Some hummocks reached a height of ten metres. Men would either lay bypass routes around them or cut out tunnels in them. Traffic on the lifeline never stopped for a minute day or night. Road builders and goods inspectors worked round the clock. Drivers would sit at the wheel for two and even three days on end. Things were not any easier for traffic officers. They would spend a whole day standing on wind-swept ice in bitting frost, then gulp down a cup of hot tea, have two to three hours of sleep in a cold tent, and ‘be back at their posts to direct the convoys of lorries ..
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