Explore the Icy Wastes

Explore the Icy Wastes was a mission in Ratchet & Clank. Ratchet and Clank explored a region of planet Hoven, eventually running into the Miner, who complained about his broken drill, while holding a notably tough type of ore. Clank noted it was, in fact, Raritanium, and Ratchet offered to fix his drill for him, in return taking the "rock" off of him.

Walkthrough
Turn left from the landing pad, entering a small building, upon which a group of blarg troopers will enter through the rear entrance. Kill them before they can take positions, the narrow doorway making it easy, and head out through the same entrance to find a timed switch, seen earlier on planet Umbris. The second switch is to the right, across the water (which kills Ratchet instantly), and the third is on top of the hill, praticaly unscalable on foot due to the ice. Use the Swingshot on the Versa-target above it instead, entering the building to the left of it once the gate is open. Inside is a standard wall-jump section, but with switches placed intermittently on the walls, start on the left and time your jumps properly to activate them all.

Continue and make your way across the ice in the next area to reach a tunnel inside another building. Two pairs of electric fences will move from side to side, occasionally clearing the central path. Ratchet will die die upon touching them and the ice makes it impossible to get across quickly enough, so instead use the Swingshot on the Versa-target at the end and time your move properly. Make your way across a river using a platform of ice and the Swingshot, handling two anklebiters that reveal themselves once you make it across. Another laser barrier challenge awaits you afterwards, which is cleared, again, using careful timing.

The final part consists of a series of metal platforms, all frozen over with ice. The Thruster-Pack's hover ability (tap or  twice) can make it useful to get across safely. Alternatively just jump and glide to halt your momentum, in case you are about to fall of. Three switches must again be pressed, which can also serve as momentary reprieves as you will not slide while standing on top of them. Approach the Miner to end the mission.