Ice Road Truckers
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Ice Road Truckers |
| Original title | Ice Road Truckers |
| Country of production | Canada |
| original language | English |
| length | 45 minutes |
| Episodes | 138 in 11 seasons |
| genre | Documentary Soap |
| Theme music | Aerosmith - Livin 'on the Edge |
| production | David McKillop Dolores Gavin Thom Beers Philip Segal Dawn Fitzgerald Adam Martin Aron Plucinski |
| First broadcast | June 17, 2007 on History |
| German-language first broadcast |
February 3, 2008 on History |
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Ice Road Truckers is an American documentary soap about truck drivers on ice roads in the Canadian Northwest Territories and Alaska . In Germany, the series is broadcast by Super RTL , RTL , n-tv , History , History HD, RTL Nitro and new episodes on ProSieben Maxx .
action
“At the end of the world there is an extraordinary place and a job that few truckers are up to. The task: cargo weighing tons has to be transported 600 km across frozen lakes. The goal: the diamond mines in northern Canada. 10,000 loads, and you only have 60 days, because then spring will come and the ice runway will melt. The reward is great, but the risk is greater. "
There are diamond mines in northern Canada that are not normally accessible by vehicles. But for two months it is so cold that all the lakes freeze and the company Tli Cho Landtran is building an ice road between the mines and the city of Yellowknife . Truckers from all over America gather in the small town to bring many thousands of tons of cargo to the mines, because a tour can bring them up to US $ 2000. Many truckers earn their annual wages in these 60 days. But the tours on the ice are not without danger. The roads are slippery, snowstorms are constantly approaching and temperatures of −40 ° C prevail. For the truckers who want to complete as many tours as possible in the shortest possible time, the Ice Road can become a deadly trap, as driving errors can break the ice of the lakes.
Charisma and locations
| United States | Germany | Place of action | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| History | History | RTL | ||
| season 1 |
17.06.2007– 19.08.2007 |
03.02.2008– 13.04.2008 |
08.11.2008– 10.01.2009 |
Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road |
| season 2 |
08.06.2008– 07.09.2008 |
19.10.2008– 11.01.2009 |
31.01.2009– 11.04.2009 |
Tuktoyaktuk Winter Road |
| season 3 |
31.05.2009– 23.08.2009 |
01.11.2009– 31.01.2010 |
nicht bekannt |
Dalton Highway |
| Season 4 |
06.06.2010– 03.10.2010 |
25.11.2010– 20.01.2011 |
nicht bekannt |
Dalton Highway |
| Season 5 |
05.06.2011– 25.09.2011 |
13.10.2011– 02.02.2012 |
nicht bekannt |
Dalton Highway / Manitoba |
| Season 6 |
03.06.2012– 23.09.2012 |
06.09.2012– 20.12.2012 |
nicht bekannt |
Dalton Highway / Manitoba |
| Season 7 |
09.06.2013- 25.08.2013 |
14.11.2013- 19.12.2013 |
nicht bekannt |
Manitoba |
| Season 8 |
07.07.2014- 28.09.2014 |
28.01.2015- 04.03.2015 |
nicht bekannt |
Manitoba, Ontario |
main characters
Hugh Rowland
Hugh, based in Kelowna , southern British Columbia , is fifty years old and has been an ice road trucker for 20 years. He can be seen in the first 8 seasons. He is known to his colleagues as "The Polar Bear", which can be attributed to his strong personality, harsh attitude, endurance and high number of charges per season. He owns four tractors, three of which are driven by Drew Sherwood, Todd White, and his friend and employee Rick Yemm. All trucks have the door label "R&R Hoe Service", Hugh's Winfield company . When he had trouble with the boss of Polar in season 6 and couldn't stand him anymore, he and his friend Vlad Prescott founded a company (VP-Express) in season 7 and wanted to show it to Polar. From the ninth season, the role of the competitor is taken over by Darrell Ward.
Rick Yemm
He is one of Hugh Rowland's employees and is also from Kelowna. In the first season he drives his second season on the Ice Road. In his first year he was one of the first on the track when the ice was still the loudest. This experience made him almost toss everything. But he decided to go on and said "I was too stupid and too stubborn to quit" ("I was too stupid and too stubborn to quit."). He can be seen in the 1st to 2nd and in the 5th to 6th season.
Alex Debogorski
Alex is a living legend among ice road truckers as 2011 was his 30th season. Debogorski has eleven children and ten grandchildren and lives in Yellowknife all year round . In the first season he had the honor of being the first to drive the ice track. In the second season he had to break off prematurely because his health did not play along. He was flown from Inuvik by plane to Yellowknife and was taken to a hospital there. He had a blood clot in his right lung and a second one in his left was suspected. He can also be seen in all seasons. In season 7 he drives for Polar and not for his friend's (VP) company. In the 8th season he moved there.
Jay Westgard
Jay also lives in Yellowknife. Because of his young age, he is considered to be one of the most talented of his generation in the Ice Road trucker community. He is only 25 years old, drove his first tour at 16 and owned his own truck at the age of 18. Its reputation confirms that it is particularly suitable for oversized loads. He can be seen in the first two seasons.
TJ Tilcox
Ice Road rookie TJ, 21, emphasizes hating the cold and the ice, and riding the Ice Road for the experience, not the money. He has been a trucker since he was 16 and got his job on the ice road through a newspaper advertisement. After initial technical problems with his truck, a colleague who has to go home for family reasons offers him the truck on loan. Before he even reached the ice road in this truck, he was involved in an accident. After the question of guilt has been clarified, he is allowed to go back on the track. He can be seen in the first two seasons.
Drew Sherwood
Drew is a veteran trucker but a novice on the ice road. He joins Hugh Rowland's team after reading the paper about the job. He thinks he has no problem adapting his driving skills from normal roads to the Ice Road, whereupon Hugh calls him an arrogant beginner and a “one year driver”. Although in the first episode he says he has no intention of going into a ditch ("I have no intention of going into a ditch, bro"), he soon gets off the road. Now he practices humility and has respect for the Ice Road. He can be seen in the first 2 seasons
Rick fitch
Rick is the project manager of "Tli Cho Landtran" and responsible for the dispatching of the trucks. In the event of an accident, he is one of the first to be called. He's been working on the Ice Road for 20 years.
Bear Swenson
He can be seen in the 2nd season. Like Hugh, he is also known as the polar bear of the Ice Roads.
Davey
He can be seen in the 2nd season.
Eric Dufresne
He can be seen in the 2nd season.
Jerry
He can be seen in the 2nd season.
Lisa Kelly
Lisa (born December 8, 1980, Michigan USA ) has been in season 3 and is driving for Carlile Transportation on the Dalton Highway in her second season. She started as a courier driver at Carlile and after passing the test drove her first larger loads around a year later. As a particularly cheerful personality, she always aims to drive larger and larger loads so that respect increases and nobody can make fun of her anymore. She is loyal to her employer. She didn’t take part in season 6 for private reasons, but in season 7 she is driving for Polar in Canada for the first time and is doing well. In season 10, however, she worked with Darrell Ward as a competitor.
Jack Jessee
Jack is 38 years old and can be seen in seasons 3, 4 and 6. He is considered one of the best drivers and is seen as a veteran of the Dalton Highway. With the first heavy transport of the season, which is assigned to him, he heralds the start of the 3rd season. For him, being a trucker is a vocation. For him, it's about freedom like in Easy Rider : "Get on your bike and off you go".
George Spears
He's in Season 3 and helps Tim get along on Ice Road. He really wants to show him because he is very good friends with Tim's father. He is driving his final season on the Ice Road in Season 3.
Tim Freeman
He drives the Ice Road for the first time in season 3. His father used to drive the Ice Road too. He can only be seen in season 3.
Cody Hyce
He can be seen in the 3rd season.
Carey Hall
He can be seen in Season 3 and is a friend of Jack.
Ray Veilleux
He can be seen in the 4th and towards the middle / end of the 6th season. Ray became King of the Ice Road in Season 4. With that he had achieved his goal: to hit Jack. In the 6th season he was called for help on the final spurt of the last loads.
Phil Krom
He can be seen in the 3rd - 6th season. He often shows people how to drive the Ice Road.
Maya Sieber
She can be seen in the 5th season. She is a New York trucker who is driving her first year on the Dalton.
Tony Molesky
He can be seen in the 5th and 6th seasons.
Dave Redmon
Dave Redmon was in season 5 for the series.
Darrell Ward
Darrell Ward has been seen since season 6. He quit Polar within the eighth season and started his own company. His first employee was his son Reno, in the 10th season he was able to win Lisa Kelly for himself. Darrell Ward died in a plane crash in Montana in August 2016 .
Ron "Porkchop" Magnum
He can be seen in the 6th season and is driving his first season.
Austin Wheeler
He can be seen in the 6th season.
Vlad Prescott
Vlad is a friend of Hugh's and started a company with him in Season 7
Art Burke
Art has been on show since season 7 and drives for VP. He's one who freaks out quickly and fights himself. When he had trouble with VP in season 7, he switched to Polar that season.
Mark Kohaykewych
Mark is the boss of Polar Industries and has been seen since season 7.
Todd Dewey
Todd has been seen since season 7. When he did well at VP for the first year, he switched to Polar in Season 8 for the money.
Reno Ward
He can be seen within the 8th season. He drives for his father Darrell Ward's company.
Route, stops and destinations
season 1
During the first season, the truckers drive the Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road , which begins in the south at Tibbitt Lake and ends in the north at Contwoyto Lake . This ice road starts at the end of the Ingraham Trail (Highway 4), which ends directly at the lake. Before the truckers step on the ice for the first time at this point, they drive about 60 km on the solid road surface of the Ingraham Trail.
- Yellowknife , Northwest Territories
- This is where the charges are received.
- Dome Lake Camp
- Maintenance camp, located approx. 35 km after the start of the ice sections of the road. TJ has to stop here due to an injury and is brought back to Yellowknife in an ambulance to receive medical attention.
- Lockhart Lake Rest Stop
- Rest area for the truckers.
- Snap Lake Diamond Mine
- Approx. De Beers mine located 200 km northeast of Yellowknife .
- Diavik diamond mine
- Approx. 300 km north of Yellowknife, owned by the Rio Tinto Group (60%) and Harry Winston Diamond Corporation (now Dominion Diamond Corporation ).
- BHP Ekati Diamond Mine
- Approx. Mine located 300 km northeast of Yellowknife. It belongs to BHP Billiton and geologists Stewart Blusson and Chuck Fipke , who discovered kimberlite at this point . It is the northernmost stop shown in the first season. The route continues from here about 200 km to Contwoyto Lake and passes two more mines.
- Colomac mine
- A closed gold mine from which Alex picks up a living container .
- Tundra mine
- Also a closed gold mine, to which former equipment from the Colomac mine is transported.
- Déline
- A settlement on the shores of Great Bear Lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada. It is located 544 km northwest of the city of Yellowknife. In order to be able to maintain its airport, it is dependent on kerosene transports over the ice road.
season 2
During the second season, some long-established ice road truckers and some Yellowknife truckers from the first season drive on the Tuktoyaktuk Winter Road in the far north of Canada.
- Inuvik
- Access to the Ice Road from the mainland (Dempster Highway) and headquarters of Northwind Industries, Ltd. (Hugh Rowland's employer this season).
- Tuktoyaktuk
- Canada's northernmost community and headquarters of the Gruben company (employers of Alex Debogorski and Rick Yemm during this season). Frequent target of loads on the Ice Road as Tuktoyaktuk can only be reached by land in winter. In summer the place can only be reached by plane.
- Mallik
- An experimental drilling site for the search for gas hydrates. Since the drilling site is set up on the ice seasonally in winter, it is completely dependent on transports via the Ice Road.
- Wurmlinger
- The Wurmlinger is a cargo ship that supplies places inaccessible by land such as Tuktoyaktuk in summer and is enclosed by the ice in winter to serve as a residence for workers on the drilling platforms.
- Aput
- MGM was drilling for natural gas here, but without success. During the second season of the Ice Road Truckers series, the entire drilling site was relocated to the new Langley location.
- Langley
- New location for natural gas drilling by MGM. At the end of the second season, a massive natural gas deposit was discovered here.
- Aklavik
- Small community that is only accessible via the Ice Road on the McKenzie River in winter, which makes it heavily dependent on the delivery of goods via the Ice Road.
background
In 1999, the American broadcaster The History Channel showed an episode entitled Ice Road Truckers in its series Suicide Missions (in German: Suicide missions or suicide squads) . It is based on a book by the author Edith Iglauer , which describes the adventures of truckers who transport loads across frozen lakes (so-called Ice Roads ) in the Canadian Northwest Territories . Numerous repetitions and an evaluation in the history program Modern Marvels followed and earned good ratings.
In 2006 the station hired producer Thom Beers to turn the format into a series.
reception
The first episode reached 3.4 million viewers in the US and became the most watched television show on the History Channel.
Reviews
"Everything about 'Ice Road Truckers' is astonishing"
"Watching these guys ... make their runs, it's hard not to share in their cold, fatigue and horrible highway hypnosis, that existential recognition behind the wheel late at night that the pull of sleep and the pull of death are one and the same. ... [I] t gets right exactly what Deadliest Catch got right, namely that the leave-nothing-but-your-footprints, green kind of eco-travelers are too mellow and conscientious to be interesting to watch. Instead, the burly, bearded, swearing men who blow methyl hydrate into their own transmissions and welcome storms as breaks from boredom ... are much better television. "
By the end of season one, it became clear that the ice-breaking truck was a computer animation . This presentation aroused displeasure among the truckers, who were otherwise - unusually in reality TV - satisfied with the format.
Filming plans
20th Century Fox secured the rights from The History Channel in 2008 to make a feature film from the series.
DVD & Blu-ray
In Germany, the seasons are marketed by Sunfilm Entertainment Handels- und Vertriebs GmbH. The next release is planned for October 6, 2011 and includes the fourth season on DVD & Blu-ray .
| Season | medium | running time | publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | DVD | 585 min | 09/10/2010 |
| Blu-ray | 585 min | 09/10/2010 | |
| 2. | DVD | 575 min | 13/01/2011 |
| Blu-ray | 575 min | 13/01/2011 | |
| 3. | DVD | 585 min | 04/07/2011 |
| Blu-ray | 585 min | 04/07/2011 | |
| 4th | DVD | 672 min | 06.10.2011 |
| Blu-ray | 672 min | 06.10.2011 | |
| 5. | DVD | 688 min | 05/25/2012 |
| Blu-ray | 688 min | not known | |
| 6th | DVD | Min | not known |
| Blu-ray | Min | not known | |
| 7th | DVD | Min | not known |
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| 8th. | DVD | Min | not known |
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Episode list
|
Number (total) |
Number (season) |
Original title | German title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 01 | Ready to roll | Departure |
| 02 | 02 | Destination Diamond Mine | Objective: diamond mine |
| 03 | 03 | Dash for the cash | Around head and collar |
| 04 | 04 | The big chill | On the brink |
| 05 | 05 | Midseason Mayhem | Speed rush |
| 06 | 06 | Driving on Thin Ice | On thin ice |
| 07 | 07 | Rookie Challenge | By a thread |
| 08 | 08 | Into the whiteout | Lost |
| 09 | 09 | The Big Melt | Melting ice |
| 10 | 10 | The final run | Final sprint |
|
Number (total) |
Number (season) |
Original title | German title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 01 | The Ice Road: Then and Now | Then and now |
| 12 | 02 | Off the ice | More than just a job |
| 13 | 03 | Off the Ice 2 | Low season |
| 14th | 04 | The Road to Season 2 | What happened until now |
|
Number (total) |
Number (season) |
Original title | German title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15th | 01 | Edge of the Earth | At the end of the world |
| 16 | 02 | Mechanical Mayhem | Setbacks |
| 17th | 03 | The Big Blizzard | The blizzard |
| 18th | 04 | Arctic whiteout | Bad sight |
| 19th | 05 | Lost on the Ice | Lost in the ice |
| 20th | 06 | Hundred Ton Haul | Heavy transport |
| 21st | 07 | Man down | The bears are on the loose |
| 22nd | 08 | A trucker's farewell | Left by the wayside |
| 23 | 09 | A rookie fumbles | Starting difficulties |
| 24 | 10 | Highway Maggots | Pistenrowdies |
| 25th | 11 | Man vs. Ice | Man against ice |
| 26th | 12 | The Big Thaw | thaw |
| 27 | 13 | Road To The Finale | Season finale |
|
Number (total) |
Number (season) |
Original title | German title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 | 01 | Deadliest Ice Road | Off to Alaska |
| 29 | 02 | Rookie Run | Beware of beginners |
| 30th | 03 | Canadian invasion | Ice-cold Angel |
| 31 | 04 | Blinding whiteout | Snow blind |
| 32 | 05 | Accident Alley | Next to the track |
| 33 | 06 | Arctic Ice | Snow Queen |
| 34 | 07 | Wicked Weather | Visibility zero |
| 35 | 08 | Killer Pass | Two-way traffic |
| 36 | 09 | Turn and Burn | Competition |
| 37 | 10 | Ocean Run | In the abyss |
| 38 | 11 | Busted Parts & Breakdowns | Pit stop |
| 39 | 12 | Race for the finish | Explosive charge |
| 40 | 13 | Arctic Thaw | On the finishing line |
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Number (total) |
Number (season) |
Original title | German title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 01 | Breaking through | Back to the ice hell |
| 42 | 02 | The Polar Bear Returns | The polar bear returns |
| 43 | 03 | Facing Down the Blow | Nerves like wire ropes |
| 44 | 04 | Monster Storm Over Atigun | In the eye of the storm |
| 45 | 05 | Trapped on Thin Ice | Lisa's trial by fire |
| 46 | 06 | Danger at 55 Below | Frosty times |
| 47 | 07 | Avalanche! | Avalanche danger |
| 48 | 08 | Lisa's monster megahaul | Career on hold? |
| 49 | 09 | Blood on the Dalton | Chaos on the highway |
| 50 | 10 | The Ace vs. the ice | Lone fighter |
| 51 | 11 | A rookie's nightmare | Nightmare for beginners |
| 52 | 12 | The Dalton Strikes Back | The Dalton strikes back |
| 53 | 13 | Convoy to Hell | Convoy through the ice |
| 54 | 14th | A Legend Meets His End | The last escort |
| 55 | 15th | Deadly Melt | The ice is melting |
| 56 | 16 | New King of the Dalton | The last cargo |
|
Number (total) |
Number (season) |
Original title | German title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 57 | 01 | Pushing the edge | Especially now |
| 58 | 02 | Ice Road Rage | Wild times |
| 59 | 03 | Wrong Turn & Burned | Wrong exit |
| 60 | 04 | Fire on Ice | Record transport |
| 61 | 05 | Under the hammer | Under high tension |
| 62 | 06 | The braking point | On their own tires |
| 63 | 07 | A banged-up job | Challenges |
| 64 | 08 | Meltdown! | Storm height |
| 65 | 09 | Road to Nowhere | The road to nowhere |
| 66 | 10 | Rookie Rebellion | Test of patience |
| 67 | 11 | Hittin 'The Skids | Driving with obstacles |
| 68 | 12 | No More Mr. Nice Guy | spring feelings |
| 69 | 13 | Ice rogue trucker | The last honor |
| 70 | 14th | The Heat Is On | Jump start |
| 71 | 15th | Judgment Day | Polar bear in the way |
| 72 | 16 | The Last Dash | In the last few meters |
|
Number (total) |
Number (season) |
Original title | German title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 73 | 01 | Aces and Jokers | Northward |
| 74 | 02 | Sink or swim | Probationary period |
| 75 | 03 | Hammer down | Off to Winnipeg |
| 76 | 04 | No way out | Hopeless |
| 77 | 05 | Desperate measures | Desperate |
| 78 | 06 | Blood, Sweat, And Gears | Blood and sweat |
| 79 | 07 | Hard Road Ahead | Obesity |
| 80 | 08 | Proving Ground | Somewhere in Alaska |
| 81 | 09 | Braking bath | Braked |
| 82 | 10 | Stacking The Deck | Million dollar freight |
| 83 | 11 | Hurricane Alley | To the horizon |
| 84 | 12 | Battle Lines | Hypothermic |
| 85 | 13 | Cold-Blooded | Without compromise |
| 86 | 14th | Chopping block | Relentless |
| 87 | 15th | Race The Melt | Freezing cold |
| 88 | 16 | The Final Showdown | Success tour |
Individual evidence
- ↑ 'Ice Road Truckers' Season 9 to Premiere Sunday, August 2 & & New Series 'Power & Ice' to Premiere Thursday, August 27 on History . TVbytheNumbers. July 21, 2015. Accessed February 2, 2020.
- ↑ Darrell Ward dead: Ice Road Trucker star dies in Montana plane crash , August 29, 2016 article on independent.co.uk, accessed August 30, 2016.
- ↑ 'Ice Road Truckers' debut sets The History Channel ratings records , accessed December 17, 2008
- ^ Slide Show: 'Ice Road Truckers' Take Thrilling Glide , New York Post, June 23, 2007, accessed December 17, 2007
- ↑ Honk? No, Pray if You Hear a Loud Crack , The New York Times, June 22, 2007, accessed December 17, 2007
- ↑ BACK ON THE 'ICE ROAD' , New York Post, April 2, 2008, accessed December 17, 2008
- ^ Fox drives 'Truckers' to bigscreen , Variety, February 12, 2008, accessed December 17, 2008
Web links
Web links to the series
- Official Homepage (German)
- Official Homepage (English)
- Ice Road Truckers in the Internet Movie Database (English)