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Pay to play on the ice roads of Alaska
Alaska company capitalizes on popularity of Ice Road Truckers reality show with tour packages.
July 31, 2012
Business
Redmon discusses âIce Road Truckersâ
Heavy-hauler from Riverside, Ala., talks about his experiences on the History Channel show.
June 3, 2011
Channel 19
âDeadliest Catchâ star to sign autographs at Louisville trucking show
The âDeadliest Catchâ TV show on the Discovery Channel, chronicling the lives of fishers on Alaskan King Crab boats, might seem as far removed from the world of long-haul trucking as itâs possible to be. But in a short couple weeks at the Mid-America Trucking Show at the Chevron Delo booth No. 14140, drivers from around [âŚ]
March 16, 2011
Channel 19
Haul Road to the Himalayas: Interviewing Lisa Kelly
The current âIRT: Deadliest Roadsâ season of the âIce Road Truckersâ reality-TV series franchise on the History Channel aired its second episode last night, after a launch the previous Sunday that garnered 3.4 million viewers. It pits North American drivers from past seasons, as well as a new face, against the incomparably rugged terrain and [âŚ]
October 11, 2010
Channel 19
âSexiest trucker aliveâ goes to the Himalayas; more from Alaska
According to an interview published at the website of Esquire magazine, Ice Road Truckers star and Alaskan Dalton Highway hauler Lisa Kelly (pictured; photo by Rick Gershon of the History Channel) is not only the âsexiest trucker alive.â Whatâs more, she was speaking w/ Esquire writer Erik Price on sat phone from the Himalayas in Southeast [âŚ]
June 23, 2010
Channel 19
Close encounters on the Alaskan âHaul Roadâ
Carlile Transportation driver Jim âJ.D.â Dobbs sees âa lot of wildlifeâ on somewhat regular runs on the Dalton Highway in Alaska to and from the Prudhoe Bay oil fields. âMoose, caribou, things of that nature,â he says. âSome are close calls â when you come over a hill on the way to Prudhoe Bay and a large herd [âŚ]
June 14, 2010
Channel 19
Truck driver for governor: âSinginâ Samâ Littleâs Alaska campaign song
Since I blogged about âSinginâ Samâ Littleâs campaign launch for the governship of the northernmost U.S. state, Little (pictured, left, with his wife, Denise, and Pat Holt) has been laying the groundwork for the run, part of which included a visit to my home city of Nashville, Tenn., where he met Tennesseeâs Lieutenant Governor, recorded a new campaign record [âŚ]
April 20, 2010
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âIce Road Truckerâ comes home to thaw
Carlile Transportationâs George Spears 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. However, he kept postponing the day. Then he was asked to stay for production of the third season of the History Channelâs âIce Road Truckersâ [âŚ]
February 11, 2010
Channel 19
Owner-operator âSinginâ Samâ Little launches campaign for governor of Alaska
âSinginâ Samâ Little has dedicated one of the Kenworths in his Little Country small fleet to pull parade floats and other materials during his own 2010 campaign for the governorship of Alaska. The sometime country singer Little has also issued a new record, âTruck Driver for Governor,â that features a tune updated from his original [âŚ]
January 8, 2010
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'On those wrecks just like a vulture'
The top three photos on the right are from my 2006 ride along Alaskaâs Dalton Highway with the smiling trucker, George Spears. It was published in Truckers News. If you watched the History Channelâs third season of âIce Road Truckers,â which premiered last Sunday, you might recall Spears, one of the featured drivers. This seasonâs shows [âŚ]
June 5, 2009
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