Plot Synopsis

Rick Yemm, Lisa Kelly and other drivers move from the frozen Alaskan roadways north of the Arctic Circle to the harrowing, ancient highways of the the rest of the world. The ever-present danger of avalanches, communication breakdowns with people who speak a different language, wild weather conditions that range from 115 degrees to below freezing and the harder-than-it-sounds task of sometimes driving on the other side of the road are additional challenges that will fray nerves and put lives on the line. In the first season, the crew traveled India's Himalayan roadways, which are among the most historic on the planet, in a country where traffic jams last all day and road closures drag on for weeks -- bad news indeed for a trucker with a load and a deadline to meet. During Season 2, the truckers head to South America to take on the foreboding routes of Bolivia and Peru. In Bolivia, drivers are faced with the "Death Road," which begins at an altitude of 15,000 feet, and, through dense fog, snakes along cliffs and sheer drops thousands of feet -- with no guardrails. On the landslide-ravaged highlands of Peru, every mountain pass is a death road, and the path to each remote destination is a test of will, including a treacherously thin ribbon of road, with tunnels, landslides, and a legendary turn called Dead Nun's Corner.