It's only two weeks ago when we still could drive on the ice road. Now that seems to be miles away. The road was already close in begin of May. The melting is so fast that almost all snow is gone and even the lakes start to build a liquid surface. The same holds for the rivers. Close to the shore water is already flowing while in the center the ice still is solid. As from south more and more melt water flows north the days of the ice road are counted.
First the ice will not longer resist the pressure from below and break up. But as long as the way to the Beaufort Sea is not free the ice flows will not be able to drift away. This drift will start later and quickly. Usually then the ice is gone within a day. The negative consequence of the breaking ice are the mosquito. One of them was sighted already today.
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