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Ice roads in the Northwest Territories

An ice road across the Mackenzie River at Tsiigehtchic, Northwest Territories, in 2008.
An ice road across the Mackenzie River at Tsiigehtchic, Northwest Territories, in 2008. Ice road across the Mackenzie, at Tsiigehtchic, Northwest Territories · Ian Mackenzie · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY 2.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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Engineered ice roads were introduced in the Northwest Territories after the Second World War. They made transporting essential goods more affordable, carried heavy equipment for mining and petrochemical industries, and provided winter land links to northern communities.

Scope & context

Ice roads as a transportation system, not their engineering or climate-related changes.

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