Ice road truckers??

[puddicat]

Omg they are real men what a dangerous job!!!

[evedawn]

yeah and i love their accents! i could offer to keep em warm anyday. :-)

[puddicat]

yep they are sexy and so lol!!!

[Ethel]

I watched this series first time round and there is one question I have:

Why the ecky peck don't they sail the cargo across when the ice has melted?

[Postdog]

They're wimps!

Let's see them deal with a yorky snapping at your ankles and low letterboxes.

And I'm sexier....

(Ethel has a point you know)

[sddsddean]

Ethel - The main reason is that (though it isn't clear on the TV) they are driving over a series of lakes and 'land bridges' in between them. This would mean you would need a ship for each lake, a dock and facilities at either end, and a truck on each land bridge. Also, many of the lakes in Canada are isolated...that is they have no river in or out, but are purely melt water in a 'hollow', so you can't sail from one lake to the other.