Canada: the world's longest ice highway

The Northwest Territories of Canada

Two years ago, in the Northwest Territories of Canada gold mining 70 years due to resource depletion have closed, but people soon in this year a world of ice and snow area found more valuable diamond. At present, the Northwest Territories of Canada three diamond mine production, and more than South Africa as the world's third largest diamond producer.

"Ice highway"

"Washington Post" reported, Canadian diamond producing area climate condition is bad, there are long and extremely cold winter every year, many areas have no road, the village is not a reliable supply of electricity. With the increase of diamond production, 24 hours a day the massive diggers and harvesters in from back. In 2005, these mine every day at least mine more than 7 kilograms of diamonds, the output value of more than $4000000.

"Winter transportation artery"

Although the northern Canadian diamond producing reserves considerable, but because of the numerous lakes and rivers, almost impossible to build conventional highway. Mining area in spring and summer to autumn three season of snow and ice melting into the "retire" state, can only rely on the helicopter airlift. In winter, the lake is formed contiguous stretches for hundreds of miles of ice, the local people use these ice, to create a unique and very wide "ice highway".

Drivers said, on this freeway, too boring.

It is reported, the largest in the world, traffic on ice "highway" is in canada. This article is about 600 km long "winter transportation artery" 85% roads are rivers and lakes formed by thick ice freezing in winter. Many mining area in northern Canada have to rely on the busy winter ice highway to transport all kinds of materials in future years needed. Because the local diamond mine for more than 20 years of mining, the road of life is very substantial.