Ice Road Truckers

This is the reality show that is aired on the History channel currently in its third series. The show is currently aired at 9 o clock on the History Channel. The show follows the brave lorry drivers who drive the dangerous roads to keep the supplies flowing. The truck drivers are a mixture of Americans and Canadians but they all have one thing in commen they have balls of steel. This series is set in Alaska and gives you an insight into the lives of these brave drivers. The task they have set themselves is to ferry loads over roads that are basicaly sheets of ice to supply the towns and oil companies. They have only a small window of ...  Read the complete review

I have no idea why but I am really enjoying this show, I find it really entertaining. Ice Road Truckers is a reality show documenting the lives of truck drivers travelling across deadly frozen lakes. It is shown on Channel History. During this documentary the Ice Road Truckers fight to carry the most loads and make the most money before the deadly ice melts. The truck drivers fight mechanical problems, melting roads, blowouts and blizzards. Each driver is against one another to build up the most trips but must also warn each others of the dangers. The audience do not need to watch every episode as you can watch any episode and understand ...  Read the complete review

I always enjoy documentaries that follow the lives of people in their various jobs. Ice Road Truckers does not disappoint. It follows men who leave their families for a season in Yellowknife in Canada. They go there for the season when the roads (made of ice) are strong enough for them to transport heavy loads. These guys are crazy, they drive big heavy rigs on ice, sometimes just a foot in thickness. OK, so they get well paid and someone has to do it, but at what price. Some lose their lives out there, others suffer so badly too that it makes me wonder if it is worth the financial reward. The truckers provide a really good service. In the couple of ...  Read the complete review

This fascinating documentary follows ice truckers (usually men with families) from the small town of Yellowknife in Canada's Northwest region who travel across the region's many frozen icy lakes known as ice roads (which freeze over in sub zero temperatures of below -40 degrees Celsius) 350-mile and beyond highways are prepared by engineers to hold the weight of massive trucks with heavy loads which they take to remote settlements in Canadian diamond mining towns and are the only connection to these notoriously inaccessible terrains in the provision of essentials such as groceries and lumbar products to name a few, that can only be taken within the two month crucial ...  Read the complete review

WHAT IS IT ABOUT: Picture the scene - there's a huge mine that needs tonnes and tonnes of mega equipment to be delivered so it can run, and there's a problem: the mine is on the other side of a lake, and the lake freezes over once a year for a short period of time. In that time, you must work like hell to truck over all of the supplies, driving a mega-tonne truck over the frozen ice that could crack at any minute. It's a dangerous job, and it's the focus of this documentary. IS IT ANY GOOD: This documentary is very much in the style of Dealiest Catch, in that it follows a dangerous occupation day and night, with little to say about it other ...  Read the complete review