[Bassman]

Yet another Ice Road Truckers spin-off. This is being shown on History on Sky every night, currently at 8pm (no doubt with repeats).

The first episode last night looks to be a repeat of the driving conditions in the Himilayas, but with more European looking trucks. The three "teams" were driving 3 axle Volvo F12 Rigids, though one appeared to be an 8x2 with the second sterring axle de-wheeled! The trucks appeared to have a rather long body on the chassis which gave them a fairly substantial rear overhang, which considering the roads didn't do the drivers any favours!

The usual suspecte were in evidence in the shape of Hugh, Lisa and Rick. Dave Redmon (Alex's replacement) from the Himilayas program was there and two newbies (Tim and Tino from LA).

Hugh and Rick of course went at it with a vengeance, arriving at their destination early. No idea why Lisa does these things as she was (again) reduced to tears and let Dave drive (and he was none too impressed) and they abandoned their truck.

It will be interesting to see how this develops over the next 13 episodes.