Ice Road Truckers

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Background info on “Ice Road Truckers” TV show

Updated Sunday, September 9, 2007

In 1974 the American author Edith Inglauer published a book called “Denison’s Ice Road”. The book was reissued in 1982, 1991, and 2000. The book details how many truck drivers risk their lives on a 325-mile ice road that connects Yellowknife to silver mine on Great Bear Lake. The truck drivers must endure the freezing […]

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Start of the Show

Updated Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Tom Beers, CEO and Executive Producer for Original Productions opened the show “Ice Road Truckers” with these words:
“At the top of the world, there’s an outpost like no other…and a job only a few would dare. The mission: To haul critical supplies across 350 miles of frozen lakes to Canada’s remote billion-dollar diamond mines. […]

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