Background: Made famous by the History Channel's Ice Road Truckers, this ice road is 370 miles long and is used to haul freight to Canada's bountiful diamond mines.
How It's Unique: The path from Tibbitt to Contwoyto isn't really a road; it's an interconnected collection of frozen lakes that form a trucking lane. As PM has previously reported, the route is meticulously planned along the thickest route and is monitored by maintenance crews who brave temperatures that can drop to minus 70.
Excerpt from http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/engineering/architecture/4338387
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