Have you seen this show? I saw it pop up in the guide on our DVR a few weeks back and watched it on a limb. I couldn’t figure out what this show could possibly be about, but based on the title I figured I wouldn’t have any desire to see more than one episode.
But it’s fascinating. The whole show (which is real and not a dramatization) takes place in Yellowknife Canada and on the roads supplying three diamond mines several hundred miles to the north. However, most of the trip isn’t on paved highways – but what they call The Winter Road, which is really just a fancy way of saying lakes that have frozen over. We’re not talking light loads here these are tractor trailers hauling 30+ ton loads of cargo. Oh, and the roads only exist for about 8 weeks – after that the temperature is too warm and the roads melt.
Just to add to the pucker factor of this experience, they’re on ice, in -40 degree temperatures, average about 20 Kph, and the shortest run is over 100 miles. They can’t stop on the ice, even if the weather is bad, most of these guys are driving for 20 hours straight…
Check it out if you get a chance…
