Arctic railway The Mary River Iron Ore mining project is one of the most challenging engineering projects undertaken in the Arctic. One of the components is building a 149-km long railway over the highly unstable permafrost. The rail will take the ore to the coast, where it will then be shipped by boat. Track is made of cold-reisistant + The mine, trains and boats atthe project rails and ties: will operate, 24/7 for 21 years + The project wil produce 1 millon tonnes of ron ore per year fo steel mils in Europe, + The mine wll alow Nunavut to triple its annual GDP, + The project will generate $5 billion intaxes over 21 years. + Creation of 5,000 direct and Indirect jobs (currently four out of ‘i people liven public housing). ‘embankment Made of rade biasted eck ‘Natural ground |= DISADVANTAGES + Theopen ile races of Active layer —____S | enereinthe environment Unstte grne -Cantoumigaton lb et divoted por eas ardbega sha eal ono bedeuple he is Tap! Batfin Bay Wiemeatare = nh) Ae ar Permafrost: Permafrost sols sa atorbelow the 2 freezing point of water (0Cors2Fy two Dr more yeas é Deere Ey Cost: oo) soe RS ER A oa Cees irene Ererent Srna rrr oaubee ASTIN