Ice Roads.

Ice Roads. The first type of driving I looked at was ice roads. Ice roads are man-made frozen structures on the surface of bays, rivers, lakes or seas in the north of the earth. Their purpose is to link dry land, frozen waterways and winter roads. They allow transport temporarily to areas with no permanent road access. They are found in isolated regions of north Canada, Alaska’s Bush, Russia and Northern Scandinavia. They allow movement of large or heavy objects and it reduces the cost of shipping. The first ice roads were built in the 1930’s in Canada. Today the ice roads are found mainly in the northern parts of Canada in such places as Yukon, Nunavut and Northwest Territories. The Tuktoyaktuk Winter Road in the Northwest Territories links various isolated communities and mineral exploration sites to their highway network. Hundreds of Trucks drive across Ice Roads, and in 2000, the History channel aired an episode called ‘Ice Road Truckers’ which followed the job of driving trucks over the ice roads. The series looks at the troubles they face and how hard it is for them to do their job. Here’s some pictures of the Ice Roads: