I don't find accents annoying myself, I like hearing different accents and dialects. It's interesting sometimes to find out a slang word used was actually derived from a perfectly good word from 200 years ago.

Some say the Canadian accent, but I have been in 6 of the 10 provinces and they all have different accents, some even have variations within the same province.

It is the same as saying an American accent, there is not one American accent, there are several. Just compare accents from Chicago, Boston, New York, New Orleans, Houston and Miami. Non of them are alike.

Back on topic. Here's an interesting slide show on the ice roads: http://www.diavik.ca/News/2006/Winter%20Road%20Slides.pdf