Season 2, Episode 4 Preview

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Hello Ice Road Truckers fans! Here is a short description of what will happen in the fourth episode, “Arctic Whiteout”, which is scheduled to be aired tonight (June 29, 2008) at 9pm Eastern Time.

The camp is being moved to Langley in order to continue the exploration for natural gas. Alex and Hugh are on the road, while Rick waits for two days for his truck to be repaired. Erick takes a survival shack from Langley, but he can’t pass by the power lines in Inuvik, so he’s there to stay for the night. Another storm hits the Arctic roads, just as the drivers were prepared for a big move, which is canceled due to the harsh weather conditions.

For those of you who may not be familiar with the names of the areas mentioned in this second season, here are some details about them.

- Inuvik becomes a part of Canada’s highway system after the Dempster Highway was finished. It is connected to Tuktoyaktuk through an ice road that crosses the Mackenzie River.

- Tuktoyaktuk, or Tuk, as its common name, is a city placed on the Arctic shore. Locals explore gas and oil from the Beaufort Sea. It is approximately 194 km far from Inuvik.

- Mallik is a gas hydrate field that lies in the Mackenzie River delta.

What new challenges will await the drivers? Will they be able to face the rough weather conditions? Will the Arctic Ice Roads scare them? Stay tuned, and watch Season 2 of Ice Road Truckers!

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Bear Swenson and Jerry Dusdal

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Here’s some more information about Bear Swenson and Jerry Dusdal, who are new to Season 2 of Ice Road Truckers. We also recently profiled Eric Dufresne, in case you missed it.

Bear Swenson

Bear Swenson was a lumberjack who got his nickname due to the resemblance to Smokey the Bear. Although he is critical when it comes to mistakes made by rookies, he is always looking out for them. Like Eric, he has a strong sense of humor, and his approachable personality gave him the chance to earn the local respect. He has two children and seven grandchildren, and he does the ice road trucking for the money, motivated by the fact that he has to take care of his family.

Jerry Dusdal

Jerry Dusdal is “the man behind the truck”, the field supervisor. His main responsibility is to make sure that the truckers work under safe conditions, especially in the Arctic area, where everything is much more difficult to do.

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Eric Dufresne

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As you may have seen from the recaps of the three so-far aired episodes of Season 2 of Ice Road Truckers, new names join the crew as they travel to northern Canada. One of them is Eric Dufresne.

Eric Dufresne was born in Montreal, and his passion for ice trucking started when he was only 19 years old. He’s an eco-trucker, probably because he discovered the natural beauty of those places at an early age, moving to Northern Canada. His sense of humor and the fact that he loves to listen to music while driving his truck, along with his excellent mechanic skills make him an excellent co-worker. Eric Dufresne is married, but has no children, and likes to go fishing and hiking.

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High Gas Prices Affecting Truckers?

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In New York, truckers recently gathered to protest against high gas prices. I wonder how the high fuel prices are affecting our ice road truckers this year? If any of you reading are in the trucking business, how have the high prices affected you?

See below for the video about the truckers protest in New York.

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Season 2, Episode 3: “The Big Blizzard”

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The third episode  of Ice Road Truckers season 2- “The Big Blizzard” - first aired on June 22, 2008.

This episode shows the drivers trying to deliver their loads before the ice road becomes impassable due to the first major blizzard that closes in on the region. Rick is still off the road, because his new oil pan hasn’t arrived yet, and Hugh takes a vacuum tanker to Aput, being helped by a student trucker. Drew finally drives on the ice roads, being paired with veteran Kelly. However, his condition gets worse, and so Kelly has to finish the run. Alex discovers a tire that is low on air and which he must inflate quickly to be able to take the pump house he has been assigned to deliver from Aput to Tuktoyaktuk. The storm closes in and visibility starts to drop to zero, as the snowplows clear the road. Hugh takes the vacuum tanker to Aput and Rick borrows a truck to haul a load of industrial waste to Inuvik.

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Season 2, Episode 2: “Mechanical Mayhem”

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The second episode of season 2, “Mechanical Mayhem”, premiered on the 15th of June 15, 2008.

The second episode of Ice Road Truckers season two shows Drew finding work at a local moving company, instead of going home after he quits. He first drives a forklift, then a box truck. Soon after that, he gets sick. Bear Swensen, a six-year veteran, also joins the crew, taking a load of rig mats to Mallik. Rick returns to Inuvik with some equipment form a military post that belonged to the army fighting in the Cold War, Eric hauls a vacuum truck and Rick takes a boiler, both to the same destination: Mallik. Alex hauls a load to Tuktoyaktuk, but on his way back to Inuvik, he spots a flipped-over box truck, but its driver was nowhere in sight. Rick gets ill, but he keeps on driving. His problems won’t stop here, as he looses engine oil on his way to Tuktoyaktuk, due to the opening of the oil pan after his truck hit a bump. The mechanics explain that the hole cannot be repaired, and so he has to wait for a new pan before he can start working again.

What did you think about this episode?

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Season 2, Episode 1: “Edge of the Earth”

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The first episode of Season 2, “Edge of the Earth”, originally aired on the Sunday, June 8th, 2008.

As the year’s transport season has begun and after they have converged on Inuvik, the drivers will have to adapt to the new rules and conditions, for they are considered to be “highway maggots”, along with the others that disturb the peace and quiet of the area throughout which they are passing by. But that does not stop them, neither does the fact that they are out of radio signal while crossing parts of the Arctic Ocean. Hugh seems to have problems with his brakes, but he manages to take his first load to Mallik, while Rick gets into an accident while bringing a truck to Alex, up the Dempster Highway. Drew is repeatedly delayed, firstly because his gear was not proper for the cold weather, and secondly because there were no available working trucks left, thus making him quit. Soon after that, he starts to wonder if he made the right decision. A new driver joins the crew, Eric Dufresne, which transports a derrick to Mallik.

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New Ice Road Truckers Community

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Exciting news today. We have built a community website for all your Ice Road Truckers fans! The site is a place for people to talk about things they like/don’t like about the show, discuss characters, talk about episodes, etc. Basically it’s the ultimate place for Ice Road Truckers fans to meet and talk.

Check out the new Ice Road Tuckers community now. Once you’re there check out the “getting started” section on the left to see what you can do with the site.

Click Here to visit the new Ice Road Truckers Community

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What Season 1 Ice Road Trucker Do You Miss Most?

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Now that Season 2 of Ice Road Truckers has started, we’ve seen that a few of the Truckers from Season 1 aren’t on the show this time. Two of my favorite truckers were TJ Tilcox and Jay Westgard.

Which of these guys do you miss most? TJ or Jay? Leave a reply and let us know what you think!

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Ice Road Truckers Season 2 Starts Sunday!

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In case you’ve been living under a (rock, trailer, elephant, etc) Ice Road Truckers Season 2 starts on Sunday, June 8 at 9:00pm (Eastern Time). Season 2 of Ice Road Truckers should be even more exciting than the first season. This time, the boys will be trucking in some remote villages (hint: Inuvik) near the Arctic Circle, where it is so damn cold your tongue can freeze to the top of your lip if you try to lick it. It’s so cold you can sneeze and the snot particles that come out will instantly turn to snot-snow.

Rick Yemm and Hugh Rowland are back for more action (pain, freezing cold, man-drama, etc) and this third season should be awesome to watch.

Sit back, grab a frosty beer and turn your TV to the History channel on Sunday. It’s going to be a good time. Who will make it through another season on the ice roads? What do you think?

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