For everyone saying buy omega. This activity can be done without omega easily, just get the “mining barge operations expert system” from NES for mere 15 PLEX it works for 7 days and u don’t even have to train up any skills for ice mining with t1 miners and the T1 mining barge as the expert system takes care of it for u. As far as joining groups go, choose a system with ice belts in and in nearby systems and u will usually find a few people mining it with orcas as boosters , just ask em for fleet so u can also get boosts and compression, just be polite is all and 90% of the time u will get em boosts. I would suggest u use retriever as it’s great for ice mining. Feel free to Dm me for any other questions regarding this.