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Ice road on Lake Saimaa in Finland Ice road between Oulunsalo and Hailuoto. This is the longest ice road in Finland. ... the vertical displacement of the ice surface ...
English: A vehicle traveling on a floating ice cover, e.g. an ice road, may induce 'waves' in the ice cover, depending on ice thickness, traveling velocity and water depth. Here, a scale of vertical displacement is included which is based on satellite observations [Source: Fig. 11 of Babaei, H., van der Sanden, J., Short, N. and Barrette, P ...
A winter road is a seasonal road only usable during the winter, i.e. it has to be re-built every year. This road typically runs over land and over frozen lakes, rivers, swamps, and sea ice. [1] [2] Segments of a winter road that cross an expanse of floating ice are also referred to as an ice road or an ice bridge. [1]
Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road is an annual ice road first built in 1982 to service mines and exploration activities in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut in Northern Canada. Between 400 and 600 km (250 and 370 mi) long, the road is said to be the world's longest heavy haul ice road and operates for eight to ten weeks starting in the last ...
The Winter Road opens between late January and early April and requires minimum of 29 inches (74 cm) of ice for vehicles that can carry 26,000 kilograms (57,320 lbs) of gross vehicle weight, to ...
Ice Road Truckers; Tuktoyaktuk Winter Road; W. Wapusk Trail; Wetum Road This page was last edited on 15 September 2015, at 09:39 (UTC). Text is available under ...
They rate their route at Grade VI 5.11 A1 WI6 Mushroom Ice 6, with 2,200 m (7,200 ft) total vertical gain. This had been "one of the world's most iconic, unclimbed lines", first attempted by Ermanno Salvaterra. [13]
As if the Frozen North hadn’t already given him enough grief in “The Grey” and “Cold Pursuit,” Liam Neeson is back for more chilly punishment with “The Ice Road.” Jonathan Hensleigh ...