Re: thin ice pics
i use to work here for three years
http://ekati.bhpbilliton.com/default.asp web page
Location
The EKATI Diamond Mine is located approximately 300 kilometres northeast of Yellowknife, 200 kilometres south of the Arctic Circle in the Northwest Territories, Canada, and 100 kilometres north of the treeline, in an area of continuous permafrost.
The EKATI claim block covers 344,000 hectares in the sub-arctic tundra, with the land lease area being 10,960 hectares.
Access to the EKATI Diamond Mine is by air only, except during a three-month period in winter, when a 400-kilometre ice road allows for the trucking of bulk supplies to the site.
The closest community is Wekweti, a Dogrib community approximately 180 kilometres southwest of the EKATI Diamond Mine , although not accessible by all-weather road.
coldest day i had to work was -108f with the wind the main water line was hit by a cat cleaning the road.