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Ice Pilots NWT

Television series

"Ice Pilots" redirects here. For the Pensacola, Florida, US, ice hockey team, see Pensacola Ice Pilots.

Ice Pilots NWT (known in the UK and the US as Ice Pilots[1]) is a reality television series broadcast on History Television that portrayed Buffalo Airways, an airline based in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada.[2] Buffalo mainly flies WWII-era piston powered propeller planes as well as Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprop aircraft year-round in northern Canada. The show ran from November 18, 2009, to December 17, 2014, comprising six seasons.

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Filming C-FIQM for Ice Pilots at Cambridge Bay Airport. Temperature −33.3 °C (−27.9 °F)
Buffalo DC-3

History

Ice Pilots premiered on November 18, 2009.[3] 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.[4] 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.[1] 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.[5]

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.[6]

The National Geographic Channel no longer airs the show regularly, though it does occasionally broadcast episodes.[when?]

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.[7]

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.[8]

On September 24, 2013, the Ice Pilots NWT Facebook page aired the first season 5 trailer, as well as the season 5 premiere date of October 23, 2013.

On January 15, 2014, the season 6 production was announced. Promos for season six stated that it would be the final season. It premiered on October 29, 2014. The final episode aired on December 17, 2014. The final episode covered a parachute jump over the D-Day remembrance period of June 2014.[9]

As of June 2023, it can be watched on Pluto TV.[10]

Cast

The cast/crew of Ice Pilots NWT consists of the following people:[11]

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Episode listing

Main article: List of Ice Pilots NWT episodes

Seasons 1 through 5 each have 13 episodes. Season 6 only has 8. It was explained that season 6 has fewer episodes than other seasons because the filming decision for a season 6 was made later than the others, leading to less footage and materials being available.[15]

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Accolades

Ice Pilots NWT won several Leo Awards, Gemini Awards, and was nominated for the Canadian Screen Awards.

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References

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    Ice Pilots[dead link] at Quest TV
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    Gibbins, Mike (2016-01-21). "Ice Pilots NWT nominated for another Canadian Screen Award". My True North Now. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
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    "Ice Pilots NWT". Archived from the original on 4 June 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2010.
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    Ice Pilots News at History Channel
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    "Nat Geo US picks up "Ice Pilots NWT"". Retrieved 2023-02-16.
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    "Newsroom - The Weather Company". press.weather.com. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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    "Ice Pilots NWT, Nazi Hunters score at Gemini Awards". 2011-08-30.
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    "A maiden voyage for rock star". Archived from the original on June 3, 2013.
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    "D-Day". Ice Pilots NWT. 17 December 2014.
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    "Ice Pilots NWT at Pluto TV". Retrieved June 13, 2023.
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    "Ice Pilots NWT". www.icepilots.com. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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    "Drowned Yellowknife man believed to be airline mechanic". CBC. 2012-09-04.
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    "Buffalo Airways - We lost a great friend and family member". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
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    "Memorial service held Saturday for Ice Pilots' Arnie Schreder". CBC. 2012-05-12.
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    "Ice Pilots NWT - Frequently Asked Questions (Facebook Notes)". Facebook. December 16, 2014.
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    Benzine, Adam (2011-08-30). "Ice Pilots, Nazi Hunters win big at Gemini Awards".
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    Kennedy, John R. (2015-01-13). "Shaw Media earns dozens of Canadian Screen Awards nominations". Global News.
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    Gibbins, Mike (March 9, 2016). "Ice Pilots NWT picks up another two Canadian Screen Awards". My Yellowknife Now.
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