These two hours will support the first season of Ice Road Truckers by exploring the final chapter of the annual ice road season. What actually happens off the ice? What do the truckers do? How has the ice road season affected them? What does the town of Yellowknife - and the mining industry - do in the off season? These programmes include footage that was not used in the series and give the truckers the opportunity to reflect on their place in a tradition that has existed for almost seventy-five years.

The six truckers gather at a remote Canadian truck stop to thrash out their differences and provide answers to some of the season’s unanswered questions. Hugh, Alex, Rick, TJ, Jay and Drew, along with host, Steve Watson, start the hour by talking about their goals and competitive strategies in the dash for the cash. As it turns out, more loads do not always equal more cash.

Before the truckers even hit the ice, they must journey through the Ingraham Trail. They guys explain why this stretch of road is so treacherous and why the sound of ice cracking and shifting under the weight of the truck is both welcome and terrifying.

The men who drive the winter roads must learn to decipher the different sounds and behaviours of the ice, to avoid breaking through and plunging into the freezing water below - every trucker’s worst nightmare. Hugh maintains that if you follow the rules of the road, you will keep out of danger.

After a brief chat about the history of the winter roads, the truckers are joined by Gavin Brennan, one of the cameramen who documented their lives for two months. Gavin talks about some of the difficulties of shooting in sub zero temperatures as well as the difficulties of being in such close quarters with moody truckers for hours on end.

Steve prompts the guys to tackle the elephant in the room: Drew’s problems with Hugh. Did Drew quit or was he fired? Would Hugh ever hire him to drive the ice roads again? After this tension is out of the way, Steve points out that Hugh had his own setbacks this season, and the truckers discuss the accident that resulted a small but serious ammonium nitrate spill.

TJ certainly came a long way in his rookie season. He talks about his first frightening night on the road in a whiteout and the rest of the guys give him props for sticking it out. After all, they each had a rookie year and they are not too macho to talk about it.