As the season reaches the halfway point, drivers are desperate to pull ahead in the dash for the cash. Hugh, Rick, and Alex, struggled to make deliveries to the remote villages of northern Manitoba, but now, the return trip over 880 miles of Canadian wilderness will push them past the breaking point. In Alaska, the biggest storm of the season descends on the Dalton--forcing every driver to face a brutal whiteout or risk falling behind in the load count. Lisa Kelly deals with the fallout of driving her oversize load into the ditch.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 5 Episode 8 of Ice Road Truckers resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

Ice Road Truckers Season 5 Episodes...

• s05e01 - Pushing the Edge
• s05e02 - Ice Road Rage
• s05e03 - Wrong Turn & Burned
• s05e04 - Fire on Ice
• s05e05 - Under the Hammer
• s05e06 - The Braking Point
• s05e07 - A Banged-Up Job
• s05e08 - Meltdown!
• s05e09 - Road to Nowhere
• s05e10 - Rookie Rebellion
• s05e11 - Hittin' the Skids
• s05e12 - No More Mr. Nice Guy
• s05e13 - Ice Rogue Trucker
• s05e14 - The Heat Is On
• s05e15 - Judgement Day
• s05e16 - The Last Dash

Ice Road Truckers Show Summary

At the top of the world, in the coldest parts of North America, there is a whole trucking industry that most people had never heard of. Some communities and industries can only be reached for a few months each year, when rivers or seas freeze over. Ice Road Truckers features the activities of drivers who operate trucks on seasonal routes crossing frozen lakes and rivers in remote arctic territories in Canada and Alaska.

Seasons 1 and 2 are based in Canada's Northwest Territories, first the diamond mines around Yellowknife and then the Mackenzie River ice road from Inuvik. Seasons 3 and 4 move to the USA and focus on Alaska's improved but still remote Dalton Highway, supplying the oilfields in Prudhoe Bay. Seasons 5 and 6 split coverage between Alaska and the winter roads Winnipeg, in Canada's Manitoba, while Alex heads farther north than ever before on the deadly Dempster.