Alex Debogorski was born on August 4, 1953 in Berwyn, Alberta, Canada. His father was a paratrooper in the Free Polish Brigade out of Britain during World War II and his mother studied both math and music at Cambridge University . Alex grew up on a farm in Alberta, Canada and attended the University of Alberta. Debogorski worked at a tire store prior to deciding to become a truck driver at age nineteen in 1972. He also worked as a taxi driver, club bouncer, oil rigger, coal miner, and as a coal and diamond prospector as well as bought and sold mobile homes before buying his first truck in 1980. Alex moved with his wife Louise to the city of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territory of Canada in 1976. The author of the best-selling book "King of the Road: True Tales from a Legendary Ice Road Trucker," Debogorski also writes articles on a regular basis for the local newspaper "The Yellowknifer." The father of eleven children, Alex has thirteen grandchildren.
Was conceived by his parents in Britain.
His mothers father was a major in the Polish infantry during World War II who was shot by a German firing squad in Auschwitz for moving Jews out of Poland.
Both of his parents were born in Poland. Moreover, Debogorski has three brothers and one sister.
Besides his own sizable immediate family, he has a massive extended family. Beyond his relatives in his parents native Poland, he has innumerable uncles, aunts, cousins and other distant nieces and nephews that emigrated from Poland to a number of countries across four continents, including Britain, France, other parts of Canada and the United States, as well as Australia, Argentina, and Peru.
His son, Andrew, was diagnosed with ALS, or Lou Gehrigs Disease in 2017. Andrews family is raising funds for his treatment and care.
[on if he ever gets afraid driving on icy roads] Sure I am. You see,trucks jackknifed in the snow and accidents that were probably,unpreventable. There are plenty of better drivers out there than me,but I know enough to respect the weather and listen to the ice.
