The Dettah ice road from Yellowknife and across a portion of Great Slave Lake is back!
Kudos to those who can guess the literary reference in the title. š
The Ice Road Cometh, Part II
The Dettah ice road from Yellowknife and across a portion of Great Slave Lake is back!
Kudos to those who can guess the literary reference in the title. š
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Beautiful photo
Thank you. š
Hi. Are there ever accidents on the ice road?
Iām not aware of any. Hard to run off the road as there are no edges and the surface is flat!
Now that looks like some next level driving. I wouldn’t want to get stuck or stranded on that road.
Itās only about 7km across an arm of the lake between Yellowknife and the hamlet of Dettah. Itās unlikely you would be stranded there for long. Up here, thereās a practise of stopping to check on people. It does feel a bit weird though, driving on a frozen lake!
Looks cool, real cooooool. Do you use ice tires on it? Ha Ha. Reference is likely to the 1939 Eugene O’neill play, The Iceman Cometh. The story line in that one sounds scary too. Happy Wednesday Lynette. Allan
Hahaha. š No ice tires for me, just cold ones. š
You win the virtual prize Turkey! š š¦ OāNeillās plays all feature rather desperate people, but I just wanted to reference the ice angle. š
who you callin’ Turkey? š
Right! I remember now – you prefer to be called Chicken. š
Is that like the one on Ice Road Truckers? That’s an amazing show.
The ice roads featured in that show are much further north and used only by the big mining companies for hauling supplies and mining products, so you wouldnāt find ordinary travellers using those.
The one in this photo is regularly used as a winter shortcut and is actually a public road. The land road connecting the two communities goes around the lake and is a lot longer. The big public ice highways are starting to disappear though; better engineering is leading to solving the issues around dealing with bogs and muskeg.
That’s one patch of ice you definitely want to keep your stick on.
Yes, you certainly do! These roads are fully (and carefully) maintained by Territorial infrastructure, though. They are very safe. š
Or … are we talking about the reach of China’s power coming over the Arctic?
I didnāt have that interpretation in mind, but itās certainly a good one!
So beautiful ā¤ļø
Thank you very much. š
You are most welcome ā¤ļø
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The literary reference? Eugene O’Neill says thank you…
Thank you. I knew you would know!