Ice Road Truckers: Season 7
Role: Meticulous television and film archivist. Task: Write a JSON object for Ice Road Truckers Season 7. Keys: overview (160-220 words), primer (array of exactly 4 concise bullet points). Constraints: Use ONLY provided synopsis and sources. No invented facts. No markdown. No asterisks. No headings. No bullet points (in the overview, though the primer is an array of strings). Plain text. Valid JSON only. Source Mater
Season 7 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- The battle lines are drawn in Manitoba, Canada.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Season overview
Role: Meticulous television and film archivist.
Task: Write a JSON object for Ice Road Truckers Season 7.
Keys: overview (160-220 words), primer (array of exactly 4 concise bullet points).
Constraints: Use ONLY provided synopsis and sources. No invented facts. No markdown. No asterisks. No headings. No bullet points (in the overview, though the primer is an array of strings). Plain text. Valid JSON only.
Source Material:
TMDB Synopsis: Hugh "Polar Bear" Rowland returns after quitting Polar Industries to set up his own shop in Manitoba. He poaches Polar's dispatcher to compete with Mark Kohaykewych. Hugh recruits tough truckers. Polar Industries counters by enlisting Alex Debogorski, Lisa Kelly (returning after a year hiatus), and Darrell Ward. Also features Joey Barnes ("The King of Obsolete"), a mechanic with rare/re-engineered trucks who rescues people in remote Manitoba.
Source [1]: General info about Yellowknife, Canada, and dangerous conditions.
Source [2]: Series aired on History Channel 2007-2017, returns 2025.
Source [3]: Cast includes Alex Debogorski, Thom Beers, Hugh Rowland, Lisa Kelly. Mentions driving over frozen lakes in Canada's Northwest Territories and Alaska's Dalton Highway.
Source [4]: Mentions Yellowknife, Canada, hauling equipment/supplies to miners in the Canadian tundra on a 350-mile ice highway.
Source [5]: Season 7 aired in 2013.
Drafting Overview:
In Manitoba, Canada, a professional rivalry intensifies as Hugh “Polar Bear” Rowland returns to the ice roads after quitting his position at Polar Industries. Having established his own business directly across the street from his former employer, Rowland aims to reclaim his title as “King of the Road.” To challenge the dominance of Polar Industries and its owner, Mark Kohaykewych, Rowland poaches the company's dispatcher and assembles a team of tough truckers to secure enough loads to force his old company into submission. In response to this threat on their home turf, Polar Industries enlists several high-profile drivers, including ice road legend Alex Debogorski and Alaskan trucking icon Lisa Kelly, who returns after a one-year hiatus. Montana legend Darrell Ward is also recruited by the Polar crew. Alongside this competition, the season follows Joey Barnes, an eccentric mechanic known as “The King of Obsolete.” Operating out of a yard filled with rare and re-engineered vintage trucks, Barnes utilizes his unique fleet to perform rescue operations for those stranded in the most
Episode Guide
Season 7 Progress Shield
Collision Course
Jun 9, 2013 · 43 min
Hugh Rowland returns to the winter roads with a grudge and a goal; Mark Kohaykewych enlists some of Hugh's biggest rivals.
Art Attack
Jun 16, 2013 · 43 min
VP Express finally delivers their first loads of the season, but after a heated confrontation with owners Hugh Rowland and Vlad Pleskot, new hire Art Burke falls behind the bosses
Fear the Crack
Jun 23, 2013 · 43 min
With loads needed to be hauled for their half million dollar contract, VP bosses Hugh Rowland and Vlad "The Mad Russian" Pleskot agree to keep struggling new hire Art Burke aboard.
Ice Rodeo
Jun 30, 2013 · 43 min
Hugh's new company is in trouble. Mechanical trouble and angry employees cause him grief. Meanwhile, Lisa gets a chance to prove herself with her heaviest load of the season. Darre
World War Hugh
Jul 7, 2013 · 43 min
Polar Industries has pulled ahead of rival VP Express, and VP boss Hugh Rowland decides to hit the road on his own. Polar scores a lucrative contract hauling million dollar parts f
Hail to the King
Jul 14, 2013 · 43 min
Things get ugly when VP Express boss Hugh Rowland steals a driver from Polar Industries and convinces the new hire to use his truck to block his former employer's front gate. Polar
Load Rules
Jul 21, 2013 · 43 min
Alex Debogorski races to complete one of Polar's most critical hauls of the season after a dashboard fire nearly costs him more than just a paycheck. Lisa's forced to stop in the m
Art of War
Jul 28, 2013 · 43 min
The landscape in the battle for winter roads supremacy is shaken to the core as Art Burke locks horns with VP Express bosses Hugh Rowland and Vlad Plescott while at Polar, Darrell
Haul of the Wild
Aug 4, 2013 · 43 min
Drivers Lisa Kelly, Alex Debogorski, Art Burke and Darrel Ward all attempt to conquer a remote, unmonitored trail, as the battle for Ice Road supremacy presses on. From lake crossi
Jagged Little Hill
Aug 11, 2013 · 43 min
As the end of the season nears, Polar tries to fulfill their contract over the unregulated road to Utik Lake. But when a jackknifed truck blocks the remote trail, it's up to Darrel
The Wrecking Crew
Aug 18, 2013 · 43 min
With only days remaining in the season to determine the load count winner, Polar and VP Express race to deliver hauls over the rapidly melting roads. At VP, boss Hugh Rowland drive
Winter Takes All
Aug 25, 2013 · 43 min
As the ice roads melt away, Polar and VP Express are neck and neck in the load count. Racing to come out on top this season, both Polar and VP take on a late season mission to the