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Ice road truckers build path for test well
January 25, 2011 By Polly Crawford | Journal of Commerce
Jan. 25, 2011 – Work crews build an ice road to a site where an
independent company plans to drill a test well in the Kenai National
Wildlife Refuge. The road is a temporary route made with water, ice and
manufactured snow, and should be about a mile and a half long when
completed.
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| Work crews build an ice road to a site where an independent company plans to drill a test well in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge. The road is a temporary route made with water, ice and manufactured snow, and should be about a mile and a half long when completed. Photo by Alaska Journal of Commerce |
Jan. 25, 2011 – As driver Connie Green pulled up to the chute, Salamatof Seafoods' plant manager George Jackson pulled the lever, and let the ice pour into the dump truck.
Every so often, a huge rake inside the building's ice storage area could be heard, stirring the ice to make sure it stayed dry. That makes it easier to load, but makes it a little too dry for hauling: it tends to blow out the back unless they water it down. | READ MORE
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