First day on the ice road
Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada
Weather: Sunny and -37C
Inuvik and the ice roads around it have been featured prominently on the History series Ice Road Truckers.
And since arriving in the Northwest Territories I’ve had more conservations about the show and its effects on NWT than about pretty much anything else.
Some people think the show is great for tourism and showing off the Northwest Territories and its communities.
Others say the danger and drama on the show are hyped up and could discourage people from visiting places like Inuvik.
As one woman told me on my first day here ‘Dangerous!?! I drove to Tuk (Tuktoyaktuk) on the ice road with two small children when I was eight months pregnant. Do think I’d do that if it was so perilous!!?!?!’
Today, I went on the ice road for the first time.
And now that I’ve seen it for myself, I have to admit, it doesn’t seem so scary after all, does it?
Write to Eilis Quinn at eilis.quinn(at)cbc.ca