Have you guys watched another Discovery channel show sometime back? It was about driving supply trucks across frozen lakes in the NW territories.
Those drivers make 1M plus per season (4 months). But its so dangerous even at that pay tab they're having problem recruiting enough drivers.
where in the NWT? last time I drove ( 94 ) yellowknife to Lupin money was good but not that good there is guys driving cat trains further up but money was about the same not very often a truck breaks thru more so a cat or repair crew during the initial opening/prep of the road ,especialy where the ice road converts up onto a portage .
I have a nephew who did two seasons on crab boats, he also has served a total of 3 1/2 years in Afganistan/Iraq he said he would rather be in the forces than on the crab boat