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Went up to Fairbanks for a couple of days to check out the ice sculptures, and I thought I'd share some of my pictures.

Here's a link to an Anchorage Daily News article about the event, with more pictures.

Here are some carvers in action:





This one was called "Bullseye" and it was one of the few that looked really good in the daylight.


A close up of the horse's face:




Here's a goat. I took this picture during the daylight, but because of the black drop curtain as the background, it shows up pretty well.


Here's a look at the whole goat sculpture in the daylight, and it's hard to see all that's going on.


At night, though, the lights give you a whole new perspective.





Here's one that you couldn't even tell what it was during the daylight, but at night, the jellyfish looked pretty cool.
[img]http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q120/dvretz/JellyfishNight_zps34e6466b.jpg[/img]

More night shots:
[img]http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q120/dvretz/PolarBears_zpsb9d97a58.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q120/dvretz/EagleNight_zps37461b12.jpg[/img]

Cool stuff!

like the goats a lot.

Great pics! Have to make a trip to F'bks one day to see the ice sculptures.

Incredible works of art to be so short-lived.

They are done in our little berg in Feb.

Not all of the pictures were being displayed, so I thought I'd break it into a couple of different posts.


This dragon was pretty cool, and if I remember right, it won first place for the multi-block, realistic category.


But, I was disappointed that they didn't do a better job of lighting it up at night. Some colored lights could have really helped it pop.





Here was one of my favorites in the daylight.


At night it was spectacular!





The lion fish won fourth place in the single-block, realistic category:





There was plenty for the kids to do, as well:


My son leaving the ice train:
[img]http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q120/dvretz/IceTrain2_zps54f8470b.jpg[/img]

More slides:
[img]http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q120/dvretz/IceSlide_zpsb29e02aa.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q120/dvretz/IceSlide2_zpsbfc483ad.jpg[/img]

[img]http://i134.photobucket.com/albums/q120/dvretz/IceSlide3_zps535c76e7.jpg[/img]

That's better. They all show up now.

Logan is looking great!



FWIW, 10 pic per post limit

Very cool Dan!
We have talked about a short trip in winter to see that and some of the other winter sights along the way.

Great post, thanks for the photos!

It is really worth the trip. I went up a couple years back and to go both day and night is like seeing 2 different shows. Absolutely fantastic. Thanks for sharing!

glad you had a good time here Dan


we're a freakin metropolis : )


actually it has gotten too big for me, but still haven't decided where to go to next


maybe Tok or Delta