Ice Lake Rebels (2014–…): Season 1, Episode 8 - Cracks in the Ice - full transcript

NEAR THE TOP OF THE WORLD...

ON CANADA'S GREAT SLAVE LAKE,

A BAND OF REBELS HAVE SURVIVED
A LONG, BRUTAL WINTER

LIVING OFF THE GRID.

I LOVE BEING OUT HERE

BECAUSE A GUY CAN GO ABOUT HIS
BUSINESS AND LIVE HIS LIFE FREE,

LIKE MAN IS SUPPOSED TO LIVE.

NOW THE 10,000 SQUARE
MILES OF FROZEN LAKE ARE BREAKING UP.

THERE'S STILL A LOT
OF SOLID ICE OUT THERE,

AND A BUNCH OF ICE FLOE
IS GONNA COME CRASHING DOWN

ON THE HOUSEBOATS.



AND WHEN THEY TOUCH,
THEY DON'T KISS.

THEY RIP THINGS APART.

IF THESE ICE FLOES START
TO HIT US, IT COULD CRUSH US.

MASSIVE SHEETS
OF UNFORGIVING ICE

ARE ON A COLLISION COURSE
WITH THE HOUSEBOATERS.

SO, I WOKE UP THIS MORNING,

AND JUST LIKE
THE WEATHER FORECAST PREDICTED,

I GOT HIT WITH SOME WIND.

A BIG PIECE OF ICE COMES OUT
THAT SIDE,

POUNDS ME, AND I'M BREACHED.

AND THEN WE SINK.

IT'S VERY DANGEROUS.
IT'S VERY STRESSFUL.

TO PRESERVE THEIR COMMUNITY,

THEY MUST SCRAMBLE TO DEFEND
THEIR HOMES...



DAD!

I'M CRASHING INTO
YOUR DOCK.

**** GREAT!

WATER IN
THE CROTCH!

SO COLD.

...RISKING LIFE AND LIMB
TO SAVE THEIR HOUSEBOATS

FROM THE LAKE'S ICY DEPTHS.

****
ARE YOU OKAY?!

ARE YOU OKAY?!

SPRING HAS ARRIVED
ON GREAT SLAVE LAKE,

USHERING IN THE MOST
DESTRUCTIVE TIME OF THE YEAR

FOR THE SMALL FLOATING COMMUNITY
WHO CALLS YELLOWKNIFE BAY HOME.

AFTER A LONG, COLD WINTER,
THIS IS A CRAZY BREAK-UP.

I'VE NEVER SEEN A BREAK-UP
LIKE THIS.

DURING THIS TIME, THE
FROZEN LAKE THAWS AND FRACTURES,

SENDING MASSIVE ICE FLOES
THE SIZE OF FOOTBALL FIELDS

BARRELING THROUGH
THEIR SMALL CHANNEL

ON THEIR WAY TO MELTING
IN THE OPEN LAKE.

THE ICE FLOES
START MOVING AROUND

AND BASHING INTO YOUR HOUSE

AND MOVING YOUR HOUSE
50 FEET DOWN THE ROAD

FROM WHERE IT WAS
AN HOUR AGO.

FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS,

HOUSEBOATERS WILL BE DODGING ICE
AND SHORING UP THEIR BARGES

TO PREPARE FOR ANY COLLISIONS
WITH THESE MASSIVE ICE SHEETS.

FIANCéS STEPHAN HERVIEUX
AND ALLYCE RATTRAY

HAVE LIVED ON THIS LAKE
FOR FOUR YEARS.

DURING BREAK-UP,

THEY CONSTANTLY MONITOR
THE ICE FLOES HEADING THEIR WAY.

PRESSURE HEADING SOUTH HAS
JUMPED INTO THE HIGH WIND POINT

FOR GREAT SLAVE LAKE.

WIND SPEEDS ARE
30 TO 40 KILOMETERS PER HOUR,

WITH GUSTS OF
UP TO 50 KILOMETERS PER HOUR.

ARE YOU SERIOUS?

40 "K" WINDS OVERNIGHT?

THAT'S GONNA CHANGE
EVERYTHING.

THIS IS THE CALM
BEFORE THE STORM.

I KNOW IT.
IT KIND OF FEELS THAT WAY?

I KNOW IT.
HOW ARE THE CLOUDS LOOKING?

BAD.

THE FIANCéS KNOW ALL TOO WELL

WHAT DAMAGE THE HIGH WINDS
CAN BRING.

GOT HIT A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

I ALMOST ENDED UP
ON MY NEIGHBOR'S DOORSTEP.

I COULD HAVE LOST MY VESSEL
AND DAMAGED THEIRS SERIOUSLY,

AND THERE'S NOTHING...
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING...

I COULD HAVE DONE
TO PREVENT THAT.

THIS YEAR,
I NEED TO MAKE SURE MY HOUSE

IS NOT GONNA GET DRAGGED
YET AGAIN.

NO.

DEFINITELY,
WE'RE GONNA GET SLAMMED.

YEAH, THERE'S LOTS?
BIG-TIME.

WITH WIDE ICE SHEETS
CREEPING INTO THE BAY,

STEPHAN COMES UP WITH A PLAN

TO MINIMIZE THE THREAT
TO THEIR HOUSEBOAT.

OKAY...

...WE GO OUT THERE
AND WE ACCELERATE THIS.

WE OPEN THE PATH.

WE OPEN THAT CHANNEL
SO WHEN IT COMES IN,

IT DOESN'T PILE UP
AGAINST THE ICE THAT'S HERE.

IT JUST GOES FREE.

WELL, IF THE WIND'S
GONNA BE PUSHING IT,

THE CURRENT'S
GONNA BE PUSHING IT,

IT'S GONNA BE
COMING AT US.

BREAK EVERYTHING WE CAN.

LET'S DO IT.
LET'S DO IT, LET'S DO IT.

EVERY DIME WE GOT
IS IN THIS BOAT.

THIS IS MY LIFE.

THIS IS ABOUT ME AND ALLYCE
SECURING OUR HOME

AND INVESTMENT.

ACROSS THE BAY,

FIRST HOUSEBOATER
GARY VAILLANCOURT

KNOWS WHAT KIND OF DESTRUCTION
BREAK-UP CAN BRING

TO FLOATING HOMES,

A LESSON HE'LL HAVE TO TEACH
HIS DAUGHTER, MOLLY.

WHEN IT GETS LIKE THAT HERE,
WE GOT TO PAY ATTENTION.

THE ICE SHEET GRABS YOU,
AND YOU CAN'T GET OUT OF IT,

'CAUSE IT'S A SOLID PIECE.

AND IT JUST TAKES YOU
WHEREVER IT WANTS TO GO.

THERE WAS ONE YEAR
THE LAKE BROKE UP.

THE ICE DIDN'T.

THEN THE WIND CAME OUT.

IT STARTED BREAKING
ANCHOR LINES.

IT BROKE ALL MY LINE.

TOOK A COUPLE OF HOUSES

AND PUSHED THEM RIGHT UP
ON THE SHORE,

RIPPED OUT ABOUT 150 FEET
OF DOCK,

AND THEN STUFFED IT UP
ON TOP OF THE LAND.

THE ICE IS STRONGER THAN
ANY ANCHOR YOU CAN PUT DOWN.

IT BENDS STEEL,
BREAKS LINES THAT SHOULD...

YOU KNOW, 5,000, 6,000 POUNDS
IT TAKES TO BREAK THESE LINES,

AND IT SNAPS IT.

BREAK-UP AND FREEZE-UP ARE THE
MOST DANGEROUS TIMES OF YEAR.

YOU JUST KIND OF NEVER KNOW
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

I REALLY HOPE NOTHING BREAKS.

I'M FREAKING OUT A LITTLE BIT.

YOU KNOW WHAT I LIKE TO CHECK ON
RIGHT NOW, THOUGH,

WHEN WE GET READY
FOR THIS BLOW IS...

WE'RE GONNA CHECK ALL
THE BOARDING LINES, EVERYTHING,

MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S
TIED UP PROPERLY.

SO WE SHOULD DO THAT NOW
BEFORE IT GETS REALLY BAD, OKAY?

OKAY, LET'S GO DO THAT.
LET'S GO DO THAT RIGHT NOW.

OKAY.

I DON'T KNOW WHEN
THIS IS ALL GONNA ROLL IN,

SO WE BETTER GET ON THIS
RIGHT AWAY.

THIS ONE'S EASY.

SINCE 1 CUBIC YARD
OF BREAK-UP ICE WEIGHS 1 TON,

EVEN A SMALL ICE SHEET
CAN RIP UP ANCHOR LINES

AND SMASH HOUSEBOATS
INTO ONE ANOTHER.

THE BEST FIRST DEFENSE IS
RE-SECURING THEIR ANCHOR LINES.

GOOD.
YOU'RE A FAST LEARNER.

SAME?
YEAH, WE NEED A LITTLE MORE...

PICK A LITTLE SLACK
OUT OF THAT, TOO.

ATTAGIRL.

THE WORST THAT CAN HAPPEN
IN THIS WIND

IS IT ALL END UP
ON THE SHORE.

REALLY SCARY WHEN THE WIND'S
GOING THE OTHER WAY,

'CAUSE YOU CAN TAKE A TRIP
DOWN THE BAY.

WE'VE LOST A HOUSEBOAT.

WE'VE BENT THINGS.
WE'VE BROKE ANCHOR LINES.

THERE'S A LOT OF DAMAGE
THAT CAN HAPPEN

OR THE GODS MIGHT SMILE
AND NOTHING HAPPENS.

IT CAN CHANGE IN A FLASH.

HOUSEBOATS WITHOUT
MOTORS THAT ARE CAST ADRIFT

HAVE ZERO NAVIGATION AND WOULD
BE AT THE MERCY OF THE LAKE.

I HAVE THOUGHT MANY TIMES
THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE.

AND THEN, I JUST SAY,
"NO. I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE."

I DON'T CARE HOW TOUGH IT IS.

IT GIVES YOU SOMETHING THAT
YOU CAN'T GET ANYPLACE ELSE.

THERE'S A DISTINCT SENSE
OF FREEDOM

TO DO WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO DO.

IT GIVES YOU SOMETHING THAT YOU
CAN'T GET ANYPLACE ELSE.

BACK AT THE KIMBERLITE...

KEEP IT CONSISTENT. READY?
READY?

RAMMING SPEED!

...STEPHAN AND ALLYCE ARE USING
THEIR CANOE AS A BATTERING RAM,

BREAKING THE ICE SO ONCOMING
FLOES WILL MOVE THROUGH QUICKLY,

RATHER THAN PILING UP
AND VEERING TOWARDS THEIR HOME.

IT WANTS TO COME APART.

LOOK AT IT.
IT'S ALREADY COMING APART.

THE THRILL OF LIVING ON
A HOUSEBOAT IN THE SUBARCTIC

IS A BALANCE BETWEEN NATURE
AND THE GOOD TIMES...

...AND THE DANGEROUS TIMES.

YES!

READY TO WIGGLE?

READY TO WIGGLE?
YEP.

LET'S DO IT.

YEAH.
LOOK AT THAT **** HON.

LOOKIT ON MY LEFT.
LOOK AT THAT.

THAT'S BREAKING ALL AWAY.
YEAH.

LISTEN TO THAT, HON.

CANDLES ARE BREAKING UP.

THAT'S GREAT.

BREAK-UP IS A VERY DANGEROUS
AND UNPREDICTABLE TIME.

IT'S HARD WORK BREAKING UP
THE ICE.

AND SOMETIMES, YOU HAVE TO BE
OUT THERE FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS

JUST STOMPING ON IT
AND CRACKING IT

AND TRYING TO MAKE HEADWAY

SO THE ICE DOESN'T SLAM INTO
YOUR HOUSEBOAT

AND CRUSH THE DAMN THING.

...HOW BIG THIS PIECE IS,
BABE?

NICE.

LET'S GO FORWARD.

LIFE ON THE WATER
IS A LOT DIFFERENT.

IT'S A LOT HARDER.

EVERYTHING YOU DO
HAS MULTIPLE STEPS.

BUT, AT THE END OF THE DAY,
YOU FEEL ACCOMPLISHED.

**** READY?

ONE, TWO...

OKAY, BREAK EVERYTHING
YOU GOT.

BREAK EVERY...
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.

BACK IT UP HERE.

WANT TO MOVE FORWARD
A LITTLE BIT?

YEP.

THAT'S STRONG.

GOOD JOB. STOP. HOLD.

WHOO-HOO-HOO!
CAREFUL.

HERE IT COMES.

MORE IS GETTING THROUGH.
THERE WE ARE.

WE'RE GOOD.

THAT WHOLE PIECE, I THINK,
JUST BROKE OFF.

THIS SIDE'S GOING BACK.

LOOK AT THAT.
WATCH IT. LOOK AT THAT.

LOOK... A FISSURE.

LOOK AT THAT!
OPENED UP!

ALL RIGHT.

BEAUTIFUL!

BEAUTIFUL!

YEAH!

ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BAY,

HOUSEBOATER "PIKE" MIKE HARRISON
HAS HIS OWN ICE PROBLEMS.

HIS BOAT, THE BELLE MARIAH,

HIS ONLY METHOD
OF TRANSPORTATION ON THE LAKE,

HAS A LEAK.

AND HE NEEDS TO GET HER
OUT OF THE WATER

BEFORE HIGH WINDS AND PROJECTILE
ICE FLOES DO EVEN MORE DAMAGE.

THE BOAT'S LEAKING,
AND IT WOULD SINK.

AND I DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN,

SO I HAVE TO PULL THAT UP ON
THE TRAILER AND RIVET THE HULL.

WELL, THINGS HAVE CHANGED A LOT
HERE OVERNIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S SEE IF WE CAN MOVE IT.

MIKE IS TRYING
TO WINCH HER UP TO DRY LAND,

BUT THE BELLE IS HUNG UP ON ICE.

IT'S LOOSE.

I'VE GOT TO GET THIS THING MOVED
OUT OF THE WAY

AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

THIS BEING STUCK THERE
IS SLOWING ME DOWN.

GONNA MOVE IT FROM THIS END
A LITTLE SOFTER.

JUST GOT TO GET IT GOING
AN INCH OR TWO.

AS "PIKE" MIKE PUSHES
HIS BELLE MARIAH INTO THE WATER,

HE SLIPS ON THE BREAK-UP ICE...

...PUTTING HIS BOAT IN DANGER.

WHOA-HO-HO.

ON CANADA'S GREAT SLAVE LAKE,

SPRING CONDITIONS SIGNAL

THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE TIME
OF THE YEAR,

WHEN THOUSANDS OF SQUARE MILES
OF ICE BREAK UP AND COLLIDE.

UP IN YELLOWKNIFE BAY,

"PIKE" MIKE HARRISON IS TRYING
TO HAUL ASHORE THE BELLE MARIAH,

HIS ONLY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION
ON THE LAKE

BEFORE HIGH WINDS SMASH SHEETS
OF BREAK-UP ICE

INTO HIS DAMAGED HULL...

WHOA-HO-HO.
...WHEN HE LOSES FOOTING...

****

...ALMOST CAPSIZING HIS BOAT.

ALL RIGHT,
BACK TO PLAN "A."

HOISTING HEAVY EQUIPMENT...

IT'S ALWAYS EASIER
WITH A FEW EXTRA HANDS.

PROBLEM IS...
I ONLY HAD TWO TO WORK WITH.

WE'RE LAUNCHING HER.

THE BELLE MARIAH SWIMS.

AMAZING.

SHE'S STILL HUNG UP ON THE ICE
ON HER STERN A BIT THERE.

IT'S JUST NOT COMING UP
ON THE TRAILER

AS EASILY AS I'D LIKE IT TO.

MIKE HOPS ABOARD
TO GRAB SOME CHAINS

SO HE CAN PULL THE BELLE
ONTO THE TRAILER,

WHEN THE BOAT DRIFTS
TOO FAR FROM SHORE.

WAIT.

COME ON, BABY.

SURE ENOUGH.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET BACK.

MAYBE I CAN GET UP
OFF OF THE NOSE.

LIVING ON A HOUSEBOAT
ON A FROZEN LAKE

IS SOMETHING EVERYBODY SHOULD
TRY ONCE IN THEIR LIFE.

GOOD.

A NEW DAY ON YELLOWKNIFE
BAY BRINGS WITH IT WIND GUSTS

CAPABLE OF HURLING
500-TON UNDERWATER ICEBERGS

AT THE HOUSEBOATS
WITH THE POTENTIAL

TO CRUSH THEIR METAL HULLS
AND SINK THEM.

- LOOK AT THAT, HON.
- YEAH.

THAT'S A LOT OF WIND STILL.
YEAH.

NO, IT'S GUSTING RIGHT NOW.
SURE IS.

YOU CAN'T INSURE A HOUSEBOAT,

SO IF IT SINKS,
YOU'RE OUT YOUR MONEY.

YOU'VE GOT NO INVESTMENT.
YOU'RE DONE.

HOLY ****

YEAH, THIS SIDE
IS WAY WORSE.

HOLY ****

MAN,
IT IS WINDY OUT HERE.

AT LEAST WE DID
A GOOD JOB YESTERDAY.

YEAH, GOOD JOB.

LOOK AT THAT CHANNEL
OPENED RIGHT UP?

****

DIP, BANG.

NO, WE'RE IN THE MUD.

YEAH.
LOOK AT THAT, HON.

WE'RE, LIKE,
IN A COUPLE OF FEET OF WATER.

THERE'S NO WAY
WE'RE NOT IN THE MUD.

ALTHOUGH THEIR WORK YESTERDAY

SPARED THEM
FROM ANY DIRECT HITS,

THE WIND IS NOW PUSHING
THEIR HOUSEBOAT BROADSIDE,

BEACHING THEM.

HOLY ****

LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.

WE GOT TO MOVE IT OUT?
WE GOT TO MOVE IT OUT.

THE CHANNEL WE MADE
REALLY WAS HELPFUL,

BUT WE STILL GOT HIT
WITH SOME ICE,

AND TO THE POINT WHERE
MY VESSELS MOVED

ABOUT 10 FEET BACK.

AND NOW I'M BEACHED
ON THE BACKSIDE.

IT'S SHALLOW,
AND I CAN'T HAVE THAT.

THAT PONTOON IS GONNA BOUNCE
AND POUND AND BOUNCE AND POUND,

AND IT WILL RUPTURE.

PONTOONS ARE THE EQUIVALENT
TO A FOUNDATION FOR A HOUSE,

HOLDING IT IN PLACE,
EXCEPT, ON WATER,

A CRACKED PONTOON MEANS
YOUR HOUSE SINKS TO THE DEPTHS.

THIS IS GONNA BE TRICKY,
HON.

THIS IS GONNA BE REALLY,
REALLY TOUGH.

TO GET THEIR KIMBERLITE OFF
THE LAKE'S BOTTOM,

THE COUPLE WILL UNTIE
THEIR MOORING LINES

AND USE THEIR SMALL MOTORBOAT
TO PULL THEIR HOUSE OFF THE MUD.

NOT GOOD.

IT'S GONNA WORK THE MOTOR,
THAT'S FOR SURE.

YEAH, IT'S GONNA WORK
THAT MOTOR HARD.

I'LL LOOSEN OFF
THE BACK END.

YOU LOOSEN OFF
THE FRONT END.

OKAY, THIS ONE'S UNDONE.

COOL.

THIS ONE'S UNDONE
AND RESET.

COOL.
BETTER.

GOOD.

READY?
YEP.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S HOPE THIS WORKS.

NOPE.

WE DON'T HAVE
ENOUGH POWER OR...

NO, NO. WE'RE STUCK
IN THE MUD, HARDCORE.

****

A FREE-FLOATING HOUSEBOAT
COULD BE PULLED BY HAND, IF NECESSARY,

BUT A BEACHED ONE WOULD NEED
TO BE LIFTED OR JACKED UP FIRST.

I GOT TO GRAB
THE WADERS.

I GOT TO SUIT UP,
GET DOWN THERE.

****

OKAY, PUT THAT LAYING DOWN,
AND WE'LL GET POUNDS OF ICE.

READY?

YEAH.
I KNOW YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE HOUSE,

BUT WHEN YOU GET COLD,
YOU GOT TO COME OUT.

WHOA, YEAH.

THIS WATER IS FREEZING COLD.

HE DOESN'T WANT TO GO IN THERE
AT ALL.

YEAH.

**** SHE'S COLD.

HOLY **** SHE IS COLD.

THIS IS WATER THAT NOBODY
GOES IN AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR...

VOLUNTARILY.

THIS WATER IS DANGEROUSLY COLD.

I GOT TO FIGURE THIS OUT.

AND IT'S THE LAST THING
I WANT TO DO.

YEAH, WE'RE IN THE MUD.
YOU WERE RIGHT.

DEAD IN THE MUD.

- YEP.
- BIG-TIME.

NOW, THERE'S NO WAY
I CAN GET THAT JACK.

LOOK.
IT'S JUST GONNA SINK.

THERE'S NO CLEARANCE.

THERE'S NOT EVEN AN INCH
OF CLEARANCE.

WE'RE JUST SITTING
IN THE MUD.

AND LOOK AT...
LOOK AT THIS.

GETTING SHALLOWER.

YEAH. SO, YEAH,
WE'RE DEFINITELY STUCK.

WE'RE ****

ACROSS THE BAY...

DAD!

THE LAKE'S SEVERE CONDITIONS
HAVE SNAPPED THE MOORING LINES

ON THE MOLLY BARGE.

IT COULD HIT ANYONE,
CAUSE A LOT OF DAMAGE

OR GO DOWN THE BAY OR WORSE.

SO I WAS DEFINITELY NERVOUS
ABOUT THAT.

I'M CRASHING INTO
YOUR DOCK.

THAT ICE MUST HAVE BUSTED
THE LINE.

THE DAMN ICE.

NOW GARY AND MOLLY MUST
REGAIN CONTROL OF HER HOUSEBOAT

BEFORE THE WIND AND ICE SMASH IT
INTO GARY'S CT BARGE.

WHEN I SAW THE MOLLY BARGE
SITTING SIDEWAYS LIKE THAT,

I KNEW I HAD TO GET ON IT QUICK.

IT ALWAYS GIVES YOU
A BIT OF A START

WHEN YOU SEE A HOUSE
SITTING AT 90 DEGREES

FROM WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.

I WAS CONCERNED THAT IT WAS
GONNA GET TANGLED UP

IN THE BACK OF MY BOAT,

SO I DIDN'T HAVE
A LOT OF TIME TO WASTE.

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?

I'M GONNA TRY TO GET
THIS ICE OUT OF THE WAY FIRST

SO I CAN PUSH YOU AROUND.

LIVING ON A BOAT...
IT HAS ITS CHALLENGES,

BUT I THINK, ULTIMATELY,

IT GIVES YOU A KIND OF STRENGTH
OF CHARACTER.

THE RESPONSIBILITY IS THRUST
ON YOU

BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT BEING TOLD
WHAT TO DO.

IF YOU DECIDE THAT THIS FREEDOM
IS TO BE ABUSED,

THEN YOU WON'T LAST VERY LONG
OUT THERE.

I'M GONNA HOOK ON
TO YOU

AND I'M GONNA TRY AND PULL YOU
UP INTO THE WIND AGAIN, OKAY?

THERE'S SOME MORE ICE COMING
HERE. WE BETTER GET GOING.

OKAY.

IF THEY CAN'T SECURE THE BARGE,

HIGH WINDS CAN BLOW IT
ACROSS THE BAY,

TRANSFORMING MOLLY'S HOUSE
INTO A 3-TON CRUSHER

CAPABLE OF THE SAME IMPACT
AS A CAR CRASH.

OKAY. LET HER GO.

WATCH YOUR HANDS,
WATCH YOUR FINGERS.

OKAY, I'M GONNA GO AROUND
THE BACK NOW

AND GET THAT OTHER ROPE
AND TIE IT OFF.

IT'S GETTING PRETTY CLOSE
IN THE BACK.

ARE YOU GONNA GROUND OUT?

I'M GONNA BE OKAY,
HONEY.

LET THE SLACK GO
FOR A SECOND.

IT'S STUCK ON THAT ICE.

EVERY YEAR,
IT'S A **** HASSLE.

WE'RE STUCK HERE
ON THIS PIECE OF ICE,

SO I'M GONNA TRY
AND STRAIGHTEN IT OUT SOME MORE.

RELYING ON HIS OUTBOARD MOTOR

TO PULL THE HOUSEBOAT
BACK INTO POSITION,

GARY ACCIDENTALLY HITS
HIS OWN BARGE,

PLUNGING HIS STILL-RUNNING
ENGINE INTO THE LAKE.

**** GREAT!

DAD!

IN THE SUBARCTIC,
ON GREAT SLAVE LAKE,

BREAK-UP IS ONCE AGAIN PROVING

TO BE THE MOST
DESTRUCTIVE TIME OF THE YEAR.

IN YELLOWKNIFE BAY,

WITH DOZENS OF HOUSEBOATS
DESTROYED THROUGH THE YEARS,

GARY VAILLANCOURT IS TRYING
TO PREVENT THE MOLLY BARGE

FROM COLLIDING WITH
HIS HOUSEBOAT...

**** GREAT!

...WHEN HIS OUTBOARD MOTOR FALLS
IN THE LAKE.

SON OF A ****

AS I WAS GUIDING IT
INTO ITS FINAL POSITION,

ALL OF A SUDDEN, I BUMP INTO
THE BACK OF THE DOCK.

SO THE MOTOR CLIMBED RIGHT OFF
THE BACK OF THE BOAT

AND WENT INTO THE WATER.

****

IF THE WOODEN MOLLY BARGE

COLLIDES WITH GARY'S
STEEL CT BARGE,

IT COULD TURN MOLLY'S HOME
INTO SPLINTERS

AND SEND IT TO THE BOTTOM.

I'M PISSED OFF.

WITH HIS OUTBOARD
MOTOR OUT OF COMMISSION,

GARY HOPS INTO HIS CANOE

IN A LAST-DITCH EFFORT
TO RE-TIE THE BARGE'S MOORING.

IF THE BOATS BUMP INTO
EACH OTHER,

YOU'VE GOT TONS OF MATERIAL
MOVING UP AND DOWN,

AND WHEN THEY TOUCH,
THEY DON'T KISS.

THEY RIP THINGS APART

AND THEY START BUSTING THINGS
AS THEY HIT.

IS THIS LINE
SUPPOSED TO BE SO LOOSE?

I'M JUST TAKING THE SLACK OUT
OF ALL THE LINES NOW

SO IT'LL HOLD
ITS POSITION.

I HAVE IT. DO YOU WANT ME
TO FEED IT TO YOU?

LET IT GO.

I THINK WE'RE GONNA
CALL THAT GOOD.

THANKS, DAD, FOR KEEPING MY
HOUSE FROM FLOATING AWAY.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

OFF THE SHORES
OF YELLOWKNIFE BAY,

WITH THE HOUSEBOAT
SHELTERING HIS SIX CHILDREN

TAKING ON WATER...

JUST GOES JUST BELOW
THE WATERLINE.

...RANDY SIBBESTON HAS BUILT
NEW STEEL FLOATATIONS

TO KEEP IT FROM SINKING.

HIS STRATEGY IS TO FLOAT
THE METAL BARRELS

5 MILES DOWN THE YELLOWKNIFE
RIVER TOWARD THE BAY

IN HOPES OF EVENTUALLY
TRANSFERRING HIS HOUSE

ON TOP OF THESE NEW FLOATS.

I BUILT THIS NEW SET
OF FLOATS AS AN EXPERIMENT,

YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA
BE COST-EFFECTIVE

AND NICE AND TOUGH.

BUT I'M NOT GOING TO PUT THE
CABIN ON THERE

UNTIL I'VE HAD A CHANCE
TO TEST THOSE FLOATS,

BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO SEE MY
HARD WORK GO DOWN INTO THE LAKE.

IT'S GONNA SWING AROUND
THE OTHER WAY,

SO LET'S JUST LET IT GO.

WE'LL LET THE CURRENT
DO ITS JOB.

WITH THE NEW PONTOONS
PERFORMING WELL,

RANDY CONSTRUCTS A TEMPORARY
SHELTER ATOP THE RAFT.

THE ICE IS REALLY THICK
THIS YEAR.

IT'S BEEN AN UNUSUAL BREAK-UP.

THE SHIFTING LAKE ICE
IS VERY UNPREDICTABLE.

WELL, I'M AT THAT WONDERFUL
POINT

WHERE I'VE PRETTY MUCH GOT
EVERYTHING ALL SORTED OUT

AND ORGANIZED.

AND I'M PRETTY MUCH READY
TO PUSH OFF

AND LET THE CURRENT OF THE RIVER
TAKE ME OUT ONTO THE LAKE.

NOW RANDY HAS TO PADDLE
5 MILES TO YELLOWKNIFE BAY,

HOPING HE DOESN'T HIT ICE FLOES.

IT'S SAFE TO SAY
THAT I'M A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS.

PUT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT IN

AND THEN SUBJECT IT TO

SOME OF THE MOST BRUTAL
ICE CONDITIONS...

IT'S A LITTLE BIT
NERVE-RACKING.

NEAR THE UPPER REACHES
OF THE BAY,

RAGNAR WESSTROM, OWNER OF
THE TROUT ROCK HUNTING LODGE,

SURVEYS THE FROZEN SHEETS BLOWN
INTO THE WATERWAY BY HIGH WINDS.

HE HAS TO GET HIS CREW
AND PROVISIONS

TO HIS OFF-THE-GRID HUNTING
AND FISHING LODGE

SO THEY CAN OPEN IT
FOR THE SPRING SEASON.

WE GOT 16 PEOPLE COMING IN HERE.

WE HAVE TO USE
THE TRUSTWORTHY HAGGLUNDS.

OKAY.

THE HAGGLUND BV206 IS THE MOST
VERSATILE VEHICLE IN THE WORLD.

IT'S A SWEDISH-MILITARY-DESIGNED
TRACK MACHINE.

FULLY AMPHIBIOUS.

AND FOR US IN THE WINTERTIME,

THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GET
OUR GUESTS IN

IS WITH THE HAGGLUND BV206.

THE SHORT SUMMER MONTHS
ARE RAGNAR'S ONLY OPPORTUNITY

TO MAKE ENOUGH EARNINGS
TO LAST THE YEAR.

SO EACH DAY HIS LODGE IS CLOSED,

IT THREATENS HIS ABILITY TO MAKE
IT THROUGH THE BRUTAL WINTER.

I'M DRIVER.

OKAY, GUYS, WE'RE ALL PACKED UP
AND READY TO GO.

WE'RE GONNA DO
SOME AMPHIBIAN SWIMMING,

SO DON'T ****
YOUR PANTS.

BECAUSE THESE THINGS FLOAT,
BELIEVE IT OR NOT.

LET'S ROCK 'N' ROLL.

WHOEVER WANTS
TO GET IN HERE...

WELL, THEY MAY HAVE TO
SIT IN THE GREEN ONE WITH THE DOG.

YEAH, NOW WE'RE HEADING IN
TO TROUT ROCK LODGE

ON GREAT SLAVE LAKE.

AND THIS IS EXTREMELY LATE
TO GO OUT,

SO I'M A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS THAT
WE'RE GONNA HAVE OPEN WATER.

THE SPRING BREAK-UP HAS
TRANSFORMED THE TERRAIN

INTO A DANGEROUS SOUP OF MUD
AND MELTED ICE.

THE ROAD TO THE LODGE LEADS THE
CONVOY TO THE EDGE OF THE LAKE.

RIGHT ACROSS, RIGHT?

BUT HIGH WINDS HAVE CLOGGED
THE INLAND

WITH DRIFTING 20-TON SECTIONS
OF ICE.

HIS NAVIGATIONAL GUIDE
IS CONCERNED.

NO, THAT'S NOT
A GOOD THING,

'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW HOW THICK
THAT ICE IS, EITHER.

BUT NOW WITH
THE TRAILER, TOO,

MY STEERING CAPACITY
IS LIKE NIL.

SO WE'RE SUBJECT
TO THE WIND, TOO.

YOU WANT US TO UNHOOK
THE TRAILERS?

NO. **** NO.

'CAUSE THAT ICE
COULD BE THICK.

LOOKS LIKE A BIG CHUNK,
PROBABLY 2 FEET.

THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

SO I'M NOT SURE HOW FAR
YOU CAN BREAK INTO THAT ICE.

RAGNAR MUST MAKE A CHOICE...

CROSS NOW AND RISK COLLIDING
WITH A MASSIVE ICE FLOE

OR WAIT IT OUT
UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE

AND DELAY OPENING HIS LODGE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

MEANWHILE, AT THE KIMBERLITE...

WHOO!
WATER IN THE CROTCH!

SO COLD.

...STEPHAN AND ALLYCE HAVE BEEN
BATTLING THEIR OWN ICE PROBLEMS.

MY LEGS ARE ****
FROZEN STIFF HERE.

STEPHAN HAS BEEN IN
AND OUT OF THE WATER,

TRYING TO FREE HIS HOUSEBOAT
FROM A BLOCK OF ICE

CAUGHT UNDERNEATH
HIS PONTOON,

BEACHING IT AND PUTTING IT
AT RISK OF BEING SCUTTLED.

I'M SOAKED THIS TIME.

WORSE THAN LAST TIME.

OKAY. I GOT THIS.
YOU GOT THIS, BUD.

OKAY. GET THE BOAT.
BRING IT BACK AROUND.

PUT IT IN.

TUG ON IT. THIS THING'S GOT TO
**** MOVE, MAN.

IT'S GOT TO ****

DESPERATE TO AVOID THE
ONCOMING ICE'S DESTRUCTIVE FORCE,

STEPHAN WILL USE HIS
25-HORSEPOWER MOTOR

TO YANK HIS HOME FREE.

I THINK I WANT TO PULL,
TUG RIGHT HERE.

YEAH, GET ME ALL NICE
AND TIGHT THERE.

PUT ME ON THAT CLEAT.

READY?
YEP.

**** OFF!

WHY DON'T IT GO?

IT'S GOT TO BE THE ICE
UNDER THERE?

IT'S GOT TO BE.

****

IT'S GOT TO BE
THAT ICE.

THAT PONTOON IS CLEAR
AND **** FREE.

THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
HOLDING IT THERE.

IT'S THAT ****
CHUNK OF ICE. I KNOW IT.

IT HAS TO BE THAT.

I AIN'T GIVING UP YET.

I DIDN'T CHANGE TWO PAIRS
OF PANTS

AND FREEZE MY TESTES TWICE
TO GIVE UP NOW.

STEPH GETS SO INTO
THE MOMENT THAT, SOMETIMES,

IT DRIVES STEPH NUTS
IF HE CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT.

BUT THIS IS REALLY DANGEROUS
WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.

I'M GONNA JERK THIS ****
RIGHT OFF.

****

I'LL TRY
A DIFFERENT ANGLE.

THERE'S SO MUCH ICE,
MAN.

I'M TAKING ON WATER
EVERY TIME I SPLASH.

WHAT THE ****
AM I SUPPOSED TO DO NOW?

WE'RE FROZEN INTO THE GROUND.
THAT'S THE ONLY EXPLANATION.

NOW I GOT AN ICEBERG IN MY PROP.

THAT'S **** PERFECT.

ONE MORE SHOT AND I DON'T KNOW
WHAT ELSE I CAN DO, SWEETIE.

AS STEPHAN TRIES
TUGGING THE HOUSEBOAT OFF THE MUD,

THE UNTHINKABLE HAPPENS.

****
ARE YOU OKAY?!

ARE YOU OKAY?!

IT'S SPRING ON GREAT SLAVE
LAKE, AND BREAK-UP IS IN FULL SWING,

SENDING ICE FLOES
WEIGHING OVER 2 TONS

HURLING TOWARDS THE HOUSEBOATS
ANCHORED IN YELLOWKNIFE BAY.

I THINK I WANT TO PULL,
TUG RIGHT HERE.

YEAH, GET ME ALL NICE
AND TIGHT THERE.

PUT ME ON THAT CLEAT.

FIANCéS STEPHAN
HERVIEUX AND ALLYCE RATTRAY

ARE TRYING TO TUG THEIR BEACHED
HOUSEBOAT OFF THE MUD

BEFORE THEIR FLOATS,
OR PONTOONS,

ARE CRUSHED BY
THE LAKE'S BOTTOM, SINKING THEM.

BECAUSE OF ALL THE ROCKS
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE,

IF WE GET PUSHED FURTHER INTO
THE MUD,

A PONTOON DEFINITELY
WILL BE PUNCTURED.

ONE MORE SHOT AND I DON'T KNOW
WHAT ELSE I CAN DO, SWEETIE.

HERE WE GO.
HOLD ON!

HERE WE GO.

ARE YOU OKAY?!

ARE YOU OKAY?!
****

ARE YOU OKAY?!

**** LINE SNAPPED.

YEAH, I'M FINE.

THANK GOD.

****

WHEN I SAW THAT ROPE SNAP,
MY HEART SANK.

I KNOW WHAT BROKEN ROPES
AND CHAINS CAN DO,

AND IT IS NOT PRETTY.

I'M PUSHING IT TOO HARD.

SOMEBODY COULD HAVE GOT
REALLY **** HURT THERE.

PUSHING IT TOO HARD,
STEPH.

DORA'S OKAY?
YEAH.

YOU'RE OKAY?
SHE'S FREAKED OUT. YEAH.

WE THINK IT HIT
THE WATER.

THANK GOD.

ALL RIGHT,
THAT'S ALL I CAN DO, BABE.

THAT'S ALL
I CAN **** DO.

I TRIED EVERYTHING I COULD.

AND I THOUGHT,
"GIVE IT MORE ROPE."

MAYBE I COULD SNAP THAT BOAT
RIGHT OUT OF PLACE.

AND WHEN I DID,
THE ROPE SNAPPED.

I'VE ENDANGERED THE TWO PEOPLE

THAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT
TO ME IN MY LIFE.

I CAN'T PUSH IT ANY FURTHER.

I'VE PUSHED IT AS FAR
AS I POSSIBLY CAN.

AND THIS IS NOT SAFE.

****
SHE'S SHAKING, THE POOR GIRL.

IT'S OKAY, PUP-PUPS.

SOME BACON TREATS
WILL FIX THAT.

I'M PRETTY SURE
IT DIDN'T HIT HER.

I'M SORRY, PUP-PUPS.

I'M SORRY. PAPA'S SORRY.

I'M PUSHING IT TOO HARD.

CALL IT QUITS.
TOMORROW'S ANOTHER DAY.

****

IT'S GOT TO BE THAT ICEBERG.
CAN'T BE ANYTHING ELSE.

YEAH.
I'M SORRY.

I'M SORRY. YOU OKAY?

YOU OKAY, LITTLE PUPS?

COME ON, LET'S GET YOU INSIDE
AND WARMED UP.

YOU'VE BEEN OUTSIDE ALL DAY.
LET'S GO.

I'M TREMBLING
FROM THE COLD.

YOU READY, DORA?

COME ON. LET'S GO.

THANK YOU.

COME ON, PUP.

ALONG THE NORTH ARM OF THE LAKE,

WIND-DRIVEN ICE FLOES

ARE BLOCKING RAGNAR WESSTROM'S
CONVOY

FROM CROSSING THE LAKE.

'CAUSE WE GOT TO GO AROUND
THE ICE.

SO SHUT YOUR DOORS.

CLOSE THE DOORS,
MAKE SURE THEY'RE SEALED,

BECAUSE WE'RE SINKING DOWN
ALMOST TO THE WINDOW.

SO, LET'S DO IT.

THE HAGGLUND CANNOT
BREAK THROUGH THE ICE,

BUT WE CAN TRY TO GO
AROUND IT.

Okay, guys.

We're gonna split up here now
so we can cover a bigger area.

Roger that.

THE HAGGLUNDS MAY BE AMPHIBIOUS,

BUT COLLIDING WITH A 20-TON
ICE SHEET COULD ROLL THEM OVER.

The driver is right on.

There, boys. Step on it.
It's there, too.

WE MADE IT! YAY!

THERE WAS LOTS OF ICE
ON THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE.

SO WE'D GO DOWN TO DIFFERENT,
DANGEROUS ANGLES THERE,

BUT THE HAGGLUND CAME THROUGH.

THAT WAS ALWAYS A DREAM OF MINE

TO BUILD A CAMP
IN THE WILDERNESS

AND MAKE IT INTO A BUSINESS,

BUT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT,
A VERY HARD JOB.

AND IT COULD BE DANGEROUS.

BUT IT'S ALSO A PARADISE.

WHEN EVERYTHING GOES WELL,
YOU CAN ENJOY IT,

THE PRISTINE WILDERNESS
AND THE FREEDOM.

YOU ARE FEELING LIKE
YOU'RE ON TOP OF THE WORLD,

YOU'RE THE KING IN YOUR KINGDOM,

AND NOBODY CAN TELL YOU
WHAT TO DO.

AFTER THREE HOURS
OF GRUELING TERRAIN,

RAGNAR'S TEAM
AND THEIR PROVISIONS

REACH TROUT ROCK LODGE.

TROUT ROCK LODGE.

FINALLY HOME.

SPRINGTIME.
READY TO OPEN UP.

OUT ON THE OPEN LAKE,

RANDY SIBBESTON, HOPING TO SAVE
HIS SINKING HOUSEBOAT,

WHICH HOLDS HIS WIFE
AND SIX KIDS,

HAS BEEN PADDLING HIS NEW
FLOATATION RAFT

FIVE HOURS
TOWARDS YELLOWKNIFE BAY...

WHEN HE HEARS THE ALARMING SOUND
OF BREAK-UP ICE.

THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT
THAT SOUND?

IT SOUNDS SORT OF MAGICAL,
IN A WAY,

BUT THAT'S ALSO THE SOUND
OF DANGER, TOO, SO...

RANDY'S ONLY A FEW MILES
OUTSIDE THE ENTRANCE TO YELLOWKNIFE BAY.

SO HE TRIES TO PADDLE THROUGH
THE ICE SHEET

TO REACH HIS HOME
BEFORE SUNDOWN.

BUT HE'S NO MATCH AGAINST
THE POWERFUL FROZEN MASS.

SOON, RANDY'S SURROUNDED BY
A REMNANT

FROM GREAT SLAVE LAKE'S WINTER.

WELL, IT'S A LITTLE BIT FREAKY

ONCE THE ICE KIND OF CLOSES IN
AROUND YOU, AND IT ENGULFS YOU.

AND THEN YOU WIND UP
TRAPPED IN IT.

NOW TRAPPED IN THE ICE,

RANDY'S FORCED TO HUNKER DOWN
ON HIS RAFT UNTIL MORNING

WITHOUT SUFFICIENT FOOD, WATER,
OR SHELTER FROM THE ICY COLD.

BIG, SOLID PIECE UNDER THERE.

THE ICE IS JUST SO HEAVY
AND IT HAS SO MUCH MOMENTUM.

YOU COULD GO TO SLEEP AT NIGHT,
ALL TIED UP ON THE SHORE,

AND WAKE UP IN THE MORNING,
AND YOU ARE SOMEWHERE ELSE.

YOU KNOW, THE ICE PUSH YOU
RIGHT OFF INTO THE BLUE YONDER.

AS DANGEROUS ICE SHEETS
MOVE ACROSS GREAT SLAVE LAKE,

RANDY SIBBESTON WAS PADDLING HIS
NEW FLOTATION RAFT

TO YELLOWKNIFE BAY

WHEN HE BECAME TRAPPED
IN THE ICE OVERNIGHT

WITHOUT SUFFICIENT SUPPLIES.

NOW HE'S MANEUVERING BACK UP
THE RIVER AWAY FROM THE ICE.

IT TAKES SOME DOING.

BUT THE WIND'S KIND OF STRONG,

AND THAT TENT'S ACTING
AS A SAIL, SO...

THERE'S NO WAY TO GET OVER TO
THE BAY,

WHERE ALL THE OTHER HOUSEBOATS
ARE.

THERE'S A BIG SHEET OF ICE

BLOCKING THE ENTRANCE
TO THE BAY.

SO, IT'S JUST THE WAY IT IS THIS
TIME OF YEAR, YOU KNOW?

BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS
THING BACK OVER INTO THE BAY,

BUT YOU GET A LITTLE BIT AT THE
MERCY OF THE WIND, YOU KNOW?

LOOKS LIKE THERE'S SOME GOOD
BUSHES OVER THERE TO TIE UP TO.

AND THE SHORE'S NOT TOO ROCKY.

YOU KNOW, SOME OF THAT STUFF
OVER THERE IS JUST BRUTAL.

THIS IS A BIG RAFT
FOR ONE GUY TO BE PADDLING.

AND EVERY TIME I GET CLOSE,
A LITTLE GUST OF WIND COMES UP

AND BLOWS ME FURTHER UP
THE SHORE.

WE'LL MAKE IT.

IT'S JUST GONNA TAKE SOME DOING.

SO, FOR NOW, FOR THE TIME BEING,

THIS IS GONNA BE
THE RESTING-PLACE FOR THIS RAFT.

I'M GONNA GO BACK OVER TO
MY HOUSEBOAT

AND I'M GOING TO SIT DOWN

AND I'M GONNA LOOK AT
MY NUMBERS AGAIN

AND REALLY TRY TO CONSIDER

WHERE I UNDERESTIMATED
THE WEIGHT OF THIS RAFT.

AT THAT POINT,

I'LL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'LL BE
ABLE TO PUT ON HERE FOR A CABIN.

DEFEATED BY THE LAKE
AND UNABLE TO REACH THE BAY,

RANDY WILL HAVE TO WAIT
FOR BREAK-UP TO END.

IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE WIND,
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EASY.

AS DAWN BREAKS ON THE BAY,

STEPHAN AND ALLYCE ARE TRYING
TO TUG THEIR BEACHED HOUSEBOAT

OFF THE BOTTOM
BEFORE MORE ICE FLOES

PUSH THEM INTO
HULL-CRUSHING ROCKS.

HOLY.

LOOK AT HOW MUCH THE LAKE HAS
CHANGED SINCE YESTERDAY, HON.

WHEN ALLYCE AND I GOT OUTSIDE,

WE REALIZED THE WEATHER
HAD CHANGED 180 DEGREES.

NO BIG WINDS, NO ICE.

EVERYTHING HAD MELTED.

AND I THOUGHT
WE MIGHT JUST GET LUCKY TODAY.

THINK WE CAN WORK WITH IT
TODAY?

ABSOLUTELY.

GONNA TAKE IT SLOW,
THOUGH?

I'M NOT GONNA DO
WHAT I WAS DOING YESTERDAY,

TUGGING AND PULLING.

I GOT A LITTLE OVERZEALOUS,
I KNOW.

YESTERDAY, I STARTED OUT
WITH THE RIGHT IDEA

AND THEN I JUST TOOK IT
TOO FAR.

I SAY WE JUST KEEP IT HERE,
NICE AND TIGHT.

I'LL JACK IT UP.

I SHOULD BE ABLE TO... AND JUST
KEEP PULLING, JUST KEEP PULLING.

I MEAN...
IT'S GOT TO GIVE.

YESTERDAY,
WE WERE BATTLING THE WIND ALL DAY.

WE GOT FRUSTRATED AND WE WERE
DOING THINGS DANGEROUSLY.

SO, TODAY, WE JUST HAD
TO SCALE IT BACK.

THE WATER'S
JUST AS COLD.

EVERY TIME I JUMP IN THE WATER,
I'M REMINDED HOW COULD IT IS.

DESPITE THE RISK OF HYPOTHERMIA,

STEPHAN WILL HAVE TO
JACK UP HIS HOUSEBOAT

IN ORDER TO MOVE IT
INTO DEEPER WATER,

SAVING ITS FLOTATION FROM BEING
CRUSHED BY THE LAKE BED.

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.

YOU GOT
THE TECHNIQUE DOWN NOW?

I THINK I DO,
IF I JUST USE MY TWO LEGS...

AND STICK THE JACK IN THERE
IF I CAN.

I GOT IT ROLLING.

THERE WE GO.

I THINK WE'VE MOVING,
BABE.

HA HA!

NO ****

WHEN I STARTED JACKING
THE HOUSE,

I COULD FEEL IT COMING OUT OF
THE MUD,

AND I WAS REALLY HOPEFUL.

WE GOT TO DO THIS NOW.

WE GOT THE PERFECT WEATHER
FOR IT.

AFTER JACKING UP HIS HOUSEBOAT,

STEPHAN DISCOVERS THE SOURCE
OF THEIR TROUBLE...

AN OVERSIZED ICE BLOCK
LODGED UNDER THEIR HULL.

THANK YOU.

SEE THIS PIECE OF ICE?

YEAH. SEE?

AND THIS IS EXACTLY
WHAT WAS STUCK IN THE MUD.

AND THAT'S DEEP.

LOOK AT HOW BIG THAT IS.
LOOK.

SO, THE HOUSE IS JACKED UP,

SO NOW IT'S TIME FOR ME
TO JUMP IN THAT BOAT

AND GIVE HER SOME THROTTLE
AND MOVE THIS BABY OUT.

I KNOW THERE'S A RUSH,
BUT LET'S BE CAREFUL.

MAKE SURE I DON'T HIT
THAT LINE.

I DON'T WANT TO CUT
THAT MOORING.

FOR THE FIANCéS,
IT'S NOW OR NEVER.

WITH THE ICE BLOCK REMOVED,

THEY'RE GOING TO USE THE
MOTORBOAT TO TUG THEIR HOUSEBOAT

OFF THE LAKE'S MUDDY BOTTOM
ONE LAST TIME.

DURING THE MOST
DESTRUCTIVE TIME OF YEAR,

KNOWN AS BREAK-UP,

STEPHAN AND ALLYCE'S HOUSEBOAT
GOT BEACHED

BY MASSIVE ICE FLOES.

BUT AFTER HOURS OF JACKING UP
THEIR HOUSE FROM THE LAKE BED,

THEY'RE READY TO SEE IF
THEY WILL FLOAT FREE AGAIN.

NOW THAT THE HOUSE IS JACKED UP,

I GOT TO JUMP IN THAT BOAT
AND THROTTLE UP.

I KNOW THERE'S A RUSH,
BUT LET'S BE CAREFUL.

OKAY.

ARE WE MOVING?

I THINK WE'RE MOVING,
BABE.

ARE WE MOVING?
WE'RE MOVING.

YES!

THEIR HOUSEBOAT IS FINALLY FREE.

I'M TELLING YOU...

WHEN I HIT THAT THROTTLE
AND THE HOUSE STARTED TO MOVE,

YOU CAN'T IMAGINE HOW HAPPY
I WAS.

ONCE THE HOUSE STARTED TO
MOVE, IT FELT SO GOOD.

IT WAS JUST A RELIEF
AFTER THE HARD,

FRUSTRATING DAY
THAT WE HAD YESTERDAY.

WELL, WE'RE NICE AND DEEP.

WE'RE NOT GONNA HIT GROUND
ANYMORE.

TIGHTEN THAT UP, AND LET'S MOVE
TO THE OTHER SIDE, SHALL WE?

OKAY.
WHOO-WEE, THAT'S COLD.

TO MAKE SURE THE NEXT WINDSTORM

DOESN'T PUSH THEM BACK
INTO THE MUD,

STEPHAN AND ALLYCE ARE SECURING
THEIR HOME IN DEEPER WATER.

YEAH, MR. MUSCLE!

- LOOK AT THAT?
- GOOD JOB.

40 FEET BY 13 FEET...
NOTHING TOO TOUGH FOR ME.

IS THAT BETTER?

YEAH, IT'S A LOT DEEPER HERE
FOR ME.

OKAY,
TIE OFF RIGHT THERE.

RIGHT HERE?
YES.

GREAT.
PERFECT. YOU TIGHT?

ALMOST. YEP.
YOU GOOD?

IT'S TIGHT.
NICE!

THAT'S IT?

THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT.

WHEN THE HOUSEBOAT STARTS
TO ROCK FOR THE FIRST TIME,

YOU FEEL IT MOVE TO THE WAVES,

I JUST GET SO EXCITED,
'CAUSE I KNOW SUMMER'S HERE.

THE BREAK-UP,
WHERE YOU'RE WORRIED 24/7...

IT'S ALL OVER
AND IT'S TIME TO FINALLY RELAX

AND LOVE BEING ON A HOUSEBOAT.

ALL RIGHT.
WE GOT THIS.

RIGHT ON! GO, TEAM.

IT FEELS GOOD
TO BE DONE NOW.

I KNOW.
I KNOW IT WAS HARD.

THE REASON WE LIVE ON THIS LAKE
IS BECAUSE THE LAKE IS ALIVE.

AND IT MAKES US FEEL ALIVE.

WE ARE INTERTWINED TO THE LAKE.

SURE, IT'S DANGEROUS

AND, SURE, AT TIMES,
IT'S A LOT OF FREAKIN' WORK.

BUT, FOR ME, I LOVE IT.

THE RESPONSIBILITY IS HIGH,
THE PAY IS LOW,

AND THE REWARD IS EXCEPTIONAL.