Comments on: Ice Road Truckers

By: BILL

BILL — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:10:09 +0000

ALEX YOU WERE LOST AND MISSED YOUR TURN OFF IN THE ARTIC, WHEN I HAD TO LEAVE, WHEN THE SHOW ENDS THEY DO NOT GIVE YOUR LOAD TOTALS, WHAT HAPPENED? CAN YOU FILL ME IN SOMEONE

By: nova72

nova72 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:50:12 +0000

oops…on that first link you will have to zoom in one notch to see the road.

By: nova72

nova72 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:49:13 +0000

Here is a stretch of the Ice Road from the 2008 Season of Ice Road Truckers. Some of cast from the last season is taking loads of gas fields at the Arctic Ocean. Unfortunately, I don’t see any trucks on this portion.
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@ john…those circular things are east and west all along BOTH sides of the border. My guess is military watch towers or some other military installations. The circles would be formed from areas cleared for fencing, barbed wire, mines, and/or other deterrents. At some locations you can see trench lines and “U” shaped mounds probably for use by machine guns or artillery.
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By: john

john — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 13:58:29 +0000

Maybe it’s safer to cross this way than to go through customs at the Russia/China border.

Further west, some strange circular forms can be seen on the ground. Any ideas on what they are?

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By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 03:57:44 +0000

Scroll a little ways to the left of the Amur River picture and you suddenly shift to a summertime view.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 02:35:06 +0000

Ice driving is also popular in Mongolia. For example, there are many carving trails across Marrat lake – I posted it in my blog – http://bigsmallplanet.blogspot.com/2008/04/driving-in-mongolia.html