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Many makes and models of vehicles can be found in the territory, but the most common are heavy-duty four-wheel-drive vehicles such as sport utility, jeeps and full-size vans. A wide range of vehicles can be found in Iqaluit, where the government tends to do most of its business and the road system consists of paved and chip-sealed portions ...
The highway begins 40 km (25 mi) east of Dawson City, Yukon on the Klondike Highway.There are no highway or major road intersections along the highway's route. It extends 736 km (457 mi) in a north-northeasterly direction to Inuvik, Northwest Territories, passing through Tombstone Territorial Park and crossing the Ogilvie and Richardson mountain ranges.
The road begins at the end of the Dempster Highway in Inuvik, Northwest Territories and continues for 138 km (86 mi) north towards Tuktoyaktuk, a coastal community on the Arctic Ocean. The ITH includes eight bridges, and is a two-lane gravel road for its entirety. [16] On April 29, 2017, the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk ice road closed for the last time.
Being stranded in Inuvik with no money or clothes gave this Iowan a new perspective that has carried him through difficult days.
Inuvik's Our Lady of Victory Church, often called Igloo Church, is a famous landmark in the region. It is the most-photographed building in the town [citation needed]. Inuvik has the Midnight Sun Mosque, North America's northernmost, which opened in November 2010 after being built in Winnipeg and moved 4,000 km (2,500 mi) by truck and barge. [51]
Living in the Arctic can come with a host of challenges, freezing cold temperatures and rugged terrain among them. But the cost of groceries, which have to be delivered via only a few highways in ...
A History channel blog announced that the second season of Ice Road Truckers would be based out of Inuvik. A CBC North story reported that the episodes of this season occur on the Tuktoyaktuk Winter Road. Four of the featured drivers from the first season took part: Alex Debogorski, Hugh Rowland, Drew Sherwood, and Rick Yemm.
Tuktoyaktuk (/ ˌ t ʌ k t ə ˈ j æ k t ʌ k / TUK-tə-YAK-tuk; Inuvialuktun: Tuktuyaaqtuuq [təktujaːqtuːq], lit. ' it looks like a caribou ') [5] is an Inuvialuit hamlet near the Mackenzie River delta in the Inuvik Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada, at the northern terminus of the Inuvik–Tuktoyaktuk Highway.