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‘Ice Road Truckers’ returns for a fourth season, starts June 6
“Ice Road Truckers†actually began in 1999 when The History Channel aired a 46-minute episode as part of the “Suicide Missions†series. The first full season of the show aired in 2007.
On Sunday, June 6, at 9 p.m. Eastern,“Ice Road Truckers†returns for its fourth season. The truckers will be heading back to Alaska, 250 miles north of the Arctic Circle. This season, they’ll be driving dual trucks and will tackle the Ice River, where fast-flowing water beneath the ice constantly weakens the road.
Returning are drivers Hugh Rowland, OOIDA Life Member Alex Debogorski, Jack Jesse and Lisa Kelly.
According to The History Channel, “They’re joined by two new drivers: Ray, once an owner of his own Montana-based trucking company, who went bust during this recession, and Greg, the youngest and cockiest of the bunch, who may be helped or hindered by his extreme confidence.â€
In a preview for the series, Debogorski says, “People have gone out there and made mistakes and got caught, got lost, got cold. Freezing to death and hypothermia are always a problem.â€
Northern News Services reported recently that Debogorski is also participating in a new trucking series titled “Extreme Trucking,†which is expected to air this fall. Few details have been released, but the location is supposedly remote, exotic and challenging.
Earlier this year Debogorski wrote the lyrics for a song on the third volume of “Truckers Tracks.†The music for “Ice Road Trucker†was composed by Doug Jones, a Nashville recording artist and OOIDA member, and was sung by Grammy-nominated vocalist Johnny Neel.
Debogorski’s autobiography is scheduled for release by Penguin Canada in November.
Fellow Ice Road celebrity Rowland’s autobiography titled “On Thin Ice: Breakdowns, Whiteouts, and Survival on the World’s Deadliest Roads†will be published by Hyperion this June.
For a glimpse of what’s in store for viewers on “Ice Road Truckers†this season, click here.
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