learn the hard way. 787 00:34:43,690 --> 00:34:45,082 Well, we had another Zach-cident. 788 00:34:45,083 --> 00:34:46,126 Hey, now. 789 00:34:46,127 --> 00:34:47,519 Don't be hurtful. 790 00:34:51,132 --> 00:34:53,221 Driving into Uranium City with the two boys 791 00:34:53,308 --> 00:34:57,182 truly is one of my proudest moments with these two. 792 00:34:57,269 --> 00:34:58,878 Truly feels like yesterday that they 793 00:34:58,879 --> 00:35:00,836 were both standing on the seat at four or five years old. 794 00:35:00,837 --> 00:35:02,360 And now, to this? 795 00:35:02,361 --> 00:35:04,754 It's-- life's good today. 796 00:35:04,841 --> 00:35:06,538 Happy place. 797 00:35:19,334 --> 00:35:22,815 We've been out here for four hours digging on these trucks. 798 00:35:22,816 --> 00:35:24,556 They're a lot more buried than what I think any of us 799 00:35:24,557 --> 00:35:27,690 expected to actually run into. 800 00:35:27,777 --> 00:35:29,257 Tighten her up. 801 00:35:29,388 --> 00:35:30,823 narrator: As daylight ticks away, 802 00:35:30,824 --> 00:35:33,826 the Muskie convoy is doubling down on power. 803 00:35:37,787 --> 00:35:39,440 She's flexing. 804 00:35:42,270 --> 00:35:43,314 Look at that. 805 00:35:43,315 --> 00:35:44,445 - Yeah. - Yeah. 806 00:35:48,494 --> 00:35:50,409 Oh, the back's moving, but the front's not. 807 00:35:50,496 --> 00:35:52,192 It wants to come. 808 00:35:52,193 --> 00:35:53,280 It wants to come. 809 00:35:59,157 --> 00:36:00,635 Hold on. 810 00:36:00,636 --> 00:36:01,810 - All four of them are free. - Yeah. 811 00:36:01,811 --> 00:36:03,464 - Oh, that rear is freed up? - Yeah. 812 00:36:03,465 --> 00:36:05,032 So we can pull the whole ass over. 813 00:36:05,119 --> 00:36:07,120 We got the ass end broke free, 814 00:36:07,121 --> 00:36:10,298 so all the tires and axles are broke from the muskeg now, 815 00:36:10,385 --> 00:36:12,474 but we're gonna reposition these trucks. 816 00:36:12,561 --> 00:36:14,040 We're going to actually bring the picker truck around now, 817 00:36:14,041 --> 00:36:16,216 see if we can't lift it up a little bit 818 00:36:16,217 --> 00:36:18,263 slowly but surely, maybe break the kegs free. 819 00:36:18,350 --> 00:36:19,612 A lot more work than we thought it was gonna be, 820 00:36:19,699 --> 00:36:22,615 that's for sure. 821 00:36:22,702 --> 00:36:24,225 narrator: Out of options-- 822 00:36:24,312 --> 00:36:26,227 This doesn't work, we might be stuck. 823 00:36:26,314 --> 00:36:28,228 narrator:--they're gambling that they've 824 00:36:28,229 --> 00:36:30,971 weakened the frozen north's chokehold enough for the crane 825 00:36:31,058 --> 00:36:32,668 to pull the truck free. 826 00:36:32,755 --> 00:36:33,930 She's all you, buddy. 827 00:36:34,017 --> 00:36:35,497 There you go, suck her in. 828 00:36:42,243 --> 00:36:43,375 - Whoa. - Did you see that? 829 00:36:43,505 --> 00:36:45,202 Almost. 830 00:36:45,203 --> 00:36:47,029 That's a little more stuck than we thought. 831 00:36:47,030 --> 00:36:48,509 That's all the pressure you can lift. 832 00:36:48,510 --> 00:36:50,120 He's maxed. 833 00:36:50,208 --> 00:36:52,209 Suck her back in. It's not gonna lift the weight. 834 00:36:52,210 --> 00:36:54,211 We don't want to break your crane. 835 00:36:54,212 --> 00:36:56,474 Picker truck's not tough enough to do it. 836 00:36:56,475 --> 00:36:58,911 That isn't designed to pull this much weight. 837 00:36:58,912 --> 00:37:00,347 Look, I've done a lot of towing in my life. 838 00:37:00,348 --> 00:37:02,089 And this is-- this is something else. 839 00:37:05,266 --> 00:37:06,527 I think it's a lost cause. 840 00:37:08,008 --> 00:37:10,749 If we had an excavator, that'd be great. 841 00:37:10,750 --> 00:37:12,881 That's the proper gear we need. 842 00:37:12,882 --> 00:37:14,361 No one can say we didn't try. 843 00:37:18,714 --> 00:37:20,367 Hey. 844 00:37:20,368 --> 00:37:21,587 Just trying to get this truck unstuck. 845 00:37:23,763 --> 00:37:25,720 Yeah. Hey. 846 00:37:25,721 --> 00:37:28,332 Bill wants to talk to you three. 847 00:37:28,333 --> 00:37:29,943 What's going on, Bill? 848 00:37:37,472 --> 00:37:40,039 The last thing that you really want to have 849 00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:42,302 is customers asking me in regards to when their freight 850 00:37:42,303 --> 00:37:43,086 is gonna get delivered. 851 00:37:45,785 --> 00:37:46,916 Well, we're trying to. 852 00:37:47,047 --> 00:37:47,873 But-- - We're trying to. 853 00:37:47,874 --> 00:37:48,917 They're buried, Bill. 854 00:37:48,918 --> 00:37:50,311 We needed more gear. 855 00:37:50,398 --> 00:37:51,659 We needed a loader or an excavator here 856 00:37:51,660 --> 00:37:54,314 digging this out. 857 00:37:54,315 --> 00:37:56,361 It's upsetting when you send a convoy up there with 858 00:37:56,448 --> 00:37:59,319 your most valuable equipment-- a picker truck, 859 00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:01,669 a winch truck-- and we still can't get the job done? 860 00:38:01,670 --> 00:38:03,628 I know we're like, never die kind of people, 861 00:38:03,629 --> 00:38:06,674 but it's not working. 862 00:38:06,675 --> 00:38:08,067 It's big money. 863 00:38:08,068 --> 00:38:10,375 I actually make no money if they don't 864 00:38:10,462 --> 00:38:11,984 get these trucks unstuck. 865 00:38:11,985 --> 00:38:13,768 It's disappointing we didn't get it out, 866 00:38:13,769 --> 00:38:14,900 because we all just worked our asses off. 867 00:38:14,901 --> 00:38:16,728 But you know what? 868 00:38:16,729 --> 00:38:18,817 We gave it everything we had. 869 00:38:18,818 --> 00:38:20,341 Now it's time to bag it up and hit the road. 870 00:38:23,126 --> 00:38:25,824 Hello? 871 00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:30,611 Awesome. 872 00:38:38,881 --> 00:38:42,493 narrator: As the sun sets on the northern frontier-- 873 00:38:45,323 --> 00:38:46,932 We're gonna go to bed for the night 874 00:38:46,933 --> 00:38:48,499 and offload in the morning. 875 00:38:48,500 --> 00:38:50,065 narrator:--darkness has caught up 876 00:38:50,066 --> 00:38:52,199 to the exhausted Muskie Creek convoy. 877 00:38:58,379 --> 00:38:59,814 Hey, I can feel some heat. 878 00:38:59,815 --> 00:39:00,859 Yeah. 879 00:39:00,860 --> 00:39:01,860 Finally. 880 00:39:01,861 --> 00:39:03,165 It's nice. 881 00:39:03,166 --> 00:39:05,603 What a day. 882 00:39:05,604 --> 00:39:09,215 You know, your long hours, it does take a toll on your body. 883 00:39:09,216 --> 00:39:10,608 By the end of the season, you're tired. 884 00:39:10,609 --> 00:39:12,349 You're burnt out, physically and mentally. 885 00:39:12,350 --> 00:39:14,089 But I will never quit. 886 00:39:14,090 --> 00:39:15,526 I will just keep pushing. 887 00:39:15,527 --> 00:39:17,049 I will just pull off whatever I can get 888 00:39:17,050 --> 00:39:19,094 done to make the job complete. 889 00:39:19,095 --> 00:39:21,009 So we are really on the world's longest ice road. 890 00:39:21,010 --> 00:39:22,534 That is so incredible. 891 00:39:22,621 --> 00:39:24,012 Did a lot of work for nothing. 892 00:39:24,013 --> 00:39:25,971 Kind of a piss off. 893 00:39:25,972 --> 00:39:27,626 What a season, huh? 894 00:39:27,713 --> 00:39:29,671 It's been so up and down this year. 895 00:39:29,802 --> 00:39:32,717 Right when you think you've been challenged with everything 896 00:39:32,718 --> 00:39:35,415 possible in a truck-- in a road, all of a sudden, 897 00:39:35,416 --> 00:39:38,071 something just frickin' slams your ass. 898 00:39:38,158 --> 00:39:40,115 You're like, are you freaking kidding me? 899 00:39:40,116 --> 00:39:42,553 And then, it's the challenge of your imagination 900 00:39:42,554 --> 00:39:43,903 and pushing yourself to your limits 901 00:39:43,990 --> 00:39:45,817 on trying to figure out, what can 902 00:39:45,818 --> 00:39:48,037 I do to get myself out of this situation? 903 00:39:48,168 --> 00:39:49,603 There's nobody else around. 904 00:39:49,604 --> 00:39:51,083 - You're roughing it. - You're roughing it. 905 00:39:51,084 --> 00:39:52,432 It's not like highway driving, where you got a truck 906 00:39:52,433 --> 00:39:53,346 stop and a warm place to stop and-- 907 00:39:53,347 --> 00:39:55,043 No. 908 00:39:55,044 --> 00:39:56,481 go in for a shower and relax. 909 00:39:56,568 --> 00:39:57,742 We're on our own out here, not easy. 910 00:39:57,743 --> 00:39:59,353 Yeah, it's been five days with no shower now 911 00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:00,745 as we speak. - Yeah. 912 00:40:00,746 --> 00:40:01,486 - You know? - That's why we're wearing 913 00:40:01,573 --> 00:40:02,616 lots of clothes. 914 00:40:02,617 --> 00:40:04,096 Yeah. 915 00:40:04,097 --> 00:40:06,272 For me, it's, I don't like being cold. 916 00:40:06,273 --> 00:40:08,753 So then, when my heat went out in my truck, that was like, 917 00:40:08,754 --> 00:40:11,538 I can't even get in here and get warm. 918 00:40:11,539 --> 00:40:13,846 And that's why it's not a way of life for everybody else. 919 00:40:13,933 --> 00:40:15,804 There's a lot of people that could never do this job. 920 00:40:15,891 --> 00:40:17,892 The best way to sum up ice road trucking is, 921 00:40:17,893 --> 00:40:20,199 imagine every emotion that you have. 922 00:40:20,200 --> 00:40:22,462 Shove them all into one big ball, 923 00:40:22,463 --> 00:40:24,464 and let them all out at the same time. 924 00:40:24,465 --> 00:40:25,770 That's what it's like driving the ice roads. 925 00:40:25,771 --> 00:40:28,729 You know, it's hard being away from home, 926 00:40:28,730 --> 00:40:31,341 being away from the families, being away from your family, 927 00:40:31,429 --> 00:40:33,778 your horses. 928 00:40:33,779 --> 00:40:35,084 Scooter's a long way from home 929 00:40:35,171 --> 00:40:37,782 and his wife and his daughters. 930 00:40:37,783 --> 00:40:40,437 But I just love the challenges of being out here. 931 00:40:40,438 --> 00:40:42,003 I also, like you, I like the challenge. 932 00:40:42,004 --> 00:40:44,789 Because I feel like unless you're challenging yourself 933 00:40:44,790 --> 00:40:46,660 that you can get complacent. 934 00:40:46,661 --> 00:40:48,488 And then you're not really learning new things. 935 00:40:48,489 --> 00:40:50,795 It's so different of a life out here. 936 00:40:50,796 --> 00:40:53,972 I know I do it just to get my mind clear. 937 00:40:53,973 --> 00:40:58,411 There are a lot of hours that you're going, and you just-- 938 00:40:58,412 --> 00:41:01,153 you can do a lot of thinking without the interruption 939 00:41:01,154 --> 00:41:03,548 of the phone ringing and the hustle and bustle of life. 940 00:41:03,635 --> 00:41:05,158 Absolutely. 941 00:41:05,245 --> 00:41:06,114 I've been doing it for 15 years up there. 942 00:41:06,115 --> 00:41:07,899 It's-- it gets in me. 943 00:41:07,900 --> 00:41:09,161 Like, I have to do it. It's like-- 944 00:41:09,162 --> 00:41:10,729 - It just gets in your blood. - Yeah. 945 00:41:10,816 --> 00:41:11,903 It's like it just starts coursing through your veins. 946 00:41:11,904 --> 00:41:14,080 Yeah. 947 00:41:14,167 --> 00:41:15,690 I don't know how you guys feel about it, 948 00:41:15,777 --> 00:41:18,606 but I'm overly proud and honored to be running 949 00:41:18,693 --> 00:41:21,347 with some great truck drivers. 950 00:41:21,348 --> 00:41:23,262 Even though we're struggling and we're frustrated 951 00:41:23,263 --> 00:41:25,960 and we get upset at each other once in a while-- 952 00:41:25,961 --> 00:41:27,441 - No- - because we're just very 953 00:41:27,528 --> 00:41:29,442 frustrated with everything that's happening, and-- 954 00:41:29,443 --> 00:41:31,139 Todd's an . No, I'm just joking. 955 00:41:31,140 --> 00:41:33,098 Sorry, I couldn't help myself. 956 00:41:35,188 --> 00:41:37,015 And after all the rewards and delivering 957 00:41:37,016 --> 00:41:38,320 the loads to the communities-- 958 00:41:38,321 --> 00:41:40,192 That's more rewarding for me. 959 00:41:40,193 --> 00:41:41,672 then you get home, and you get that big paycheck. 960 00:41:41,673 --> 00:41:42,847 And that's really rewarding. - Yeah. 961 00:41:42,848 --> 00:41:44,326 Let's be honest. 962 00:41:44,327 --> 00:41:46,460 Yeah. 963 00:41:46,547 --> 00:41:47,983 Sounds like we're gonna all work together in the morning. 964 00:41:48,070 --> 00:41:49,331 We'll get these loads off here and 965 00:41:49,332 --> 00:41:51,116 get this community, at least, the goods 966 00:41:51,117 --> 00:41:54,163 that they needed before this road goes to absolute crap. 967 00:42:03,042 --> 00:42:06,174 So I found you guys a dozer. 968 00:42:09,701 --> 00:42:11,223 We're gonna get these suckers outta here. 969 00:42:11,224 --> 00:42:12,225 One way or another, we're going to get them loaded. 970 00:42:12,312 --> 00:42:13,965 Oh, wow. 971 00:42:13,966 --> 00:42:15,924 It is solid. 972 00:42:16,011 --> 00:42:17,534 I don't know if we're gonna be able to get this. 973 00:42:21,190 --> 00:42:23,366 It's hard to get used to watching your mirrors 974 00:42:23,497 --> 00:42:26,456 and seeing a crack follow you down the road. 975 00:42:26,544 --> 00:42:29,851 We were to stray either side, we'd go through. 976 00:42:29,938 --> 00:42:31,722 Hang on, baby. Here we go. 977 00:42:33,768 --> 00:42:34,899 Come on, Big Bird. 978 00:42:34,900 --> 00:42:36,509 Give her. 979 00:42:36,510 --> 00:42:39,557 Ah, .