Each year families in Fairbanks are treated to a special celebration at the World Ice Art Championships. People from all over the world come to Fairbanks to create beautiful ice sculptures that are back lit by colored lights making the whole Ice Park a very magical place. Temperatures are below freezing during the day and below zero during the night so the sculptures remain for months for everyone to enjoy.
nautilus at the Ice Park
Families in Fairbanks are treated each year with incredible ice sculptures.
Part of the Ice Park includes an area for kids of all ages. There are ice mazes, ice tunnels, and best of all, ice slides. Lots of ice slides.
Ice slides are fun for all
Robyn Staup, an Ohio PolarTREC teacher, enjoys an icy slide.
Going out at night to the ice park was a small test of the "Insulation and Circulation" training we had during the end of a day of learning how to prepare for extreme temperature training. I realized quickly that I was improperly dressed to be out in below freezing weather. I need to get my first base layer which will fit well enough to hug my skin. In addition to other layers, I will need to leave the cotton behind. No jeans as outside wear at Summit, Greenland! More later on this preparation for living and working in the subzero weather.