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A land of vast distances and rich natural resources, Canada became a self-governing dominion in 1867 while retaining ties to the British crown. Economically and technologically the nation has developed in parallel with the US, its neighbor to the so... [read more]
A land of vast distances and rich natural resources, Canada became a self-governing dominion in 1867 while retaining ties to the British crown. Economically and technologically the nation has developed in parallel with the US, its neighbor to the so... [read more] Blog: Up The Dempster Highway
Date: August 21st 2009
The Dempster Highway is a sort of potholed gravel track that starts just south of Dawson City and ends up in Inuvik in the Northwest territories, crossing the Arctic Circle on the way. It is built on permafrost, and when the road heats up the permafrost melts and the whole road sinks and becomes a small lake. It kills cars. The highway is constantly being reworked, and nowadays is built up on a ... read more
Date: August 21st 2009
The Dempster Highway is a sort of potholed gravel track that starts just south of Dawson City and ends up in Inuvik in the Northwest territories, crossing the Arctic Circle on the way. It is built on permafrost, and when the road heats up the permafrost melts and the whole road sinks and becomes a small lake. It kills cars. The highway is constantly being reworked, and nowadays is built up on a ... read more
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Hello. My name is Stu. I am travelling through Canada, and I've been talked into creating a blog by various people. I am still not sure this blogging thing is a good idea, and it takes ages... but maybe that's because I got carried away and wrote too much. I have tried to avoid the "then I went here, then I went there" sort of thing, and just relate the 'incidents', but so far I haven't done very well with that.
One other thing - it shows the most recent entries first, so if you want to start from the beginning, just click the 'First Entry' button below... :)... full info
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