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'''Ice blasting''' is the use of ] to break up ] in rivers, greatly aiding navigation systems.
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This is done during the spring when snow is melting and river ice is breaking up. There is always a chance that the ice flows could collide creating an ] creating a ] and blocking the river. The river, filled with melt water, will quickly ] and often cause damage nearby settlements. Thus in most northern areas governments quickly act to break up the ice jams before they can do much damage. This is most easily done with explosives. These explosives may be planted from the shore, or in some cases by helicopter. In the large rivers of the ] the Russian airforce is sometimes called in to bomb ice jams. --] 02:35, 18 August 2006 (UTC)<math><math><math><math><math><math><math>] creating a ] and blocking the river. The river, filled with melt water, will quickly ] and often cause damage nearby settlements. Thus in most northern areas governments quickly act to break up the ice jams before they can do much damage. This is most easily done with explosives. These explosives may be planted from the shore, or in some cases by helicopter. In the large rivers of the ] the Russian airforce is sometimes called in to bomb ice jams.


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This is done during the spring when snow is melting and river ice is breaking up. There is always a chance that the ice flows could ice blasting. The city of ], ], for instance, blasts the ] each spring to break up the ice.


Ice blasting has a number of disadvantages. It is expensive and dangerous requiring highly skilled explosives experts. When blasting is occurring the public must be warned to keep their distance. The blasting has negative environmental consequences. Fish and other river creatures are inevitably killed and the river bottom is scarred. Those who live near the rivers complain about the loud noise and some allege that the blasting causes structural damage to homes. Ice blasting has a number of disadvantages. It is expensive and dangerous requiring highly skilled explosives experts. When blasting is occurring the public must be warned to keep their distance. The blasting has negative environmental consequences. Fish and other river creatures are inevitably killed and the river bottom is scarred. Those who live near the rivers complain about the loud noise and some allege that the blasting causes structural damage to homes.

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Preemptive ice blasting on the Rideau River in Ottawa

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Ice blasting has a number of disadvantages. It is expensive and dangerous requiring highly skilled explosives experts. When blasting is occurring the public must be warned to keep their distance. The blasting has negative environmental consequences. Fish and other river creatures are inevitably killed and the river bottom is scarred. Those who live near the rivers complain about the loud noise and some allege that the blasting causes structural damage to homes.

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