From floating ice to snowstorms - meet the adrenalin junkie and death-defying star of the History Channel and Five USA''s hit show ICE ROAD TRUCKERS.
Every year a fleet of men travel to the Arctic Circle, a region heavily endowed with natural resources. Locating the abundance of natural gas, conflict-free diamonds and gold is relatively easy - but extracting and transporting these goods is another matter entirely. The truckers picked to deliver these precious commodities spend two months traveling hundreds of miles on a naturally formed road of ice. It is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world.
For more than 20 years, Hugh Rowland has survived the ice roads like no other. Known by the ice road trucking community as ''The Polar Bear'' - a reference to his legendary stamina, strong personality, bearish attitude and prowess on the ice - Rowland has performed amazing feats and survived spectacular wrecks to become the undisputed king of the ice road truckers. E
