I went to Tuktoyaktuk

via the Ice Road

Feb 2nd the trip started, 5 of us piled in the car and headed out on the sheer ice of the road. Took about 2 hours to drive to our destination. The sun was shinning and the sky was so blue. What a great day to have an outing!!

Tuk isn't that big, so we made the best of it- a whole 3 hrs worth. And yes we saw it all.

The end of the Trans-Canada Trail.














An old Church.. Have you ever seen antlers on a church before.. I haven't. The first for Me!














Then the community freezer. This was the highlight!. I had all intentions of going down into the levels of the permafrost to check out the freezer. When we got there, there was no one around, but to our luck some people came by and we got to go down. I always get scared with ladders, especially this one, 40 steps straight down, icy looking etc. Scary!



These pictures really don't do the ice crystals justice. Families share the freezer space behind each door. Behind each door is a large open area about 6x6 in size. There was no food in the doors we went in, as they were "defrosting" the freezer- basically chipping away ice, so families had to empty out all their food before the work began. Some of the workers said the smell was 100x worse before, as they had to clear out 100's of years of food from some people who have not opened their door for years. It did have a dried meat smell, bad but not too bad.