Fred
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There's speculation about Tuk being a viable deep-water port one day. You might have a MacKenzie Valley pipeline comin' your way.
Pretty warm for January up by you, I hear.
Weather was nicer, sent the cold to New York for a bit still nice for Jan, "url=https://flightplanning.navcanada.ca/cgi-bin/Fore-obs/metar.cgi]METAR[/url] CYUB 220400Z ... WIND 120 TRUE @ 15 KNOTS
GUSTS 21 KNOTS TEMP -18 C / DEWPOINT / -24 C DRIFTING SNOW .."
I think the one large driver for the Mckenzie pipeline -the large natural gas formation in the Beaufort Sea and Mackenzie Delta , now has a lowered appeal due to the glut of Ch4 from U.S Shale and fracking.
Demand and price has faded for gas . They are building an all season road to the Arctic ocean, Inuvik to Tuk, ( Feds are promoting it `Can drive from sea to sea to sea ). Needs a six foot high gravel base to keep the permafrost frozen ; but I think a deep port in Tuktoyaktuk is far off. December sea ice is pretty heavy this year, pretty thick to get out west past Point Barrow. It looks more like mid 1980s december ice. Still too much ice to be in the cards -open water season still too short to make it financially viable, I`d guess a military deep port would go into Nunavat , first , if any were built.
The Northern gateway pipeline is working it`s way through the system:
Northern Gateway pipeline recommended for federal approval, with conditions - Calgary - CBC News
Tough to predict . I`m guessing the money will remove the obstructions to construction