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Ice Road Trucking Analysis

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7 Why Lisa Kelly Got Into Ice Road Trucking
Believe it or not, one of Lisa Kelly’s first jobs was delivering pizza as a teenager. She says it was this job that made her realise that she didn’t want a career that involved going into an office every day. She wanted to be out and about. “Delivering pizza, I could drive around town,” she said, describing why she felt attracted to the job. Then after a while she slowly realised that she wanted to drive a truck so she signed on with a school bus company that paid for her training. She drove a school bus for a year but says it was tough to be a professional driver and a babysit 40 kids at the same time. “I couldn’t wait ’til my freight didn’t scream anymore,” she said. Well, she has certainly come a long way since then.

6 Why Lisa Kelly Had To Take A Break From Ice Road Truckers
In a show like Ice Road Truckers, filled with burly male characters it’s nice to have a little female representation. Lisa Kelly, one of the shows two female drivers, has managed to become one of IRT biggest stars, driving up the ratings. You may have noticed that Lisa was absent from season six but do you know why she needed to take a break from the show? Well Lisa says that she loves doing the show but needed to take a break …show more content…

But how did he get this nickname? Did he get into a tousle with a polar bear at one stage during his journeys perhaps? That would be quite a story but sadly that’s not the case at all. It seems that back in 80’s a few of Hugh’s friends saw the words branded on a truck and decided that it fit his personality perfectly. He obviously didn’t mind and the nickname stuck. According to Hugh he likes to think that the name “Polar Bear” refers to his bear-like stamina and attitude towards the dangerous ice roads and the high number of loads he always manages to deliver. Whatever the reason we agree that this name suits him down to the

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