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Originally Posted by abc123
cool new show coming this sunday on history chanel, about guys driving across a frozen lake called the ice road, really dangerous, was just wondering how much those guys must make .
About CDN 350-400 per day, whose US equivalent is nearly the same, what with the US dollar having tanked vis-a-vis the Canadian dollar over the past few months. But the rules & regulations are enforced with extreme strictness....any minor infraction, if detected, could cause the road marshalls to evict you from the ice road, sometimes forever. Mind you, these marshalls aren't cops...they're in the pay of the diamond mines & the others that build the road every year....for more info, ask WildKat....she runs the ice every year : you'll find her posts in the women's forum.
Just so you know, these are not ICY roads...they are ICE roads, meaning that they are made of ice....in the summer, they turn into huge lakes, & in winter they're turned into roads. So, you have these ice roads which are 3-4 feet thick in winter, and underneath is water. Mighty dicey driving, I can assure you....certainly not for the inexperienced, or the fain of heart.