-=> Quoting Steven Horn to Jim Weller <=-

 SH> Incidentally, have the ice roads materialized?

No. Today has been the first really cold day all winter (-32 C). Until
now it has been anywhere from -1 to -24. The ferry is still running on
the Mackenzie River so we have access to the south.

 SH> I was watching a show
 SH> on the diamond mines on the Discovery Channel t'other day and it
 SH> reminded me that ice roads are badly needed.

Those two big diamond mines need an ice road every winter for heavy
freight. There is no all weather road and air freight is just two
expensive. It would cost hundreds of millions of dollars and take years
to build a gravel road across 250 miles of muskeg so winter ice roads
are critical. There's a 2 billion dollar investment and 1100 jobs at
stake. Also a medium sized gold mine and four Native villages enroute
rely on the river ice for moving freight. Global warming could wreck our
economy here; we have developed a system that works with and depends on
the cold weather.


Cheers,

YK Jim


... In summer its too hot to do the job that it was too cold for in winter
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