JIM WELLER (1:123/140) wrote to STEVEN HORN at 21:30 on 20 Jan 2003:

 JW> Things are better now. The gap between the end of the ice bridge
 JW> and the beginning of the ferry operations is shorter, the stores
 JW> have more freezer and storage capacity, and a helicopter company
 JW> now offers to carry containers from one tractor trailer to another
 JW> one waiting on the other side. It's just $85 a pop. The choppers
 JW> are so big they can even lift a small sub-compact car across in a
 JW> sling. That's $170 (the passengers go across on a separate trip.)

Does it stop people from lusting for a bridge?  Things do sound better but not great.

 JW> We now have light traffic on the ice bridge and heavy trucks on the
 JW> ferry simultaneously. The ice roads to the remote mines should be
 JW> groomed for traffic within a week.

We just had a week of -30 weather which will do wonders for the Yukon
Quest, especially as we had about 15 cm of snow before the cold spell
settled in.  It became warmer on Saturday and I was glad to see it go.

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven_a_horn{at}yahoo.ca)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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