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Highways in Nunavut. Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road is an annual ice road first built in 1982 to service mines and exploration activities in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut in Northern Canada. Between 400 and 600 km (250 and 370 mi) long, the road is said to be the world's longest heavy haul ice road and operates for eight to ten weeks ...
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It’s weird to think communities exist in extreme places and have no roads connecting them to the rest of the world. How do they survive? How do they get supplies, and news from the outside, do they ever get visitors, and do they even know what a cronut is? Like all cultures, you adapt. Tuktoyaktuk, Aklavik, and Inuvik in Canada’s Northwest Territor...
The Mackenzie River Delta is the largest and longest river system in Canada, and it’s the 2nd largest river delta in North America next to the Mississippi Delta. The Mackenzie River is a winding water road in the summer. But as the dark winter arrives, the river freezes and becomes the main mode of transportation in the region. Inuvik, the largest ...
I braced myself as I felt the van lose control and start sliding on the ice. Everything suddenly switched into slow motion; I saw the landscape around me spin around. I didn’t scream, I didn’t say a word. Instead, I think I held my breath. It all happened really fast as we rounded a gentle bend on the frozen river. Suddenly the tires lost their gri...
I like adventures that are in short supply, and like most things, the ice roads won’t be here forever. In fact, at the time of this writing, the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk route has been officially closed for good; I was able to drive on it in the last year of its existence. In the summer of 2017, a new road was opened to connect Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk ...
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Inuvik- Aklavik Ice Road. Length: 117 kilometres. Average Opening: December 24. Average Closing: April 29. Avg. Vehicles Per Day: 54. Although construction of the the winter road to Tuktoyaktuk ended with the opening of the all-weather road in 2017, the Western Arctic still offers a pretty (and pretty legendary) ice road.
Usually, the winter road season is brief, running only from January to early April. In some years, however, the ice-road from Inuvik to Aklavik has operated for five months. For visitors contemplating a spin on our winter roads, proceed with caution. Winter routes are narrow and rutted, and can seldom be taken at speeds over 50 kilometres per hour.
Mar 23, 2015 · As the locator map below illustrates, this particular ice road originates in Yellowknife, Canada, and heads toward mining towns further north. NASA says that 87 percent of the 400-mile-long road ...
Apr 18, 2017 · Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway will be finished this year. You'll soon be able to drive to the top of the world. There are over a million kilometres of road in Canada, but hardly any have gone as far ...
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May 22, 2023 · From ice roads to the Klondike Highway: 6 of Canada's most adventurous road trips. From traversing an icy route over a frozen delta to cruising along an epic mountain highway, Canada's road trips ...
