1 00:00:02,125 --> 00:00:03,417 [suspenseful music] 2 00:00:03,500 --> 00:00:05,042 - I came up with an idea. We're going to try it. 3 00:00:05,125 --> 00:00:06,500 Whether it works, I don't know. 4 00:00:06,583 --> 00:00:08,208 [saw grinding] 5 00:00:08,333 --> 00:00:09,375 - Oh, man. 6 00:00:09,500 --> 00:00:11,833 That falls off, we're gonna be crushed. 7 00:00:11,875 --> 00:00:13,917 [chain whips] Whoa! 8 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:15,625 - [groans] 9 00:00:15,708 --> 00:00:17,083 Maybe you might have a better idea where these boxes are. 10 00:00:17,167 --> 00:00:18,333 How the [bleep] are you supposed 11 00:00:18,458 --> 00:00:20,375 to [bleep] dig through this and find stuff? 12 00:00:20,458 --> 00:00:22,167 We need to get this [bleep] loaded. 13 00:00:22,208 --> 00:00:23,667 - There's a monster frickin' hill 14 00:00:23,750 --> 00:00:25,333 that drops down on the lake. 15 00:00:25,375 --> 00:00:26,500 Hit the hill with everything she's got, 16 00:00:26,542 --> 00:00:27,833 see if we can make her. 17 00:00:27,958 --> 00:00:29,667 Come on. Keep digging. 18 00:00:29,750 --> 00:00:31,458 Come on! Come on! 19 00:00:31,542 --> 00:00:34,417 [dramatic music] 20 00:00:34,542 --> 00:00:36,333 ♪ 21 00:00:37,167 --> 00:00:39,833 [wind whistling] 22 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:42,833 [suspenseful music] 23 00:00:42,917 --> 00:00:49,833 ♪ 24 00:00:49,917 --> 00:00:51,000 - Asheweig Road? 25 00:00:51,125 --> 00:00:52,458 It's a bad road to be on. 26 00:00:52,542 --> 00:00:53,583 - Whoa! 27 00:00:53,667 --> 00:00:54,583 [loud thump] [bleep]. 28 00:00:54,667 --> 00:00:56,792 - This road is tore up bad. 29 00:00:56,875 --> 00:00:58,000 - Absolute dog water. 30 00:00:58,042 --> 00:00:59,583 [truck clattering] 31 00:00:59,667 --> 00:01:02,000 - [bleep] This busted a hole clean in my radiator. 32 00:01:02,083 --> 00:01:04,083 - This road is kicking my ass right now. 33 00:01:04,167 --> 00:01:05,625 - Oh, [bleep]. 34 00:01:05,708 --> 00:01:06,958 - Whoa, whoa, whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa! 35 00:01:07,042 --> 00:01:11,167 ♪ 36 00:01:11,292 --> 00:01:14,833 narrator: In the unforgiving northern wilderness... 37 00:01:14,917 --> 00:01:16,333 - This is bad. 38 00:01:16,417 --> 00:01:17,583 It snapped the chains right off the back, too. 39 00:01:17,667 --> 00:01:19,125 Shack's off. 40 00:01:19,208 --> 00:01:20,375 narrator: The notorious Asheweig Road 41 00:01:20,500 --> 00:01:23,167 just tossed Lisa's load into a creek... 42 00:01:23,292 --> 00:01:25,292 - And she's down in the water. 43 00:01:25,375 --> 00:01:28,042 narrator: When an ice bridge collapsed beneath her wheels. 44 00:01:28,125 --> 00:01:29,792 - Whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa! 45 00:01:29,875 --> 00:01:32,875 [rattling chains echo] - Oh, this is not good at all. 46 00:01:32,958 --> 00:01:36,000 narrator: Now, her camp shack is hanging off the chains, 47 00:01:36,083 --> 00:01:38,042 threatening to roll over her truck. 48 00:01:38,167 --> 00:01:39,792 - Look at your tractor. 49 00:01:39,875 --> 00:01:43,167 You're just lucky you didn't flip the whole tractor over. 50 00:01:43,250 --> 00:01:44,833 How are we gonna do with this? 51 00:01:44,875 --> 00:01:47,375 [tense music] 52 00:01:47,458 --> 00:01:49,167 - There was a sharp corner. 53 00:01:49,292 --> 00:01:52,667 And Todd goes, you're gonna want to swing wide for that. 54 00:01:52,750 --> 00:01:55,625 I started swinging super wide out and around. 55 00:01:55,708 --> 00:01:57,625 Then it started going in and then it just kind of caught 56 00:01:57,708 --> 00:01:59,833 and slid down and pulled me all over. 57 00:01:59,917 --> 00:02:07,292 ♪ 58 00:02:07,375 --> 00:02:13,083 I could have been slammed into the creek face-first. 59 00:02:13,167 --> 00:02:14,542 I do a risky job. 60 00:02:14,708 --> 00:02:16,333 And once in a while, you get a reminder 61 00:02:16,458 --> 00:02:18,708 that, yeah, it's really risky. 62 00:02:18,792 --> 00:02:21,208 People die doing this. 63 00:02:21,292 --> 00:02:23,000 - They gotta find someone to bring something out to us. 64 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:24,500 That's gonna take time. 65 00:02:24,583 --> 00:02:27,208 It's like it's not an easy fix. 66 00:02:27,292 --> 00:02:29,000 We're gonna have to call for rescue. 67 00:02:29,083 --> 00:02:30,667 - Only call me if there's a problem. 68 00:02:30,708 --> 00:02:33,333 [phone line trilling] 69 00:02:33,417 --> 00:02:37,750 ♪ 70 00:02:37,833 --> 00:02:39,083 [phone line trilling] 71 00:02:39,167 --> 00:02:40,292 - Mr. Bill. 72 00:02:40,375 --> 00:02:41,833 - Hey, Scooter. What's up? 73 00:02:41,958 --> 00:02:43,792 - We have a problem. 74 00:02:43,875 --> 00:02:45,333 - OK. 75 00:02:45,375 --> 00:02:47,417 - Lisa, she's over the side of the ice bridge 76 00:02:47,500 --> 00:02:50,875 and the passenger side duals of her tractor are in the air. 77 00:02:50,958 --> 00:02:52,375 - [bleep]. 78 00:02:52,500 --> 00:02:55,125 - We need a rescue. We need heavy gear. 79 00:02:55,208 --> 00:02:57,375 - Um, OK. 80 00:02:57,458 --> 00:02:59,000 - Sorry. - No, it's fine. 81 00:02:59,083 --> 00:03:00,917 ♪ 82 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:02,208 I'll look after it. 83 00:03:02,292 --> 00:03:03,792 - All right. Thank you. 84 00:03:03,875 --> 00:03:04,792 - Yep. 85 00:03:04,875 --> 00:03:06,667 ♪ 86 00:03:06,792 --> 00:03:07,875 [bleep]. 87 00:03:07,958 --> 00:03:09,667 ♪ 88 00:03:09,708 --> 00:03:11,875 - 20 bucks says he just beat his head off the desk. 89 00:03:11,958 --> 00:03:16,833 ♪ 90 00:03:16,917 --> 00:03:19,833 - They've pretty much shut down the Asheweig Road. 91 00:03:19,917 --> 00:03:22,708 And it's not just the shack that I'm risking losing. 92 00:03:22,792 --> 00:03:25,333 I could potentially be losing my clients. 93 00:03:25,458 --> 00:03:27,458 It's not a good scene and it's-- 94 00:03:27,458 --> 00:03:29,667 it's not a good look for Muskie Creek as a whole. 95 00:03:29,708 --> 00:03:33,208 Oh, for [bleep] sakes. 96 00:03:33,292 --> 00:03:34,833 [phone line trilling] 97 00:03:34,875 --> 00:03:36,917 ♪ 98 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:39,167 [phone line trilling] 99 00:03:39,250 --> 00:03:41,167 Hey, it's Bill. 100 00:03:41,208 --> 00:03:42,542 Yeah. I--[laughs]. 101 00:03:42,625 --> 00:03:44,208 I wish I could be doing better. 102 00:03:44,292 --> 00:03:45,417 I'm in a little bit of a pickle here, 103 00:03:45,542 --> 00:03:47,500 and I want to see if you can give me a hand. 104 00:03:47,542 --> 00:03:49,708 I've got a shack that's partially in the ditch, 105 00:03:49,792 --> 00:03:52,167 a trailer that's partially in the ditch as well. 106 00:03:52,250 --> 00:03:54,125 And, um, I need some equipment 107 00:03:54,208 --> 00:03:55,458 to come out there and give 'em a hand. 108 00:03:55,542 --> 00:03:59,375 OK, give me a second. 109 00:03:59,458 --> 00:04:00,875 So I'm going to give you my winch truck driver's number. 110 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,167 And, uh, thank you. 111 00:04:03,250 --> 00:04:05,833 Let me know how this, uh, turns out, eh? 112 00:04:05,875 --> 00:04:07,667 They're gonna be there for at least four to six hours 113 00:04:07,708 --> 00:04:10,333 before an excavator or loader gets there to give 'em a hand. 114 00:04:10,375 --> 00:04:13,458 [tense music] 115 00:04:13,542 --> 00:04:17,417 ♪ 116 00:04:17,500 --> 00:04:19,000 narrator: 500 miles to the west... 117 00:04:19,125 --> 00:04:20,583 ♪ 118 00:04:20,583 --> 00:04:21,083 ♪ 119 00:04:21,083 --> 00:04:23,917 [wind whistling] 120 00:04:24,042 --> 00:04:28,167 ♪ 121 00:04:28,208 --> 00:04:29,583 - My handsome boy. 122 00:04:29,667 --> 00:04:30,833 Eh? 123 00:04:30,875 --> 00:04:31,833 Here, buddy. Here. 124 00:04:31,958 --> 00:04:32,917 Here we go. Hey, look here. 125 00:04:33,042 --> 00:04:34,792 Look what Dad's got. 126 00:04:34,792 --> 00:04:36,125 narrator: Shaun Harris is hauling 127 00:04:36,208 --> 00:04:38,500 an oversized culvert back to his shop 128 00:04:38,583 --> 00:04:41,625 with his most trusted co-pilot, Crispy. 129 00:04:41,708 --> 00:04:43,750 - I love driving with Crispy. 130 00:04:43,833 --> 00:04:46,708 He's my third son. He absolutely is. 131 00:04:46,833 --> 00:04:48,292 [Crispy grunts] 132 00:04:48,375 --> 00:04:50,917 It's cold out today, and he doesn't like the cold. 133 00:04:51,042 --> 00:04:51,750 Come on, there you go. 134 00:04:51,875 --> 00:04:53,042 Let's go. 135 00:04:53,125 --> 00:04:54,792 You're too heavy for this. 136 00:04:54,917 --> 00:04:57,000 Yeah! [laughs] 137 00:04:57,083 --> 00:04:58,125 OK, jump up. [Crispy grunts] 138 00:04:58,208 --> 00:04:59,375 [Shaun laughs] 139 00:04:59,500 --> 00:05:01,500 Just like the old days. 140 00:05:01,625 --> 00:05:04,167 He's about 12 now, so 12 years. 141 00:05:04,208 --> 00:05:05,125 He's always rolled with us. 142 00:05:05,208 --> 00:05:07,042 [upbeat rock music] 143 00:05:07,167 --> 00:05:09,500 Over my 32 years on the ice roads, 144 00:05:09,583 --> 00:05:11,208 my clients would say I'm a good trucker 145 00:05:11,292 --> 00:05:12,708 and a reliable business 146 00:05:12,792 --> 00:05:14,583 just because we get the job done. 147 00:05:14,667 --> 00:05:17,875 But Mother Nature is causing havoc for our business. 148 00:05:17,958 --> 00:05:20,208 We are absolutely hemorrhaging money right now. 149 00:05:20,375 --> 00:05:22,583 Wollaston is absolutely closed right now. 150 00:05:22,667 --> 00:05:25,375 And I'm getting extremely nervous. 151 00:05:25,458 --> 00:05:27,667 You know, we've done this for decades. 152 00:05:27,750 --> 00:05:29,458 This has been one of the bleakest 153 00:05:29,542 --> 00:05:33,333 [bleep] winters I've had in recent memory. 154 00:05:33,417 --> 00:05:35,292 The pressure is on, and I'm-- 155 00:05:35,375 --> 00:05:38,375 I'm stressed right to the balls. 156 00:05:38,500 --> 00:05:40,250 narrator: Shaun is gambling on a new strategy 157 00:05:40,250 --> 00:05:42,333 to save the company. 158 00:05:42,417 --> 00:05:45,667 - You guys are going to Uranium City. 159 00:05:45,708 --> 00:05:47,583 narrator: He's attempting to salvage the season 160 00:05:47,667 --> 00:05:50,125 by pivoting the business from Wollaston Lake 161 00:05:50,208 --> 00:05:52,375 to Lake Athabasca. 162 00:05:52,458 --> 00:05:54,292 - If we want to stay competitive and keep 163 00:05:54,375 --> 00:05:56,583 growing this business, we have to look elsewhere. 164 00:05:56,667 --> 00:06:00,292 And that's something that this winter has forced us to do. 165 00:06:00,375 --> 00:06:01,583 That culvert's a 911. 166 00:06:01,667 --> 00:06:02,875 It's got to go because they're worried 167 00:06:02,958 --> 00:06:04,875 the road's going to close soon due to weather. 168 00:06:04,958 --> 00:06:07,750 We are going to have you run the pilot truck. 169 00:06:07,833 --> 00:06:09,167 - Sounds good. 170 00:06:09,250 --> 00:06:10,792 - [clicks tongue] Awesome. 171 00:06:10,875 --> 00:06:12,333 I'm going to go to Points North tonight 172 00:06:12,458 --> 00:06:15,083 and load a load of core boxes. 173 00:06:15,167 --> 00:06:16,167 narrator: Shaun's running ahead 174 00:06:16,250 --> 00:06:17,500 to pick up core sample boxes 175 00:06:17,583 --> 00:06:19,208 in Points North 176 00:06:19,292 --> 00:06:20,875 while Riley and Zach 177 00:06:20,958 --> 00:06:23,583 follow behind with the massive culvert. 178 00:06:23,708 --> 00:06:26,208 Then, they're linking upside Fond du Lac 179 00:06:26,292 --> 00:06:30,208 to roll in as a convoy into Uranium City. 180 00:06:30,292 --> 00:06:31,167 - All right, well, let's boogie. 181 00:06:31,250 --> 00:06:32,333 - Get 'er. 182 00:06:32,417 --> 00:06:34,208 Let's get the hell out of here. 183 00:06:34,333 --> 00:06:37,333 [dramatic music] 184 00:06:37,417 --> 00:06:38,833 [engine turns over] 185 00:06:38,917 --> 00:06:40,542 [engine revving] 186 00:06:40,625 --> 00:06:42,917 [engine rumbling] 187 00:06:43,042 --> 00:06:48,167 ♪ 188 00:06:48,250 --> 00:06:51,167 [peaceful music] 189 00:06:51,208 --> 00:06:55,375 ♪ 190 00:06:55,500 --> 00:06:56,708 [tense music] 191 00:06:56,792 --> 00:06:58,500 narrator: Back on Asheweig Road... 192 00:06:58,583 --> 00:07:00,375 - Thank you guys so much for coming all the way out here. 193 00:07:00,375 --> 00:07:03,542 - Don't thank us yet. [laughter] 194 00:07:03,667 --> 00:07:05,542 narrator: Bill's calls paid off 195 00:07:05,625 --> 00:07:08,833 and help has arrived from the Kingfisher community. 196 00:07:08,958 --> 00:07:11,667 - He already renamed this bridge Lisa's Bridge. 197 00:07:11,708 --> 00:07:14,167 - Everybody here has a name on the road. 198 00:07:14,250 --> 00:07:15,375 Everybody. 199 00:07:15,542 --> 00:07:17,750 - So I'm graduated into the club now? 200 00:07:17,833 --> 00:07:19,583 [laughter] 201 00:07:19,667 --> 00:07:21,542 What good's it gonna do to just beat myself up over it? 202 00:07:21,625 --> 00:07:23,333 I already feel bad. I can't change it. 203 00:07:23,417 --> 00:07:25,167 I can't go back in time. 204 00:07:25,292 --> 00:07:29,333 Just fix the mistakes and carry on. 205 00:07:29,458 --> 00:07:32,167 narrator: But now, the convoy needs a plan. 206 00:07:32,208 --> 00:07:35,042 - Up to the low side, should bring a counterbalance. 207 00:07:35,125 --> 00:07:36,417 - OK. 208 00:07:36,500 --> 00:07:37,375 narrator: And Scooter's got one. 209 00:07:37,500 --> 00:07:38,833 - In theory. 210 00:07:38,958 --> 00:07:40,250 This is all theory. 211 00:07:40,375 --> 00:07:42,542 I didn't pass much schooling. 212 00:07:42,667 --> 00:07:44,000 I came up with an idea. 213 00:07:44,083 --> 00:07:45,167 We're gonna try it. 214 00:07:45,250 --> 00:07:46,833 So right now, 215 00:07:46,917 --> 00:07:49,042 we're going to anchor this winch truck to my truck. 216 00:07:49,125 --> 00:07:51,333 [suspenseful music] 217 00:07:51,375 --> 00:07:53,208 Winch that top corner of that camp shack. 218 00:07:53,292 --> 00:07:54,667 That's gonna take the pressure. 219 00:07:54,750 --> 00:07:57,250 - Maybe put a little bit more. 220 00:07:57,333 --> 00:07:59,917 - Pull that shack back a bit. 221 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,833 They'll pull the truck out and let that shack drop there. 222 00:08:02,958 --> 00:08:04,458 - Perfect. 223 00:08:04,542 --> 00:08:06,292 - That's the theory in place. 224 00:08:06,375 --> 00:08:09,333 Whether it works, I don't know. 225 00:08:09,375 --> 00:08:11,667 Depending on what scenario you're in, 226 00:08:11,708 --> 00:08:14,667 you will have to do the most extreme, most unorthodox things 227 00:08:14,750 --> 00:08:17,542 in order to make it work. 228 00:08:17,542 --> 00:08:18,625 - We're going to pull the camp back 229 00:08:18,708 --> 00:08:21,250 and you forward at the same time. 230 00:08:21,333 --> 00:08:23,292 narrator: Scooter's plan is to pull the shack backward 231 00:08:23,375 --> 00:08:25,208 off of Lisa's trailer 232 00:08:25,292 --> 00:08:28,292 while pulling Lisa's truck forward out of the creek 233 00:08:28,375 --> 00:08:29,917 and onto the road. 234 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:32,000 - OK, I gotta try and unbind it. 235 00:08:32,083 --> 00:08:34,000 narrator: But first, they need to release 236 00:08:34,042 --> 00:08:37,333 the two chains holding the 2-ton shack to the trailer. 237 00:08:37,375 --> 00:08:40,208 [tense music] 238 00:08:40,292 --> 00:08:45,250 ♪ 239 00:08:45,375 --> 00:08:46,583 - [sighs] 240 00:08:47,417 --> 00:08:49,000 ♪ 241 00:08:49,042 --> 00:08:50,792 There she goes. 242 00:08:50,875 --> 00:08:53,583 - OK. We're still tight, though. 243 00:08:53,708 --> 00:08:55,167 Well, this is where we're gonna need a grinder. 244 00:08:55,250 --> 00:08:56,333 [grinder whirring] 245 00:08:56,417 --> 00:08:59,042 - One chain down, one to go. 246 00:08:59,125 --> 00:09:00,500 The best point will be right here to cut it. 247 00:09:00,583 --> 00:09:02,292 And that should bend it back 248 00:09:02,375 --> 00:09:04,333 and safely not hit anybody in the face. 249 00:09:04,417 --> 00:09:06,375 All right, the pressure's on it. 250 00:09:06,500 --> 00:09:09,292 [saw whirring] 251 00:09:09,375 --> 00:09:10,333 ♪ 252 00:09:10,417 --> 00:09:11,833 - Oh, man. 253 00:09:11,875 --> 00:09:14,833 If that falls off, we're gonna be crushed. 254 00:09:14,917 --> 00:09:17,833 [tense music] 255 00:09:17,917 --> 00:09:19,167 ♪ 256 00:09:19,250 --> 00:09:20,500 [chain clanks] - Ah! 257 00:09:24,375 --> 00:09:27,458 [ominous music] 258 00:09:27,542 --> 00:09:32,917 ♪ 259 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:35,583 narrator: On the truck-eating Asheweig Road... 260 00:09:35,667 --> 00:09:36,708 - I don't want to cut underneath 261 00:09:36,792 --> 00:09:38,667 'cause it's just gonna take my hand. 262 00:09:38,750 --> 00:09:40,833 narrator: Scooter Yuill's cutting the final chain 263 00:09:40,917 --> 00:09:43,458 securing the camp shack to Lisa's trailer. 264 00:09:43,542 --> 00:09:44,750 ♪ 265 00:09:44,833 --> 00:09:46,708 His plan is risky. 266 00:09:46,792 --> 00:09:50,125 When cut free, the shack will either stay in place 267 00:09:50,208 --> 00:09:51,417 or roll into the creek. 268 00:09:51,542 --> 00:09:52,833 [saw whirring] 269 00:09:52,958 --> 00:09:54,333 ♪ 270 00:09:54,417 --> 00:09:56,167 [chain clanks] - Ah! 271 00:09:56,208 --> 00:09:58,000 - Whoo! - [laughs] 272 00:09:58,042 --> 00:10:00,250 - Gotta check my drawers. [laughs] 273 00:10:00,333 --> 00:10:02,208 OK. Made my heart jump. 274 00:10:02,292 --> 00:10:03,833 I cut the chain off. 275 00:10:03,917 --> 00:10:04,958 When she popped, the trailer dropped. 276 00:10:05,042 --> 00:10:06,583 That's when I was like, whoo! 277 00:10:06,667 --> 00:10:08,083 narrator: With the shack free, 278 00:10:08,167 --> 00:10:10,333 part two of Scooter's plan is to pull the shack 279 00:10:10,417 --> 00:10:12,125 backwards off the trailer 280 00:10:12,208 --> 00:10:15,917 while pulling Lisa's truck forward and back on the road. 281 00:10:16,042 --> 00:10:19,125 - All right. Do you want me in driving? 282 00:10:19,250 --> 00:10:20,958 - Yep. - OK. 283 00:10:21,042 --> 00:10:22,458 - OK. 284 00:10:22,542 --> 00:10:24,583 Let's get everybody in position. 285 00:10:24,708 --> 00:10:26,500 [tense music] 286 00:10:26,583 --> 00:10:28,292 - Come on, guys, tighten up. 287 00:10:28,375 --> 00:10:30,625 Just tighten up. Stay behind me. 288 00:10:30,708 --> 00:10:32,333 You hear a bang, you hit the [bleep] deck. 289 00:10:32,417 --> 00:10:34,208 ♪ 290 00:10:34,292 --> 00:10:35,375 OK, they're set here. 291 00:10:35,458 --> 00:10:37,167 We need you guys to rock and roll here. 292 00:10:37,250 --> 00:10:38,458 - We got one shot. 293 00:10:38,542 --> 00:10:39,875 We don't get a second chance. 294 00:10:39,958 --> 00:10:41,250 If this doesn't go perfect, 295 00:10:41,375 --> 00:10:43,500 Lisa can land upside down in the water. 296 00:10:43,625 --> 00:10:45,167 OK, Lisa? 297 00:10:45,208 --> 00:10:47,333 - Yes, sir. 298 00:10:47,417 --> 00:10:49,583 - Hold tight. We're going. 299 00:10:49,708 --> 00:10:51,333 ♪ 300 00:10:51,375 --> 00:10:54,125 - Keep going, keep going! 301 00:10:54,417 --> 00:10:55,667 - You can go. - Go, go. 302 00:10:55,708 --> 00:10:57,333 - They can go. - Go, go, go. 303 00:10:57,458 --> 00:10:59,667 - Keep pulling, keep pulling. 304 00:10:59,708 --> 00:11:01,000 Keep pulling. 305 00:11:01,125 --> 00:11:05,042 ♪ 306 00:11:06,750 --> 00:11:09,125 - OK, Brad, lift! 307 00:11:09,208 --> 00:11:10,167 - Go, go, go, go. 308 00:11:10,208 --> 00:11:11,167 Yeah, you're making some progress. 309 00:11:11,250 --> 00:11:12,917 Go, guys. 310 00:11:13,042 --> 00:11:13,708 - Keep going. 311 00:11:13,833 --> 00:11:16,167 [engine revving] 312 00:11:16,250 --> 00:11:18,250 [dramatic music] 313 00:11:18,333 --> 00:11:20,000 - Man, we're so close. 314 00:11:20,042 --> 00:11:21,417 - You guys are getting there, you guys are getting there. 315 00:11:21,500 --> 00:11:23,083 You're doing good. 316 00:11:23,167 --> 00:11:24,833 - Good. Keep going, keep going. - Go, go, go, go, go, go. 317 00:11:24,875 --> 00:11:26,625 - More tension! More tension! - Whoa, whoa, whoa! 318 00:11:26,708 --> 00:11:29,333 ♪ 319 00:11:29,375 --> 00:11:30,375 - What happened there? 320 00:11:30,792 --> 00:11:33,750 - Probably a wheel. Im caught on something now. 321 00:11:33,875 --> 00:11:34,875 - Trailer, hang on. 322 00:11:34,958 --> 00:11:36,042 Wait, wait, wait. - Whoa, whoa. 323 00:11:36,125 --> 00:11:37,667 - They're hooked in that dog leg there. 324 00:11:37,750 --> 00:11:39,625 We're hooked in here on that side. 325 00:11:39,708 --> 00:11:41,167 - Just hold on a second. 326 00:11:41,208 --> 00:11:43,083 We have to use the loader to drag it on. 327 00:11:43,167 --> 00:11:45,333 You guys ready? 328 00:11:45,375 --> 00:11:46,708 - Lift! 329 00:11:46,792 --> 00:11:48,625 [hydraulic whirring] 330 00:11:48,708 --> 00:11:50,333 ♪ 331 00:11:50,375 --> 00:11:52,208 - Ooh. 332 00:11:52,292 --> 00:11:53,375 - Did it clear it? 333 00:11:53,375 --> 00:11:54,667 - No. 334 00:11:54,792 --> 00:11:55,833 That's gonna slide over. 335 00:11:55,917 --> 00:11:57,750 We gotta get it off the corner. 336 00:11:57,833 --> 00:11:58,917 narrator: The corner of the shack 337 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:00,667 is caught up on Lisa's trailer, 338 00:12:00,792 --> 00:12:02,500 and the only way to free it 339 00:12:02,583 --> 00:12:06,042 may be the most reliable of all driver techniques. 340 00:12:06,125 --> 00:12:08,750 When in doubt, throttle out. 341 00:12:10,833 --> 00:12:12,333 - Like, fast or slow? 342 00:12:12,417 --> 00:12:13,542 - You know the answer, Lisa. 343 00:12:13,625 --> 00:12:15,667 Just give her [bleep]. 344 00:12:15,708 --> 00:12:19,667 Three, two, one. 345 00:12:19,750 --> 00:12:21,167 Hit it! 346 00:12:21,250 --> 00:12:23,583 ♪ 347 00:12:23,667 --> 00:12:24,708 - Oh, [bleep]. - Go, go, go! 348 00:12:24,833 --> 00:12:26,167 Don't stop! Don't stop! 349 00:12:26,250 --> 00:12:27,583 ♪ 350 00:12:27,667 --> 00:12:30,417 You're out, baby! You're out! 351 00:12:30,542 --> 00:12:31,542 Whoo! 352 00:12:31,667 --> 00:12:33,458 [laughter] 353 00:12:33,542 --> 00:12:35,500 - OK, well, it's off. 354 00:12:35,542 --> 00:12:36,708 - Damn. 355 00:12:36,833 --> 00:12:38,417 - Good job, guys. 356 00:12:38,500 --> 00:12:40,208 She's out. No damage. 357 00:12:40,292 --> 00:12:41,833 So far. 358 00:12:41,917 --> 00:12:43,792 - I look in my mirror, and all I saw was just sparks 359 00:12:43,875 --> 00:12:45,708 down the whole length of the trailer. 360 00:12:45,833 --> 00:12:47,333 That was awesome. 361 00:12:47,417 --> 00:12:48,833 Thank you so much. 362 00:12:48,917 --> 00:12:50,625 - Now the fun part. 363 00:12:50,708 --> 00:12:51,958 We still have to get the shack out of there, 364 00:12:52,042 --> 00:12:53,208 the shack reloaded. 365 00:12:53,292 --> 00:12:54,833 ♪ 366 00:12:54,917 --> 00:12:56,375 narrator: The first step of reloading 367 00:12:56,500 --> 00:13:00,125 the two-ton camp shack is moving it back onto the road. 368 00:13:00,208 --> 00:13:02,000 - What we're gonna do is we're gonna hook that loader 369 00:13:02,083 --> 00:13:05,708 to the front and hook the winch truck to the back, 370 00:13:05,792 --> 00:13:08,250 get the loaders to lift, just winch it up. 371 00:13:08,333 --> 00:13:09,667 - Works for me. 372 00:13:09,708 --> 00:13:12,625 ♪ 373 00:13:12,708 --> 00:13:14,333 - OK, we're gonna start winching. 374 00:13:14,417 --> 00:13:17,458 ♪ 375 00:13:17,542 --> 00:13:19,375 Lift! 376 00:13:19,458 --> 00:13:21,333 ♪ 377 00:13:21,375 --> 00:13:23,708 Go, man! 378 00:13:23,833 --> 00:13:26,042 - Oh, yeah. 379 00:13:26,125 --> 00:13:27,542 Come on, baby, come on. - There we go. 380 00:13:27,625 --> 00:13:28,625 There we go. Yeah. 381 00:13:28,708 --> 00:13:32,042 ♪ 382 00:13:32,125 --> 00:13:35,000 - Yeah, yeah. Come on, baby. 383 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:36,500 - Keep going back. Keep going. 384 00:13:36,583 --> 00:13:37,750 ♪ 385 00:13:37,833 --> 00:13:41,750 - Oh, beautiful. Beautiful. 386 00:13:41,750 --> 00:13:43,875 Oh, ho-ho, that was sexy. 387 00:13:43,958 --> 00:13:47,208 Like, that was smooth. 388 00:13:47,292 --> 00:13:49,542 narrator: With Lisa's shack safely on the road... 389 00:13:49,542 --> 00:13:51,292 - One more step. 390 00:13:51,375 --> 00:13:53,000 We gotta get it back on the back of that. 391 00:13:53,083 --> 00:13:54,833 narrator: The final step 392 00:13:54,875 --> 00:13:56,583 is getting it back onto the trailer. 393 00:13:56,667 --> 00:13:57,833 - Hey, Lisa. 394 00:13:57,958 --> 00:13:59,542 Can I get you to back your trailer up, 395 00:13:59,625 --> 00:14:01,250 line yourself up with the camp shack? 396 00:14:01,375 --> 00:14:02,333 - OK. 397 00:14:02,417 --> 00:14:04,667 [truck beeping] 398 00:14:04,750 --> 00:14:06,125 - Drop her trailer. 399 00:14:06,208 --> 00:14:07,875 ♪ 400 00:14:07,958 --> 00:14:09,667 And hook the other winch truck to the trailer. 401 00:14:09,750 --> 00:14:12,375 ♪ 402 00:14:12,500 --> 00:14:14,458 Winch that camp shack back on. 403 00:14:14,542 --> 00:14:16,750 [upbeat rock music] 404 00:14:16,833 --> 00:14:19,333 Oh, baby, come on. 405 00:14:19,375 --> 00:14:20,542 ♪ 406 00:14:20,625 --> 00:14:22,500 Keep going. 407 00:14:22,625 --> 00:14:23,667 Yeah. 408 00:14:23,750 --> 00:14:27,000 ♪ 409 00:14:27,083 --> 00:14:28,792 - Do you think I get points with Bill 410 00:14:28,875 --> 00:14:31,292 for not damaging anything? 411 00:14:31,375 --> 00:14:32,500 - Probably. 412 00:14:32,625 --> 00:14:33,792 - Awesome. 413 00:14:33,875 --> 00:14:35,750 [metallic creaking] 414 00:14:35,833 --> 00:14:38,125 [dramatic music] 415 00:14:38,208 --> 00:14:40,500 - All right. - Good. 416 00:14:40,583 --> 00:14:41,625 - Happy? 417 00:14:41,708 --> 00:14:42,917 - I am. 418 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:44,500 Thank you. 419 00:14:44,583 --> 00:14:45,833 You're good at that. 420 00:14:45,917 --> 00:14:47,083 - How does the A-Team say it? 421 00:14:47,167 --> 00:14:48,792 I love it when a plan comes together. 422 00:14:48,875 --> 00:14:51,083 - [laughs] 423 00:14:51,167 --> 00:14:52,333 - When you got a good team, 424 00:14:52,417 --> 00:14:54,542 you work together to make it happen. 425 00:14:54,667 --> 00:14:57,000 And all our ideas, together, worked. 426 00:14:57,083 --> 00:14:58,500 - Yeah, that was good thinking. 427 00:14:58,625 --> 00:15:00,292 - Like I said, it was only a theory in the head. 428 00:15:00,375 --> 00:15:02,375 And for once, something in my head worked. 429 00:15:02,458 --> 00:15:03,958 [laughs] 430 00:15:04,042 --> 00:15:05,000 In some situations, once I think about it, 431 00:15:05,125 --> 00:15:06,167 come up with little ideas, 432 00:15:06,292 --> 00:15:07,667 and that's how it all gets going. 433 00:15:07,750 --> 00:15:09,000 - OK, drive safe. 434 00:15:09,042 --> 00:15:10,875 Any more problems, don't call us. 435 00:15:10,958 --> 00:15:12,667 [laughter] 436 00:15:12,708 --> 00:15:14,542 ♪ 437 00:15:14,542 --> 00:15:16,875 narrator: With the camp shack successfully reloaded, 438 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,958 the team still has to survive another 400 miles 439 00:15:20,042 --> 00:15:21,333 back to Muskie Creek. 440 00:15:21,417 --> 00:15:24,083 ♪ 441 00:15:24,167 --> 00:15:27,167 [dramatic music] 442 00:15:27,292 --> 00:15:29,542 ♪ 443 00:15:29,667 --> 00:15:33,167 As the sun rises over the frozen battlefield... 444 00:15:33,250 --> 00:15:34,875 - I've been driving all night. 445 00:15:34,958 --> 00:15:36,667 This is it. This is the final push. 446 00:15:36,708 --> 00:15:38,333 This is what I've been looking for. 447 00:15:38,417 --> 00:15:40,083 narrator: Todd's racing across one last lake 448 00:15:40,167 --> 00:15:41,958 so he can offload... 449 00:15:42,042 --> 00:15:43,875 - I've just got to get across this last crossing 450 00:15:43,958 --> 00:15:45,875 so I can turn and burn. 451 00:15:45,875 --> 00:15:47,833 narrator: And get back to Muskie Creek 452 00:15:47,833 --> 00:15:49,708 for the last run of the season. 453 00:15:49,708 --> 00:15:51,500 ♪ 454 00:15:51,583 --> 00:15:53,208 [wind whistling] 455 00:15:53,292 --> 00:15:54,667 - This is a huge ice crossing. 456 00:15:54,750 --> 00:15:59,125 ♪ 457 00:15:59,208 --> 00:16:00,333 Ah, this is going to feel damn good 458 00:16:00,375 --> 00:16:02,375 to get this load off of my back 459 00:16:02,458 --> 00:16:05,083 and hopefully get out of here without the same issues 460 00:16:05,167 --> 00:16:07,042 I had getting in here. 461 00:16:07,125 --> 00:16:09,292 That's it. That's land right there. 462 00:16:09,375 --> 00:16:10,625 Sweet. 463 00:16:10,708 --> 00:16:15,750 ♪ 464 00:16:15,833 --> 00:16:17,167 [upbeat country rock music] 465 00:16:17,208 --> 00:16:18,917 Oh, looking good. 466 00:16:19,000 --> 00:16:20,500 - Welcome to Deer Lake. 467 00:16:20,542 --> 00:16:22,625 - Yeah, welcome to Deer Lake. - [chuckles] 468 00:16:22,708 --> 00:16:25,542 - I'm kind of in a rush to get back onto the ice road, so... 469 00:16:25,625 --> 00:16:26,875 - Yeah. 470 00:16:26,875 --> 00:16:27,875 - Do you mind if I jump in there 471 00:16:27,875 --> 00:16:29,167 and go ahead and do an unload? 472 00:16:29,250 --> 00:16:30,167 - OK, go ahead. - I'd like to give her a shot. 473 00:16:30,250 --> 00:16:31,167 Thanks. 474 00:16:31,250 --> 00:16:32,417 - Oh, yeah, so-- - OK. 475 00:16:32,542 --> 00:16:33,833 - You can try. 476 00:16:33,917 --> 00:16:35,000 - Stack all of them back there? - Yes. 477 00:16:35,042 --> 00:16:36,458 - Nice. OK. 478 00:16:36,542 --> 00:16:39,417 [upbeat rock music] 479 00:16:39,542 --> 00:16:41,167 ♪ 480 00:16:41,208 --> 00:16:42,625 It's what it takes to be an ice road trucker. 481 00:16:42,708 --> 00:16:44,875 It just isn't starting the key and sliding it into gear 482 00:16:45,042 --> 00:16:46,000 and driving down the road. 483 00:16:46,042 --> 00:16:47,375 That's not the way it works. 484 00:16:47,458 --> 00:16:50,333 You need to have special skills in all areas. 485 00:16:50,375 --> 00:16:52,042 So I'm an operator, so I know how to maneuver 486 00:16:52,125 --> 00:16:53,500 any machine that I need to move or load. 487 00:16:53,542 --> 00:16:55,833 ♪ 488 00:16:55,917 --> 00:16:57,458 Jump in an excavator, the bucket loader, 489 00:16:57,583 --> 00:16:59,125 it just gets the job done quicker. 490 00:16:59,125 --> 00:17:00,667 Now there's only one thing left to do. 491 00:17:00,750 --> 00:17:02,667 Get these wheels turning and get out of Deer Lake 492 00:17:02,750 --> 00:17:04,208 and get back to Muskie Creek. 493 00:17:04,292 --> 00:17:06,333 Because I got another load to do. 494 00:17:06,417 --> 00:17:08,625 narrator: Without a back haul for the return trip... 495 00:17:08,708 --> 00:17:11,083 ♪ 496 00:17:11,208 --> 00:17:13,333 Todd's trying to make it to Muskie Creek 497 00:17:13,375 --> 00:17:16,458 in time for his final run of the season. 498 00:17:16,542 --> 00:17:18,708 - I got a long way to go to get back. 499 00:17:18,708 --> 00:17:20,500 And I need to haul some ass. 500 00:17:20,542 --> 00:17:23,917 ♪ 501 00:17:24,458 --> 00:17:26,500 narrator: While Todd's racing south... 502 00:17:26,542 --> 00:17:27,708 [tense music] 503 00:17:27,792 --> 00:17:30,708 600 miles northwest... 504 00:17:30,792 --> 00:17:32,667 [phone line trilling] 505 00:17:32,750 --> 00:17:34,875 Shaun's headed nowhere. 506 00:17:35,333 --> 00:17:37,833 This is an absolute [bleep] show 507 00:17:38,208 --> 00:17:39,417 [phone line trilling] 508 00:17:39,500 --> 00:17:41,333 - Shaun Harris from Prince Albert calling. 509 00:17:41,375 --> 00:17:43,542 I'm up in the north yard here at Points. 510 00:17:43,625 --> 00:17:45,667 I just thought maybe you might have a better idea 511 00:17:45,708 --> 00:17:47,500 where these boxes are. 512 00:17:47,583 --> 00:17:50,042 narrator: Shaun's picking up core sample boxes, 513 00:17:50,125 --> 00:17:51,917 but there are hundreds of boxes, 514 00:17:51,917 --> 00:17:55,500 zero people, and no instructions. 515 00:17:55,583 --> 00:17:58,292 - There are core boxes everywhere here. 516 00:17:58,375 --> 00:18:00,500 Some of them are covered in four feet of snow. 517 00:18:00,625 --> 00:18:02,667 [chuckling] So I'll just see if I can locate 'em. 518 00:18:02,750 --> 00:18:05,583 ♪ 519 00:18:05,667 --> 00:18:10,333 Core boxes are used to store core samples, 520 00:18:10,375 --> 00:18:12,333 drilled cores out of the ground. 521 00:18:12,417 --> 00:18:14,667 They are a very important item to get to the site. 522 00:18:14,750 --> 00:18:16,333 They really need these things. 523 00:18:16,417 --> 00:18:19,375 narrator: The boxes are for a mining exploration company 524 00:18:19,458 --> 00:18:22,333 working on one of the world's largest deposits of uranium. 525 00:18:22,375 --> 00:18:23,500 - I'm standing on something 526 00:18:23,625 --> 00:18:25,958 and I have no [bleep] clue what it is. 527 00:18:25,958 --> 00:18:27,417 At some point today, I'm going to have to make a decision. 528 00:18:27,542 --> 00:18:29,458 We either stay here and get this load, 529 00:18:29,542 --> 00:18:32,958 or we have to pull the pin and go further north 530 00:18:32,958 --> 00:18:34,583 to get our really important load, 531 00:18:34,667 --> 00:18:37,500 which is for a power company that absolutely has to go. 532 00:18:37,583 --> 00:18:39,375 narrator: If Shaun can't find the load, 533 00:18:39,458 --> 00:18:41,875 he'll have to continue with nothing. 534 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:43,417 - [bleep]. 535 00:18:43,500 --> 00:18:44,250 narrator: And that'll nuke his plan 536 00:18:44,333 --> 00:18:45,625 to salvage the season. 537 00:18:45,708 --> 00:18:46,958 - [groans] 538 00:18:47,042 --> 00:18:48,083 How the [bleep] are you supposed to 539 00:18:48,167 --> 00:18:50,958 [bleep] dig through this and find some... 540 00:18:51,042 --> 00:18:53,667 frozen, ice-covered box? 541 00:18:53,750 --> 00:18:55,458 [bleep] ridiculous. 542 00:18:55,542 --> 00:18:59,708 ♪ 543 00:19:03,792 --> 00:19:07,000 [tense music] 544 00:19:07,042 --> 00:19:13,667 ♪ 545 00:19:13,750 --> 00:19:15,000 - [groans] 546 00:19:15,042 --> 00:19:16,167 How the [bleep] are you supposed to 547 00:19:16,250 --> 00:19:18,792 [bleep] dig through this and find some... 548 00:19:18,875 --> 00:19:21,958 narrator: In the frigid outpost of Points North... 549 00:19:22,042 --> 00:19:23,458 - [bleep] bull[bleep]. 550 00:19:23,542 --> 00:19:26,500 narrator: Shaun Harris is hunting for his load. 551 00:19:26,542 --> 00:19:28,417 - We're within days of losing this road, 552 00:19:28,500 --> 00:19:29,833 so we need to get this [bleep] loaded 553 00:19:29,875 --> 00:19:31,375 and get the [bleep] out of here onto the road. 554 00:19:31,458 --> 00:19:35,208 One, two, three, four. 555 00:19:35,292 --> 00:19:37,667 14, 15, 16. 556 00:19:37,750 --> 00:19:39,917 This is our stuff. 557 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:42,083 I found it. 558 00:19:42,167 --> 00:19:43,583 narrator: After finding the right boxes... 559 00:19:43,667 --> 00:19:45,333 - [grunts] 560 00:19:45,375 --> 00:19:48,208 narrator: Shaun needs to load and go fast. 561 00:19:48,292 --> 00:19:50,417 - That was handy. 562 00:19:50,542 --> 00:19:52,167 I'm too old for this [bleep]. 563 00:19:52,250 --> 00:19:54,000 [crow cawing] 564 00:19:54,042 --> 00:19:55,000 [tense music] 565 00:19:55,125 --> 00:19:56,792 Some heat in the sun... 566 00:19:56,875 --> 00:19:58,667 ♪ 567 00:19:58,708 --> 00:20:01,542 Every hour that goes by is one less hour 568 00:20:01,625 --> 00:20:04,125 that the road is going to be open. 569 00:20:04,208 --> 00:20:05,667 It's on borrowed time. 570 00:20:05,708 --> 00:20:09,667 [tense music] 571 00:20:09,708 --> 00:20:13,167 Going to be a long day of shoveling snow off of pallets. 572 00:20:13,250 --> 00:20:14,833 You want to make sure everything's cleaned off 573 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:18,833 and you have a dry surface for your straps to bite onto. 574 00:20:18,875 --> 00:20:21,458 Otherwise, you're never going to keep your load tight. 575 00:20:21,542 --> 00:20:23,083 And the roads that we're about to go over, 576 00:20:23,167 --> 00:20:24,292 they need to be tight. 577 00:20:24,375 --> 00:20:25,792 [upbeat rock music] 578 00:20:25,875 --> 00:20:28,208 narrator: Finally, help arrives for Shaun. 579 00:20:28,208 --> 00:20:29,625 - All the banded core boxes, 580 00:20:29,708 --> 00:20:31,125 I'll try and get as many on as I can. 581 00:20:31,208 --> 00:20:32,625 ♪ 582 00:20:32,708 --> 00:20:34,625 This way, just a hair, maybe. A little more. 583 00:20:34,708 --> 00:20:35,875 ♪ 584 00:20:35,958 --> 00:20:37,333 Whoa, whoa, whoa. 585 00:20:37,375 --> 00:20:40,000 It's a very slow and painful process 586 00:20:40,083 --> 00:20:42,000 getting this stuff loaded. 587 00:20:42,083 --> 00:20:44,333 But it's going, it's going. 588 00:20:44,417 --> 00:20:46,542 When we get on the ice, I'll be back to my happy place. 589 00:20:46,625 --> 00:20:48,875 ♪ 590 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:50,500 [engine turns over] 591 00:20:50,500 --> 00:20:53,667 [upbeat rock music] 592 00:20:53,708 --> 00:20:56,833 Five-axle leaving Points northbound. 593 00:20:56,917 --> 00:20:58,583 narrator: Finally loaded up, 594 00:20:58,667 --> 00:21:00,208 Shaun's headed to Fond du Lac 595 00:21:00,292 --> 00:21:02,125 to wait for Riley and Zach 596 00:21:02,208 --> 00:21:03,333 so they can convoy 597 00:21:03,458 --> 00:21:05,250 across Lake Athabasca to 598 00:21:05,333 --> 00:21:06,958 the Uranium City ghost town. 599 00:21:09,500 --> 00:21:11,583 - We're going to run out of daylight today. 600 00:21:11,667 --> 00:21:16,542 I would have wanted to be out of there about seven hours ago. 601 00:21:16,667 --> 00:21:18,792 It really screwed up our schedule. 602 00:21:18,875 --> 00:21:20,500 If you ain't turning, you ain't earning. 603 00:21:20,542 --> 00:21:22,042 ♪ 604 00:21:22,125 --> 00:21:24,000 I hope the boys are killing it today. 605 00:21:24,083 --> 00:21:25,500 ♪ 606 00:21:25,542 --> 00:21:27,958 narrator: 100 miles behind Shaun... 607 00:21:28,042 --> 00:21:29,667 [engine idling] 608 00:21:29,750 --> 00:21:31,333 - [bleep]. 609 00:21:31,375 --> 00:21:35,000 The sugar supply is rapidly depleting. 610 00:21:35,042 --> 00:21:37,292 Oh, looks like the coffee's done. 611 00:21:37,375 --> 00:21:39,167 narrator: Riley and Zach are fueling up 612 00:21:39,292 --> 00:21:41,000 after burning through the night... 613 00:21:41,083 --> 00:21:42,667 - Ooh, that's way hotter than I thought it was gonna be. 614 00:21:42,750 --> 00:21:44,208 OK, that's enough. 615 00:21:44,292 --> 00:21:45,500 narrator: With a much-needed coffee break... 616 00:21:45,583 --> 00:21:46,875 - There's cream. - Thank you. 617 00:21:46,958 --> 00:21:48,458 - Yep. 618 00:21:48,542 --> 00:21:49,375 narrator: Before the last 300 miles 619 00:21:49,500 --> 00:21:52,042 to meet Shaun in Fond Du Lac. 620 00:21:52,125 --> 00:21:54,167 [upbeat western music] 621 00:21:54,250 --> 00:21:56,208 ♪ 622 00:21:56,333 --> 00:21:58,792 - Well, I've had worse coffee than that. 623 00:21:58,875 --> 00:22:00,750 ♪ 624 00:22:00,875 --> 00:22:03,458 [tense music] 625 00:22:03,542 --> 00:22:05,833 narrator: 600 miles east... 626 00:22:05,917 --> 00:22:07,833 - [laughs] 627 00:22:07,875 --> 00:22:09,083 [upbeat rock music] 628 00:22:09,208 --> 00:22:10,500 narrator: The Muskie Creek convoy 629 00:22:10,583 --> 00:22:12,000 is fighting their way home. 630 00:22:12,125 --> 00:22:13,542 ♪ 631 00:22:13,625 --> 00:22:14,917 - Right now, our biggest challenge 632 00:22:15,042 --> 00:22:16,875 is getting out of here before the weather gets warm. 633 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:18,000 We got to push it hard. 634 00:22:18,083 --> 00:22:20,292 ♪ 635 00:22:20,375 --> 00:22:22,500 narrator: Like Todd, 636 00:22:22,542 --> 00:22:24,458 they're also racing back to Muskie Creek 637 00:22:24,542 --> 00:22:27,583 for the last run of the season. 638 00:22:27,667 --> 00:22:30,833 - Can we just keep all drive tires on ground 639 00:22:30,917 --> 00:22:32,083 today, you two? 640 00:22:32,208 --> 00:22:33,875 - [laughs] 641 00:22:33,958 --> 00:22:35,708 - OK, fine. 642 00:22:35,833 --> 00:22:38,375 - After a day like yesterday, I think we're gonna be lucky 643 00:22:38,458 --> 00:22:40,292 to get to the end of the winter road. 644 00:22:40,375 --> 00:22:43,417 [suspenseful music] 645 00:22:43,500 --> 00:22:44,958 What happened? 646 00:22:45,042 --> 00:22:45,792 ♪ 647 00:22:50,208 --> 00:22:51,958 - So is there another ice bridge there? 648 00:22:52,042 --> 00:22:53,333 - Yep. 649 00:22:53,417 --> 00:22:56,542 - Oh, my gosh. You gotta be kidding. 650 00:22:56,625 --> 00:22:57,625 - They always say, you fall off your horse, 651 00:22:57,708 --> 00:22:59,000 you get back on, try it again. 652 00:22:59,125 --> 00:23:00,083 ♪ 653 00:23:00,167 --> 00:23:02,000 Try to redeem yourself. 654 00:23:02,042 --> 00:23:04,625 ♪ 655 00:23:04,708 --> 00:23:07,208 narrator: An ice bridge is a temporary winter road 656 00:23:07,292 --> 00:23:09,333 crossing over large creeks... 657 00:23:09,417 --> 00:23:11,625 [road crackling] 658 00:23:11,708 --> 00:23:15,417 Built with logs and branches plus layers of snow and water 659 00:23:15,500 --> 00:23:18,250 that harden like rebar-reinforced concrete 660 00:23:18,333 --> 00:23:20,125 into a solid, flat surface. 661 00:23:20,208 --> 00:23:22,000 ♪ 662 00:23:22,083 --> 00:23:25,000 - Oh, man. Way to go. 663 00:23:25,042 --> 00:23:26,333 - That's tight. 664 00:23:26,458 --> 00:23:28,792 Just try and stay in my tracks. 665 00:23:28,875 --> 00:23:32,167 narrator: Ice bridges are strong, but narrow. 666 00:23:32,250 --> 00:23:34,000 - Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! 667 00:23:34,042 --> 00:23:35,875 ♪ 668 00:23:35,958 --> 00:23:37,958 narrator: It's a chance for Lisa to saddle up 669 00:23:38,042 --> 00:23:40,167 and overcome her fears. 670 00:23:40,250 --> 00:23:41,833 - [sighs] 671 00:23:41,917 --> 00:23:44,333 Can't believe we gotta deal with another one of these. 672 00:23:44,417 --> 00:23:45,917 narrator: But this time, 673 00:23:46,042 --> 00:23:49,333 the corner's tighter and the bridge is narrower. 674 00:23:49,417 --> 00:23:51,167 - Please. We don't need another incident. 675 00:23:51,208 --> 00:23:52,625 ♪ 676 00:23:52,708 --> 00:23:54,083 - I can't get over as much as I can 677 00:23:54,167 --> 00:23:56,375 without going in the snowbank on this side. 678 00:23:56,458 --> 00:23:59,458 [suspenseful music] 679 00:23:59,542 --> 00:24:02,333 This is just going to plow forward into the snowbank. 680 00:24:02,375 --> 00:24:09,333 ♪ 681 00:24:09,375 --> 00:24:11,042 Oh, there we go. 682 00:24:11,125 --> 00:24:12,792 - Never a dull moment. 683 00:24:12,875 --> 00:24:14,875 - OK, I made it. 684 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:16,750 [engine revving] 685 00:24:16,750 --> 00:24:20,792 ♪ 686 00:24:20,875 --> 00:24:22,167 - Come on, baby. 687 00:24:22,292 --> 00:24:23,417 Come on, come on, come on. 688 00:24:23,542 --> 00:24:25,292 - He's like, I'm not stopping. 689 00:24:25,375 --> 00:24:26,500 - Come on. - Oh! 690 00:24:26,583 --> 00:24:27,958 No, no, no, no, no! 691 00:24:28,042 --> 00:24:29,167 No! No! 692 00:24:29,250 --> 00:24:30,750 No! No, Scooter! 693 00:24:30,875 --> 00:24:32,667 ♪ 694 00:24:36,583 --> 00:24:39,833 [suspenseful music] 695 00:24:39,875 --> 00:24:42,667 ♪ 696 00:24:42,708 --> 00:24:44,500 - No, no, no, no, no! [laughs] 697 00:24:44,542 --> 00:24:47,125 narrator: Stuck on an ice bridge halfway home... 698 00:24:47,208 --> 00:24:49,000 - No, no! No, Scooter! 699 00:24:49,083 --> 00:24:52,292 narrator: The battle with Asheweig Road rages on. 700 00:24:52,375 --> 00:24:54,417 - Come on, baby. Come on, come on, come on. 701 00:24:54,500 --> 00:24:57,208 [horn honking] 702 00:24:57,292 --> 00:24:59,500 ♪ 703 00:24:59,542 --> 00:25:01,333 Holy [bleep]. 704 00:25:01,417 --> 00:25:03,708 [engine revving] 705 00:25:03,833 --> 00:25:06,208 [screams] 706 00:25:06,292 --> 00:25:08,833 ♪ 707 00:25:08,917 --> 00:25:11,333 [groans] 708 00:25:11,417 --> 00:25:13,417 I'm stuck here. I'm [bleep] stuck. 709 00:25:13,542 --> 00:25:14,750 I went over too far. 710 00:25:14,833 --> 00:25:16,375 - [groans] 711 00:25:16,500 --> 00:25:18,333 - Come on! 712 00:25:18,417 --> 00:25:21,083 [engine revving] 713 00:25:21,167 --> 00:25:23,042 - Come on, come on. 714 00:25:23,125 --> 00:25:24,208 - Put chains on, Scooter. 715 00:25:24,292 --> 00:25:26,917 ♪ 716 00:25:27,000 --> 00:25:27,917 - Oh, yeah. 717 00:25:28,042 --> 00:25:29,000 Yeah. 718 00:25:29,042 --> 00:25:30,000 - Yes. 719 00:25:30,042 --> 00:25:31,333 ♪ 720 00:25:31,417 --> 00:25:33,708 - OK, too much dicking around. 721 00:25:33,792 --> 00:25:37,417 ♪ 722 00:25:37,500 --> 00:25:39,083 - Yikes. - Come on, baby. 723 00:25:39,208 --> 00:25:41,833 ♪ 724 00:25:41,917 --> 00:25:43,417 Come on, baby. 725 00:25:43,500 --> 00:25:45,833 Come on! Come on! 726 00:25:45,917 --> 00:25:49,083 [tense music] 727 00:25:49,167 --> 00:25:50,833 - You're golden! 728 00:25:50,917 --> 00:25:52,167 - Yeah! 729 00:25:52,250 --> 00:25:53,833 - [laughing] Oh, my gosh. 730 00:25:53,917 --> 00:25:56,417 He's like watching a drama show. 731 00:25:56,500 --> 00:25:58,875 - [laughs] 732 00:25:58,958 --> 00:26:02,167 - You're like, oh, snowbank? Ditch? No problem! 733 00:26:02,208 --> 00:26:03,333 [laughing] Jeez. 734 00:26:03,417 --> 00:26:04,375 - You guys get out of here. 735 00:26:04,458 --> 00:26:05,292 - Yeah. - Let's go. 736 00:26:05,375 --> 00:26:06,625 ♪ 737 00:26:06,708 --> 00:26:09,250 - That was fun. 738 00:26:09,333 --> 00:26:10,500 Not! 739 00:26:10,542 --> 00:26:13,542 [dramatic music] 740 00:26:13,625 --> 00:26:15,958 To feel like I'm being defeated pisses me off, 741 00:26:16,042 --> 00:26:19,667 but it drives me to [bleep] try to get out of my situation. 742 00:26:23,500 --> 00:26:25,250 - Quit picking on me. 743 00:26:25,333 --> 00:26:27,042 [laughter] 744 00:26:27,125 --> 00:26:29,458 [upbeat rock music] 745 00:26:29,542 --> 00:26:32,333 [wind whistling] 746 00:26:32,417 --> 00:26:35,833 [tense music] 747 00:26:35,958 --> 00:26:39,792 ♪ 748 00:26:39,875 --> 00:26:42,958 narrator: Headed in the same direction, but faster... 749 00:26:43,042 --> 00:26:45,333 - Four days of battling, cussing, swearing. 750 00:26:45,375 --> 00:26:48,167 narrator: Todd's whipping his 400 force-fed horses 751 00:26:48,208 --> 00:26:49,375 to pull harder. 752 00:26:49,458 --> 00:26:51,833 - Get back to Muskie Creek 753 00:26:51,917 --> 00:26:54,000 to grab another load before the end of the season. 754 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:56,542 narrator: And he'll need every bit of that horsepower 755 00:26:56,625 --> 00:26:58,458 to get back on time. 756 00:26:58,542 --> 00:27:00,167 - Back on the big ice crossing. 757 00:27:00,292 --> 00:27:02,833 And I know there's a big monster frickin' hill 758 00:27:02,875 --> 00:27:04,833 that drops down on the lake. 759 00:27:04,917 --> 00:27:07,625 It's one of the steepest hills I've ever seen on an ice road. 760 00:27:07,708 --> 00:27:10,833 Very long, very windy, and very bumpy. 761 00:27:10,875 --> 00:27:12,625 But I know what to do. 762 00:27:12,625 --> 00:27:13,750 Hit the hill with everything she's got, 763 00:27:13,833 --> 00:27:14,917 see if we can make her. 764 00:27:15,042 --> 00:27:16,333 [shifter clicks] 765 00:27:16,417 --> 00:27:19,333 [tense music] 766 00:27:19,417 --> 00:27:24,583 ♪ 767 00:27:24,667 --> 00:27:26,500 This is a [bleep] hill. 768 00:27:26,542 --> 00:27:30,083 ♪ 769 00:27:30,167 --> 00:27:31,125 Come on. 770 00:27:31,208 --> 00:27:32,333 ♪ 771 00:27:32,417 --> 00:27:33,875 Keep digging. 772 00:27:33,958 --> 00:27:34,833 Come on. 773 00:27:34,917 --> 00:27:37,458 ♪ 774 00:27:37,542 --> 00:27:38,500 Come on! 775 00:27:38,583 --> 00:27:39,833 ♪ 776 00:27:39,917 --> 00:27:41,250 Come on, come on, come on, 777 00:27:41,375 --> 00:27:42,833 come on, come on, come on, come on, come on. 778 00:27:42,917 --> 00:27:44,542 ♪ 779 00:27:44,625 --> 00:27:45,750 Made it. 780 00:27:45,833 --> 00:27:48,167 [upbeat rock music] 781 00:27:48,250 --> 00:27:50,458 Tell you what, that's one of the biggest hills 782 00:27:50,542 --> 00:27:52,875 I think I've ever seen on the ice roads. 783 00:27:52,958 --> 00:27:56,583 No hassles, no complications, 784 00:27:56,708 --> 00:27:58,542 try to just haul ass out of the ice road. 785 00:27:58,667 --> 00:28:00,333 I'm on my way back to Muskie Creek 786 00:28:00,417 --> 00:28:03,333 to grab another load and make another paycheck. 787 00:28:03,333 --> 00:28:05,333 I'm stoked. 788 00:28:05,417 --> 00:28:08,500 ♪ 789 00:28:08,583 --> 00:28:10,333 [tense music] 790 00:28:12,458 --> 00:28:14,542 narrator: 800 miles northwest... 791 00:28:14,625 --> 00:28:16,000 ♪ 792 00:28:16,083 --> 00:28:19,000 - Hauler 40, five-axle north. 793 00:28:19,083 --> 00:28:21,167 narrator: Shaun's burning the midnight oil 794 00:28:21,292 --> 00:28:25,583 and lots of diesel to make up time after a slow pit stop 795 00:28:25,667 --> 00:28:27,833 jeopardized his race to save the season. 796 00:28:27,917 --> 00:28:29,000 - We need to get this [bleep] loaded 797 00:28:29,083 --> 00:28:31,667 and get the [bleep] gear on the road. 798 00:28:31,667 --> 00:28:34,625 The main concern is the big holes. 799 00:28:34,708 --> 00:28:36,500 You never know how deep they are. 800 00:28:36,583 --> 00:28:41,000 I've seen guys break wheels off, break axles, lose loads. 801 00:28:41,083 --> 00:28:44,417 ♪ 802 00:28:44,500 --> 00:28:46,875 We, uh, finally made it to the ice. 803 00:28:46,958 --> 00:28:54,042 ♪ 804 00:28:54,458 --> 00:28:55,917 It's late at night, 805 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:58,167 but we're gonna keep pushing across to Fond Du Lac. 806 00:28:58,292 --> 00:29:01,125 We got about two hours across the water here. 807 00:29:01,208 --> 00:29:02,708 We're the only truck on the road tonight. 808 00:29:02,833 --> 00:29:04,667 We haven't met anybody. 809 00:29:04,708 --> 00:29:06,917 There's no radio chatter. 810 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:11,000 So if we have trouble out here on the ice, we're all alone. 811 00:29:11,167 --> 00:29:12,625 I'm just getting everything ready. 812 00:29:12,708 --> 00:29:14,583 Gloves there so they're easily accessible. 813 00:29:14,667 --> 00:29:17,208 And I got my good luck charm. 814 00:29:17,292 --> 00:29:20,250 That's my Crispy-- my Crispy piggy too. 815 00:29:20,333 --> 00:29:23,333 [Crispy snorts] He's my handsome boy, eh? 816 00:29:23,375 --> 00:29:25,208 [upbeat western music] 817 00:29:25,292 --> 00:29:27,667 I wear this because it reminds me of my boy, Crispy. 818 00:29:27,792 --> 00:29:30,000 Some people carry, you know, lucky rabbit's foot 819 00:29:30,083 --> 00:29:31,417 or a teddy bear or something. 820 00:29:31,500 --> 00:29:34,042 But I keep my lucky Crispy hat. 821 00:29:34,042 --> 00:29:34,958 [Shaun chuckles] [Crispy grunts] 822 00:29:35,042 --> 00:29:36,333 Squeaking, squeaking? 823 00:29:36,417 --> 00:29:38,833 [engine revving] 824 00:29:38,917 --> 00:29:42,000 [ominous music] 825 00:29:42,042 --> 00:29:45,875 ♪ 826 00:29:45,958 --> 00:29:47,333 - As we travel across the ice now, 827 00:29:47,458 --> 00:29:49,167 I'm going to keep my window down part ways. 828 00:29:49,250 --> 00:29:52,958 ♪ 829 00:29:53,042 --> 00:29:55,208 If something happens where we start to break through, 830 00:29:55,292 --> 00:29:57,042 then we'll open the door and try and bail. 831 00:29:57,208 --> 00:30:04,208 ♪ 832 00:30:04,583 --> 00:30:07,542 I've always been a guy that liked to drive at night. 833 00:30:07,625 --> 00:30:11,167 [peaceful music] 834 00:30:11,250 --> 00:30:12,583 I love when the Northern Lights are out 835 00:30:12,667 --> 00:30:14,667 and the stars are shining. 836 00:30:14,750 --> 00:30:17,042 ♪ 837 00:30:17,125 --> 00:30:20,000 I'm not a guy to listen to loud music in the truck. 838 00:30:20,083 --> 00:30:23,000 I just concentrate on what I'm doing. 839 00:30:23,083 --> 00:30:23,917 ♪ 840 00:30:24,042 --> 00:30:26,375 And just one with the unit. 841 00:30:26,458 --> 00:30:30,000 ♪ 842 00:30:30,083 --> 00:30:33,417 And that's what I enjoy. 843 00:30:33,500 --> 00:30:35,083 I enjoy the solitude of it. 844 00:30:35,208 --> 00:30:42,083 ♪ 845 00:30:45,083 --> 00:30:47,333 [brakes creak and air hisses] 846 00:30:47,458 --> 00:30:48,708 ♪ 847 00:30:48,833 --> 00:30:50,667 I'm tired today. I'm played out. 848 00:30:50,708 --> 00:30:52,542 It's been a long week. 849 00:30:52,625 --> 00:30:55,333 My body just can't take these rough roads like they used to. 850 00:30:55,375 --> 00:30:57,958 ♪ 851 00:30:58,042 --> 00:31:00,125 narrator: The silent light snow gives Shaun a chance 852 00:31:00,208 --> 00:31:03,125 to rest up as he waits for Riley and Zach 853 00:31:03,208 --> 00:31:05,583 just outside Fond du Lac for the final leg 854 00:31:05,667 --> 00:31:09,292 of the ice crossing into the Uranium City ghost town. 855 00:31:09,375 --> 00:31:11,667 ♪ 856 00:31:11,750 --> 00:31:13,958 - Nice and quiet. It's beautiful. 857 00:31:18,542 --> 00:31:21,208 narrator: Hundreds of miles from blacktop... 858 00:31:21,292 --> 00:31:23,750 - Only one thing left to do now. 859 00:31:23,833 --> 00:31:25,375 Head for home. 860 00:31:25,458 --> 00:31:28,042 narrator: Todd's racing back to Muskie Creek. 861 00:31:28,125 --> 00:31:29,625 - Season's almost over, 862 00:31:29,708 --> 00:31:32,292 and Bill has got one more high-priority load, 863 00:31:32,375 --> 00:31:33,500 and I guess it's ready to rock. 864 00:31:33,583 --> 00:31:34,958 [truck thumps] 865 00:31:35,042 --> 00:31:36,875 I've got to get back to Muskie Creek 866 00:31:36,958 --> 00:31:38,667 as fast as possible before this ice road 867 00:31:38,792 --> 00:31:39,875 completely closes. 868 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:41,167 [tense music] 869 00:31:41,208 --> 00:31:42,875 narrator: Todd is at the limit, 870 00:31:42,958 --> 00:31:46,000 balancing speed and control. 871 00:31:46,083 --> 00:31:48,667 - Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. She's sliding. 872 00:31:48,750 --> 00:31:50,708 It's definitely slick out. 873 00:31:50,833 --> 00:31:52,250 Especially with no weight on the truck. 874 00:31:52,375 --> 00:31:54,667 narrator: Without the weight of a load pressing his tires 875 00:31:54,708 --> 00:31:57,333 into the ice, he's low on grip. 876 00:31:57,375 --> 00:32:00,333 - I'm trying to be prepared for slicked-up spots. 877 00:32:00,375 --> 00:32:02,542 You can see the glaze on the ice. 878 00:32:02,542 --> 00:32:05,500 narrator: And when ambition exceeds adhesion... 879 00:32:05,583 --> 00:32:07,167 - Oh, corner, corner, corner. 880 00:32:07,250 --> 00:32:09,833 narrator: His 53-foot, 10,000-pound trailer 881 00:32:09,917 --> 00:32:13,333 oversteers towards the snowbank and trees. 882 00:32:13,375 --> 00:32:17,167 - Whoo, trailer took off on me right there. 883 00:32:17,292 --> 00:32:18,333 Holy smokes. 884 00:32:18,417 --> 00:32:19,792 ♪ 885 00:32:19,875 --> 00:32:21,625 So far, the truck's been doing pretty good. 886 00:32:21,708 --> 00:32:25,458 I think part of that's because of driver knowledge. 887 00:32:25,542 --> 00:32:28,625 I know just how hard to push it without breaking it. 888 00:32:28,708 --> 00:32:30,792 You can just see the trailer just trying to take off, 889 00:32:30,875 --> 00:32:32,750 just sliding. 890 00:32:32,875 --> 00:32:33,792 Oh, [bleep]. 891 00:32:33,875 --> 00:32:35,833 [tense music] 892 00:32:35,875 --> 00:32:36,833 We'll slow her down a little bit. 893 00:32:36,958 --> 00:32:38,208 I don't want her sliding too much. 894 00:32:38,375 --> 00:32:40,750 ♪ 895 00:32:40,833 --> 00:32:44,208 We want to make enough money this year to buy a log truck. 896 00:32:44,292 --> 00:32:45,833 I'm putting a little bit aside 897 00:32:45,875 --> 00:32:47,917 out of every one of my paychecks from up here. 898 00:32:48,042 --> 00:32:50,417 And maybe I'll be able to put that project together, 899 00:32:50,500 --> 00:32:53,042 build a truck that's dedicated just to my dad. 900 00:32:53,125 --> 00:32:55,417 It would be an honor, it would be a blessing, 901 00:32:55,500 --> 00:32:56,750 It would be amazing for me to get another truck 902 00:32:56,875 --> 00:32:57,833 that looked just like his. 903 00:32:57,875 --> 00:33:01,375 [somber music] 904 00:33:01,458 --> 00:33:04,958 Growing up, my dad, he was in the logging industry. 905 00:33:05,042 --> 00:33:07,083 My Saturday morning was always up and early 906 00:33:07,167 --> 00:33:08,542 and gone with dad in the truck. 907 00:33:08,625 --> 00:33:10,000 ♪ 908 00:33:10,042 --> 00:33:11,625 There's just nothing like that, 909 00:33:11,708 --> 00:33:13,500 driving down the truck with your dad in the passenger seat, 910 00:33:13,542 --> 00:33:14,833 eating a big old frickin' hamburger, 911 00:33:14,958 --> 00:33:16,333 hauling a load of logs. 912 00:33:16,458 --> 00:33:17,833 ♪ 913 00:33:17,917 --> 00:33:21,125 My dad was my hero. He was my legend. 914 00:33:21,208 --> 00:33:25,167 In 1996, January 1, 915 00:33:25,250 --> 00:33:27,167 he was diagnosed with cancer. 916 00:33:27,250 --> 00:33:29,917 ♪ 917 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:31,500 So within two months, I lost my dad. 918 00:33:31,542 --> 00:33:33,333 ♪ 919 00:33:33,417 --> 00:33:36,250 I know my dad's smiling down from up above. 920 00:33:36,333 --> 00:33:37,792 I think he'd be pretty proud. 921 00:33:37,875 --> 00:33:38,833 Absolutely. 922 00:33:38,917 --> 00:33:43,500 ♪ 923 00:33:43,542 --> 00:33:46,333 [wind whistling] 924 00:33:46,417 --> 00:33:49,333 [tense music] 925 00:33:49,417 --> 00:33:50,583 ♪ 926 00:33:50,667 --> 00:33:52,958 - This is Cry Baby Hill. 927 00:33:53,042 --> 00:33:54,417 Do I need to change? 928 00:33:54,500 --> 00:33:56,583 Do I just hit it like something else? 929 00:33:56,667 --> 00:33:59,042 narrator: Across the unforgiving landscape... 930 00:33:59,125 --> 00:34:02,750 - I was gonna say hit it hard, but she's slick. 931 00:34:02,833 --> 00:34:06,500 narrator: The final battle of Asheweig Road has begun. 932 00:34:06,542 --> 00:34:08,208 - Jeez! 933 00:34:08,292 --> 00:34:10,125 narrator: And standing between the Muskie Creek convoy 934 00:34:10,208 --> 00:34:12,792 and victory is Cry Baby Hill... 935 00:34:12,875 --> 00:34:14,375 ♪ 936 00:34:14,375 --> 00:34:16,917 A half mile of ice on a 7% grade 937 00:34:17,042 --> 00:34:18,875 that stops drivers in their tracks, 938 00:34:18,958 --> 00:34:20,500 as Todd learned the hard way. 939 00:34:20,583 --> 00:34:21,875 ♪ 940 00:34:21,958 --> 00:34:24,083 [truck clattering] - Whoa. 941 00:34:24,167 --> 00:34:25,583 Nope, I'm spinning. 942 00:34:25,667 --> 00:34:28,208 Not again! Come on! 943 00:34:28,292 --> 00:34:30,083 narrator: Even worse, the awkward, 944 00:34:30,167 --> 00:34:32,792 oversized camp shacks make it almost impossible 945 00:34:32,875 --> 00:34:35,167 to correct mistakes. 946 00:34:35,250 --> 00:34:36,833 - All right, I'm gonna give her a shot here. 947 00:34:36,875 --> 00:34:39,417 ♪ 948 00:34:39,500 --> 00:34:41,792 - Hell, yeah. That's the attitude. 949 00:34:41,792 --> 00:34:43,667 [engine revving] 950 00:34:43,750 --> 00:34:45,917 ♪ 951 00:34:46,042 --> 00:34:48,417 - Oh, my gosh. 952 00:34:48,500 --> 00:34:52,167 It's an extremely fine balance. 953 00:34:52,250 --> 00:34:54,167 Go fast enough to actually get there today, 954 00:34:54,250 --> 00:34:55,458 but go slow enough that you're not just 955 00:34:55,542 --> 00:34:57,000 braking and going in the ditch. 956 00:34:57,125 --> 00:34:58,167 ♪ 957 00:34:58,208 --> 00:35:00,000 OK, this is going to hurt. 958 00:35:00,125 --> 00:35:07,292 ♪ 959 00:35:08,042 --> 00:35:10,000 Come on. It's almost there. 960 00:35:10,042 --> 00:35:11,875 ♪ 961 00:35:11,958 --> 00:35:13,792 Whoo-hoo! 962 00:35:15,292 --> 00:35:16,875 - Did you make it? 963 00:35:16,958 --> 00:35:18,333 - Yeah, I made it. 964 00:35:18,375 --> 00:35:19,875 - OK, Scooter, your turn. 965 00:35:19,958 --> 00:35:21,333 - Oh, I'm coming. 966 00:35:21,417 --> 00:35:23,667 Preparing for Cry Baby Hill. 967 00:35:25,292 --> 00:35:26,667 - [exhales deeply] 968 00:35:26,750 --> 00:35:29,667 [tense music] 969 00:35:29,750 --> 00:35:35,500 ♪ 970 00:35:36,750 --> 00:35:38,083 Oh, [bleep]. 971 00:35:38,208 --> 00:35:41,500 ♪ 972 00:35:41,583 --> 00:35:43,042 Come on, baby! 973 00:35:43,167 --> 00:35:44,792 We got this! 974 00:35:44,875 --> 00:35:46,083 ♪ 975 00:35:46,167 --> 00:35:47,833 Oh, this is gonna suck. 976 00:35:47,917 --> 00:35:50,125 ♪ 977 00:35:50,208 --> 00:35:51,333 Oh, no, no, no, no, no. 978 00:35:51,417 --> 00:35:52,875 Don't you spin. Come on. 979 00:35:52,958 --> 00:35:54,333 Come on, baby, come on. 980 00:35:54,417 --> 00:35:55,667 ♪ 981 00:35:55,708 --> 00:35:57,417 [bleep]. 982 00:35:57,542 --> 00:35:59,958 [groans] You gotta be kidding me. 983 00:36:00,042 --> 00:36:01,792 I'm hanging on the top. 984 00:36:01,875 --> 00:36:03,167 I was over the top 985 00:36:03,292 --> 00:36:04,333 over the damn hill and I slide back here. 986 00:36:04,417 --> 00:36:06,458 I don't know what's going to happen. 987 00:36:06,542 --> 00:36:07,333 Backing up. 988 00:36:07,375 --> 00:36:09,000 [truck beeping] 989 00:36:09,042 --> 00:36:11,208 Oh, [bleep]. Oh, [bleep]. 990 00:36:11,292 --> 00:36:12,625 Oh, [bleep]. 991 00:36:12,708 --> 00:36:14,542 I mean this. Come on. 992 00:36:14,667 --> 00:36:15,833 [laughs] 993 00:36:15,917 --> 00:36:17,083 Ooh, yeah. 994 00:36:17,167 --> 00:36:18,500 Come on, I got you. 995 00:36:18,542 --> 00:36:20,042 Whew. 996 00:36:20,167 --> 00:36:22,167 That was like a 60-foot camp shack 997 00:36:22,208 --> 00:36:24,125 sliding back down the hill. 998 00:36:24,208 --> 00:36:27,333 ♪ 999 00:36:27,417 --> 00:36:29,125 I'm going for it. 1000 00:36:29,208 --> 00:36:33,167 ♪ 1001 00:36:33,208 --> 00:36:35,792 Oh! Come on, baby! 1002 00:36:35,875 --> 00:36:37,042 ♪ 1003 00:36:37,042 --> 00:36:38,292 Come on. Take it on the right. 1004 00:36:38,375 --> 00:36:40,667 There you go, baby. 1005 00:36:40,750 --> 00:36:43,000 Come on! 1006 00:36:43,042 --> 00:36:44,667 You can do it! 1007 00:36:44,708 --> 00:36:46,833 ♪ 1008 00:36:46,917 --> 00:36:48,667 [bleep]. 1009 00:36:48,708 --> 00:36:50,417 I can't win! 1010 00:36:50,500 --> 00:36:52,208 I'm right back at the same damn spot 1011 00:36:52,292 --> 00:36:54,125 and I'm starting there again. 1012 00:36:54,208 --> 00:36:55,833 - Oh, boy. 1013 00:36:55,875 --> 00:36:57,375 - I'm [bleep]. 1014 00:36:57,458 --> 00:36:59,792 ♪ 1015 00:37:04,208 --> 00:37:06,167 [tense music] 1016 00:37:06,208 --> 00:37:08,083 - Hey, Todd, you got a copy? 1017 00:37:08,208 --> 00:37:10,458 I'm hanging on the top. I am [bleep]. 1018 00:37:10,542 --> 00:37:12,458 - Oh, you're still at the top? 1019 00:37:12,542 --> 00:37:13,542 - Yep. 1020 00:37:13,625 --> 00:37:15,000 I went all the way down to try it again, 1021 00:37:15,083 --> 00:37:17,708 and that same spot. 1022 00:37:17,792 --> 00:37:20,167 - I told you that was his catchphrase. 1023 00:37:20,208 --> 00:37:22,708 Guys, I'm stuck and I'm [bleep]. 1024 00:37:22,792 --> 00:37:25,458 [laughter] 1025 00:37:25,583 --> 00:37:26,958 ♪ 1026 00:37:27,042 --> 00:37:28,417 - I don't know what we can do. 1027 00:37:28,542 --> 00:37:29,458 I don't know if you can pull the vehicle back 1028 00:37:29,542 --> 00:37:31,542 and pull me or what. 1029 00:37:31,625 --> 00:37:33,708 - You owe me. I will drop my trailer. 1030 00:37:33,708 --> 00:37:36,333 I'll come pull your ass out of there. 1031 00:37:36,375 --> 00:37:37,583 narrator: After two failed attempts 1032 00:37:37,667 --> 00:37:40,083 to climb Cry Baby Hill... 1033 00:37:40,208 --> 00:37:41,583 - I guess I'm buying tonight. 1034 00:37:41,708 --> 00:37:43,917 narrator: Scooter's not getting a third try. 1035 00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:46,125 Instead, he's getting a pull. 1036 00:37:46,208 --> 00:37:47,583 ♪ 1037 00:37:47,667 --> 00:37:49,458 Muskie Todd's dropping his trailer 1038 00:37:49,542 --> 00:37:50,917 to free up his winch.... 1039 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:53,125 [truck beeping] 1040 00:37:53,208 --> 00:37:55,583 Throwing on chains to max out his grip... 1041 00:37:55,708 --> 00:37:57,208 - You're doing that end? - Yeah. 1042 00:37:57,208 --> 00:37:58,667 - OK. 1043 00:37:58,708 --> 00:37:59,833 narrator: And headed out to the rescue. 1044 00:37:59,917 --> 00:38:01,667 ♪ 1045 00:38:01,750 --> 00:38:03,167 - Go save Scooter. 1046 00:38:03,208 --> 00:38:10,500 ♪ 1047 00:38:11,167 --> 00:38:12,708 Put that chain through there. 1048 00:38:12,792 --> 00:38:14,000 ♪ 1049 00:38:14,125 --> 00:38:15,625 I'm gonna winch right tight up to you 1050 00:38:15,708 --> 00:38:17,000 I'm going to try and take as much weight off your steer 1051 00:38:17,083 --> 00:38:18,625 so I got weight. 1052 00:38:18,708 --> 00:38:19,917 And we're going. 1053 00:38:20,042 --> 00:38:22,625 narrator: More weight means more grip. 1054 00:38:22,708 --> 00:38:23,833 ♪ 1055 00:38:23,875 --> 00:38:26,125 By lifting the truck with the winch... 1056 00:38:26,208 --> 00:38:27,917 - [bleep] He's got my front end lifted up. 1057 00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:30,000 narrator: The weight over Scooter's front axle 1058 00:38:30,083 --> 00:38:32,667 is transferred to Muskie Todd's rear axle, 1059 00:38:32,708 --> 00:38:36,208 where power and torque are delivered... 1060 00:38:36,292 --> 00:38:37,667 - You ready? 1061 00:38:37,750 --> 00:38:38,833 - Let's do it. 1062 00:38:38,917 --> 00:38:40,292 ♪ 1063 00:38:40,375 --> 00:38:42,000 narrator: Forming Ice Road Voltron, 1064 00:38:42,042 --> 00:38:46,917 an 18-wheel, 40,000-pound, hill-crushing monster. 1065 00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:48,292 - Oh, my God. 1066 00:38:48,375 --> 00:38:50,125 This guy's insane. I love it. 1067 00:38:50,208 --> 00:38:51,542 ♪ 1068 00:38:51,625 --> 00:38:53,583 Come on, baby, come on, baby. 1069 00:38:53,708 --> 00:38:56,208 ♪ 1070 00:38:56,333 --> 00:38:58,208 Whoo-hoo! 1071 00:38:58,375 --> 00:39:01,167 That's some cowboy [bleep] right here, baby! 1072 00:39:01,250 --> 00:39:02,833 [laughs] 1073 00:39:05,958 --> 00:39:07,083 - Whoa, baby! 1074 00:39:07,167 --> 00:39:10,667 [laughs] 1075 00:39:10,750 --> 00:39:12,625 ♪ 1076 00:39:12,708 --> 00:39:14,833 Through hell and high water, get the damn job done. 1077 00:39:14,958 --> 00:39:16,333 ♪ 1078 00:39:16,375 --> 00:39:19,458 - I've never seen trucks mating before. 1079 00:39:19,542 --> 00:39:21,542 Is this how baby trucks are made? 1080 00:39:21,625 --> 00:39:23,542 ♪ 1081 00:39:23,708 --> 00:39:26,833 - [laughing] We have arrived at our destination. 1082 00:39:26,917 --> 00:39:29,750 - You said no more tires off the ground. 1083 00:39:29,833 --> 00:39:31,000 - I lied. 1084 00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:33,000 [laughter] 1085 00:39:33,042 --> 00:39:34,083 [cab thuds] 1086 00:39:34,167 --> 00:39:35,833 [Lisa yelps] 1087 00:39:35,917 --> 00:39:38,625 [laughter] 1088 00:39:38,708 --> 00:39:40,333 - Bounced my boobies there, buddy. 1089 00:39:40,458 --> 00:39:43,792 - Muskie Todd is our superhero of the day 1090 00:39:43,875 --> 00:39:45,458 and our guardian angel. 1091 00:39:45,542 --> 00:39:47,167 - Lisa claimed the bridge. 1092 00:39:47,250 --> 00:39:48,708 - [laughs] - You claimed the hill. 1093 00:39:48,792 --> 00:39:51,458 [laughs] Cry Baby Scooter. 1094 00:39:51,542 --> 00:39:54,625 - Oh! - [laughs] 1095 00:39:54,708 --> 00:39:56,125 - I'm ready. You guys ready? 1096 00:39:56,208 --> 00:39:57,292 [upbeat rock music] 1097 00:39:57,375 --> 00:39:59,000 - Good. - Let's go, let's go. 1098 00:39:59,042 --> 00:40:00,083 ♪ 1099 00:40:00,208 --> 00:40:01,500 - The end of the road. 1100 00:40:01,583 --> 00:40:03,667 It was rough, but we made it. 1101 00:40:03,750 --> 00:40:06,958 And I'm like, you're welcome. 1102 00:40:07,042 --> 00:40:08,667 [laughs] 1103 00:40:08,750 --> 00:40:10,833 narrator: Free from the clutches of Asheweig Road, 1104 00:40:10,917 --> 00:40:13,167 the Muskie convoy points their rigs south 1105 00:40:13,250 --> 00:40:15,500 and burns towards home. 1106 00:40:15,542 --> 00:40:17,917 - I can't wait until our next adventure. 1107 00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:19,083 - [laughs] 1108 00:40:19,208 --> 00:40:20,500 ♪ 1109 00:40:20,542 --> 00:40:23,250 [wind whistling] 1110 00:40:23,333 --> 00:40:26,292 [suspenseful music] 1111 00:40:26,375 --> 00:40:31,958 ♪ 1112 00:40:32,083 --> 00:40:34,375 [dramatic music] 1113 00:40:34,500 --> 00:40:37,000 [grinding and whirring] 1114 00:40:37,083 --> 00:40:40,208 ♪ 1115 00:40:40,292 --> 00:40:41,833 - Oh, man. 1116 00:40:41,875 --> 00:40:42,875 Well, I'm glad I'm not the only one 1117 00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:44,292 that sounds like I've had a hectic year. 1118 00:40:44,375 --> 00:40:46,500 - Yeah. [laughter] 1119 00:40:46,542 --> 00:40:47,333 - [laughs] That's what I always liked about Lisa, 1120 00:40:47,417 --> 00:40:48,583 trucking with her. 1121 00:40:48,708 --> 00:40:49,792 We didn't get a lot of trips together, 1122 00:40:49,875 --> 00:40:51,833 but when we did and something did happen, 1123 00:40:51,875 --> 00:40:53,333 I'd be underneath the truck and all of a sudden look over, 1124 00:40:53,417 --> 00:40:54,250 and there's Lisa with her tools. 1125 00:40:54,333 --> 00:40:55,375 Hey, what can we do? 1126 00:40:55,500 --> 00:40:56,208 What's happening underneath there? 1127 00:40:56,292 --> 00:40:57,583 [laughter] 1128 00:40:57,667 --> 00:40:58,500 narrator: After a long season, 1129 00:40:58,583 --> 00:41:00,458 old friends Todd and Lisa 1130 00:41:00,542 --> 00:41:03,208 finally get a chance to catch up. 1131 00:41:03,375 --> 00:41:04,875 - Todd is like one of my all-time heroes. 1132 00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:07,125 And man, we've had some fun times. 1133 00:41:07,208 --> 00:41:08,083 Todd, how you doing back there? 1134 00:41:10,708 --> 00:41:12,792 Lisa's an amazing driver. 1135 00:41:12,875 --> 00:41:15,292 Me and Lisa have been friends for a long time. 1136 00:41:15,375 --> 00:41:17,417 We've done a lot of ice roads. 1137 00:41:17,500 --> 00:41:20,208 - Off the ice, Lisa made 'er. 1138 00:41:20,292 --> 00:41:22,250 - Yeah, 10-4 there, good buddy. 1139 00:41:22,333 --> 00:41:23,875 - Me and Lisa's relationship 1140 00:41:23,958 --> 00:41:25,583 is like big brother, little sister. 1141 00:41:27,708 --> 00:41:29,333 - [bleep] that's what I'm talking about! 1142 00:41:29,417 --> 00:41:30,458 Whoo! 1143 00:41:30,583 --> 00:41:32,958 - Holy cow. [laughs] 1144 00:41:33,042 --> 00:41:34,875 - Todd and Lisa have that fun little camaraderie 1145 00:41:34,958 --> 00:41:36,292 between each other 1146 00:41:36,375 --> 00:41:38,667 and I'm just happy to be part of it. 1147 00:41:38,708 --> 00:41:40,708 - When you think you've had everything that could possibly 1148 00:41:40,833 --> 00:41:42,292 happen to you on the ice road happen, like, 1149 00:41:42,375 --> 00:41:44,125 I've got every tool to cover every job. 1150 00:41:44,208 --> 00:41:45,458 - No. 1151 00:41:45,542 --> 00:41:46,500 - If something happens and you're like, 1152 00:41:46,583 --> 00:41:47,708 are you fricking [bleep] me right now? 1153 00:41:47,792 --> 00:41:48,833 - I had all the brass. 1154 00:41:48,917 --> 00:41:49,792 - And you don't have the one tool 1155 00:41:49,875 --> 00:41:51,208 that you need to fix that. 1156 00:41:51,333 --> 00:41:52,583 - Have you seen what's in her truck? 1157 00:41:52,708 --> 00:41:54,625 She's got 90% of the shop in her truck. 1158 00:41:54,708 --> 00:41:56,542 - Dude, I have hoarded every tool 1159 00:41:56,542 --> 00:41:58,083 that I can find on the road. 1160 00:41:58,167 --> 00:42:00,292 In the bathroom, I was getting hose clamps off the floor. 1161 00:42:00,375 --> 00:42:01,792 - [laughs] 1162 00:42:01,875 --> 00:42:03,000 - We're kind of a family on the roads. 1163 00:42:03,083 --> 00:42:04,750 And it's so cool. 1164 00:42:04,875 --> 00:42:06,958 Makes all the trouble that sometimes, 1165 00:42:07,042 --> 00:42:09,083 it is worth it. 1166 00:42:09,167 --> 00:42:11,667 - I think little Scooter balls here is learning. 1167 00:42:11,750 --> 00:42:13,708 You can't be prepared enough to go out on these roads. 1168 00:42:13,792 --> 00:42:16,917 - Me and Tater Tot agreed that his new catchphrase is, 1169 00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:18,208 "Guys, I'm stuck." 1170 00:42:18,292 --> 00:42:20,125 - [chuckles] Yeah, yeah. - Oh, man. 1171 00:42:20,208 --> 00:42:21,250 [laughter] - Yeah.