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Narrator: Now...
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Art: Wow.
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Narrator: on "Ice Road Truckers"...
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Mark: Good to see you, man. Sorry about your dad.
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Narrator: a son will rise...
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Reno: Obviously I feel like I learned from the best.
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Mark: Make your dad proud.
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Narrator: to help with one of the toughest hauls...
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Mark: Whoa-whoa-whoa! Stop-stop!
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Narrator: in ice road's history.
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But Mother Nature...
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- This storm just came up out of nowhere.
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Narrator: might shut it down.
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Narrator: A season filled with volatile weather...
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Art: I'm gonna go so fast.
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Narrator: has put the pressure on Art Burke...
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Art: All right, b'y.
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Let's see if I still got my skills, eh.
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Narrator: and the ice road truckers,
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to move already delayed loads to the communities in need.
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Art: Away we go, buddy.
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Narrator: Today Art's racing to pick up a trailer
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filled with building supplies
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bound for the distant town of Pauingassi
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225 miles northeast of Winnipeg.
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Art: Gotta look at the positive side, b'y.
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Hundred yards into it the road is perfect.
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Don't get any better than this. b'y.
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What the happened there? I didn't do that.
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She quit.
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The sucker just quit.
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Now can you believe it?
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We just broke down, b'y.
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I betcha we haven't got a mile in.
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I mean, this is totally outrageous.
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I'm just gonna sit here and get the mechanics over.
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They can lick my arse.
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Narrator: While Art's benched till his truck gets repaired...
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back in town...
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Lisa: Plug her all in and make sure she's good.
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Narrator: Lisa Kelly...
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Mark: Big load.
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Narrator: and Mark Kohaykewych,
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are taking on the biggest load of the season...
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Lisa: Oversize's are fun!
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- I just got a contract to bring one
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of the first prefab homes into one of the communities.
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I'd say it's a major oversize load.
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Narrator: They will have to haul the prefabricated home
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400 miles to the village of North Caribou Lake.
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On a road notorious for its steep hills,
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tight turns...
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and narrow bridges.
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Mark: This is a risky move.
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This is the first one built of its kind
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and it'll land us a, a long term contract here
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for not only for Polar but for Lisa as well.
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The roads are melting away, we wanna make sure
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we got lots of supplies up there just in case.
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But we don't even know if this house is gonna make it in.
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If we can't get this home in then um, I mean we're done.
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Narrator: The job also requires a second oversize load.
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Carrying the rest of the components for the house.
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- It's gonna be nuts especially out on those icy roads.
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It's just gonna be dragging you side to side.
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Lisa: I think we should go in there prepared to the hilt.
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Narrator: And that rig will require another driver.
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Lisa: Hey, Reno, thanks for coming, oh my God.
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Reno: Good to see you.
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How are you? Mark: Good to see you, man.
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Narrator: Stepping up is Reno Ward,
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Son of legendary trucker, Darrell Ward.
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- What do you think of my big ole fat stacks up there, Reno?
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- Well, they're not that useful unless they blow smoke.
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- I think you blow enough smoke.
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We don't need any coming out the stack.
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Narrator: Three years ago Reno joined his father
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on the Manitoba ice roads...
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Darrell: Right on, another load delivered, Reno.
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Narrator: And now...
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after a tragic plane crash took Darrell's life
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his son has returned.
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Reno: I feel like I learned from the best and uh,
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if I take everything he knew
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and then what I've learned by myself
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hopefully I can go up against anything.
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Mark: Honestly I appreciate you coming up on short notice
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and everything else.
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Lisa right behind me and then you're gonna be bringing up
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the rear with uh, with your load.
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Can he do this on his own?
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and I believe this is a perfect opportunity for him
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to prove himself on these winter roads.
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got your dad's old truck to drive.
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Why don't you hop on in, man. Just take your time, dude.
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Reno: It means a lot, I mean, to be up here,
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this is like when I grew up you know what I mean.
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It's home. I mean, he loved it up here
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and loved being around you, guys, and...
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Lisa: I loved him to death.
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and never cared that I was a girl... he just...
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- He just expected me to do my damn job.
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- Do everything he did. - Yeah.
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And I really liked that about him.
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- Yeah. - So thanks for coming.
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I'm really glad to have you here.
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Reno: No, thank you for bringing me closer to him.
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thinking about how I have to live up to what he did.
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I had to step in, you know, to his shoes,
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literally step into his truck.
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It just brought me closer to my dad.
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- Need a minute or are you ready to hook up
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and get out of here?
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- I'd rather just hook up and get going and...
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- All right let's go, let's go get the stuff.
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Mark: Okay, buddy.
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Narrator: With the clock ticking on a wild season...
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- Can you hear me, Lisa?
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Lisa: Yeah, Reno, communication is good.
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Narrator: the convoy has no time to waste...
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Reno: I'm ready to go. - 10-4. Let's roll.
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Mark: Let's merge over now.
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Narrator: Led by pilot car...
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Mark: You're clear, yeah.
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- I literally cannot see around my big fat ass.
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Narrator: the prefab mega load...
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Reno: Yeah, it's probably hard to tell...
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it's a little nerve racking , I bet.
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Hopefully we just shake it right on down the road today.
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Narrator: and all the accessories hit the trail.
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Mark: It's a big load.
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It's a little bit of trial and error but uh,
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we're gonna see if we can get this done.
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Narrator: While the convoy readies to make ice roads history...
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back in Winnipeg at Polar headquarters...
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Art: It's 12:00 o'clock now and it's a ten hour drive.
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And the truck broke three times in a half a mile.
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Narrator: Art and his truck are back up and running.
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Art: Away we go with my load of stuff in this.
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Narrator: Behind schedule,
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Art's finally hitting the road
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with his load of building supplies due in Pauingassi.
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Art: We're off to Pauingassi lake.
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Knock on wood.
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The weather has been up and down and up and down
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and up and down, man.
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One day it's thawing, the next day it's freezin'.
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The worst year in a while for that.
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Gotta kick ass to get as many in as we can here.
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Narrator: The veteran truckers making up time...
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Art: Look at this.
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Holy , boys and girls.
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Narrator: But as he makes his way into Nnorthern Manitoba...
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It's just lovely this is.
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Narrator: Mother Nature strikes again
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as a blizzard moves in over the winter roads.
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Art: Snowing like a mother out now, buddy.
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It went from 6 above to 6 below
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in about 15 miles give or take.
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The only thing to do, b'y,
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is to put a little of this on me lips.
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I like to keep me lips lookin' nice and refreshed, eh.
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The cold air will them.
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Narrator: But with the snow storm worsening by the mile...
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Art: I can't see a hell of a lot, I'll tell ya that.
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Narrator: the state of Art's lips
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are the least of his worries.
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Art: I hope to it's not like this all the way in.
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It went from a sunny day to a whatever the hell this is -
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a major blizzard here in about 2 hours.
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Narrator: The blizzard continues to intensify.
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Art: This is over for us cause I can't drive in this.
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Can't see a damn thing.
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Narrator: And the road conditions are too dangerous.
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Art: I'll find a spot right there,
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I shut this down for the night.
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Narrator: Once more the winter roads have become impassable
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and the waiting game starts again.
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Art: There's a spot right here, buddy.
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That's the worst I've ever seen it.
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. There's nothing we can do.
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Just gotta wait this one out.
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Narrator: Pickle Lake is a lonely outpost
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on Ontario's winter road system
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and right now that system is at a standstill.
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A sudden blizzard has dumped several feet of snow
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across various parts of this vast northern region.
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Narrator: Forcing Mark's convoy to a halt.
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- Storm just came up out of nowhere and uh,
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and we're snowed in. We can't do anything.
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Lisa: It kind of sucks that we can't go,
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but this is already a higher dollar load.
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So I mean a day or two,
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I think it's gonna be worth getting it in there safe.
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Narrator: The big prefab home is already a challenging load.
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Now the team will have to contend with slick, snowy roads
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and even worse waiting for them to open.
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Mark: I'm so frustrated.
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We're sitting and we can't afford to sit.
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Get some rest, guys, get to bed early.
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Today's just another day to sit.
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Narrator: A full day goes by
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before the storm finally passes.
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And the roads have been cleared just enough to open,
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putting the convoy...
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- You checked your load you're all secure,
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you're happy with it? - Yep, I'm ready to go.
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- Okay. Narrator: back in business.
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Mark: All right guys, ready to hit the road?
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Lisa: We're good, let's go.
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- Yep, let's get going.
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Mark: Okay, all right let's do this.
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Make your dad proud, man, I know you will.
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Narrator: With an 32 foot long by 14 foot wide
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prefab home on her back,
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Lisa stays behind Mark's pilot vehicle.
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His job is to scout for trouble ahead.
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Mark: Two trucks oversized, northbound.
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Narrator: Hauling the remaining 30 tons
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of the prefab homes components,
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Lisa: Okay, good, can't really see very well.
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Narrator: Reno takes up the rear.
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- This is one of the biggest loads that's being moved
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onto the winter road system here this year.
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Lisa: This load is a prototype, one of a kind.
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You just load the whole thing on the trailer
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and you just take it out to where you're going
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and dump it and then boom, house done.
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Mark: Northwest company and Star builders
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have trusted us with this and um,
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we've got some serious, serious challenges ahead of us.
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Narrator: The first of those challenges...
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- Approaching the bridge.
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Narrator: is the routes narrow bridges
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which no one has ever crossed with a load this wide.
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Now the realities hitting
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whether we're going to be able to make this or not.
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This is gonna be really tricky.
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- Oh, that is gonna be a tight one.
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Narrator: The bridges here have only 15 feet of clearance across
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and Lisa's prefab home is 14 feet wide.
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Leaving her only inches of maneuverability on either side.
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Mark: These are narrow.
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Narrator: And the slightest miscalculation
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will lead to disaster.
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Lisa: Let's see here.
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I'm trying to square up dead centre here.
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- Can you let me know as soon as I clear?
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- 10-4, captain.
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I'm really close to that side.
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How much room do I have, Mark?
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- You can tell she's still a little bit nervous.
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- The thing is I can't see.
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- Okay, so be- you're super tight there
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so just be careful, okay. Lisa: Okay, will do.
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Really close.
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- This way-this way-this way.
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- Ooh why is it going closer?
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Mark: Just gotta watch that corner there.
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She's getting really tight.
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Mark: Whoa-whoa-whoa stop-stop!
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Narrator: In northern Ontario
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on the road to Caribou Lake...
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- Ooh, why is it going closer?
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- Just gotta watch that corner there.
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She's getting really tight.
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Mark: Whoa-whoa-whoa stop-stop!
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- Whoa. Look at that.
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Okay. Yeah I have to go that way some more.
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Because this side I don't how I'm getting-back end
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is going over-over that way.
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Narrator: With only inches to spare...
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- This way-this way-this way.
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Narrator: Lisa's got to straighten out her rig
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if she hopes to get the massive haul safely across.
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Mark: Holy feel this bridge shake.
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- Got it?
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Mark: You're okay here, you're okay here.
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- Alrighty.
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I feel more centered now
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because it's still a little closer on this side,
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I got a little bit more on this side.
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- Lots of room, lots of room.
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- So okay.
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Narrator: She's centered the truck,
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but she's not over the bridge yet.
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- Lookin' good back here, Lisa,
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from what I can see.
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- Thank you.
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Really close.
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Mark: You're just clearing the guardrail there
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so be super careful.
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Mark: Whoa-ho-ho-ho.
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Nice work. - Woo!
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- Lisa's on her way. - Yes!
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We got it, baby, we got it.
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Gotta go-gotta go.
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Narrator: The $600,000 load
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is safely across the bridge
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and now the convoy can continue on.
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- Great job on that bridge Lisa, great work.
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- Thank you for trusting me with it.
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Mark: Reno you're good back there?
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- The happiest caboose that could be.
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Narrator: With his smaller load
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Reno puts the convoy's first bridge crossing
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in his rear view mirror.
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But it won't be their last.
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- Now our next one is gonna be the biggest challenge
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of this entire trip because um,
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there's an 18 percent grade
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and it's about quarter mile long
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and it's a narrow bridge.
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So she's not gonna be able to pick up speed on it
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so we're gonna have to come up with a game plan
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when we get there.
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Narrator: 140 miles away...
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as a bitter cold front settles over northern Ontario...
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Steph: We'll do that one again.
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Narrator: Steph Custance is in Pickle Lake
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getting her first load after the big blizzard.
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Steph: I'm at the Polar yard in northern Ontario here
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I'm picking up one of the loads to uh,
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take it into Big Trout Lake.
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Narrator: Polar' youngest driver is tasked
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with hauling a heavy load of construction supplies.
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Steph: It's important that these are all tight
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and strapped down properly.
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Narrator: But first she needs to secure it.
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Steph: Because if I go this way my loads gonna go this way
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but this keeps it all centered and in the middle,
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keeps my weight even, prevents my load from sliding off.
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She's good. She's good.
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Could probably use another but good enough for me.
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I should be there in no time.
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Narrator: The 160 mile trail from Pickle Lake
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to Big Trout is stacked with twists and turns
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and icy patches covered by the recent snow.
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Steph: I'm stressed but I'm good,
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I'm happy to be on the road finally
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and getting somewhere instead of sitting around.
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Steph: Hold on.
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I've taken this road before,
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but it was way better conditions.
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It's covered in snow blowing in.
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It's a lot of snow, it's deep snow.
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There's ice underneath.
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Try to get there fast.
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This road is the worst.
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- Oh .
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Narrator: It isn't long before the winter road
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starts to wear away at Steph's strapping job
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putting her precious cargo
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in a precarious position.
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Oh my God!
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Narrator: In northern Ontario...
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- Oh .
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My load has shifted.
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Narrator: Things are unraveling
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for rookie, Steph Custance.
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Steph: Oh, oh!
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Oh my God.
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Oh my God. Holy crap.
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It's all over the place.
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I gotta stop and look at my load
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, that shifted that hard.
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.
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I hit an ice spot coming over the hill
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and it shot my trailer left.
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I hope it's not as bad as I think.
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Oh no.
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Holy .
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My whole ass end of my trailer shifted.
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That's bad, man.
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That's a very bad mistake cause I'm not strong enough
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nor do I have the tools to fix this.
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I don't know how to fix this.
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Narrator: Hundreds of miles from civilization
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Steph is on her own.
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Steph: The only thing I can think of cause it's on pallets,
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putting a strap through here and around this
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and around that end edging it that way.
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Narrator: The best she can do is add another strap...
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- I got a chain on that side
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so I can chain it the frame
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and strap it over kinda like winching it.
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Narrator: and hope it keeps the stack from falling off.
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Steph: I'm trying just to get this load shifted back.
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I'm getting the strap but I can't fit with my jacket.
404
00:25:08,908 --> 00:25:10,841
Okay.
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Narrator: To reach the end of the strap
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Steph braves -40 degree weather
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without her jacket or gloves...
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- It's holding up the
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- Yeah, I got it.
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Okay, it's warm up time.
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Narrator: Temperatures this low can trigger hypothermia
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and frost bite in minutes.
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So halfway through re-securing her load
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Steph wisely retreats to the cab.
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- Ah-oh-ohh,
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blood coming back in my veins.
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Warm up time is over.
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- Looks good to me.
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All right, let's hit the road.
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Narrator: Hopefully Steph's solution will hold.
421
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- I just gotta make sure that I take it easy.
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Narrator: But with 110 miles to go
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only the unforgiving road can judge if it was good enough.
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Narrator: 350 miles away on the southern most winter roads
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the frigid air has not yet arrived.
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Art: The sun is shining now, b'y.
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Hope the truck holds up, b'y.
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If I can keep the sucker in gear.
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Narrator: Art has resumed his trip to Pauingassi.
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Art: It's been nice and not nice and nice and not nice,
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that's why it's so damn tough.
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You don't know what you're gonna run into, eh.
433
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It's just been so warm.
434
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Okay, we're pulling up to the ice crossing here.
435
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And the other side of this is Pauingassi.
436
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I definitely gotta check this out.
437
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Narrator: As he approaches frozen Fishing Lake...
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Art: I don't even know if I'm gonna be able to get over this.
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Narrator: it's clear the temperature swings
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have taken a toll on the ice.
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Narrator: And what he hoped was a ten mile ice crossing
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may have returned to its original state...
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- almighty.
444
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Narrator: a lake.
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- Holy, and this is .
446
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Watch this...
447
00:28:28,607 --> 00:28:31,842
look, this is the kinda that's wrong with the weather.
448
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The weathers up and down, up and down, up and down
449
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and here's an example of what happens to the ice.
450
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It thaws and then it freezes and then it thaws.
451
00:28:37,917 --> 00:28:40,217
It was obviously thawed all to hell.
452
00:28:45,257 --> 00:28:46,990
I hope there's not too many spots like this.
453
00:28:47,093 --> 00:28:48,826
This is the same kind of last year
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or the other year when I went through the ice, eh.
455
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It was just like this man.
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Narrator: Two years ago, Art had a brush with death...
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- almighty.
458
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Narrator: when he rolled the dice
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by traveling across thin ice.
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- No-no-no-no-no!
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I hope I get through this to be totally honest with you.
462
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I don't know where I'm gonna hit it
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at its all-I wouldn't even walk on that,
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let alone drive over it.
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Well, I'm not turning around now
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that's for damn sure.
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I just hope the whole thing is not like this,
468
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like this is on the shore, worst case scenario.
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I haven't got far to swim, eh.
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But out in the middle of this if it looks like this.
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This is the worst ice crossing this year by far.
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Like I didn't even know if I'm gonna be able to get over this,
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this is what it was like last year when I went through.
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Narrator: The up and down weather
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has left portions of the ice melted.
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Art: Now that has to freeze hard enough
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to drive trucks over.
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Narrator: Art makes a tough call...
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We'll just wait here until the night time comes.
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Narrator: and puts his mission on hold.
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Art: This is going to be a long trip.
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Narrator: On the edge of Manitoba's Fishing Lake...
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- Cause that's just a swamp.
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Narrator: Art has held off a dangerous lake crossing
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for 6 hours.
486
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His hope is that the frigid night air
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has strengthened the fragile ice.
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- Okay, b'y, hang on to your camera cause here we go.
489
00:31:13,539 --> 00:31:16,173
Wow, a lot of water on this ice here, buddy.
490
00:31:22,481 --> 00:31:25,282
This is not good ice at all, buddy.
491
00:31:25,384 --> 00:31:28,118
It's crackin' and poppin', it's full of water.
492
00:31:30,222 --> 00:31:32,189
There is holes that we're falling into here.
493
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This is this is ice we're on,
494
00:31:33,692 --> 00:31:35,959
look at the way it's going on, buddy.
495
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I wonder if anybody's checked this
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to see how thick it is?
497
00:31:44,670 --> 00:31:46,637
Wow. Hear it crackin'?
498
00:31:49,541 --> 00:31:52,142
This ice is .
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00:31:58,784 --> 00:32:00,284
Oh flying !
500
00:32:02,888 --> 00:32:04,655
You might want to be in the position there
501
00:32:04,757 --> 00:32:07,090
to open your door, eh.
502
00:32:07,192 --> 00:32:08,525
Cause if this thing goes through
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00:32:08,627 --> 00:32:11,595
everyone-everybody for yourselves.
504
00:32:19,104 --> 00:32:22,673
This is one of the worst lakes I ever crossed.
505
00:32:25,511 --> 00:32:27,844
Just about off the ice, b'y.
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00:32:31,116 --> 00:32:32,849
, man.
507
00:32:34,019 --> 00:32:37,054
Hang on just in case we go down.
508
00:32:39,091 --> 00:32:40,724
30 feet...
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00:32:42,861 --> 00:32:44,561
20 feet...
510
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10 feet.
511
00:32:52,805 --> 00:32:56,106
All right, we're off the ice.
512
00:32:57,576 --> 00:33:00,544
I can't say I'm not happy to get off of that.
513
00:33:03,182 --> 00:33:05,349
I can honestly say that's one of the worst ice crossings
514
00:33:05,451 --> 00:33:08,118
that I've ever crossed.
515
00:33:10,055 --> 00:33:12,923
Except for the time I went through.
516
00:33:13,959 --> 00:33:15,425
I hope to I can get out of here
517
00:33:15,527 --> 00:33:18,295
before anything - any of it melts any worse.
518
00:33:19,765 --> 00:33:22,966
Narrator: As Art slogs his way on to Pauingassi...
519
00:33:25,204 --> 00:33:28,105
300 miles away in northern Ontario...
520
00:33:31,543 --> 00:33:33,443
- I'm uh, coming up close to Big Trout Lake.
521
00:33:35,781 --> 00:33:37,614
It's been a long day.
522
00:33:37,716 --> 00:33:39,750
I still have my load on the back.
523
00:33:39,852 --> 00:33:42,786
Narrator: Steph is closing in on her destination,
524
00:33:42,888 --> 00:33:47,557
and still carrying her shipment of building supplies.
525
00:33:47,659 --> 00:33:51,795
- Started off the trip with weather,
526
00:33:51,897 --> 00:33:55,866
roads being closed, loads shifting.
527
00:33:57,102 --> 00:34:00,704
Narrator: 7 hours after almost losing the load...
528
00:34:00,806 --> 00:34:03,874
- Hell yeah. Finally.
529
00:34:03,976 --> 00:34:07,477
Narrator: She arrives safely at Big Trout Lake.
530
00:34:07,579 --> 00:34:09,613
- Get 'er done.
531
00:34:12,651 --> 00:34:15,018
It's been a tough trip, we did it.
532
00:34:27,900 --> 00:34:31,268
I'm learning there's a lot I need to still figure out.
533
00:34:31,370 --> 00:34:33,303
There's a long road ahead of me covered in ice,
534
00:34:33,405 --> 00:34:35,705
snow and mechanic breakdowns and loads shifting
535
00:34:35,808 --> 00:34:38,041
and I'm just at the start.
536
00:34:39,278 --> 00:34:41,912
Narrator: After tangling with a shifting load
537
00:34:42,014 --> 00:34:44,681
the rookie is wiser for the experience.
538
00:34:44,783 --> 00:34:48,351
Steph: Middle of the night, winding straps,
539
00:34:48,454 --> 00:34:52,622
minus 40, loader taking off lumber,
540
00:34:53,959 --> 00:34:56,226
time to sleep.
541
00:35:00,632 --> 00:35:03,033
That's all she wrote, man, that's all she wrote.
542
00:35:06,839 --> 00:35:09,339
Narrator: In northern Manitoba...
543
00:35:12,144 --> 00:35:14,344
Art: I've had some pretty wild experiences in my life, b'y,
544
00:35:14,446 --> 00:35:16,680
this is one of them.
545
00:35:16,782 --> 00:35:19,549
Narrator: After battling mechanical setbacks
546
00:35:19,651 --> 00:35:21,651
and erratic weather...
547
00:35:23,355 --> 00:35:24,955
- Well, we're going around a big turn here,
548
00:35:25,057 --> 00:35:27,624
we gotta be getting' into this little village.
549
00:35:28,794 --> 00:35:32,195
Narrator: Art has finally arrived at his destination.
550
00:35:33,665 --> 00:35:36,433
Art: We'll stick this right here, b'y.
551
00:35:36,535 --> 00:35:41,171
Well, here we are in Pauingassi.
552
00:35:45,177 --> 00:35:46,676
Art: Yeah, the ride in was...
553
00:35:46,778 --> 00:35:48,945
there was a couple spots that I wasn't too keen with
554
00:35:49,047 --> 00:35:51,481
but hey, what are going to do, eh?
555
00:35:52,584 --> 00:35:54,618
We got 'er done. Another one under my belt
556
00:35:54,720 --> 00:35:56,820
now the thing is to get out of here.
557
00:35:56,922 --> 00:35:58,688
And I'm gonna boot 'er back to Winnipeg
558
00:35:58,790 --> 00:36:00,457
and grab another load hopefully.
559
00:36:00,559 --> 00:36:02,259
So tally-ho.
560
00:36:03,996 --> 00:36:07,430
Narrator: As Art hits the trail...
561
00:36:07,533 --> 00:36:09,900
250 miles to the east...
562
00:36:11,236 --> 00:36:15,639
another Polar delivery is far from complete.
563
00:36:15,741 --> 00:36:17,707
- Hey, team how's everybody doing back there?
564
00:36:19,244 --> 00:36:21,444
Good, rolling along.
565
00:36:21,547 --> 00:36:23,513
How you doing, Reno?
566
00:36:23,615 --> 00:36:25,315
I'm doing good.
567
00:36:25,417 --> 00:36:27,984
Trucking along.
568
00:36:28,086 --> 00:36:29,686
Narrator: The massive housing haul
569
00:36:29,788 --> 00:36:31,588
bound for North Caribou Lake
570
00:36:31,690 --> 00:36:35,058
is putting Mark, Lisa and young Reno Ward
571
00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:38,094
to the test.
572
00:36:38,197 --> 00:36:42,232
But their biggest challenge is right in front of them.
573
00:36:42,334 --> 00:36:44,501
- Okay, Lisa, we got this last bridge here this is uh,
574
00:36:44,603 --> 00:36:46,903
very narrow.
575
00:36:47,005 --> 00:36:49,206
In fact I got everybody in town telling us
576
00:36:49,308 --> 00:36:51,007
we're not gonna make it through.
577
00:36:51,109 --> 00:36:52,576
We'll stop,
578
00:36:52,678 --> 00:36:55,111
and everybody just kind of park off to the side of the road.
579
00:37:01,186 --> 00:37:03,653
Let's get a good look at it and let's discuss,
580
00:37:03,755 --> 00:37:05,922
I wanna to know what you're feeling comfortable with on this.
581
00:37:06,024 --> 00:37:08,792
- Copy. - This is no joke.
582
00:37:12,631 --> 00:37:14,364
Lisa: It's intimidating looking to me.
583
00:37:14,466 --> 00:37:16,800
This looks so narrow.
584
00:37:20,272 --> 00:37:22,005
Narrator: This narrow bridge sits between
585
00:37:22,107 --> 00:37:24,975
two steep 18 percent grade hills,
586
00:37:26,411 --> 00:37:28,712
but Lisa will only have 6 inches to spare
587
00:37:28,814 --> 00:37:30,914
on either side.
588
00:37:32,017 --> 00:37:34,150
To make it up the far hill
589
00:37:34,253 --> 00:37:38,722
she'll have to thread the needle at over 15 miles per hour.
590
00:37:38,824 --> 00:37:42,158
Any miscalculation could smoke the bridge,
591
00:37:42,261 --> 00:37:45,795
destroy the load and send Lisa and her truck
592
00:37:45,897 --> 00:37:48,331
into the water.
593
00:37:51,436 --> 00:37:53,136
Mark: You gotta be bang on here.
594
00:37:53,238 --> 00:37:56,473
And you gotta have speed. We walked across the other one.
595
00:37:59,511 --> 00:38:00,944
Lisa: Well, the first thing that I already see
596
00:38:01,046 --> 00:38:02,245
is we're into a head wind
597
00:38:02,347 --> 00:38:04,748
so I'm gonna have a hard time getting a run.
598
00:38:04,850 --> 00:38:06,683
Reno: I think she has pretty good markers in the middle
599
00:38:06,785 --> 00:38:08,685
of that bridge, those two seams.
600
00:38:08,787 --> 00:38:10,220
Lisa: So you think if I just line up right
601
00:38:10,322 --> 00:38:13,423
with these seams it'll just-oooh.
602
00:38:13,525 --> 00:38:15,925
- Wow, plus the head wind too I mean this is--
603
00:38:16,028 --> 00:38:17,827
- Yeah, it's gonna be hard to get some speed.
604
00:38:17,929 --> 00:38:20,163
- It's gonna move you like this.
605
00:38:21,466 --> 00:38:22,999
Reno: I think your definitely best bet
606
00:38:23,101 --> 00:38:26,403
is to just put your steer tire right on the edge of this
607
00:38:26,505 --> 00:38:29,606
and hammer down. Lisa: Yeah.
608
00:38:29,708 --> 00:38:31,508
Reno: Just hit it confident and not timid.
609
00:38:31,610 --> 00:38:32,942
Lisa: Copy.
610
00:38:33,045 --> 00:38:34,411
Mark: Don't close your eyes.
611
00:38:34,513 --> 00:38:36,780
Lisa: Oh darn!
612
00:38:40,986 --> 00:38:43,520
- Oh man.
613
00:38:43,622 --> 00:38:46,690
Looks tight. Looks tight.
614
00:38:46,792 --> 00:38:48,658
- Let's roll.
615
00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:50,026
Reno: 10-4, Mark.
616
00:38:50,128 --> 00:38:52,362
Narrator: Hauling the smaller payload...
617
00:38:52,464 --> 00:38:54,197
- Ready to rock.
618
00:38:57,135 --> 00:39:00,203
Narrator: Reno will be the first to brave the passage.
619
00:39:00,305 --> 00:39:02,038
Lisa: Reno just let me know how fast you hit it
620
00:39:02,140 --> 00:39:03,673
and how many gears you had to drop.
621
00:39:03,775 --> 00:39:05,909
That'd be much appreciated.
622
00:39:06,011 --> 00:39:07,844
- Yeah, will do, Lis.
623
00:39:07,946 --> 00:39:09,946
Lisa: The road kind of comes and it almost goes like this
624
00:39:10,048 --> 00:39:11,981
to hit the bridge so I'm gonna have to--
625
00:39:12,084 --> 00:39:14,551
it's gonna be like over till I get straight on it.
626
00:39:14,653 --> 00:39:16,219
I'm gonna have to go fast.
627
00:39:16,321 --> 00:39:18,254
Mark: I'm on the crest here, Reno. I'm dropping down.
628
00:39:18,357 --> 00:39:20,123
- 10-4.
629
00:39:29,167 --> 00:39:31,568
- Oh, , here he comes.
630
00:39:34,573 --> 00:39:37,140
Mark: Good speed-good speed-good speed.
631
00:39:37,242 --> 00:39:39,776
- I can't see his speed. So it might be good.
632
00:39:43,949 --> 00:39:46,015
Mark: This is nerve racking in a frickin' half ton truck
633
00:39:46,118 --> 00:39:49,052
and this guy's doing it in a semi.
634
00:40:10,275 --> 00:40:11,975
- Made her.
635
00:40:12,077 --> 00:40:14,110
Mark: Nice buddy, nice.
636
00:40:14,212 --> 00:40:18,481
- Lisa, I hit it at uh, 70K and didn't drop a gear.
637
00:40:19,050 --> 00:40:21,384
- Sounds like a plan.
638
00:40:25,457 --> 00:40:26,756
- You think she's got this?
639
00:40:26,858 --> 00:40:28,792
Reno: I think coming into the bridge is pretty hairy
640
00:40:28,894 --> 00:40:31,094
...with that front wind.
641
00:40:31,196 --> 00:40:32,562
Mark: I just wanna see smoke stacks...
642
00:40:32,664 --> 00:40:33,897
coming around that corner.
643
00:40:33,999 --> 00:40:35,565
Reno: Yeah, a 100%.
644
00:40:35,667 --> 00:40:37,634
Mark: My biggest fear is that she smokes the bridge.
645
00:40:37,736 --> 00:40:41,004
She's threading a needle at, at 65 miles an hour.
646
00:40:49,514 --> 00:40:51,781
Lisa: The moment of truth.
647
00:40:57,355 --> 00:40:59,355
- Come on, girl.
648
00:41:12,404 --> 00:41:14,204
- Oh my God.
649
00:41:17,943 --> 00:41:19,876
I don't want to hit it I want to go slower
650
00:41:19,978 --> 00:41:22,078
Oh, my gosh.
651
00:41:22,180 --> 00:41:25,482
I just have to go. Oh my gosh-oh my gosh.
652
00:41:31,656 --> 00:41:34,891
Narrator: Next time on "Ice Road Truckers"...
653
00:41:34,993 --> 00:41:36,392
- I gotta get the hammer down on this one
654
00:41:36,495 --> 00:41:38,194
because I'm behind here.
655
00:41:38,296 --> 00:41:40,196
Narrator: the loads are backed up...
656
00:41:40,298 --> 00:41:42,899
- Come on dig, you mother, dig!
657
00:41:43,001 --> 00:41:45,001
Narrator: but the roads are ravaged.
658
00:41:45,103 --> 00:41:47,837
- Hang on. Dammnit!
659
00:41:48,974 --> 00:41:51,741
Narrator: And the ice...
660
00:41:51,843 --> 00:41:53,343
Alex: I lost it.
661
00:41:53,445 --> 00:41:56,179
Narrator: is not being nice. Alex: Whoa-whoa-whoa!
661
00:41:57,305 --> 00:42:57,864