Ice Pilots NWT
| Ice Pilots NWT | |
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| Genre | Reality |
| Created by | David Gullason |
| Written by | Todd Serotiuk Mark Fuller |
| Directed by | Lionel Goddard Brad Quenville John Driftmier |
| Starring | Chuck Adams Jeff Schroeder Sean Barry Scott Blue Devan Brooks Gord Cooling Corey Dodd Jynelle Glenn Duane Hicks Joe McBryan Mikey McBryan Justin Simle Arnie Schreder Kelly Jurasevich AJ Decoste Jeremy Dow Audrey Marchand Wilf Darr Ray Weber |
| Narrated by | Michael Daingerfield |
| Opening theme |
"Fly Away" - Lenny Kravitz European Theme = "Airplanes" - David Usher |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 65 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Gabriela Schonbach Michael Chechik David Gullason |
| Producer(s) | David Gullason |
| Location(s) |
Yellowknife, NWT Hay River, NWT |
| Editor(s) | Diana Bodnar Larry Raskin Peter Steel Deane Bennet Al Flett |
| Running time | Approximately 45 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Omni Film Productions |
| Distributor | Canwest Broadcasting |
| Release | |
| Original network | History Television |
| Original release | November 18, 2009 – December 17, 2014 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Ice Road Truckers |
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"Fly Away" - Lenny Kravitz
Ice Pilots NWT (known in the UK and the US as Ice Pilots) was a reality television series broadcast on History Canada that portrayed Buffalo Airways, an airline based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. Buffalo mainly flies WWII-era propeller planes year-round in the Canadian North. The show ran from November 18, 2009 to December 17, 2014, comprising 6 seasons.
It premiered on November 18, 2009. The show was renewed for a second season with filming completed on August 2, 2010. The season premiere was aired on History Television January 12, 2011. Season 3 was greenlit on August 18, 2010 and began airing on October 12, 2011. In the UK, series 2 was shown on Quest commencing May 2011. The episodes in season 4 have been shown on the Discovery Channel in the UK. Season 1 of Ice Pilots began airing on the National Geographic Channel in the US on April 22, 2011. Both Season 1 and 2 have aired in Australia on National Geographic Channel and National Geographic Channel HD and currently air on the digital channel 7 Mate.
On February 2, 2012 The Weather Channel announced that it was adding Ice Pilots to its primetime lineup. On March 5, 2012 the show started airing on The Weather Channel, starting with seasons 1 and 2.
The National Geographic Channel no longer airs the show regularly, though it does occasionally broadcast episodes.
Ice Pilots NWT has been recognized with two Gemini Awards in 2011 for Best Original Music for a Lifestyle/Practical Information or Reality Program or Series and Best Photography in an Information Program or Series.
On July 27, 2012, Bruce Dickinson, lead singer of Iron Maiden, flew up from Edmonton to Yellowknife with Buffalo Airways. On July 28, Dickinson, who holds an airline transport pilot's license, flew a Douglas DC3 to Yellowknife and spent a day being filmed as a guest star for a season four episode.
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