In the battle for winter road supremacy, boss Hugh Roland's plans for VP Express are on the verge of falling apart. Will broken down trucks and ticked off drivers be the straws that break the Polar Bear's back? Meanwhile VP driver Art Burke's season takes another bad turn in the wilds of the winter roads. Over at Polar, the team is faced with massive challenges as drivers race to stay ahead of its rival. Lisa Kelly is put to the test when a dangerous situation threatens her heaviest haul yet, while Darrel Ward is confronted with a 30 ton problem.
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.