narrator: And lisa takes one
More trip over the arctic ocean.
I'm officially on the ice.
I'm officially on the ocean.
narrator: At the top of the
World...
[honk honk]
There's a job only a few would
Dare.
Just when you thought extreme
Trucking couldn't get more
Dangerous...
Ice road truckers take on
Alaska.
[dramatic note]
♪ ♪
[aerosmith's living on the edge]
♪ we're living on the edge ♪
narrator: These are the
Truckers who make their living
On thin ice.
♪ living on the edge ♪
♪ you can't help yourself ♪
♪ living on the edge ♪
♪ you can't help yourself ♪
♪ from falling ♪
♪ living on the edge ♪
narrator: It's 5:00 a.M.
In the carlile yards, and with
Less than three weeks left
In the season, dalton ace jack
Jessee arrives to prep his 16th
Load.
But this morning, he's on
A special mission...
To haul a load of drag-reducing
Agent, or d.R.A., a chemical
Used to help crude oil flow
Smoothly through the
Trans-alaskan pipeline.
And the tanker has to make it
250 miles north in less than
Seven hours.
they gotta have this
Particular load of d.R.A. Up at
The injection site.
They want it there by noon.
narrator: If it doesn't get
There on time, the oil-flowing
South could come to a halt.
it's a temperature-sensitive
Load, actually.
We've had it inside for a couple
Of days, trying to warm it back
Up.
This stuff actually does pump
At...At, you know, some pretty
Cold temperatures.
But it pumps a whole lot easier
When it's warm.
So we gotta get an early morning
Start, get up there as quick as
We can.
narrator: As the sun rises
Over the alaskan wilderness...
Jack pushes ahead over the
Ice...
Driving one of the most
Challenging rigs of the season.
these insulated tankers,
They kinda look like bananas,
So we call 'em banana tankers.
It's just got a bottom drain
System, and there's no
Compartments in it, so it's just
One great big giant tank.
narrator: These liquid loads
Are also called live loads
Because the cargo is constantly
Moving.
only being about 3/4 full,
And it's got about a foot and a
Half of empty space up in there
That lets this material slosh
Back and forth.
narrator: When changing gears
Or driving up and down hills,
The liquid sloshes violently
Around the tank...
And can easily throw a trucker
Off course.
whoa, did you feel that?
Boom!
You'll have to hold on.
This is gonna be a bumpy ride
Today.
The product in the tank back
There is getting thrown to the
Back of the truck when I change
Gears.
It does it most on the big
Hills, when you're going up.
That's when you get most of the
Slosh going back.
[liquid sloshes]
Bam! [laughs]
narrator: Hauling a live load
On ice is especially dangerous
On the uphill.
it can actually spin you out
Going up a hill.
When you change gears and the
Fluid comes forward...
You change a gear throttle into
It, and the fluid goes back.
Truck's trying to pull...
And then the product is holding
You back.
narrator: Up ahead...
Jack faces the steepest set of
Hills on the dalton...the deadly
Drop-off known as the roller
Coaster.
I got the roller coaster
Coming up, so...
We're gonna drop down in it,
And the way this stuff's
Surging, it won't hurt to keep
My fingers crossed here.
narrator: As jack descends
Down the first hill...
The liquid shifts forward.
[clattering]
He struggles to keep the truck
Aligned and prevent the liquid
From sloshing side to side.
At the bottom, jack guns it to
Keep up his momentum.
But the liquid shifts to the
Back...
And starts to work against him.
whoo-hoo! Now we're spinning.
narrator: Jack slowly inches
Up the steep grade.
we had to slow down but...
Just backed out of it a little
Bit and stopped the slosh.
Went right up the hill.
Well, with a load like this,
Sometimes I wish I had a neck
Brace so I don't get whiplash.
[laughs]
narrator: Back at the carlile
Terminal, lisa kelly...
George spears, and rookie
Tim freeman are teaming up for
A three-truck convoy to
Deadhorse.
Here in fairbanks, the skies are
Clear.
But up the ice road...
The weather is unpredictable.
yesterday, the road was
Closed from dietrich to pass.
About all we can do is just go
And just like always, we'll wait
At coldfoot for it to get
Better.
Seems like this winter, that's
All we've been doing.
we'll see if it's a good day
For trucking once we get on the
Road.
narrator: Lisa is preparing
For an epic journey...
414 miles of steep mountain ice,
And then to an oil field over
A frozen arctic ocean.
She's hauling a critical load
Of rig mats and a pickup truck.
Rig mats are platforms used
To protect the arctic tundra
From the crushing weight of oil
Rigs.
it's not a twinkie load.
[chuckles]
narrator: George and tim
Each have a load of styrofoam
Insulation.
it's a good-looking load.
Shouldn't give me no problems.
narrator: Tim and george have
Made six runs together this
Season.
But they've never run with lisa,
Who has a reputation for going
Fast.
I've never been trucking with
Tim and george before.
George is slow and steady,
And I'm erratic.
[makes driving sound]
And not very steady.
ha! Ha! Girl.
Girl cooties.
Girl. Ha.
are we ready?
- [chuckling]
and here we go.
narrator: Locked and loaded,
The convoy heads for the ice.
I don't go that fast,
Honestly.
[chuckles] not to worry.
narrator: At the northern
End of the dalton...
narrator: Alex debogorski
And his convoy partner ron dobbs
Are approaching deadhorse.
always looking forward to
Delivering a load and then going
Back and gettin' another one.
That's...What this is all about.
narrator: After being behind
In the load count all season,
Completing this run will finally
Put alex one load ahead of his
Rival hugh rowland in the dash
For the cash.
I would strongly suggest the
Number one thing that hughie
Would have to learn on this road
Is to work on his patience.
Every time hughie goes by, all
You can do is smell burning
Hair. [laughing]
narrator: And that's just
What got hugh into trouble on
His last run.
I just got busted.
narrator: Hugh did not record
Enough down time and was docked
$250 and a day's worth of
Driving time on the road...
you're out of service.
You can't drive.
narrator: Giving alex just
The edge he needed to pull
Ahead.
After dropping his trailer...
Alex scores a backhaul...
A loader and a tub grinder
That will bring him an extra
1,300 bucks.
But it's a top-heavy load,
One he must chain down properly
Or else risk a rollover on the
Ice.
this one here...
I got her right tight.
And I guess somebody decided
That was good enough, but they
Didn't have to haul a load.
So...We're gonna have to kind
Of watch it to see what it does
Goin' down the road.
narrator: Alex departs with
Convoy partner ron dobbs,
Bound once again for fairbanks
And pulling even further ahead
Of hugh in the dash for the
Cash.
if I have more backhauls like
This, then, uh..
I'll make more money for myself
And I'll make more money for
Carlile.
Mind you, I don't wanna count
My chickens before...We patch up
The cracked eggs.
announcer: 240 miles south in
Coldfoot, hugh rowland cranks up
His load of drill pipe.
[grunts]
and away we go.
announcer: He's just getting
Back on the road after a visit
To the fairbanks courthouse to
Pay his fine.
no contest?
mm-hmm.
announcer: Now he's
Northbound on a mission to take
Back his lead.
I've never lost a load count
In my life.
announcer: But his convoy
Partner, phil kromm, is nowhere
In sight.
I've already ate, [bleep]
Showered and shaved, and he's
Just having his first cup of
Coffee.
[laughs]
impatient polar bear.
Well, he should have woke me up
Before he was ready to leave.
[laughter]
If I'm not ready when you're
Ready to go, just wait longer.
[laughter]
announcer: On the road, hugh
Tries to make up for lost time.
But up ahead, he encounters
Another obstacle.
just when you think you know
What's going on, bam, something
Jumps up in front of you, and
The road surprises you again.
[horn honks]
male announcer: 180 miles up
The ice road, hugh and phil are
Northbound when they encounter
One of the dalton's most
Unpredictable obstacles.
caribou in the street up
Herere, so...
Got a live one running down the
Road right in front of me.
[bleep].
announcer: Phil breaks to
Avoid hitting the animal.
any time you hit an animal,
Zit...it damages the truck.
You know, you might spend
$20,000 or $30,000 in damages.
Oh, yeah.
About 30 to 40 miles an hour.
announcer: One small caribou
Is setting the pace for two
Giant big rigs.
she didn't really want to
Get off the road, 'cause the
Snow's still a little deep here,
And it's harder for 'em to get
Around.
Out here, it's not always a
Truck around blind corners.
Sometimes you come around a
Blind corner or something, you
Find a whole herd of caribou in
The e e e e e e e e e road, and.
Or a moose or a bear, or...
Could be anything.
announcer: 115 miles up the
Dalton, jack jessee is crossing
The arctic circle.
northbound, dropping at five.
announcer: He's hauling a
Critical load of drag-reducing
Agent to aid the flow of oil at
A pump station near coldfoot.
And it has to be there in less
Than two hours.
you know, it's kind of a
Challenging deal with this
Particular kind of load.
announcer: This live load
Makes it extra difficult to
Navigate the sharp twists and
Turns of the ice road.
you know, when I meet
Somebody, I always have to slow
Down, because this thing kind of
Wiggles back and forth.
Just kind of sloshes a lot.
And it'll make you think that
You're not able to keep it where
You want to keep it.
I don't know.
I just tend to slow down when I
Meet somebody because of that.
Ooh.
I wonder if this car is gonna
Meet us right in the middle of
The curve.
announcer: Up ahead, a
Pickup truck is barreling
Straight towards jack.
[honks horn]
Dalton protocol is for the
Southbound truck to pull over.
you wouldn't want to meet two
Trucks in that curve.
announcer: The oncoming truck
Shows no sign of slowing down.
god, what is this guy doing?
What the [bleep]?
Son of a [bleep].
Holy [bleep].
Yeah, damn it.
Need to bring a little more
Common sense with him.
But then again, he probably
Doesn't see the road like I see
It.
And I know he doesn't drive it
The way I do.
But hopefully he doesn't come
Back any time soon.
announcer: Jack knows
Firsthand what can happen to
Inexperienced drivers on the
Ice.
there was a pickup truck that
Went down the beaver slide one
Time.
There was a big dip from a frost
Heave.
He just went flying down that
Hill, and he hit that dip, and
The butt end of his truck came
Up, spun him around, and he
Rolled, like, eight or nine
Times.
It ended up killing him.
announcer: 120 miles south of
Jack, lisa is running in convoy
With george and tim.
She's got a critical load bound
For the ice road of the arctic
Ocean, but driving at a rookie's
Pace is holding her up.
life in the slow lane is
Slow.
Very slow.
[laughs]
Here we go again.
Man.
When a turtle passes us, we're
Going too damn slow.
you bet, johnny.
[laughs]
Not to worry.
we go much slower, though,
I'm gonna get even crankier.
I've, uh, never really run
With lisa till today.
I've heard that, uh, she drives
A little faster than most.
she won't be able to stay
Behind us very long.
We are slow and slower.
wonderful.
Okay.
pull in here, tim.
okay, george.
announcer: Finally, george
And tim let lisa take the lead.
I kind of can go my own pace,
Which is not really a fast pace.
It just seems like I'm fast
Because the other drivers are
Slower.
announcer: Lisa quickly
Blazes a trail and pulls out
Ahead of the convoy.
I don't know where tim and
George are.
They're back there somewhere,
Making their way.
But we are going the speed
Limit.
announcer: Up ahead, the
First brutal ascent...an 8% grade
Called 21/2 mile.
It's one of the steepest hills
On the haul road, where gear
Selection is critical.
oh, boy.
I'm not in the right gear.
Here we go again.
Oh, [bleep].
I'm spinning.
male announcer: 77 miles
North of fairbanks, lisa kelly
Leads george and tim in a convoy
Bound for deadhorse.
oh, boy.
I'm not in the right gear.
announcer: But she's spinning
Out on the very first ascent.
oh, [bleep].
I'm spinning.
[gears scrape]
announcer: And now doesn't
Have enough power to pull her
48,000-pound load up the hill.
Her truck shudders to a dead
Stop.
hold on, guys.
I'm spun out.
lisa's spun out over
21/2 mile there.
yeah, tim, we'll hold up till
She gets going.
all right, georgie.
announcer: Unable to get
Started again on an incline,
Lisa has to back 250 yards down
The hill to get another run at
It.
is there anybody coming
Behind me?
yeah, all kinds of 'em.
We'll get 'em to stop.
hold on there.
I'm spun out there up there.
[truck beeping]
That's one of those gears that I
Always miss, and if I miss it, I
Spin.
21/2 mile is probably the
Worst one.
On this end it is.
It is double tough.
announcer: The slightest
Misstep could send her off the
Road.
be nice if I didn't put the
Trailer in a ditch.
everybody misses a gear once
In a while.
It's no big deal.
Except for the fact there's
About five trucks right behind
You.
everyone's gonna be really
Pissed if I don't make it this
Time, because I got a lot of
People waiting for me.
Should I try this again?
announcer: Lisa starts over
In first gear.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
you can make it.
You can make it.
Don't make me shift this gear.
I'm making it.
Okay, guys, I made it.
okay.
all right, georgie.
Go ahead and get a run at 'er.
all righty, tim.
21/2 mile.
I hate 21/2 mile.
21/2 mile hates me.
We don't get along.
This is the second time I've
Spun out on 21/2 mile this year
Because I've missed a gear.
Missing the gear, my specialty.
Thus the nickname gear jammer.
Whatever you want to call me.
Transmission leaver on the road
Person.
narrator: Up ahead, lisa
Still has 420 miles of extreme
Terrain to go and then ocean
Ice.
It's April in alaska, and the
Spring thaw is here, making the
Conditions on the ice roads even
More treacherous.
okay, we need the auger.
narrator: Every year the
National weather service in
Fairbanks gathers data to help
Forecast the end of the ice road
Season.
we're out here to take an ice
Measurement.
We're doing ice measurements
Here at this lake and a few
Other lakes.
We're gonna measure the depth of
The ice and the thickness of the
Ice.
And, you know, if we know how
Thick the ice is, we have a
Little better idea of when the
Ice, you know, might melt off.
[auger whirring]
narrator: They drill down to
The water level with a
Gas-powered auger.
[whirring continues]
we'll go ahead and check it
Now and see...real scientific
Piece of equipment here.
narrator: Brad sipperley uses
A simple bamboo stick marked off
In inches.
all right.
31 again.
[chuckles]
is that what it was last
Month?
yeah.
narrator: The ice is no
Longer building up and is now on
The decline.
As temperatures rise, it's
Estimated that less than three
Weeks remain for the ice roads.
well, the roads become
Terrible.
So everything gets melted on top
Of the roads.
The roads then become very, very
Slick and, of course, very, very
Hazardous.
narrator: 150 miles from
Fairbanks...
♪ springtime in alaska ♪
♪ it's 40 below ♪
narrator: Alex and his convoy
Partner, ron dobbs, are nearing
The end of their run.
southbound to fairbanks...
Everything seems to be running
Good.
Uh, the load looks secure, all
The tires are on the truck and
The trailer.
What more can anybody ask for?
You got some air, did you?
narrator: Frost heaves in the
Tundra caused by temperature
Fluctuations make for a
Bone-shattering ride.
[rumbling]
there's a few different body
Parts puckering up.
That's about it.
That's the kind of bouncing that
Breaks those chains.
narrator: The rough road
Shakes alex's straps loose.
And a passing trucker spots the
Dangerous situation.
[rumbling]
it's just one of these kind
Of pain-in-the-rear loads.
Ay yi yi yi yi.
narrator: Alex pushes
Forward, hoping the strap will
Make it to fairbanks.
But suddenly...
[metal clanking]
well, no friggin' wonder.
[bleep].
narrator: The loose strap
Breaks free, and now the load is
Dangerously unstable.
And if one of the loose ends
Catches in the wheels, the
Entire load could get ripped
From the trailer.
I'm just worried about
Everything falling off.
narrator: 140 miles from
Fairbanks...
I'm just worried about
Everything falling off.
[metal clanking]
narrator: Alex debogorski's
Load has broken free from its
Tie-down strap and is now
Dangerously unstable.
great.
Ron, can you help?
yeah, let's stop here and
Check that load.
okay, great.
[breaks hiss]
Well, the strap broke.
It got cut on the top there.
your load's definitely being
A real pain in the axle.
no kidding.
this edge right here...cutting
The strap.
So we'll put this little corner
Protector...just a piece of a
Strap here...underneath the
Strap.
That'll keep it from cutting it.
[creaking]
There.
That should work.
never a dull moment in the
Dalton, yeah.
Always got something to do.
[truck hisses]
that ought to hold it down.
narrator: Back on the road,
Alex pushes forward to
Fairbanks.
If he makes it there tonight, it
Will put him two loads up on his
Rival, hugh.
narrator: 160 miles north,
Hugh and convoy partner,
Phil kromm, approach
Atigun pass, the deadliest
Section of the road.
favorite part of the trip,
Most exciting part of the trip.
[horn honking]
narrator: And phil decides
That the time has come to let
Hugh lead.
I'm letting hugh get out in
Front.
That's part of our training
Process, anyway.
At some point, you know, get
Them out in front and see how
They do.
All right, hubert, you're on
Point.
Let her rip there.
Catch up here in just a minute.
[horn honking]
whoo-hoo!
This is pretty good for me.
[laughing]
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
Go, go, go.
Hammer down.
Lead, follow, or get the [bleep]
Out of the way.
narrator: Hugh steps up, but
Driving lead has serious
Responsibilities.
two northbound at the pass.
narrator: He's got to call
Out the oncoming trucks...
And is the first to test new
Road conditions.
if the sun starts beating on
These hills, I guess, it just
Magnifies everything.
In 15 minutes, this could
Start...just start shining up,
And then as soon as somebody
Goes over it after it's been
Getting shiny from the sun, then
It's just like glass right away.
[horn honking]
narrator: His wheels barely
Clinging to the road...
Hugh crests the summit.
well, we got lucky again.
Another good bingo, one more
Time over the pass.
narrator: But hugh still has
166 miles to go, and he's
Trailing alex by one run.
[horn honking]
130 miles south, jack jessee is
Racing to deliver a critical
Tanker full of drag-reducing
Agent to a pump station near
Coldfoot.
well, this, uh...this d.R.A.
Stuff here, we got to get it
There as fast as we can.
narrator: If he's late, oil
In the trans-alaskan pipeline
Could come to a halt.
I was supposed to be there at
Noon.
Um, I'm running a little late.
narrator: D.R.A. Congeals in
The cold, and the longer it
Stays in the tanker, the more
Difficult it is to pump out.
takes about two hours to pump
This stuff off, average, if
Nothing goes wrong.
Last time I did it, it took me
Two days, so I got my fingers
Crossed this time.
Yeah, we're just getting ready
To pull in here...
D.R.A.-Injection site.
narrator: Jack needs a quick
Turnaround in order to keep his
Lead in the dash for the cash.
yeah, if I can't get this
Off-loaded today, I'll miss out
On a load of fuel I've got set
Up.
narrator: But when he pulls
Onto the platform above the
Underground tank...
There's a big problem.
first.
[brakes hisses]
I was afraid I was gonna have to
Do this.
We're dragging our landing gear
Right here.
narrator: The landing gear is
Too low for the platform and
Could rip open the tank below.
it'll hit this metal plate,
And I don't want to tear the
Plate up, and I don't want to
Break my landing gear, so I'm
Gonna jack my suspension up a
Little bit.
Well, what I'm doing now is the,
Uh...the leveling arm here for my
Air bags is set a little too low
For this, so I'm gonna move the
Pin setting one notch, and
Hopefully that'll be enough to
Raise the suspension up that it
Won't break my landing gear, and
I won't dig up their containment
Pit.
I was hoping to, uh, get in and
Out of here a little faster than
This.
[horn honks]
narrator: The adjustment
Works.
yeah, I'm gonna hook up
The hose now.
and the offload can finally
Begin.
The d.R.A. Makes it into the
Pump station just in time, and
Keeps the oil in the pipeline
Flowing from the north slope.
well, I'm hoping to make it
Back to fairbanks tonight, get
In there and get a load of fuel.
We'll be up here again tomorrow
To do it again.
narrator: 130 miles north,
Lisa, george and tim continue
Their convoy to deadhorse.
[horn blows]
dude, I've had fun since
The day I was born.
right on.
once in a while it's nice
To be in front just so I don't
Have any trucks in my view.
I can just...I just got this
Great landscape for a view.
we've gotten over the pass
Without any problems.
It was actually a pretty nice
Day.
oh, really good trip.
Beautiful the last two days.
Just loving it.
the roads are great, and I've
Got nothing but open road in
Front of me.
Open road and blue skies and
Sunshine.
[wind blowing]
narrator: But up here,
Blue skies never last long.
it's supposed to be blowing
Really bad up here.
One delineator at a time.
narrator: Delineators are
Reflectors positioned every
50 feet to help truckers gauge
Visibility.
when you can only see
One delineator, it's not good.
blowing like a son of
A [bleep] right now.
[wind gusting]
[bleep].
we just got by franklin
Bluffs, and we're down to one
Or two delineators.
I can't see.
narrator: 25 miles
To deadhorse.
35-mile-per-hour winds.
They push ahead into the
Unknown.
[horn honking]
[horn blaring]
holy crap!
390 miles up the ice road
On the franklin bluffs...
my flags are about ready to
Rip off the side of my load
There.
Uh-oh.
I think I already lost one.
I can't see.
narrator: Winds have kicked
Up to 35 miles per hour and
Visibility is less than 50 feet.
Lisa, tim and george struggle to
See the road and keep from
Driving off into the tundra.
[bleep], I couldn't see
Nothing there.
All I seen was drifts in
The road.
I was wondering if we were still
On it, but wow.
tim, just...can you still see
Me all right?
You want to keep me where you
Can still see me.
yeah, george, I can't see you
Anymore.
I know.
[horn honks in distance]
heads up.
it's "what the hell am I
Doing up here?"
Can think of a lot of other
Places to be.
narrator: The convoy pushes
Through the storm...
Until the winds start to back
Down.
yeah, it's starting to
Lighten up a little bit.
We're getting pretty close to
The 20-mile where they said it
Was gonna clear up.
narrator: As it clears,
Deadhorse appears on the
Horizon.
hey, is georgie and timmy
Coming up behind you?
they're coming.
They're back there.
[grunts]
Turn around, do it again.
Just anothther trip.
narrator: While tim and
George turn and burn...
heading out to oliktok to
Deliver this pickup truck on the
Back of the trailer.
narrator: Lisa heads for the
Ice road of the arctic ocean.
[ice creaking]
430 miles south, alex is nearing
Fairbanks with his top heavy
Load.
the road's bumpy and, you
Know, a number of things could
Probably go awry.
narrator: By completing his
Tenth run, alex will pull
Two loads ahead of his rival,
Hugh rowland.
there's a rumor that he got
A ticket.
I don't know what...I expect if
He got a ticket, he got a ticket
At the scale.
And it might have to do with
Hours of service.
I don't know.
He's been kind of doing his own
Thing, so I really don't know
What's going on there and how he
Got himself in trouble there.
narrator: Hoping to avoid
A ticket himself, alex pulls
Over to prepare for a d.O.T.
Inspection.
we gotta do our paperwork
Before we go to the scale.
Make sure that the log book...
Make sure everything's right.
hey, alex, I was thinking,
Uh, maybe we ought to check
The height on that thing.
It looks like it's right up
There pretty tall.
narrator: On the dalton,
17 feet is the maximum load
Height.
But from here uth, it's only
Safe to haul 15 feet through
City streets.
you have a tape measure?
yeah, I got a tape measure
On me.
Yeah, there's 15, there's 16.
To the top of the beacon, we're
Right about 16'3".
we're 15 inches too high
Then.
yep, 15 inches too tall.
narrator: Alex doesn't have
The correct permit for an
Oversized load.
He'll have to leave it here
Tonight, because if he drives it
Any further, he'll face a pricey
Ticket or possible suspension.
I think it's a good call.
And, uh, we'll get the permit
Tomorrow.
Everything will be fine.
And it keeps alex out of
Trouble.
narrator: Alex plays it safe,
But he won't be able to deliver
The load till tomorrow, a move
That jeopardizes his lead in
The dash for the cash.
Ten miles outside of deadhorse,
Hugh rowland races to the finish
Line.
[horn honking]
she's been a good run this
Morning.
[bleep] up and over the pass,
Clipping right along here.
And here we are going around
The horn of deadhorse already.
Time flies when you're having
Fun.
I'm just gonna drop my load,
Go and do some paperwork, and
Come back out, grab another
Load, and then I'm ready to rock
And roll back south.
narrator: As hugh rolls into
The carlile yard, he pulls even
Again in the load count with
Alex.
The two canadians are now tied
With nine loads a piece.
And while lisa kelly trails the
Dalton ace, jack jessee, tonight
She's leaving them all behind.
we've gotta cross the ocean
To get to the delivery point.
narrator: She's heading over
A frozen arctic ocean to an oil
Rig 36 miles northwest of
Deadhorse.
okay.
[ice creaking]
We're officially on the ice.
We're officially on the ocean.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
narrator: Spring's rising
Temperatures are quickly
Depleting the ice, leaving it
Just thick enough to support
Lisa's 48,000 pounds.
It's cracked and brittle, with
Mere weeks left before it all
Melts away.
Every load on this road could be
The last.
Up ahead, lights on the horizon.
and I get the truck off of
There and get back to deadhorse.
narrator: On a frozen stretch
Of ice 280 miles north of the
Arctic circle, lisa kelly's epic
Run finally comes to an end.
drove across the ocean to get
Here.
Nothing fell off, nobody died.
We had a good day.
I still got one more load under
My belt that I haven't
Destroyed.
[chuckles]