I would like to thank all who viewed and commented on my Aurora photos. I appreciate your kind words very much. It was a wonderful experience and if any of you get the chance to view them you should jump at it. Just make sure you have warm clothes and extra camera batteries.
This collage is of the ice road that leads across the Great Slave Lake to Dettah. If any of you have seen the reality show Ice Road Truckers this is what they traverse. The ice roads are a network of roads across the frozen lakes of the Northwest Territories. Our guide (in the red coat) told us that the ice here was about 4.5 feet thick. The cracks in the ice are normal and allow the ice to flex as the water underneath it moves. It is monitored regularly and the allowed weight changes accordingly. He explained that the road would be closed to all traffic in early April as the weather warms and the ice begins to melt. The day after this tour we drove our rented car to Dettah just for the experience of driving on the ice road.
Very nice collage and thank for sharing that. I had to cross country ski across a frozen lake once and wasn’t comfortable until I got to the other side. Did the road “sing” as the cars drove by? The lake we crossed sang or pinged.
Such a great collage and amazing narrative. What some have to deal with in life, I know I could certainly not live there in the cold. Thanks for your wonderful shots and great explanations, one learns something new here daily :-)
@shutterbug49 I didn't notice any singing. As far as I could tell, the ice was silent except for the noise of the vehicles. But then, I have tinnitus and it might have obscured any subtle noises from the ice.
April 4th, 2023
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