Ice Road Truckers
Take a trip to Yellowknife, Canada to experience one of the most dangerous careers around. In unfathomably cold conditions, truck drivers haul equipment and supplies to miners in the Canadian tundra in the dead of winter on a 350-mile highway of ice.
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10 episodes. Playback and audio depend on the available source.
0143 minS1:E1 Ready to Roll
In one of the coldest frontiers on earth, road construction crews begin the process of creating the most unique passage in the world---a 350-mile highway of ice.
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0243 minS1:E2 Destination Diamond Mine
The rivalry heats up between Ice Road Truckers veteran Hugh Rowland and his employee Rick Yemm as they compete for the highest load count.
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0343 minS1:E3 Dash for the Cash
It's the second week of the ice road season and the brutal temperatures of -40 degrees are already taking their toll on the truckers.
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0443 minS1:E4 The Big Chill
It's the 18th day of the ice road season and truckers have delivered more than 3000 loads to the diamond mines, but they still have 7000 more to go. The temperatures are dropping, the loads are getting heavier and the ice is just three feet thick.
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0543 minS1:E5 Midseason Mayhem
It's half way through the grueling ice road season. Six hundred truckers have ferried more than 4,000 loads to the northern mines. They still have 6,000 left to go, but everyday roadblocks threaten their progress.
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0643 minS1:E6 Driving on Thin Ice
Jay Westgard embarks on a trip to the De Beers mine with the heaviest and most valuable piece of equipment this season.
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0743 minS1:E7 The Rookie Challenge
Ice Road Truckers venture 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle, transporting 10,000 loads of vital materials, over a highway made entirely of ice onto the Arctic Ocean.
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0843 minS1:E8 Into the Whiteout
It is a race against the elements, against time, and against each other as the Ice Road Truckers brace themselves for an approaching storm.
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0943 minS1:E9 The Big Melt
The Ice Road Truckers push themselves and their trucks to the limits before the big melt.
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1043 minS1:E10 The Final Run
The Ice Road Truckers race for the last of the cash as they travel across thinning ice.
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