Harris & Sons (History Channel)

By paNOW Staff

Saskatchewan Reality TV

Prince Albert ice road truckers featured in new season of popular reality show

Oct 30, 2025 | 8:20 AM

If you’re a fan of the popular television series Ice Road Truckers, you already know The History Channel announced its return after many years off the air. What you may not know about is the local Prince Albert connection.

P.A. resident Shaun Harris and his sons Riley and Zach are featured in Season 12 which premieres in Canada tonight (Oct. 30).

Harris is a veteran driver with more than 30 years under his belt. His boys, however, are relatively new to the challenging conditions and pressures of the job. The show follows them as they deliver essential supplies to remote communities and work camps during the short winter season, when these ice road routes are the only way to access them.

Despite being a reality television show, Harris said all of the experiences are actually real.

“I get asked that all the time. I can say, unequivocally, everything that we did this winter was 100 per cent authentic.”

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He explained that there are times when the production crew may ask cast members to stop and do something again.

“Or if there is a big hill or crack in the ice that might cause trouble crossing, they ask to stop and let them out so they can get set up and catch it, but everything that happens is authentic,” Harris said.

The first season of Ice Road Truckers premiered on June 17, 2007 when it featured six truckers hauling supplies to Yellowknife. This season, the show takes place in northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba where Harris and his sons spent one week meeting fellow cast members, production crews and going through safety courses.

“We spent some time on a big sound stage and did some sound bites and whatnot and then after seven days, we came back to Prince Albert and we started filming here and it was game on.”

Harris has his own truck and his sons have their own. They travelled predominantly between Points North, Stony Rapids, Fon du Lac, and Uranium City over one of the longest ice road crossings in Western Canada.

“It’s about 120-ish kilometres from what they call Shaso Bay west of Stony Rapids.”

Harris said his boys were very nervous, and he was nervous for them.

“My oldest boy, his uncle actually fell through the ice building the roads back in the late 80s on Lake Athabasca and tragically died. That risk is always there and you have to be cognizant of that at all times.”

Season 12 starts at 8 p.m. local time on The History Channel.

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