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A truck driver (commonly referred to as a trucker or driver in the United States and Canada; a truckie in Australia and New Zealand; a lorry driver, or driver in Ireland, the United Kingdom, India and Pakistan) is a person who earns a living as the driver of a truck (usually a semi truck, box truck or dump truck).
Truck drivers provide an essential service to industrialized societies by transporting finished goods and raw materials over land, typically to and from manufacturing plants, retail and distribution centers. Truck drivers are also responsible for inspecting their vehicles for mechanical items or issues relating to safe operation. Others, such as driver/sales workers, are also responsible for sales and customer service.
There are three major types of truck driver employment:
Ice Road Truckers (commercially abbreviated IRT) is a reality television series that premiered on History on June 17, 2007. It features the activities of drivers who operate trucks on seasonal routes crossing frozen lakes and rivers in remote Arctic territories in Canada and Alaska. Later series were focused on Alaska's improved but still remote Dalton Highway, which is mainly snow-covered solid ground. The newest seasons are based on Manitoba's winter roads.
In 2000, History aired a 46-minute episode titled "Ice Road Truckers" as part of the Suicide Missions (later Dangerous Missions) series. Based on the book Denison's Ice Road by Edith Iglauer, the episode detailed the treacherous job of driving trucks over frozen lakes, also known as ice roads, in Canada's Northwest Territories. After 2000, reruns of the documentary were aired as an episode of the series Modern Marvels instead. Under this banner, the Ice Road Truckers show garnered very good ratings.
In 2006, The History Channel hired Thom Beers, owner of Original Productions and executive producer of Deadliest Catch, to create a series based on the Ice Road book. Shot in high definition (although the season ended before History HD was launched in the US), the show "charts two months in the lives of six extraordinary men who haul vital supplies to diamond mines and other remote locations over frozen lakes that double as roads".
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They drive the biggest trucks on earth along the toughest roads and loneliest highways in the world. They are Australia’s Outback Truckers, men and women in monster rigs, on marathon runs, through some of the most inhospitable terrain on the planet. Out here only one thing matters, getting there and back alive!
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They drive the biggest trucks on earth along the toughest roads and loneliest highways in the world. They are Australia’s Outback Truckers, men and women in monster rigs, on marathon runs, through some of the most inhospitable terrain on the planet. Out here only one thing matters, getting there and back alive!
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This trip really was Winters Ice Highway in Kentucky and Tennessee.It starts out in Kentucky and ends up in California with quite a ride in between.
In this new series, Truckers shines a light on the job and lifestyle of Ireland's truck-drivers. This job comes with a unique set of challenges, whether the drivers are long-haul or local, are single or have families. Through their cargo, truckers carry the lifeblood of industry for the nation, but are facing tough times as they strive to keep their trucks on the road. The series is narrated by Daithi O'Sé who is familiar with the lifestyle, with trucking blood in his own family.
Steph, Polar's newest 22-year-old recruit, talks about what drew her to the ice road trucking lifestyle in this Season 10 web exclusive. #IRT Subscribe for more from Ice Road Truckers and other great HISTORY shows: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=historychannel Check out the deadliest roads featured on the show in this YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLob1mZcVWOaj2NPsSxe6UEYBm9FxeuSOq Find out more about the show and watch full episodes on our site: http://www.history.com/shows/ice-road-truckers?cmpid=Social_YouTube_IRT Grab cool Ice Road Truckers merch here: http://www.shophistorystore.com/ice-road-truckers-season-7-dvd/details/48003443?feature-name=reality&feature;=49236891&utm;_source=history&utm;_medium=showpageshoptab&utm;_campaign=irt Chec...
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