Alaskan highway crews work to keep a vital roadway open during winters that average over 550 inches of snow per year.

A team of adventurers treks across inhospitable deserts from Arches National Park in Utah to the to the dried out lake bed of the Sevier Lake, once the floor of a prehistoric inland sea that later became the Great Salt Lake.

EmerHeavy-duty log truckers battle the elements, driving extremely heavy log loads through steep, winding roads, on the sides of the Northern Rocky Mountain range.gency Services teams in two of America’s most dangerous cities, New Orleans, and Camden, New Jersey face everyday crises while still recovering from the aftermath of natural (Katrina) and man made (urban decay) disasters.

The heaviest road-legal tractor trailers in the world crisscross the desolate two lane highways connecting the Australian territories.

Heavy-duty log truckers battle the elements, driving extremely heavy log loads through steep, winding roads, on the sides of the Northern Rocky Mountain range.

The US Army’s HET (Heavy Equipment Transport) trucks transport the heaviest equipment and vehicles through a war zone, on long hauls where IEDs (Improvised Explosive Devices), EFPs (Explosive Formed Penetrators), land mines, rocket fire and sniper bullets are a constant threat, and a breakdown can mean certain death.

Private protection teams are tasked with the quick and safe transportation of dignitaries and VIP clients throughout the world.

Veteran storm chasers fan out across the Midwest tracking tornadoes and their paths of destruction.

Officers from two states work overtime on on Interstate 15 from Los Angeles to Las Vegas, the deadliest stretch of highway in America.

US agents utilize high powered ATVs to patrol remote desert stretches of the US-Mexico border.

Ride with a motorcycle club on the treacherous US 550 in Colorado.

Premiere of a new series that puts viewers in the passenger seat, riding shotgun with drivers who have the most dangerous jobs in the world. This episode features transporting towers and turbine fan blades from Texas and Washington state to a wind farm in South Dakota.

Officers of the US Extradition Service transport dangerous criminals from prisons across the country.