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Gimmie a break. They crack the ice and they jump out of the cab, and the guy a mile behind them picks them up.

Instantaneous and certain death? Who are you- the producer's cousin?
I drive on the ice all the time. Easy and nothing to it.
These producers feed off the ignorance of the "southern" dwellers when they spin this crap. How many truckers have died falling through the ice doing their runs? I would guess not one friggin trucker. Oh, they might have lost trucks, but that's about it.
This is lot like those ghost shows- all form, no substance.

Naw...
When that ice cracks, if you're not a moron you've got plenty of time to get out. Especially a truck cab which is- what?-four or five feet above the ice? Sure, people can die of hypothermia in a cab stuck in a snowbank, but that's not really what they are selling.
The producers paint of picture of trucks plummeting through the ice in a second, with screaming truckers trapped inside. That just doesn't happen. And no one dies within seconds- even if they are underwater. In fact, even if their heart stops beating, the cold protects them and they can be revived even fifteen or twenty minutes after the "death".

Thanks for the research she124.
I used to have a house on an island in Minnesota and have to drive every day out to it during the winter on the ice. I know what I'm talking about.
You can bet that if there were any real danger- if this "ice road" was any more dangerous than any other land-based road-, that Canada wouldn't sanction it.
And, while we are on the subject, clear ice is BETTER ice than ice covered with snow for driving. Snow insulates the ice so it doesn't form as thick from the ambient air temperature- the heat from the warmer water below is held in by the snow, and ice formation is hampered. So you see a picture of a trucker driving over clear ice you can see through and you think "Ooooh! He's gonna fall through!"
No he's not.not.
And another thing- ice freezes first out in the open water, but melts first near the shoreline. So you can have open water near the shore and still have three feet of ice in the middle of the waterway and be very safe- though a camera shot of a truck driving on it might be scary.
So I stand by my assertion that this "reality" show is about as real as the "ghost hunters"- one of the most bullshit shows ever.
As far as that goes, I haven't seen one crabber with a major injury on the "deadliest catch". Cut fingers, a sprained ankle, but who gives a shit about that? You get those from working in restaurants too. Sure, guys die, but it's from greedy-ass moronic captains overloading their boats with crabbing cages. They show one guy washed off the boat, but he was hanging off the cages over the side of the ship. That's just stupid.
Why not have a "reality" show called "The Deadliest Zoo", where you would pay mentally retarded people to climb over the barriers and tease dangerous animals?
Thanks, I'm feeling better now!

I am a tough guy, for sure.