Here is a first for me, I have never even heard of anything like this before. A community freezer. The freezer is down a ladder, that is about 15" wide and I would say it was at least 30 ft down. The freezer was dug out in the 1950's, as a way for the local people to keep there fish and meat frozen. When you go down the ladder there are three separate tunnels, that are each about 40 feet long x 6 feet wide and just over 5 feet high. From the pictures you can see the layers of sand in the permafrost, it is so cold down there. Frost crystals hang from the ceiling, that are 2" long, and the light sparkles off them. There is 16 rooms in the freezer, each room is 8' x 8' with a small door, and a lock on the outside. The room that we were allowed to enter, had 10 large garbage bags filled with frozen fish and caribou, then you can also see the picture of the fox that was left in the one hallway. The old 45 gallon drum has a rope that is attached to a block and tackle, this is how people get their meat up and down the nerve racking ladder. That ladder is very slippery, covered in frost at the bottom, and melting at the top. All in all it is a very good idea. In a place where the ground is frozen all year, why not try and save some money, and use the ground as a freezer.
Here is a first for me, I have never even heard of anything like this before. A community freezer. The freezer is down a ladder, that is about 15" wide and I would say it was at least 30 ft down. The freezer was dug out in the 1950's, as a way for the local people to keep there fish and meat frozen. When you go down the ladder there are three separate tunnels, that are each about 40 feet long x 6 feet wide and just over 5 feet high. From the pictures you can see the layers of sand in the permafrost, it is so cold down there. Frost crystals hang from the ceiling, that are 2" long, and the light sparkles off them. There is 16 rooms in the freezer, each room is 8' x 8' with a small door, and a lock on the outside. The room that we were allowed to enter, had 10 large garbage bags filled with frozen fish and caribou, then you can also see the picture of the fox that was left in the one hallway. The old 45 gallon drum has a rope that is attached to a block and tackle, this is how people get their meat up and down the nerve racking ladder. That ladder is very slippery, covered in frost at the bottom, and melting at the top. All in all it is a very good idea. In a place where the ground is frozen all year, why not try and save some money, and use the ground as a freezer.
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