Ice Road Truckers

Take a trip to Yellowknife, Canada to experience one of the most dangerous careers around. In unfathomably cold conditions, truck drivers haul equipment and supplies to miners in the Canadian tundra in the dead of winter on a 350-mile highway of ice.

Ice Road Truckers (2007-present) is a Canadian and American reality docuseries that airs on History. Created by Léo Matthès, it follows a group of working drivers, including Alex Debogorski, Hugh Rowland, Rick Yemm and Lisa Kelly, as they haul equipment and supplies to remote mines across the frozen Canadian tundra out of Yellowknife. The engine of each episode is simple and relentless: a driver must deliver a heavy load along a 350-mile highway of ice, where cracks, whiteouts and failing equipment threaten every run. Each season is a sequence of hauls strung together into a continuing portrait of a single winter, with the emotional weight carried by the drivers' camaraderie and their willingness to keep going despite the risk. The tone is tense and matter-of-fact, with bursts of awe at the sheer cold and the scale of the landscape. Shape and scale are long-running, with twelve seasons and well over a hundred episodes built around the same unforgiving season. Fans of Deadliest Catch and Gold Rush will find the same blend of working-life grit and remote hazard here.

Audiences rate the series as a solid, negatively-reviewed-leaning but largely well-liked reality show, with its survival stakes and stunning Canadian winter landscapes praised while its format and staging draw complaints.

• Deadliest Catchunscripted survival work in extreme remote conditions, reality competition-adjacent peril
• Gold Rushreality format following workers in dangerous remote industrial jobs
• Yukon Goldongoing unscripted docuseries following hazardous frontier labor

Created by

Léo Matthès

Release Date

2007-06-17

Episode runtime

43 min

Rating

6.2 / 10 (94)

What is Ice Road Truckers about?

Professional truckers haul supplies across a frozen 350-mile ice highway to remote Canadian mines during the deadly winter season.

What is Ice Road Truckers like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Ice Road Truckers as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.

Is Ice Road Truckers violent?

No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Ice Road Truckers.

What did critics think of Ice Road Truckers?

Audiences rate the series as a solid, negatively-reviewed-leaning but largely well-liked reality show, with its survival stakes and stunning Canadian winter landscapes praised while its format and staging draw complaints.

Which shows are like Ice Road Truckers?

Shows with a similar feel include Deadliest Catch, Gold Rush, and Yukon Gold.

How long is Ice Road Truckers?

Ice Road Truckers: 12 seasons, 146 episodes.

Is Ice Road Truckers still running?

Yes, Ice Road Truckers is still running.

Where can I watch Ice Road Truckers?

In United States, Ice Road Truckers streams on Amazon Prime Video, Disney Plus, Hulu, Philo, HISTORY Vault Apple TV channel, HISTORY Vault Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, History.