A backhoe scrapes at the frozen ground in Dawson City, Yukon. City workers have to repair water line breaks frequently over the winter, as the permafrost shifts. This ground is only sand and gravel, but in the exteme temperatures of a Klondike Winter it is almost as hard as concrete. The teeth on the buckets usually only last for a few days of this kind of work before they must be replaced. At the time I took this picture, it was minus 50 in town, making us the coldest place on earth according to the Weather Extreme website.
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