Dangerous Roads

Nonfiction • TV-14 • Directed by: Tougher In Alaska • 45 minutes

It may be the loneliest, deadliest road in Alaska, but the Haul Road is the only road connecting the oil fields of Alaska's North Slope to the rest of the state. Geo rides shotgun with one of the roads most legendary truckers in the deadliest season of all -- winter. On this 400-mile journey, he'll learn how to load pipe to survive the rough ride; plow, repair, even ice the road with state highway workers to keep it passable; and deliver the load safely to Prudhoe Bay before turning around for the long and dangerous trip back to Fairbanks. Geo will also work with a construction crew on the historic Alaska highway - the only road connecting Alaska to the Lower 48 - straightening a "hell on earth" stretch of road that was pioneered by the Army Corps of Engineers as military supply route during the Second World War.