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Program Summary for Ice Road Truckers
Season 4
The Ice Road Truckers return to Alaska, hauling their biggest loads ever across the most dangerous terrain they've faced. But this year, trucking critically needed cargo north to the oil fields of Prudhoe Bay is just the beginning. The drivers will tackle frozen rivers and swamps out beyond the Dalton Highway, hauling supplies to some of the most remote towns of the Great White North. Reigning king Jack Jesse looks to defend his title, and Lisa Kelly, one of the only woman truckers on the haul road, fights to prove herself in the male-dominated profession. Rookie Ray Veilleux, who recently lost his business in the lower 48, has come north to run the road and keep his struggling family afloat. And, continuing their decades-long rivalry, veteran drivers Hugh Rowland and Alex Debogorski are back racing neck and neck. The stakes are high as the dash for cash is on again.
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Episode Title: | Ready to Roll |
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Original Air Date: | June 17th 2007 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 01x01 -- Season: 1, Episode: 1 |
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Program Network: | History Channel - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | This episode introduces us to the six ice road truckers, men who haul equipment and supplies to miners in Yellowknife, Canada in eighteen wheelers across a road of ice. Road construction crews begin creating the 350 mile highway of ice. And when the temperature is just right and the ice thick enough, the truckers head up on their way on one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. |
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Episode Title: | Destination: Diamond Mine |
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Original Air Date: | June 24th 2007 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 01x02 -- Season: 1, Episode: 2 |
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Program Network: | History Channel - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | The road is stopped due to a traffic jam. Jay hauls a 17-ton water tank, while Hugh and Rick start on a season long competition to see who can get the highest load count. |
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Episode Title: | Dash for the Cash |
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Original Air Date: | July 1st 2007 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 01x03 -- Season: 1, Episode: 3 |
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Program Network: | History Channel - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | The road is once again closed due to an Arctic storm. Also, Alex must transport a 44,000-pound diamond-ore crusher. |
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Episode Title: | The Big Chill |
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Original Air Date: | July 8th 2007 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 01x04 -- Season: 1, Episode: 4 |
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Program Network: | History Channel - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | After eighteen days of hauling the truckers have delivered more than 3,000 loads to the diamond mines. It's getting colder, the loads are getting heavier and they only have three feet of ice between them and disaster. A fuel tanker flips, a rookie driver is sidelined when his truck has its battery box torn out of it, and another rookie is feeling the cold in a truck that is weatherproofed with duct tape. |
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Episode Title: | Midseason Mayhem |
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Original Air Date: | July 15th 2007 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 01x05 -- Season: 1, Episode: 5 |
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Program Network: | History Channel - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Traffic is blocked by an overturned fuel tanker, which poses an enviromental threat if the fuel contaminates a river. Also, the truckers begin to have blowouts as a result of speeding. |
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Episode Title: | Driving on Thin Ice |
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Original Air Date: | July 22nd 2007 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 01x06 -- Season: 1, Episode: 6 |
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Program Network: | History Channel - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Jay hauls a 95,000-pound diamond ore scrubber, the heaviest piece of equipment to go up the ice road this season. T.J. is investigated for negligent driving. Rick continues to hang in there and is still hauling without any heat in his truck. A truck goes through the ice and emergency crews spring into action. |
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Episode Title: | The Rookie Challenge |
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Original Air Date: | July 29th 2007 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 01x07 -- Season: 1, Episode: 7 |
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Program Network: | History Channel - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Past the halfway mark into the 2 month ice road season, Alex drives across a new 138-mile ice road to Colomac Gold mine. Hugh picks up his 17th load after he gets an oil and tire change. Drew's truck runs out of gas and freezes up. T.J. begins to suffer from abdominal pain while on the road. |
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Episode Title: | Into the Whiteout |
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Original Air Date: | August 5th 2007 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 01x08 -- Season: 1, Episode: 8 |
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Program Network: | History Channel - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Day 37 and 3,000 loads to go. An arctic storm is building up while a large amount of critical supplies still need to be delivered. A special convoy of five trucks try to get the loads out. TJ gets separated from the convoy. Meanwhile, Hugh struggles with having lost two of his drivers this ice road season. |
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Episode Title: | The Big Melt |
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Original Air Date: | August 12th 2007 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 01x09 -- Season: 1, Episode: 9 |
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Program Network: | History Channel - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Day 53 of the ice road season. A large amount of critical loads still need to get up the road and Alex is part of the last great push. His convoy carries the heaviest load ever to cross the ice, a 100 ton electrical unit for the Diavik mine. Rick may be suffering from frostbite and has hit his limit driving a truck in forty below with no heat. T.J. heads out on his 18th load across melting ice and a road that will soon disappear. |
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Episode Title: | The Final Run |
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Original Air Date: | August 19th 2007 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 01x10 -- Season: 1, Episode: 10 |
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Program Network: | History Channel - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | The melt begins and the road is almost empty, only the toughest or craziest truckers remain. The race to see who will have the highest load count is close and every last load could spell victory for the remaining ice road truckers. |
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Episode Title: | The Ice Road: Then and Now |
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Original Air Date: | August 26th 2007 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 0Sx11 -- Series Special |
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Program Network: | History Channel - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | This special looks at the changes that have encompassed the Yellowknife area from its geological history millions of years ago to the origins of the indigenous Eskimos. It also looks at how trucks were outfitted for sub-zero temperatures in the 1930's and how the mines operated in the 1940's versus today.
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Episode Title: | Off the Ice |
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Original Air Date: | September 2nd 2007 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 0Sx12 -- Series Special |
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Program Network: | History Channel - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | The truckers reminisce about their experiences on the ice road and tell us what they're doing now. The town of Yellowknife is also highlighted as we see what life is like there in the off season. |
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Episode Title: | Off the Ice 2 |
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Original Air Date: | September 9th 2007 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 0Sx13 -- Series Special |
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Program Network: | History Channel - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | The truckers continue to reminisce about their experiences on the ice road and tell us what they're doing now. |
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Episode Title: | Edge of the Earth |
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Original Air Date: | June 8th 2008 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 02x01 -- Season: 2, Episode: 1 |
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Program Network: | History Channel - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Truckers venture 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle on the most isolated and dangerous ice roads in North America to deliver vital supplies to natural gas and mineral exploration sites. PG/TV-PG,CC. |
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Episode Title: | Mechanical Mayhem |
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Original Air Date: | June 15th 2008 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 02x02 -- Season: 2, Episode: 2 |
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Program Network: | History Channel - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | It's a new season and a new set of challenges for the ice road truckers--the drivers of the tundra who carry vital equipment to remote outposts located hundreds of miles north of the Arctic Circle during two months of every year before the road disappears. The truckers will venture to a new road--one that is actually located inside the Arctic Circle. The road is comprised of frozen river over ice, and even includes a 120-mile stretch over open ocean. Over the course of the season, we'll examine the history of the region, the building of the ice road (which includes an ice bridge), and will follow road maintenance crews as they struggle to keep the road safe and operable in sub zero temperatures. It is a race against the elements, against time, and against each other. |
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Episode Title: | The Big Blizzard |
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Original Air Date: | June 22nd 2008 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 02x03 -- Season: 2, Episode: 3 |
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Program Network: | History Channel - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Before the first storm of the ice road season strikes, Davey Lennie is called to rescue a stranded trucker. |
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Episode Title: | Arctic Whiteout |
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Original Air Date: | June 29th 2008 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 02x04 -- Season: 2, Episode: 4 |
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Program Network: | History Channel - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | MGM breaks camp to move everything to a new base, including its rig; a storm strikes. |
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Episode Title: | Lost on the Ice |
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Original Air Date: | July 6th 2008 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 02x05 -- Season: 2, Episode: 5 |
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Program Network: | History Channel - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | After the storm clears, all the truckers are ready to roll except Rick, who is on the verge of quitting and seeks advice from Hugh; Jerry makes a second attempt at moving the MGM camp with a "two trucking" technique; Alex, gets lost. |
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Episode Title: | Hundred Ton Haul |
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Original Air Date: | July 13th 2008 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 02x06 -- Season: 2, Episode: 6 |
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Program Network: | History Channel - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | The substructure for the MGM derrick needs to be delivered to Langley. Bear and Alex take on the job, but will the strain of the huge, dangerous load and Alex's health be too much for the rookie ice road trucker?
After delivering the fragile 135-foot derrick to the MGM exploration site, the truckers must also transport its base an 80-ton substructure that ranks as the heaviest and most dangerous load of the season. |
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Episode Title: | Man Down |
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Original Air Date: | July 20th 2008 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 02x07 -- Season: 2, Episode: 7 |
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Program Network: | History Channel - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Bear and Eric must haul a boiler and a flare stack--two critical pieces of equipment--to Langley at the same time that a polar bear is spotted in the area. In this region of the Arctic, polar bears have been known to kill humans, so the truckers must now be on guard against this new danger. Rick is irate about a 5-day-long trip that his bosses assign him, and his frustration mounts along with his threats to quit. Alex's health continues to deteriorate and he must be med-evaced to the Yellowknife hospital, his fate unknown. |
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Episode Title: | A Trucker's Farewell |
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Original Air Date: | July 27th 2008 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 02x08 -- Season: 2, Episode: 8 |
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Program Network: | History Channel - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | It's a new season and a new set of challenges for the ice road truckers--the drivers of the tundra who carry vital equipment to remote outposts located hundreds of miles north of the Arctic Circle during two months of every year before the road disappears. The truckers will venture to a new road--one that is actually located inside the Arctic Circle. The road is comprised of frozen river over ice, and even includes a 120-mile stretch over open ocean. Over the course of the season, we'll examine the history of the region, the building of the ice road (which includes an ice bridge), and will follow road maintenance crews as they struggle to keep the road safe and operable in sub zero temperatures. It is a race against the elements, against time, and against each other. |
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Episode Title: | The World Crumbles |
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Original Air Date: | September 7th 2008 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 02x14 -- Season: 2, Episode: 14 |
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Program Network: | History Channel - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | With only days left in the season an rising temperatures, melting ice and an Arctic whiteout threaten to stop everything. As time runs out Eric and Hugh race for dominance over the Arctic Ice Road. |
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Episode Title: | Off The Ice - Season 2 |
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Original Air Date: | September 14th 2008 (Sunday) |
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Original Air Time: | NA (ET) |
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Episode ID: | 0Sx15 -- Series Special |
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Program Network: | History Channel - 60 minutes |
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Episode Summary: | Now that roads are closed for the winter we sit down with the men who dare to drive over the frozen ocean and river waters of the Arctic, and learn why they risk their lives for the job. Also we'll explore the history of the ice roads with the man who founded them in Canada's Northwest Territories, John Denison. |
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