Ice Road | Life in the Knife

A Winter Ice Road Truck Adventure

Posted on20. Mar, 2011 by Shane.

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This weekend I traveled up the Winter Ice Roads made famous by the popular television series the Ice Road Truckers with my friends Troy and Josh. Our winter ice road adventure was [...]

In the Northwest Territories of Canada there are a number of ice roads (aka. ice bridges) that offer land transportation options during winter, opportunities for all kinds of sports and recreation and road access to diamond mines and remote communities not accessible during the summer months. On the edge [...]

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Dog Walking in Yellowknife (via the Ice Road)

Posted on24. Jan, 2010 by Shane.

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Have a dog? Do you need to walk it? Is it really really cold outside? Well look no further than the ICE ROAD between Yellowknife and Dettah! These Yellowknife folks have found a novel and easy way to walk their dogs at -36 degrees Celsius. And the dogs [...]

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Yellowknife and the Dettah Ice Road in February

Posted on02. Feb, 2008 by Shane.

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Today we decided to venture out in -49 degree celcius on a little driving adventure around our new home. I decided we would visit the pilot’s point monument and the Dettah Ice Road. We spent no more than 10 minutes at the monument because it was very cold [...]