Dispatches

2 articles

Reporting from the ground: towns, roads and the people who run them.

2 articles

  • A flat blue road drawn across a frozen river between two small towns

    The ice road that appears every winter

    Each January a highway forms on a frozen river. By April it is gone again, and the towns along it plan their whole year around those few months.

    Leah Spence 12 min read

  • A magnifying glass over a falling line chart

    The town where the ground is thawing

    A historic northern town was built on frozen ground. Now the ground is changing, and its buildings are starting to lean.

    Leah Spence 10 min read