Season 5
The focus of this season is split between two locations. One group - Lisa Kelly, veteran Tony Molesky, and rookies Dave Redmon and Maya Sieber - drives the Dalton Highway, moving freight between Fairbanks and Prudhoe with occasional side trips to Nuiqsut and Anchorage, Alaska. Meanwhile, a second group - Hugh Rowland, Alex Debogorski, and Rick Yemm - returns to Canada to transport loads between Winnipeg, Manitoba and several remote communities.
Episodes
This season follows drivers on two roads. Hugh, Rick, and Alex return to Canada to drive in Manitoba, delivering supplies to isolated communities that will be cut off once the ice melts. Meanwhile, Lisa and veteran Tony Molesky transport loads on the Dalton Highway, along with newcomers Dave Redmon and Maya Sieber.
Drivers
Alex, Hugh, and Rick Yemm (from seasons 1 and 2) return to Canada for this season to drive the ice roads in Manitoba. Lisa and three other truckers haul freight on the Dalton, and Carey Hall appears in two episodes to deliver heavy loads.
Dave Redmon: Dave, 45, is an Alabama native with 25 years of over-the-road trucking experience. In 2010, he, Rick, and Lisa spent two months hauling loads on the dangerous roads in India (see IRT: Deadliest Roads, below). This season marks his first year of ice road trucking, but he is ultimately fired due to concerns about his driving performance and attitude toward other truckers.
Tony Molesky: Tony is a 19-year veteran of the ice roads. In the season premiere, he describes a recent accident in which he had to swerve into a ditch to avoid a head-on collision with an oncoming rookie driver. His truck still took a glancing blow, scattering debris which he later returns to pick up; by season's end, the truck is repaired and put back in service.
Maya Sieber: Maya is a 27-year-old resident of New York City, with three years' trucking experience on its roads. Like Dave, this is her first year on the ice.
Route and destinations
Dalton Highway/Manitoba: This is the first season to focus on two different roads. Truckers in Alaska drive the Dalton, making stops at Fairbanks, Coldfoot, and Deadhorse as before. A second group hauls freight on the ice roads in Manitoba to re-supply isolated communities that have no other way to bring in materials.
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