Trucker trades Haul Road for farm

Feb 12, 2010

When I rode with Alaskan Haul Road driver George Spears in the summer of 2006, he was planning to retire in the next year or so. He managed to postpone that, and in the meantime “Ice Road Truckers” came calling.

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George Spears on the Alaska Haul Road. (Photo Max Heine)

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