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s12e08 · 2025-11-20
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Ice Road Truckers
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Ice Road Truckers charts the lives of extraordinary men who haul vital supplies to diamond mines over frozen lakes that double as roads. The livelihood of many depends on these tenuous roads, which through the years have been responsible for the deaths of dozens of men. With one hand on the wheel and one on the door at all times, always prepared for the ice to give way under the weight of their trucks, these drivers put their lives and financial security of their families on the line in an exhilarating dash for cash. This adrenaline packed series reveals the raw, gripping quest of ice road truckers.The desolate white landscape stretches as far as the eye can see in a world where the land meets the sky at an invisible horizon, just miles from the Arctic Circle. The fascinating, yet little-known ice road trucking industry, stationed just outside of Yellowknife in Canada's Northwest Territory, is responsible for supporting the diamond mines there. Each year, the many lakes of this region completely freeze over and engineers build an ice road over them that can withstand the weight of tractor trailers, hopefully. Jackknifing, breakdowns and accidents are commonplace. Since the terrain in this region is virtually impenetrable, and there are so few paved roads, the only way for supplies to reach the mines is by traveling over the ice road. The entire industry depends on the weather and the courage of the ice road truckers, who go 48-hour stretches with no sleep and who constantly hear the cracking of the ice right beneath their wheels.
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11 this season · 147 totals10e11 Episode 1 2016-08-05 01:00
s10e01 Against All Odds 2016-08-05 02:00
Against All Odds
Experts predict one of the shortest and warmest winters on record; as a result, companies risk financial ruin and communities face deprivation unless the drivers can deliver vital supplies before their window of opportunity slams shut.
s10e02 Feeling the Heat 2016-08-12 02:00
Feeling the Heat
Art Burke crashes his truck into a snowbank; Alex Debogorski makes his return and faces off with an untested crossing; Mark Kohaykewych tests out new driver Steph Custance; Lisa Kelly faces a monster incline; Darrell Ward runs into rival Todd Dewey.
s10e03 Breakdown 2016-08-19 02:00
Breakdown
Lisa Kelly finds herself stranded hundreds of miles from the nearest town; Darrell Ward takes an off-road shortcut; Art Burke encounters a melting ice crossing and a full load; Steph Custance finds out whether she'll become part of the Polar team.
s10e04 Trial by Ice 2016-08-26 02:00
Trial by Ice
Darrell and Lisa head into Alberta and onto a trail nicknamed The Death Road; Art faces off with the ice crossing where he nearly lost his life last season; Todd takes rookie Steph Custance under his wing as she embarks on her first journey.
s10e05 The Rookie 2016-09-02 02:00
The Rookie
Rookie Steph Custance tries to complete the first ice road mission of her career; Alex Debogorski runs into a road block as temperatures soar; Art Burke attempts to deliver to a new community; Darrell Ward braves an unregulated winter road.
s10e06 Bridge to Nowhere 2016-09-09 02:00
Bridge to Nowhere
Darrell Ward faces a trail known as the obstacle course; Todd Dewey strives to clear a melting ice bridge; Alex Debogorski hauls an oversized fuel tank; Art Burke stumbles onto an ice crossing in the middle of the night.
s10e07 Into the Fire 2016-09-16 02:00
Into the Fire
On her first solo trip, Steph Custance braves one of the longest ice crossings on the map; Darrell Ward attempts a triple delivery in a single day; an engine fire stops Lisa Kelly in her tracks; Todd Dewey celebrates his birthday stuck on a road.
s10e08 Hell Nino 2016-09-23 02:00
Hell Nino
Todd Dewey must fix his truck or find himself stranded a hundred miles from the nearest town; Alex Debogorski confronts a creek in the middle of the road; Art Burke receives bad news; Lisa Kelly battles an ice crossing unlike any she's seen.
s10e09 The Convoy 2016-09-30 02:00
The Convoy
As the end of the season nears, Mark Kohaykewych makes a deal with rivals Darrell Ward and Lisa Kelly to join forces for a four-truck convoy; Alex Debogorski must complete one of the longest trails; Art Burke's truck gives out on the ice.
s10e10 The Final Ride 2016-10-07 02:00
The Final Ride
The truckers in the historic four-truck convoy face fire and a thin crossing; after Art Burke's engine dies, he must travel back to Winnipeg with Alex Debogorski over a trail that destroys his truck.