Anyone who has ever tried to start a car in -40?C weather knows the challenges of living in the true white north. Oil becomes almost solid, and all the tried and true tips like maintaining your battery, using thinner oil, and block heaters are tested for their true worth. It is in this environment that most of Canada’s new pipelines are to be laid – and the struggles of the north are nowhere better epitomized than by the story of Sam McGee by Robert W. Service: There are strange things done in the midnight sun by the men who moil for gold The arctic trails have their secret tales that would make your blood run cold Since the Yukon gold rush, much has changed in the north: husky sleighs have been replaced with public consultation meetings, snowmobiles, and ice roads. Although much has changed in Canada, the […]