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I am going to guess that also means more muskeg.
I am going to guess that also means more muskeg.
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It probably means that the permafrost line is moving north. A lot of permafrost ground is already technically muskeg - just frozen. The creation of muskeg/bog/peatland takes centuries.
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Lots of submerged, picled and frozen mammoths and mastodons.
And the ground will be more difficult to ride on and walk over. More tracks and flying things.
And maybe some more navigable rivers and lakes? Railways are going to need to be elevated for more of their length I would think.
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That Churchill railway, in 1912 it was the next big thing. The line to Prince Rupert was almost finished. It opened in 1914. The RNWMP had already set up operations at both Churchill and York Factory adjacent to Port Nelson and esablished M Division as their Hudson Bay Division. Those ports were still going concerns up until 1957 when the HBC closed its York Factory operations.
Just took a look at some costings. looking for @Humphrey Bogart to comment
Vancouver Sky Train Track - standard gauge - 375-400 MCAD / km
UK HS2 - 200 MUSD / km
Europe - 25-39 MUSD / km
US/Australia - 20-70 MUSD / km
Indonesia - 52 MUSD / km
These projects are often associated with urban environments and that tends to drive prices up.
Freight or regional rail is on the order of 1-2 MUSD / km assuming good ground.
Viaducts are given as typically costing 30 MUSD / km
Pipelines typically cost 1-5 MUSD / km
The TMX expansion, with its highly contentious and heavily urbanized termination, cost 35 MCAD / km on average.
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Prince Rupert was knee capped by the loss of Charles Hays when the Titanic sank, taking him and his capital with him. I suspect that ship going down cost the Canadian economy dearly.
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