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More trip over the arctic ocean.

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I'm officially on the ice.

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I'm officially on the ocean.

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narrator: At the top of the

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World...

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[honk honk]

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There's a job only a few would

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Dare.

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Just when you thought extreme

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Trucking couldn't get more

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Dangerous...

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Ice road truckers take on

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Alaska.

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[dramatic note]

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♪ ♪

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[aerosmith's living on the edge]

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♪ we're living on the edge ♪

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narrator: These are the

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Truckers who make their living

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On thin ice.

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♪ living on the edge ♪

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♪ you can't help yourself ♪

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♪ you can't help yourself ♪

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♪ living on the edge ♪

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♪ you can't help yourself ♪

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♪ from falling ♪

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♪ living on the edge ♪

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narrator: It's 5:00 a.M.

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In the carlile yards, and with

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Less than three weeks left

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In the season, dalton ace jack

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Jessee arrives to prep his 16th

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But this morning, he's on

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A special mission...

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To haul a load of drag-reducing

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Agent, or d.R.A., a chemical

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Smoothly through the

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Trans-alaskan pipeline.

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And the tanker has to make it

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250 miles north in less than

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they gotta have this

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Particular load of d.R.A. Up at

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The injection site.

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They want it there by noon.

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There on time, the oil-flowing

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it's a temperature-sensitive

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When it's warm.

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So we gotta get an early morning

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Over the alaskan wilderness...

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Driving one of the most

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these insulated tankers,

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System, and there's no

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Are also called live loads

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Because the cargo is constantly

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only being about 3/4 full,

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That lets this material slosh

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Or driving up and down hills,

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whoa, did you feel that?

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This is gonna be a bumpy ride

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[liquid sloshes]

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Bam! [laughs]

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It, and the fluid goes back.

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Jack faces the steepest set of

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Hills on the dalton...the deadly

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Drop-off known as the roller

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I got the roller coaster

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Coming up, so...

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We're gonna drop down in it,

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My fingers crossed here.

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The liquid shifts forward.

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[clattering]

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Aligned and prevent the liquid

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From sloshing side to side.

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Keep up his momentum.

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But the liquid shifts to the

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And starts to work against him.

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whoo-hoo! Now we're spinning.

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Up the steep grade.

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we had to slow down but...

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Went right up the hill.

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Sometimes I wish I had a neck

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Brace so I don't get whiplash.

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[laughs]

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Terminal, lisa kelly...

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George spears, and rookie

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Tim freeman are teaming up for

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A three-truck convoy to

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Deadhorse.

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Here in fairbanks, the skies are

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But up the ice road...

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The weather is unpredictable.

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yesterday, the road was

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Closed from dietrich to pass.

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About all we can do is just go

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And just like always, we'll wait

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At coldfoot for it to get

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Better.

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Seems like this winter, that's

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All we've been doing.

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we'll see if it's a good day

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For trucking once we get on the

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Road.

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narrator: Lisa is preparing

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For an epic journey...

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414 miles of steep mountain ice,

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And then to an oil field over

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A frozen arctic ocean.

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She's hauling a critical load

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Of rig mats and a pickup truck.

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To protect the arctic tundra

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From the crushing weight of oil

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Rigs.

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it's not a twinkie load.

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[chuckles]

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Each have a load of styrofoam

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Insulation.

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it's a good-looking load.

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Shouldn't give me no problems.

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Made six runs together this

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Season.

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But they've never run with lisa,

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Who has a reputation for going

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Fast.

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I've never been trucking with

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Tim and george before.

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George is slow and steady,

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[makes driving sound]

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And not very steady.

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ha! Ha! Girl.

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Girl cooties.

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Girl. Ha.

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are we ready?

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- [chuckling]

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and here we go.

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The convoy heads for the ice.

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I don't go that fast,

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Honestly.

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[chuckles] not to worry.

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narrator: At the northern

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End of the dalton...

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narrator: Alex debogorski

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And his convoy partner ron dobbs

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Are approaching deadhorse.

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always looking forward to

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Delivering a load and then going

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Back and gettin' another one.

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That's...What this is all about.

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In the load count all season,

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Completing this run will finally

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Put alex one load ahead of his

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Rival hugh rowland in the dash

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For the cash.

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I would strongly suggest the

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Number one thing that hughie

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Would have to learn on this road

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Is to work on his patience.

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Every time hughie goes by, all

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You can do is smell burning

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Hair. [laughing]

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What got hugh into trouble on

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His last run.

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I just got busted.

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Enough down time and was docked

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$250 and a day's worth of

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Driving time on the road...

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you're out of service.

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You can't drive.

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The edge he needed to pull

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Ahead.

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After dropping his trailer...

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Alex scores a backhaul...

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A loader and a tub grinder

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That will bring him an extra

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1,300 bucks.

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But it's a top-heavy load,

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One he must chain down properly

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Or else risk a rollover on the

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Ice.

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this one here...

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I got her right tight.

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And I guess somebody decided

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That was good enough, but they

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Didn't have to haul a load.

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So...We're gonna have to kind

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Of watch it to see what it does

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Goin' down the road.

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Convoy partner ron dobbs,

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Bound once again for fairbanks

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And pulling even further ahead

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Of hugh in the dash for the

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Cash.

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if I have more backhauls like

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This, then, uh..

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I'll make more money for myself

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And I'll make more money for

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Carlile.

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Mind you, I don't wanna count

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My chickens before...We patch up

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The cracked eggs.

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announcer: 240 miles south in

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Coldfoot, hugh rowland cranks up

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His load of drill pipe.

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[grunts]

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and away we go.

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announcer: He's just getting

288
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Back on the road after a visit

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To the fairbanks courthouse to

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Pay his fine.

291
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no contest?

292
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mm-hmm.

293
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announcer: Now he's

294
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Northbound on a mission to take

295
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Back his lead.

296
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I've never lost a load count

297
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In my life.

298
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announcer: But his convoy

299
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Partner, phil kromm, is nowhere

300
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In sight.

301
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I've already ate, [bleep]

302
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Showered and shaved, and he's

303
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Just having his first cup of

304
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Coffee.

305
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[laughs]

306
00:11:52,591 --> 00:11:53,658
impatient polar bear.

307
00:11:53,693 --> 00:11:55,293
Well, he should have woke me up

308
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Before he was ready to leave.

309
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[laughter]

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If I'm not ready when you're

311
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Ready to go, just wait longer.

312
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[laughter]

313
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announcer: On the road, hugh

314
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Tries to make up for lost time.

315
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But up ahead, he encounters

316
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Another obstacle.

317
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just when you think you know

318
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What's going on, bam, something

319
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Jumps up in front of you, and

320
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The road surprises you again.

321
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[horn honks]

322
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male announcer: 180 miles up

323
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The ice road, hugh and phil are

324
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Northbound when they encounter

325
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One of the dalton's most

326
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Unpredictable obstacles.

327
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caribou in the street up

328
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Herere, so...

329
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Got a live one running down the

330
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Road right in front of me.

331
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[bleep].

332
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announcer: Phil breaks to

333
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Avoid hitting the animal.

334
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any time you hit an animal,

335
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Zit...it damages the truck.

336
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You know, you might spend

337
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$20,000 or $30,000 in damages.

338
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Oh, yeah.

339
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About 30 to 40 miles an hour.

340
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announcer: One small caribou

341
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Is setting the pace for two

342
00:13:30,698 --> 00:13:32,098
Giant big rigs.

343
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she didn't really want to

344
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Get off the road, 'cause the

345
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Snow's still a little deep here,

346
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And it's harder for 'em to get

347
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Around.

348
00:13:55,356 --> 00:13:56,956
Out here, it's not always a

349
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Truck around blind corners.

350
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Sometimes you come around a

351
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Blind corner or something, you

352
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Find a whole herd of caribou in

353
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The e e e e e e e e e road, and.

354
00:14:06,300 --> 00:14:09,602
Or a moose or a bear, or...

355
00:14:09,637 --> 00:14:12,138
Could be anything.

356
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announcer: 115 miles up the

357
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Dalton, jack jessee is crossing

358
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The arctic circle.

359
00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:29,089
northbound, dropping at five.

360
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announcer: He's hauling a

361
00:14:30,024 --> 00:14:32,058
Critical load of drag-reducing

362
00:14:32,093 --> 00:14:34,227
Agent to aid the flow of oil at

363
00:14:34,261 --> 00:14:37,330
A pump station near coldfoot.

364
00:14:37,364 --> 00:14:39,799
And it has to be there in less

365
00:14:39,867 --> 00:14:42,435
Than two hours.

366
00:14:42,470 --> 00:14:43,269
you know, it's kind of a

367
00:14:43,304 --> 00:14:44,704
Challenging deal with this

368
00:14:44,738 --> 00:14:45,672
Particular kind of load.

369
00:14:45,706 --> 00:14:47,140
announcer: This live load

370
00:14:47,174 --> 00:14:48,541
Makes it extra difficult to

371
00:14:48,609 --> 00:14:50,143
Navigate the sharp twists and

372
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Turns of the ice road.

373
00:14:51,679 --> 00:14:52,612
you know, when I meet

374
00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:54,047
Somebody, I always have to slow

375
00:14:54,081 --> 00:14:55,582
Down, because this thing kind of

376
00:14:55,616 --> 00:14:57,317
Wiggles back and forth.

377
00:14:57,351 --> 00:14:59,986
Just kind of sloshes a lot.

378
00:15:00,020 --> 00:15:01,855
And it'll make you think that

379
00:15:01,889 --> 00:15:04,591
You're not able to keep it where

380
00:15:04,625 --> 00:15:05,525
You want to keep it.

381
00:15:05,559 --> 00:15:06,159
I don't know.

382
00:15:06,227 --> 00:15:07,794
I just tend to slow down when I

383
00:15:07,862 --> 00:15:10,163
Meet somebody because of that.

384
00:15:14,635 --> 00:15:15,602
Ooh.

385
00:15:15,669 --> 00:15:16,803
I wonder if this car is gonna

386
00:15:16,871 --> 00:15:17,670
Meet us right in the middle of

387
00:15:17,705 --> 00:15:18,705
The curve.

388
00:15:18,739 --> 00:15:19,572
announcer: Up ahead, a

389
00:15:19,607 --> 00:15:21,941
Pickup truck is barreling

390
00:15:22,009 --> 00:15:23,743
Straight towards jack.

391
00:15:23,777 --> 00:15:24,410
[honks horn]

392
00:15:24,445 --> 00:15:26,412
Dalton protocol is for the

393
00:15:26,447 --> 00:15:28,548
Southbound truck to pull over.

394
00:15:28,582 --> 00:15:29,382
you wouldn't want to meet two

395
00:15:29,450 --> 00:15:31,384
Trucks in that curve.

396
00:15:31,418 --> 00:15:32,685
announcer: The oncoming truck

397
00:15:32,753 --> 00:15:35,321
Shows no sign of slowing down.

398
00:15:35,389 --> 00:15:41,194
god, what is this guy doing?

399
00:15:41,228 --> 00:15:44,998
What the [bleep]?

400
00:15:45,032 --> 00:15:47,033
Son of a [bleep].

401
00:15:47,101 --> 00:15:50,670
Holy [bleep].

402
00:15:50,704 --> 00:15:53,673
Yeah, damn it.

403
00:15:53,707 --> 00:15:54,541
Need to bring a little more

404
00:15:54,575 --> 00:15:56,176
Common sense with him.

405
00:15:56,210 --> 00:15:57,644
But then again, he probably

406
00:15:57,678 --> 00:15:58,845
Doesn't see the road like I see

407
00:15:58,913 --> 00:15:59,579
It.

408
00:15:59,647 --> 00:16:00,747
And I know he doesn't drive it

409
00:16:00,781 --> 00:16:01,748
The way I do.

410
00:16:01,815 --> 00:16:03,216
But hopefully he doesn't come

411
00:16:03,284 --> 00:16:04,284
Back any time soon.

412
00:16:04,318 --> 00:16:05,218
announcer: Jack knows

413
00:16:05,286 --> 00:16:06,119
Firsthand what can happen to

414
00:16:06,187 --> 00:16:08,488
Inexperienced drivers on the

415
00:16:08,522 --> 00:16:09,122
Ice.

416
00:16:09,190 --> 00:16:10,023
there was a pickup truck that

417
00:16:10,057 --> 00:16:11,191
Went down the beaver slide one

418
00:16:11,225 --> 00:16:11,925
Time.

419
00:16:11,992 --> 00:16:15,828
There was a big dip from a frost

420
00:16:15,863 --> 00:16:16,496
Heave.

421
00:16:16,530 --> 00:16:17,363
He just went flying down that

422
00:16:17,398 --> 00:16:19,399
Hill, and he hit that dip, and

423
00:16:19,466 --> 00:16:20,567
The butt end of his truck came

424
00:16:20,601 --> 00:16:22,001
Up, spun him around, and he

425
00:16:22,036 --> 00:16:22,902
Rolled, like, eight or nine

426
00:16:22,937 --> 00:16:23,570
Times.

427
00:16:23,604 --> 00:16:27,640
It ended up killing him.

428
00:16:27,675 --> 00:16:30,543
announcer: 120 miles south of

429
00:16:30,578 --> 00:16:33,079
Jack, lisa is running in convoy

430
00:16:33,113 --> 00:16:36,849
With george and tim.

431
00:16:36,917 --> 00:16:38,718
She's got a critical load bound

432
00:16:38,752 --> 00:16:40,286
For the ice road of the arctic

433
00:16:40,321 --> 00:16:42,755
Ocean, but driving at a rookie's

434
00:16:42,823 --> 00:16:44,757
Pace is holding her up.

435
00:16:44,825 --> 00:16:46,192
life in the slow lane is

436
00:16:46,227 --> 00:16:47,927
Slow.

437
00:16:47,995 --> 00:16:49,929
Very slow.

438
00:16:49,997 --> 00:16:51,931
[laughs]

439
00:16:51,966 --> 00:16:53,099
Here we go again.

440
00:16:53,167 --> 00:16:56,569
Man.

441
00:16:56,637 --> 00:16:58,571
When a turtle passes us, we're

442
00:16:58,639 --> 00:17:01,741
Going too damn slow.

443
00:17:04,078 --> 00:17:06,346
you bet, johnny.

444
00:17:13,921 --> 00:17:15,021
[laughs]

445
00:17:15,089 --> 00:17:17,123
Not to worry.

446
00:17:17,157 --> 00:17:18,658
we go much slower, though,

447
00:17:18,692 --> 00:17:20,293
I'm gonna get even crankier.

448
00:17:20,327 --> 00:17:22,195
I've, uh, never really run

449
00:17:22,263 --> 00:17:23,396
With lisa till today.

450
00:17:23,464 --> 00:17:24,664
I've heard that, uh, she drives

451
00:17:24,732 --> 00:17:25,999
A little faster than most.

452
00:17:26,033 --> 00:17:26,933
she won't be able to stay

453
00:17:27,001 --> 00:17:28,534
Behind us very long.

454
00:17:28,569 --> 00:17:32,105
We are slow and slower.

455
00:17:35,309 --> 00:17:37,543
wonderful.

456
00:17:45,185 --> 00:17:46,386
Okay.

457
00:17:46,420 --> 00:17:48,721
pull in here, tim.

458
00:17:48,756 --> 00:17:49,789
okay, george.

459
00:17:49,823 --> 00:17:51,524
announcer: Finally, george

460
00:17:51,592 --> 00:17:55,962
And tim let lisa take the lead.

461
00:17:55,996 --> 00:17:57,764
I kind of can go my own pace,

462
00:17:57,798 --> 00:18:00,533
Which is not really a fast pace.

463
00:18:00,567 --> 00:18:01,901
It just seems like I'm fast

464
00:18:01,969 --> 00:18:03,536
Because the other drivers are

465
00:18:03,570 --> 00:18:06,873
Slower.

466
00:18:06,907 --> 00:18:08,241
announcer: Lisa quickly

467
00:18:08,275 --> 00:18:10,043
Blazes a trail and pulls out

468
00:18:10,077 --> 00:18:12,712
Ahead of the convoy.

469
00:18:12,746 --> 00:18:13,513
I don't know where tim and

470
00:18:13,580 --> 00:18:14,213
George are.

471
00:18:14,248 --> 00:18:15,081
They're back there somewhere,

472
00:18:15,115 --> 00:18:16,783
Making their way.

473
00:18:16,850 --> 00:18:19,485
But we are going the speed

474
00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:21,788
Limit.

475
00:18:21,822 --> 00:18:23,623
announcer: Up ahead, the

476
00:18:23,691 --> 00:18:26,392
First brutal ascent...an 8% grade

477
00:18:26,427 --> 00:18:27,694
Called 21/2 mile.

478
00:18:27,728 --> 00:18:29,662
It's one of the steepest hills

479
00:18:29,697 --> 00:18:31,531
On the haul road, where gear

480
00:18:31,565 --> 00:18:33,333
Selection is critical.

481
00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:34,300
oh, boy.

482
00:18:34,335 --> 00:18:37,236
I'm not in the right gear.

483
00:18:41,108 --> 00:18:46,346
Here we go again.

484
00:18:46,380 --> 00:18:47,880
Oh, [bleep].

485
00:18:47,915 --> 00:18:50,249
I'm spinning.

486
00:18:57,537 --> 00:18:59,038
male announcer: 77 miles

487
00:18:59,072 --> 00:19:01,240
North of fairbanks, lisa kelly

488
00:19:01,308 --> 00:19:03,509
Leads george and tim in a convoy

489
00:19:03,543 --> 00:19:05,077
Bound for deadhorse.

490
00:19:05,111 --> 00:19:06,445
oh, boy.

491
00:19:06,513 --> 00:19:08,514
I'm not in the right gear.

492
00:19:08,548 --> 00:19:10,149
announcer: But she's spinning

493
00:19:10,217 --> 00:19:12,718
Out on the very first ascent.

494
00:19:12,786 --> 00:19:13,619
oh, [bleep].

495
00:19:13,653 --> 00:19:16,155
I'm spinning.

496
00:19:18,358 --> 00:19:20,226
[gears scrape]

497
00:19:20,260 --> 00:19:21,126
announcer: And now doesn't

498
00:19:21,161 --> 00:19:22,962
Have enough power to pull her

499
00:19:22,996 --> 00:19:26,799
48,000-pound load up the hill.

500
00:19:26,833 --> 00:19:28,701
Her truck shudders to a dead

501
00:19:28,768 --> 00:19:32,605
Stop.

502
00:19:32,639 --> 00:19:33,772
hold on, guys.

503
00:19:33,807 --> 00:19:35,407
I'm spun out.

504
00:19:35,442 --> 00:19:37,243
lisa's spun out over

505
00:19:37,277 --> 00:19:38,877
21/2 mile there.

506
00:19:38,945 --> 00:19:40,212
yeah, tim, we'll hold up till

507
00:19:40,247 --> 00:19:42,047
She gets going.

508
00:19:42,115 --> 00:19:44,316
all right, georgie.

509
00:19:44,351 --> 00:19:45,417
announcer: Unable to get

510
00:19:45,485 --> 00:19:47,319
Started again on an incline,

511
00:19:47,387 --> 00:19:50,389
Lisa has to back 250 yards down

512
00:19:50,457 --> 00:19:52,124
The hill to get another run at

513
00:19:52,192 --> 00:19:53,192
It.

514
00:19:53,260 --> 00:19:54,126
is there anybody coming

515
00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:55,494
Behind me?

516
00:19:55,528 --> 00:19:56,295
yeah, all kinds of 'em.

517
00:19:56,329 --> 00:19:58,998
We'll get 'em to stop.

518
00:20:09,142 --> 00:20:09,742
hold on there.

519
00:20:09,809 --> 00:20:12,578
I'm spun out there up there.

520
00:20:12,612 --> 00:20:18,284
[truck beeping]

521
00:20:18,318 --> 00:20:20,352
That's one of those gears that I

522
00:20:20,387 --> 00:20:22,121
Always miss, and if I miss it, I

523
00:20:22,188 --> 00:20:24,023
Spin.

524
00:20:24,090 --> 00:20:24,890
21/2 mile is probably the

525
00:20:24,924 --> 00:20:26,292
Worst one.

526
00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:28,460
On this end it is.

527
00:20:28,528 --> 00:20:31,630
It is double tough.

528
00:20:31,665 --> 00:20:33,098
announcer: The slightest

529
00:20:33,133 --> 00:20:34,533
Misstep could send her off the

530
00:20:34,567 --> 00:20:38,671
Road.

531
00:20:38,738 --> 00:20:40,005
be nice if I didn't put the

532
00:20:40,073 --> 00:20:41,740
Trailer in a ditch.

533
00:20:41,808 --> 00:20:42,608
everybody misses a gear once

534
00:20:42,642 --> 00:20:43,275
In a while.

535
00:20:43,343 --> 00:20:45,377
It's no big deal.

536
00:20:45,445 --> 00:20:47,179
Except for the fact there's

537
00:20:47,213 --> 00:20:48,280
About five trucks right behind

538
00:20:48,348 --> 00:20:49,648
You.

539
00:20:49,716 --> 00:20:51,116
everyone's gonna be really

540
00:20:51,184 --> 00:20:52,451
Pissed if I don't make it this

541
00:20:52,485 --> 00:20:54,453
Time, because I got a lot of

542
00:20:54,487 --> 00:20:55,921
People waiting for me.

543
00:20:55,989 --> 00:20:58,524
Should I try this again?

544
00:21:02,829 --> 00:21:03,662
announcer: Lisa starts over

545
00:21:03,730 --> 00:21:07,366
In first gear.

546
00:21:07,434 --> 00:21:08,467
[suspenseful music]

547
00:21:08,535 --> 00:21:11,537
♪ ♪

548
00:21:11,571 --> 00:21:12,571
you can make it.

549
00:21:12,605 --> 00:21:13,739
You can make it.

550
00:21:13,773 --> 00:21:16,542
Don't make me shift this gear.

551
00:21:20,980 --> 00:21:24,550
I'm making it.

552
00:21:28,121 --> 00:21:30,022
Okay, guys, I made it.

553
00:21:30,090 --> 00:21:34,193
okay.

554
00:21:34,260 --> 00:21:34,893
all right, georgie.

555
00:21:34,928 --> 00:21:36,829
Go ahead and get a run at 'er.

556
00:21:36,863 --> 00:21:38,997
all righty, tim.

557
00:21:42,635 --> 00:21:43,535
21/2 mile.

558
00:21:43,570 --> 00:21:45,104
I hate 21/2 mile.

559
00:21:45,138 --> 00:21:46,739
21/2 mile hates me.

560
00:21:46,773 --> 00:21:48,374
We don't get along.

561
00:21:48,408 --> 00:21:49,641
This is the second time I've

562
00:21:49,676 --> 00:21:51,577
Spun out on 21/2 mile this year

563
00:21:51,644 --> 00:21:54,546
Because I've missed a gear.

564
00:21:54,581 --> 00:21:58,984
Missing the gear, my specialty.

565
00:21:59,018 --> 00:22:04,089
Thus the nickname gear jammer.

566
00:22:04,157 --> 00:22:05,724
Whatever you want to call me.

567
00:22:05,759 --> 00:22:07,426
Transmission leaver on the road

568
00:22:07,460 --> 00:22:09,194
Person.

569
00:22:09,229 --> 00:22:10,796
narrator: Up ahead, lisa

570
00:22:10,830 --> 00:22:13,365
Still has 420 miles of extreme

571
00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:15,834
Terrain to go and then ocean

572
00:22:15,902 --> 00:22:17,836
Ice.

573
00:22:21,574 --> 00:22:23,542
It's April in alaska, and the

574
00:22:23,576 --> 00:22:26,378
Spring thaw is here, making the

575
00:22:26,413 --> 00:22:28,347
Conditions on the ice roads even

576
00:22:28,381 --> 00:22:32,017
More treacherous.

577
00:22:32,085 --> 00:22:33,352
okay, we need the auger.

578
00:22:33,420 --> 00:22:34,186
narrator: Every year the

579
00:22:34,254 --> 00:22:35,554
National weather service in

580
00:22:35,588 --> 00:22:37,556
Fairbanks gathers data to help

581
00:22:37,590 --> 00:22:39,191
Forecast the end of the ice road

582
00:22:39,225 --> 00:22:39,892
Season.

583
00:22:39,926 --> 00:22:40,893
we're out here to take an ice

584
00:22:40,927 --> 00:22:41,894
Measurement.

585
00:22:41,928 --> 00:22:42,895
We're doing ice measurements

586
00:22:42,929 --> 00:22:44,196
Here at this lake and a few

587
00:22:44,264 --> 00:22:45,197
Other lakes.

588
00:22:45,265 --> 00:22:46,732
We're gonna measure the depth of

589
00:22:46,766 --> 00:22:47,900
The ice and the thickness of the

590
00:22:47,934 --> 00:22:48,734
Ice.

591
00:22:48,768 --> 00:22:49,601
And, you know, if we know how

592
00:22:49,636 --> 00:22:50,736
Thick the ice is, we have a

593
00:22:50,770 --> 00:22:51,537
Little better idea of when the

594
00:22:51,604 --> 00:22:55,240
Ice, you know, might melt off.

595
00:22:55,275 --> 00:23:00,078
[auger whirring]

596
00:23:00,113 --> 00:23:01,079
narrator: They drill down to

597
00:23:01,114 --> 00:23:02,247
The water level with a

598
00:23:02,282 --> 00:23:03,982
Gas-powered auger.

599
00:23:04,017 --> 00:23:06,718
[whirring continues]

600
00:23:11,624 --> 00:23:12,357
we'll go ahead and check it

601
00:23:12,392 --> 00:23:14,993
Now and see...real scientific

602
00:23:15,061 --> 00:23:16,528
Piece of equipment here.

603
00:23:16,563 --> 00:23:17,863
narrator: Brad sipperley uses

604
00:23:17,897 --> 00:23:19,865
A simple bamboo stick marked off

605
00:23:19,899 --> 00:23:20,699
In inches.

606
00:23:20,733 --> 00:23:23,702
all right.

607
00:23:23,736 --> 00:23:25,003
31 again.

608
00:23:25,071 --> 00:23:25,704
[chuckles]

609
00:23:25,738 --> 00:23:26,538
is that what it was last

610
00:23:26,573 --> 00:23:27,172
Month?

611
00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:28,006
yeah.

612
00:23:28,074 --> 00:23:29,007
narrator: The ice is no

613
00:23:29,075 --> 00:23:31,343
Longer building up and is now on

614
00:23:31,411 --> 00:23:33,345
The decline.

615
00:23:33,413 --> 00:23:35,547
As temperatures rise, it's

616
00:23:35,582 --> 00:23:37,349
Estimated that less than three

617
00:23:37,417 --> 00:23:40,052
Weeks remain for the ice roads.

618
00:23:40,086 --> 00:23:41,353
well, the roads become

619
00:23:41,454 --> 00:23:42,354
Terrible.

620
00:23:42,422 --> 00:23:43,889
So everything gets melted on top

621
00:23:43,923 --> 00:23:45,357
Of the roads.

622
00:23:45,425 --> 00:23:47,059
The roads then become very, very

623
00:23:47,093 --> 00:23:48,861
Slick and, of course, very, very

624
00:23:48,895 --> 00:23:52,231
Hazardous.

625
00:23:52,265 --> 00:23:53,699
narrator: 150 miles from

626
00:23:53,733 --> 00:23:55,434
Fairbanks...

627
00:23:55,502 --> 00:23:58,070
♪ springtime in alaska ♪

628
00:23:58,137 --> 00:24:01,073
♪ it's 40 below ♪

629
00:24:01,107 --> 00:24:02,541
narrator: Alex and his convoy

630
00:24:02,575 --> 00:24:04,543
Partner, ron dobbs, are nearing

631
00:24:04,611 --> 00:24:06,411
The end of their run.

632
00:24:06,446 --> 00:24:08,447
southbound to fairbanks...

633
00:24:08,481 --> 00:24:09,681
Everything seems to be running

634
00:24:09,716 --> 00:24:10,349
Good.

635
00:24:10,383 --> 00:24:12,818
Uh, the load looks secure, all

636
00:24:12,886 --> 00:24:14,152
The tires are on the truck and

637
00:24:14,220 --> 00:24:15,521
The trailer.

638
00:24:15,555 --> 00:24:18,991
What more can anybody ask for?

639
00:24:31,371 --> 00:24:34,139
You got some air, did you?

640
00:24:34,207 --> 00:24:35,007
narrator: Frost heaves in the

641
00:24:35,041 --> 00:24:36,842
Tundra caused by temperature

642
00:24:36,876 --> 00:24:38,477
Fluctuations make for a

643
00:24:38,511 --> 00:24:40,746
Bone-shattering ride.

644
00:24:40,780 --> 00:24:43,382
[rumbling]

645
00:24:53,059 --> 00:24:55,193
there's a few different body

646
00:24:55,228 --> 00:24:56,361
Parts puckering up.

647
00:24:56,396 --> 00:24:58,363
That's about it.

648
00:25:06,205 --> 00:25:08,106
That's the kind of bouncing that

649
00:25:08,141 --> 00:25:12,611
Breaks those chains.

650
00:25:12,645 --> 00:25:13,912
narrator: The rough road

651
00:25:13,980 --> 00:25:16,982
Shakes alex's straps loose.

652
00:25:25,124 --> 00:25:27,359
And a passing trucker spots the

653
00:25:27,427 --> 00:25:29,361
Dangerous situation.

654
00:25:47,947 --> 00:25:50,916
[rumbling]

655
00:26:00,259 --> 00:26:01,460
it's just one of these kind

656
00:26:01,527 --> 00:26:03,795
Of pain-in-the-rear loads.

657
00:26:03,863 --> 00:26:09,067
Ay yi yi yi yi.

658
00:26:09,135 --> 00:26:10,268
narrator: Alex pushes

659
00:26:10,303 --> 00:26:12,437
Forward, hoping the strap will

660
00:26:12,472 --> 00:26:14,906
Make it to fairbanks.

661
00:26:14,974 --> 00:26:17,909
But suddenly...

662
00:26:17,944 --> 00:26:20,078
[metal clanking]

663
00:26:22,649 --> 00:26:23,782
well, no friggin' wonder.

664
00:26:23,816 --> 00:26:28,086
[bleep].

665
00:26:28,154 --> 00:26:29,087
narrator: The loose strap

666
00:26:29,155 --> 00:26:31,456
Breaks free, and now the load is

667
00:26:31,491 --> 00:26:33,258
Dangerously unstable.

668
00:26:33,326 --> 00:26:34,793
And if one of the loose ends

669
00:26:34,827 --> 00:26:36,628
Catches in the wheels, the

670
00:26:36,663 --> 00:26:38,630
Entire load could get ripped

671
00:26:38,665 --> 00:26:40,966
From the trailer.

672
00:26:49,075 --> 00:26:49,708
I'm just worried about

673
00:26:49,776 --> 00:26:51,810
Everything falling off.

674
00:26:54,639 --> 00:26:56,106
narrator: 140 miles from

675
00:26:56,141 --> 00:26:58,976
Fairbanks...

676
00:26:59,043 --> 00:26:59,676
I'm just worried about

677
00:26:59,744 --> 00:27:01,779
Everything falling off.

678
00:27:01,846 --> 00:27:04,581
[metal clanking]

679
00:27:04,616 --> 00:27:05,783
narrator: Alex debogorski's

680
00:27:05,817 --> 00:27:07,584
Load has broken free from its

681
00:27:07,652 --> 00:27:09,787
Tie-down strap and is now

682
00:27:09,821 --> 00:27:12,790
Dangerously unstable.

683
00:27:12,824 --> 00:27:16,126
great.

684
00:27:16,161 --> 00:27:17,428
Ron, can you help?

685
00:27:17,495 --> 00:27:19,129
yeah, let's stop here and

686
00:27:19,164 --> 00:27:20,297
Check that load.

687
00:27:20,331 --> 00:27:21,965
okay, great.

688
00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:24,968
[breaks hiss]

689
00:27:28,506 --> 00:27:30,574
Well, the strap broke.

690
00:27:30,608 --> 00:27:32,776
It got cut on the top there.

691
00:27:32,844 --> 00:27:34,144
your load's definitely being

692
00:27:34,179 --> 00:27:35,779
A real pain in the axle.

693
00:27:35,847 --> 00:27:36,780
no kidding.

694
00:27:45,815 --> 00:27:47,415
this edge right here...cutting

695
00:27:47,483 --> 00:27:48,950
The strap.

696
00:27:48,984 --> 00:27:50,585
So we'll put this little corner

697
00:27:50,653 --> 00:27:52,587
Protector...just a piece of a

698
00:27:52,655 --> 00:27:55,123
Strap here...underneath the

699
00:27:55,157 --> 00:27:55,757
Strap.

700
00:27:55,825 --> 00:27:57,959
That'll keep it from cutting it.

701
00:27:57,993 --> 00:27:59,594
[creaking]

702
00:27:59,662 --> 00:28:00,929
There.

703
00:28:00,963 --> 00:28:02,964
That should work.

704
00:28:02,998 --> 00:28:04,132
never a dull moment in the

705
00:28:04,166 --> 00:28:06,768
Dalton, yeah.

706
00:28:06,836 --> 00:28:11,539
Always got something to do.

707
00:28:11,607 --> 00:28:13,808
[truck hisses]

708
00:28:13,876 --> 00:28:16,077
that ought to hold it down.

709
00:28:16,145 --> 00:28:17,278
narrator: Back on the road,

710
00:28:17,313 --> 00:28:18,913
Alex pushes forward to

711
00:28:18,981 --> 00:28:21,382
Fairbanks.

712
00:28:21,450 --> 00:28:23,251
If he makes it there tonight, it

713
00:28:23,319 --> 00:28:25,253
Will put him two loads up on his

714
00:28:25,321 --> 00:28:26,621
Rival, hugh.

715
00:28:36,123 --> 00:28:38,324
narrator: 160 miles north,

716
00:28:38,358 --> 00:28:39,759
Hugh and convoy partner,

717
00:28:39,793 --> 00:28:41,260
Phil kromm, approach

718
00:28:41,295 --> 00:28:43,529
Atigun pass, the deadliest

719
00:28:43,563 --> 00:28:45,431
Section of the road.

720
00:28:45,465 --> 00:28:46,599
favorite part of the trip,

721
00:28:46,633 --> 00:28:48,968
Most exciting part of the trip.

722
00:28:49,002 --> 00:28:53,439
[horn honking]

723
00:28:53,473 --> 00:28:54,874
narrator: And phil decides

724
00:28:54,941 --> 00:28:56,609
That the time has come to let

725
00:28:56,643 --> 00:28:57,943
Hugh lead.

726
00:28:57,978 --> 00:28:58,944
I'm letting hugh get out in

727
00:28:58,979 --> 00:28:59,612
Front.

728
00:28:59,646 --> 00:29:00,413
That's part of our training

729
00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:01,580
Process, anyway.

730
00:29:01,615 --> 00:29:03,249
At some point, you know, get

731
00:29:03,317 --> 00:29:04,250
Them out in front and see how

732
00:29:04,318 --> 00:29:08,421
They do.

733
00:29:08,488 --> 00:29:09,955
All right, hubert, you're on

734
00:29:09,990 --> 00:29:10,823
Point.

735
00:29:10,891 --> 00:29:11,791
Let her rip there.

736
00:29:11,825 --> 00:29:14,960
Catch up here in just a minute.

737
00:29:14,995 --> 00:29:19,799
[horn honking]

738
00:29:19,833 --> 00:29:24,704
whoo-hoo!

739
00:29:24,738 --> 00:29:25,971
This is pretty good for me.

740
00:29:26,006 --> 00:29:28,574
[laughing]

741
00:29:28,608 --> 00:29:29,575
[dramatic music]

742
00:29:29,609 --> 00:29:33,245
♪ ♪

743
00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:34,613
Go, go, go.

744
00:29:34,681 --> 00:29:38,150
Hammer down.

745
00:29:38,185 --> 00:29:39,785
Lead, follow, or get the [bleep]

746
00:29:39,853 --> 00:29:42,054
Out of the way.

747
00:29:44,958 --> 00:29:46,425
narrator: Hugh steps up, but

748
00:29:46,460 --> 00:29:48,060
Driving lead has serious

749
00:29:48,128 --> 00:29:51,430
Responsibilities.

750
00:29:51,465 --> 00:29:54,066
two northbound at the pass.

751
00:29:56,970 --> 00:29:57,937
narrator: He's got to call

752
00:29:57,971 --> 00:30:02,408
Out the oncoming trucks...

753
00:30:02,476 --> 00:30:04,610
And is the first to test new

754
00:30:04,644 --> 00:30:08,314
Road conditions.

755
00:30:08,348 --> 00:30:09,582
if the sun starts beating on

756
00:30:09,649 --> 00:30:12,118
These hills, I guess, it just

757
00:30:12,152 --> 00:30:14,120
Magnifies everything.

758
00:30:14,154 --> 00:30:15,588
In 15 minutes, this could

759
00:30:15,655 --> 00:30:17,590
Start...just start shining up,

760
00:30:17,657 --> 00:30:19,125
And then as soon as somebody

761
00:30:19,159 --> 00:30:20,760
Goes over it after it's been

762
00:30:20,794 --> 00:30:22,428
Getting shiny from the sun, then

763
00:30:22,496 --> 00:30:25,131
It's just like glass right away.

764
00:30:32,305 --> 00:30:37,943
[horn honking]

765
00:31:12,978 --> 00:31:14,678
narrator: His wheels barely

766
00:31:14,713 --> 00:31:16,680
Clinging to the road...

767
00:31:21,686 --> 00:31:24,955
Hugh crests the summit.

768
00:31:25,023 --> 00:31:29,860
well, we got lucky again.

769
00:31:29,895 --> 00:31:30,961
Another good bingo, one more

770
00:31:31,029 --> 00:31:33,330
Time over the pass.

771
00:31:36,201 --> 00:31:37,501
narrator: But hugh still has

772
00:31:37,536 --> 00:31:41,005
166 miles to go, and he's

773
00:31:41,039 --> 00:31:42,573
Trailing alex by one run.

774
00:31:42,641 --> 00:31:47,578
[horn honking]

775
00:31:47,612 --> 00:31:50,414
130 miles south, jack jessee is

776
00:31:50,482 --> 00:31:52,116
Racing to deliver a critical

777
00:31:52,150 --> 00:31:54,118
Tanker full of drag-reducing

778
00:31:54,152 --> 00:31:56,120
Agent to a pump station near

779
00:31:56,154 --> 00:31:57,288
Coldfoot.

780
00:31:57,322 --> 00:31:59,590
well, this, uh...this d.R.A.

781
00:31:59,658 --> 00:32:00,958
Stuff here, we got to get it

782
00:32:00,992 --> 00:32:03,961
There as fast as we can.

783
00:32:03,995 --> 00:32:05,296
narrator: If he's late, oil

784
00:32:05,330 --> 00:32:07,264
In the trans-alaskan pipeline

785
00:32:07,299 --> 00:32:09,567
Could come to a halt.

786
00:32:09,634 --> 00:32:10,601
I was supposed to be there at

787
00:32:10,635 --> 00:32:11,735
Noon.

788
00:32:11,803 --> 00:32:14,271
Um, I'm running a little late.

789
00:32:14,306 --> 00:32:15,906
narrator: D.R.A. Congeals in

790
00:32:15,974 --> 00:32:18,008
The cold, and the longer it

791
00:32:18,043 --> 00:32:19,610
Stays in the tanker, the more

792
00:32:19,644 --> 00:32:23,447
Difficult it is to pump out.

793
00:32:23,482 --> 00:32:24,782
takes about two hours to pump

794
00:32:24,816 --> 00:32:26,784
This stuff off, average, if

795
00:32:26,818 --> 00:32:28,285
Nothing goes wrong.

796
00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:29,620
Last time I did it, it took me

797
00:32:29,654 --> 00:32:31,922
Two days, so I got my fingers

798
00:32:31,990 --> 00:32:34,091
Crossed this time.

799
00:32:37,829 --> 00:32:38,796
Yeah, we're just getting ready

800
00:32:38,830 --> 00:32:40,531
To pull in here...

801
00:32:40,599 --> 00:32:42,733
D.R.A.-Injection site.

802
00:32:42,767 --> 00:32:43,901
narrator: Jack needs a quick

803
00:32:43,935 --> 00:32:45,736
Turnaround in order to keep his

804
00:32:45,770 --> 00:32:47,905
Lead in the dash for the cash.

805
00:32:47,939 --> 00:32:49,006
yeah, if I can't get this

806
00:32:49,074 --> 00:32:50,407
Off-loaded today, I'll miss out

807
00:32:50,442 --> 00:32:51,709
On a load of fuel I've got set

808
00:32:51,743 --> 00:32:54,078
Up.

809
00:32:54,112 --> 00:32:55,246
narrator: But when he pulls

810
00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:57,081
Onto the platform above the

811
00:32:57,115 --> 00:33:00,251
Underground tank...

812
00:33:00,285 --> 00:33:02,920
There's a big problem.

813
00:33:05,457 --> 00:33:06,423
first.

814
00:33:06,458 --> 00:33:08,592
[brakes hisses]

815
00:33:08,627 --> 00:33:09,727
I was afraid I was gonna have to

816
00:33:09,794 --> 00:33:15,599
Do this.

817
00:33:15,634 --> 00:33:16,901
We're dragging our landing gear

818
00:33:16,968 --> 00:33:17,902
Right here.

819
00:33:17,969 --> 00:33:19,069
narrator: The landing gear is

820
00:33:19,137 --> 00:33:21,071
Too low for the platform and

821
00:33:21,139 --> 00:33:23,274
Could rip open the tank below.

822
00:33:23,308 --> 00:33:24,608
it'll hit this metal plate,

823
00:33:24,643 --> 00:33:25,442
And I don't want to tear the

824
00:33:25,477 --> 00:33:26,443
Plate up, and I don't want to

825
00:33:26,478 --> 00:33:28,779
Break my landing gear, so I'm

826
00:33:28,813 --> 00:33:30,080
Gonna jack my suspension up a

827
00:33:30,148 --> 00:33:33,984
Little bit.

828
00:33:34,052 --> 00:33:35,953
Well, what I'm doing now is the,

829
00:33:35,987 --> 00:33:38,789
Uh...the leveling arm here for my

830
00:33:38,823 --> 00:33:40,791
Air bags is set a little too low

831
00:33:40,825 --> 00:33:42,526
For this, so I'm gonna move the

832
00:33:42,594 --> 00:33:44,228
Pin setting one notch, and

833
00:33:44,262 --> 00:33:45,729
Hopefully that'll be enough to

834
00:33:45,764 --> 00:33:47,731
Raise the suspension up that it

835
00:33:47,766 --> 00:33:49,233
Won't break my landing gear, and

836
00:33:49,267 --> 00:33:51,001
I won't dig up their containment

837
00:33:51,069 --> 00:33:52,903
Pit.

838
00:33:52,938 --> 00:33:54,705
I was hoping to, uh, get in and

839
00:33:54,773 --> 00:33:56,073
Out of here a little faster than

840
00:33:56,107 --> 00:34:01,345
This.

841
00:34:01,379 --> 00:34:05,516
[horn honks]

842
00:34:05,550 --> 00:34:06,717
narrator: The adjustment

843
00:34:06,751 --> 00:34:07,718
Works.

844
00:34:07,752 --> 00:34:08,452
yeah, I'm gonna hook up

845
00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:10,354
The hose now.

846
00:34:10,422 --> 00:34:12,256
and the offload can finally

847
00:34:12,324 --> 00:34:15,259
Begin.

848
00:34:15,293 --> 00:34:17,361
The d.R.A. Makes it into the

849
00:34:17,395 --> 00:34:19,797
Pump station just in time, and

850
00:34:19,831 --> 00:34:21,498
Keeps the oil in the pipeline

851
00:34:21,533 --> 00:34:26,604
Flowing from the north slope.

852
00:34:26,638 --> 00:34:27,972
well, I'm hoping to make it

853
00:34:28,006 --> 00:34:29,440
Back to fairbanks tonight, get

854
00:34:29,507 --> 00:34:31,709
In there and get a load of fuel.

855
00:34:31,743 --> 00:34:33,344
We'll be up here again tomorrow

856
00:34:33,378 --> 00:34:38,882
To do it again.

857
00:34:38,917 --> 00:34:40,618
narrator: 130 miles north,

858
00:34:40,652 --> 00:34:42,987
Lisa, george and tim continue

859
00:34:43,054 --> 00:34:44,521
Their convoy to deadhorse.

860
00:34:44,589 --> 00:34:47,524
[horn blows]

861
00:35:01,373 --> 00:35:02,873
dude, I've had fun since

862
00:35:02,907 --> 00:35:04,608
The day I was born.

863
00:35:04,676 --> 00:35:10,614
right on.

864
00:35:10,682 --> 00:35:11,782
once in a while it's nice

865
00:35:11,816 --> 00:35:12,783
To be in front just so I don't

866
00:35:12,817 --> 00:35:14,151
Have any trucks in my view.

867
00:35:14,219 --> 00:35:15,519
I can just...I just got this

868
00:35:15,553 --> 00:35:18,522
Great landscape for a view.

869
00:35:22,627 --> 00:35:23,594
we've gotten over the pass

870
00:35:23,628 --> 00:35:25,162
Without any problems.

871
00:35:25,196 --> 00:35:26,230
It was actually a pretty nice

872
00:35:26,264 --> 00:35:27,598
Day.

873
00:35:27,666 --> 00:35:29,066
oh, really good trip.

874
00:35:29,100 --> 00:35:30,601
Beautiful the last two days.

875
00:35:30,635 --> 00:35:31,769
Just loving it.

876
00:35:31,803 --> 00:35:33,604
the roads are great, and I've

877
00:35:33,672 --> 00:35:35,406
Got nothing but open road in

878
00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:36,407
Front of me.

879
00:35:36,441 --> 00:35:37,775
Open road and blue skies and

880
00:35:37,809 --> 00:35:42,980
Sunshine.

881
00:35:43,048 --> 00:35:46,250
[wind blowing]

882
00:35:46,317 --> 00:35:47,484
narrator: But up here,

883
00:35:47,519 --> 00:35:50,487
Blue skies never last long.

884
00:36:06,538 --> 00:36:07,504
it's supposed to be blowing

885
00:36:07,539 --> 00:36:08,772
Really bad up here.

886
00:36:08,807 --> 00:36:11,709
One delineator at a time.

887
00:36:11,776 --> 00:36:13,243
narrator: Delineators are

888
00:36:13,278 --> 00:36:14,945
Reflectors positioned every

889
00:36:14,979 --> 00:36:16,980
50 feet to help truckers gauge

890
00:36:17,048 --> 00:36:19,950
Visibility.

891
00:36:19,984 --> 00:36:21,018
when you can only see

892
00:36:21,052 --> 00:36:23,687
One delineator, it's not good.

893
00:36:28,326 --> 00:36:29,426
blowing like a son of

894
00:36:29,461 --> 00:36:31,428
A [bleep] right now.

895
00:36:31,463 --> 00:36:35,332
[wind gusting]

896
00:36:35,366 --> 00:36:40,504
[bleep].

897
00:36:40,538 --> 00:36:41,772
we just got by franklin

898
00:36:41,806 --> 00:36:44,241
Bluffs, and we're down to one

899
00:36:44,275 --> 00:36:49,146
Or two delineators.

900
00:36:49,214 --> 00:36:52,416
I can't see.

901
00:36:52,484 --> 00:36:53,751
narrator: 25 miles

902
00:36:53,785 --> 00:36:55,052
To deadhorse.

903
00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:58,856
35-mile-per-hour winds.

904
00:36:58,890 --> 00:37:00,691
They push ahead into the

905
00:37:00,759 --> 00:37:01,658
Unknown.

906
00:37:01,693 --> 00:37:06,663
[horn honking]

907
00:37:06,698 --> 00:37:08,398
[horn blaring]

908
00:37:08,433 --> 00:37:10,400
holy crap!

909
00:37:17,660 --> 00:37:20,028
390 miles up the ice road

910
00:37:20,062 --> 00:37:23,131
On the franklin bluffs...

911
00:37:23,165 --> 00:37:24,465
my flags are about ready to

912
00:37:24,500 --> 00:37:25,967
Rip off the side of my load

913
00:37:26,035 --> 00:37:26,734
There.

914
00:37:26,769 --> 00:37:27,568
Uh-oh.

915
00:37:27,603 --> 00:37:29,771
I think I already lost one.

916
00:37:29,805 --> 00:37:33,041
I can't see.

917
00:37:33,108 --> 00:37:34,309
narrator: Winds have kicked

918
00:37:34,343 --> 00:37:36,778
Up to 35 miles per hour and

919
00:37:36,812 --> 00:37:39,847
Visibility is less than 50 feet.

920
00:37:39,882 --> 00:37:42,016
Lisa, tim and george struggle to

921
00:37:42,051 --> 00:37:44,118
See the road and keep from

922
00:37:44,153 --> 00:37:48,323
Driving off into the tundra.

923
00:37:48,357 --> 00:37:49,557
[bleep], I couldn't see

924
00:37:49,591 --> 00:37:50,591
Nothing there.

925
00:37:50,659 --> 00:37:51,826
All I seen was drifts in

926
00:37:51,860 --> 00:37:52,560
The road.

927
00:37:52,628 --> 00:37:53,461
I was wondering if we were still

928
00:37:53,529 --> 00:37:57,632
On it, but wow.

929
00:37:57,666 --> 00:37:59,267
tim, just...can you still see

930
00:37:59,335 --> 00:38:00,068
Me all right?

931
00:38:00,102 --> 00:38:01,002
You want to keep me where you

932
00:38:01,036 --> 00:38:02,971
Can still see me.

933
00:38:03,005 --> 00:38:04,639
yeah, george, I can't see you

934
00:38:04,673 --> 00:38:06,641
Anymore.

935
00:38:17,186 --> 00:38:18,619
I know.

936
00:38:18,654 --> 00:38:20,621
[horn honks in distance]

937
00:38:27,596 --> 00:38:29,530
heads up.

938
00:38:33,402 --> 00:38:35,103
it's "what the hell am I

939
00:38:35,170 --> 00:38:36,437
Doing up here?"

940
00:38:36,472 --> 00:38:37,538
Can think of a lot of other

941
00:38:37,573 --> 00:38:42,510
Places to be.

942
00:38:42,544 --> 00:38:44,012
narrator: The convoy pushes

943
00:38:44,046 --> 00:38:50,151
Through the storm...

944
00:38:50,185 --> 00:38:51,686
Until the winds start to back

945
00:38:51,720 --> 00:38:53,187
Down.

946
00:38:53,222 --> 00:38:54,155
yeah, it's starting to

947
00:38:54,189 --> 00:38:55,089
Lighten up a little bit.

948
00:38:55,157 --> 00:38:56,090
We're getting pretty close to

949
00:38:56,158 --> 00:38:57,258
The 20-mile where they said it

950
00:38:57,326 --> 00:38:59,727
Was gonna clear up.

951
00:38:59,795 --> 00:39:00,995
narrator: As it clears,

952
00:39:01,030 --> 00:39:02,163
Deadhorse appears on the

953
00:39:02,197 --> 00:39:04,365
Horizon.

954
00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:05,800
hey, is georgie and timmy

955
00:39:05,868 --> 00:39:07,268
Coming up behind you?

956
00:39:07,336 --> 00:39:08,269
they're coming.

957
00:39:08,303 --> 00:39:10,738
They're back there.

958
00:39:17,780 --> 00:39:19,714
[grunts]

959
00:39:23,419 --> 00:39:24,786
Turn around, do it again.

960
00:39:24,820 --> 00:39:28,990
Just anothther trip.

961
00:39:29,024 --> 00:39:29,857
narrator: While tim and

962
00:39:29,892 --> 00:39:31,993
George turn and burn...

963
00:39:32,027 --> 00:39:33,628
heading out to oliktok to

964
00:39:33,662 --> 00:39:35,196
Deliver this pickup truck on the

965
00:39:35,264 --> 00:39:37,632
Back of the trailer.

966
00:39:37,666 --> 00:39:39,033
narrator: Lisa heads for the

967
00:39:39,101 --> 00:39:41,836
Ice road of the arctic ocean.

968
00:39:41,870 --> 00:39:45,907
[ice creaking]

969
00:39:45,941 --> 00:39:49,210
430 miles south, alex is nearing

970
00:39:49,278 --> 00:39:50,945
Fairbanks with his top heavy

971
00:39:50,979 --> 00:39:55,283
Load.

972
00:39:55,317 --> 00:39:57,118
the road's bumpy and, you

973
00:39:57,152 --> 00:39:59,120
Know, a number of things could

974
00:39:59,154 --> 00:40:00,621
Probably go awry.

975
00:40:00,656 --> 00:40:01,756
narrator: By completing his

976
00:40:01,824 --> 00:40:03,491
Tenth run, alex will pull

977
00:40:03,559 --> 00:40:05,393
Two loads ahead of his rival,

978
00:40:05,427 --> 00:40:06,761
Hugh rowland.

979
00:40:06,795 --> 00:40:07,829
there's a rumor that he got

980
00:40:07,896 --> 00:40:09,197
A ticket.

981
00:40:09,231 --> 00:40:11,732
I don't know what...I expect if

982
00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:12,834
He got a ticket, he got a ticket

983
00:40:12,868 --> 00:40:13,634
At the scale.

984
00:40:13,669 --> 00:40:14,569
And it might have to do with

985
00:40:14,603 --> 00:40:15,369
Hours of service.

986
00:40:15,404 --> 00:40:17,805
I don't know.

987
00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:19,073
He's been kind of doing his own

988
00:40:19,108 --> 00:40:20,608
Thing, so I really don't know

989
00:40:20,676 --> 00:40:21,876
What's going on there and how he

990
00:40:21,944 --> 00:40:24,512
Got himself in trouble there.

991
00:40:24,546 --> 00:40:25,713
narrator: Hoping to avoid

992
00:40:25,781 --> 00:40:27,982
A ticket himself, alex pulls

993
00:40:28,016 --> 00:40:29,984
Over to prepare for a d.O.T.

994
00:40:30,052 --> 00:40:31,152
Inspection.

995
00:40:31,220 --> 00:40:32,353
we gotta do our paperwork

996
00:40:32,387 --> 00:40:33,788
Before we go to the scale.

997
00:40:33,822 --> 00:40:35,056
Make sure that the log book...

998
00:40:35,090 --> 00:40:38,359
Make sure everything's right.

999
00:40:38,393 --> 00:40:39,994
hey, alex, I was thinking,

1000
00:40:40,028 --> 00:40:41,229
Uh, maybe we ought to check

1001
00:40:41,263 --> 00:40:42,163
The height on that thing.

1002
00:40:42,197 --> 00:40:43,164
It looks like it's right up

1003
00:40:43,232 --> 00:40:44,432
There pretty tall.

1004
00:40:44,466 --> 00:40:45,600
narrator: On the dalton,

1005
00:40:45,634 --> 00:40:47,768
17 feet is the maximum load

1006
00:40:47,803 --> 00:40:48,669
Height.

1007
00:40:48,704 --> 00:40:50,304
But from here uth, it's only

1008
00:40:50,372 --> 00:40:52,507
Safe to haul 15 feet through

1009
00:40:52,574 --> 00:40:53,274
City streets.

1010
00:40:53,308 --> 00:40:54,509
you have a tape measure?

1011
00:40:54,576 --> 00:40:55,476
yeah, I got a tape measure

1012
00:40:55,544 --> 00:40:57,845
On me.

1013
00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:08,122
Yeah, there's 15, there's 16.

1014
00:41:08,157 --> 00:41:09,590
To the top of the beacon, we're

1015
00:41:09,658 --> 00:41:11,292
Right about 16'3".

1016
00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:12,593
we're 15 inches too high

1017
00:41:12,661 --> 00:41:13,294
Then.

1018
00:41:13,328 --> 00:41:16,097
yep, 15 inches too tall.

1019
00:41:16,131 --> 00:41:17,465
narrator: Alex doesn't have

1020
00:41:17,499 --> 00:41:19,033
The correct permit for an

1021
00:41:19,101 --> 00:41:20,568
Oversized load.

1022
00:41:20,636 --> 00:41:21,836
He'll have to leave it here

1023
00:41:21,870 --> 00:41:23,571
Tonight, because if he drives it

1024
00:41:23,639 --> 00:41:25,940
Any further, he'll face a pricey

1025
00:41:25,974 --> 00:41:28,576
Ticket or possible suspension.

1026
00:41:28,610 --> 00:41:30,044
I think it's a good call.

1027
00:41:30,078 --> 00:41:31,946
And, uh, we'll get the permit

1028
00:41:31,980 --> 00:41:32,747
Tomorrow.

1029
00:41:32,781 --> 00:41:33,948
Everything will be fine.

1030
00:41:34,016 --> 00:41:35,316
And it keeps alex out of

1031
00:41:35,350 --> 00:41:37,752
Trouble.

1032
00:41:37,786 --> 00:41:39,587
narrator: Alex plays it safe,

1033
00:41:39,621 --> 00:41:41,122
But he won't be able to deliver

1034
00:41:41,190 --> 00:41:43,724
The load till tomorrow, a move

1035
00:41:43,759 --> 00:41:45,226
That jeopardizes his lead in

1036
00:41:45,294 --> 00:41:50,765
The dash for the cash.

1037
00:41:50,799 --> 00:41:52,767
Ten miles outside of deadhorse,

1038
00:41:52,801 --> 00:41:54,468
Hugh rowland races to the finish

1039
00:41:54,503 --> 00:41:55,670
Line.

1040
00:41:55,704 --> 00:41:58,739
[horn honking]

1041
00:41:58,807 --> 00:41:59,941
she's been a good run this

1042
00:42:00,008 --> 00:42:00,641
Morning.

1043
00:42:00,676 --> 00:42:02,476
[bleep] up and over the pass,

1044
00:42:02,511 --> 00:42:04,312
Clipping right along here.

1045
00:42:04,346 --> 00:42:05,746
And here we are going around

1046
00:42:05,747 --> 00:42:07,715
The horn of deadhorse already.

1047
00:42:07,749 --> 00:42:09,183
Time flies when you're having

1048
00:42:09,218 --> 00:42:10,451
Fun.

1049
00:42:10,519 --> 00:42:12,186
I'm just gonna drop my load,

1050
00:42:12,221 --> 00:42:14,088
Go and do some paperwork, and

1051
00:42:14,156 --> 00:42:15,356
Come back out, grab another

1052
00:42:15,390 --> 00:42:17,091
Load, and then I'm ready to rock

1053
00:42:17,159 --> 00:42:19,060
And roll back south.

1054
00:42:19,094 --> 00:42:20,861
narrator: As hugh rolls into

1055
00:42:20,896 --> 00:42:23,864
The carlile yard, he pulls even

1056
00:42:23,899 --> 00:42:25,366
Again in the load count with

1057
00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:26,067
Alex.

1058
00:42:26,134 --> 00:42:28,336
The two canadians are now tied

1059
00:42:28,370 --> 00:42:29,904
With nine loads a piece.

1060
00:42:29,938 --> 00:42:31,872
And while lisa kelly trails the

1061
00:42:31,907 --> 00:42:34,542
Dalton ace, jack jessee, tonight

1062
00:42:34,610 --> 00:42:37,078
She's leaving them all behind.

1063
00:42:37,112 --> 00:42:38,879
we've gotta cross the ocean

1064
00:42:38,914 --> 00:42:41,515
To get to the delivery point.

1065
00:42:41,550 --> 00:42:42,883
narrator: She's heading over

1066
00:42:42,951 --> 00:42:45,419
A frozen arctic ocean to an oil

1067
00:42:45,454 --> 00:42:47,755
Rig 36 miles northwest of

1068
00:42:47,789 --> 00:42:53,594
Deadhorse.

1069
00:42:53,629 --> 00:42:56,497
okay.

1070
00:42:56,531 --> 00:42:59,500
[ice creaking]

1071
00:43:03,438 --> 00:43:06,474
We're officially on the ice.

1072
00:43:06,508 --> 00:43:09,477
We're officially on the ocean.

1073
00:43:09,511 --> 00:43:10,478
[suspenseful music]

1074
00:43:10,512 --> 00:43:18,486
♪ ♪

1075
00:43:26,728 --> 00:43:27,762
narrator: Spring's rising

1076
00:43:27,796 --> 00:43:29,130
Temperatures are quickly

1077
00:43:29,197 --> 00:43:33,134
Depleting the ice, leaving it

1078
00:43:33,201 --> 00:43:34,869
Just thick enough to support

1079
00:43:34,936 --> 00:43:40,474
Lisa's 48,000 pounds.

1080
00:43:40,509 --> 00:43:42,677
It's cracked and brittle, with

1081
00:43:42,744 --> 00:43:43,978
Mere weeks left before it all

1082
00:43:44,046 --> 00:43:48,015
Melts away.

1083
00:43:48,050 --> 00:43:50,484
Every load on this road could be

1084
00:43:50,552 --> 00:43:52,486
The last.

1085
00:44:03,532 --> 00:44:06,500
Up ahead, lights on the horizon.

1086
00:44:14,910 --> 00:44:16,310
and I get the truck off of

1087
00:44:16,378 --> 00:44:20,681
There and get back to deadhorse.

1088
00:44:20,749 --> 00:44:22,116
narrator: On a frozen stretch

1089
00:44:22,150 --> 00:44:24,752
Of ice 280 miles north of the

1090
00:44:24,786 --> 00:44:27,288
Arctic circle, lisa kelly's epic

1091
00:44:27,322 --> 00:44:29,724
Run finally comes to an end.

1092
00:44:29,758 --> 00:44:31,559
drove across the ocean to get

1093
00:44:31,593 --> 00:44:32,827
Here.

1094
00:44:32,861 --> 00:44:35,029
Nothing fell off, nobody died.

1095
00:44:35,063 --> 00:44:37,732
We had a good day.

1096
00:44:37,766 --> 00:44:39,400
I still got one more load under

1097
00:44:39,468 --> 00:44:40,768
My belt that I haven't

1098
00:44:40,802 --> 00:44:41,635
Destroyed.

1099
00:44:41,670 --> 00:44:42,636
[chuckles]