Here up in the north winters are cold enough to let freeze even the Mackenzie river. The ice is more than 3ft thick and can bear also heavy weights. So people use the river as a road, the so-called ice road. One part of the ice road begins in Inuvik and follows the river up to Tuktoyaktuk. This will be the direction which one research container from MPI Mainz will take the next days. The container will be the basis to set up a ground station for aerosol particle measurements close to the sea ice.
At the moment, temperatures are still low enough so that the ice road is still open as I could could convince myself today. In May with ongoing melting, this can change quickly. Hopefully not before our ground station is running with all instruments.
By the way, this year might be one of the last that the complete ice road will be prepared. Currently constructions are under way for a full year road serving Tuktoyaktuk.
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