On one of the coldest frontiers on earth, road construction crews begin the process of creating the most unique passage in the world: a 350 mile highway of ice.  Truck drivers from all over North America make the long journey to Yellowknife, Canada for their chance at some quick cash.

For every load they haul across the ice, truck drivers are able to make as much as $2000.  If they have the stamina and strength to weather brutal temperatures and severe blizzards, they can make a year’s salary in just eight weeks. However, they have to move fast and get as many loads as possible - before spring arrives and the road melts away. 

In this instalment, the ice truckers are half way through the gruelling ice road season. Six hundred truckers have ferried more than 4,000 loads to the northern mines. They still have 6,000 left to go, but everyday roadblocks threaten their progress.

Blowouts are appearing in the ice as a result of reckless speeding. Going a few miles over the speed limit is one thing on a regular road, but on ice it is a different story. Speeding creates a wave beneath the truck that can crash through to the surface. Secure Check, the police of the ice road, are on patrol. Todd White, one of Hugh Rowland’s drivers, is busted for speeding. Road officials offer no second chances and he is kicked off the road.

Hugh Rowland is losing money. This is not just because of Todd’s expulsion, but also because both Drew Sherwood and Rick Yemm’s trucks are in the shop. While Hugh runs himself ragged on the road, his employees wait for their trucks to be repaired in Yellowknife’s local watering hole The Monkey Tree.

Meanwhile, a number other trucks come to a standstill when a fuel tanker overturns on the Ingraham Trail. The wreck not only blocks traffic to and from the ice road, it is also a potential environmental disaster. Rescue crews race to prevent a diesel spill from contaminating the Yellowknife River, the only water supply for this entire outpost.

Finally, new trucker TJ Tilcox gets the break of a lifetime when he manages to upgrade from his old, leaky, poorly heated truck to a brand new one. However, the brakes fail on his maiden voyage and he slams into a passenger vehicle. An investigation is underway. If officials determine the accident is the result of driver negligence, TJ could be kicked off the road.