Winter ice roads are routinely made in climate in that place. Except glassy ice ...

culebron21 8 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Ural Airlines is preparing to fly a stranded Airbu...

Winter ice roads are routinely made in climate in that place. Except glassy ice is actually very hard to produce. Instead you get a spongy surface, plus it snows there frequently, and snow isn't slippery.

Traction is needed to fight crosswind.