Ice Road Truckers has returned to our screens for a second high-tension season, but this time the job takes them even farther north, 100 miles inside the Arctic Circle. They are here for a new mission: to haul the heavy metal of natural gas drilling rigs not only on frozen rivers but also over the Arctic Ocean!

In just three months the drivers will earn a year’s salary but they’ll have to endure one of the most perilous stretches of road anywhere in the world. Jack-knifing, breakdowns and frostbite are commonplace and any wrong move could see them sucked into the freezing water as the ice gives way beneath their wheels.

It’s a treacherous, bone-numbing job - just the kind of challenge that keeps this special breed of driver coming back for more.

Extra: ‘Off the Ice: join the Ice Road crew in an exclusive behind-the scenes chat as they thaw out their differences.’