Road still expected to open in late January,but whether weather patterns continue that could mean more work for crews on the Tibbitt-to-Contwoyto Winter RoadEach winter, in the far reaches of Canada’s north, and a highway of ice built atop frozen lakes and tundra acts as a supply lifeline to remote diamond mines,bustling with traffic for a couple of months before melting absent in the spring. This year, the worlds busiest ice road is running late. Unseasonably warm weather has set back ice formation on the Tibbitt-to-Contwoyto Winter Road, or named after the first and last of hundreds of lakes on the route.
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Source: theguardian.com