Whats different this season for the “Ice Road Truckers” that we didn see last season?
Hugh Rowland: Last season, we were hauling freight to the diamond mines up in the Northwest Territories with a window of 60 days there. This year, we’re west of that. We’re over on the McKenzie Delta up on the Beaufort Sea moving oil. It’s quite an intriguing thing. We have no land to cross. We’re on ice all the time we’re driving. We don’t get off the ice, and we have to face high and low tides. Last season in Yellowknife you had narrow land bridges to escape to. This year, you’ve got none of that. How much more difficult or challenging is it to cross that type of terrain where it’s all ice and no land? Hugh: Well, I don’t know if it’s any more difficult, but now you’re dealing with the tides coming in and out. So, now you’re dealing with weak and strong ice every day every time the tide comes in and the tide goes out. You’ve got to watch for the full moons. And, this season, your ice is different every day. With six drivers to manage, Jerry, you must find that there are some common t
