Ikhil Gas Plant just before Christmas

Went out to the Caribou hills about 50km north of Inuvik or downstream on the Mackenzie about 50kms to do some skiing. I headed up and onto the plateau where the tundra starts and on over to Ikhil. Over the Christmas break Inuvik Gas switched over to synthetic fuel - oxygenated propane - which is trucked up the Dempster highway from Whitehorse. This means that Ikhil was probably taken offline or operating at a reduced capacity. The field is expected to be exhausted soon so Ikhil should stop producing sometime soon, meaning that 100% of heating gas will be trucked up the highway.

Warm day at -15 but not much daylight and the wind did pick up after a fashion. On the way back the typical layered air-mass was present over the Mackenzie Delta and the mirages were quite evident looking over to the Alkavik side. Far less snow this year and the ice road is in much worse shape as compared to last year. Regardless nice "day" to be out and about, even though the sub doesn't make it about the horizon this time of year, lol.

The drive out and the ski up in flat lighting - ca easily become whiteout conditions on the plateau if the wind picks up the snow

At the plant / well site

...and the way back, looking at the mirages, cooler temps