Here is the ice artist making one of the glasses and below are all the glasses that he and his wife made that day. They are the ice artists for this facility and evidently are very good. They have won many awards at ice sculpture contests around the world. The husband has 14 gold medals and the wife has 9 -- sort of like the Olympics, I guess. Here is their website:
Ice Sculpture, as you can imagine, is big around here where it gets down to 60 below at times. One person told us that the average low temperature at Chena Hot Springs last winter was -23 degrees!! Working in 20 degrees above zero must seem warm to the ice artists.
Ice Sculpture, as you can imagine, is big around here where it gets down to 60 below at times. One person told us that the average low temperature at Chena Hot Springs last winter was -23 degrees!! Working in 20 degrees above zero must seem warm to the ice artists.
The museum has various ice sculptures in several rooms, some of which they call "Bedrooms". They have ice beds in them, and our tour guide said that you can stay in one of these rooms for $600 per night. I asked a few more questions about it, and evidently, you rent a regular room in the Lodge and then can come and go from the Ice Bedroom. She said that a father and son stayed there last week.
Here is a picture of me on the Ice Bed.
You can also have a Destination Wedding in the Chapel in the Ice Museum. The tour guide told us that they regularly host weddings in there, but that they are very short! They provide the bride and groom with beautiful fur capes and I guess the guests all wear the parkas. I think they have the reception in the Lodge.
One of the rooms has a xylophone in it that works. Here is a picture of me playing it. It sounded like a regular big xylophone like you would hear in a band or orchestra. It was completly constructed of ice.
Here is the website for the resort: http://www.chenahotsprings.com/
Sounds like we should have had our wedding at the ice hotel!!
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