Different sonographers from across Canada will fly in and they’ll do stints between two and six weeks where they supply their skills.

On Wednesday, an official Northwest Territories motorcade will make the inaugural trip down 120 kilometres of brand-new, two-lane, all-weather gravel from Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper will be making an announcement today in Inuvik that is expected to focus on an all-weather road linking Canada's Arctic coast to the south for the first time.