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Student Reports

Estimates of the costs of building an Ice Road and the Economic Effects on the Northwest Territories

Useful reports on the web:

CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS AND ADAPTATION: CASE STUDIES OF ROADS IN NORTHERN CANADA

available at:  http://www.tac-atc.ca/english/resourcecentre/readingroom/conference/conf2008/docs/a1/mcgregor.pdf

RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND REGIONAL TRANSPORATION

available at:  http://www.westac.com/pdfs/North07_Report.pdf

Social and Economic Considerations for the Arctic Marine Shipping Assessment

— See page 28 about a Bathurst Port link to the Tibbitt/Contwoyto JV road

available at:  http://web.arcticportal.org/uploads/qW/rs/qWrsYlQVxuGivnLEJMcU4Q/4-2-Social-and-Economic-Considerations-for-the-Arc.pdf