It is Tuesday, February 2025. It’s fun being back in Fairbanks awaiting the opening of the Ice Alaska park at the local fairgrounds. The ice carving competition begins with the horn announcing the beginning of the Multi Block competition the morning of Valentine’s...
Congratulations to all the Single Block artists. Your sculptures are truly amazing objects d’ art. It is always such a pleasure to witness the dedication and talent you all possess and share with us. Congratulations to the first, second and third place...
Did you know that the Old English word for ice is “ises gicel”, which means “an icicle of ice”. Middle English, 300 years later, cleaned that up and changed it to icicle. It is a beautiful sunny day today, the second day of the Single Block Ice...
The Collegiate Ice Carving Competition has concluded for 2024. These six students from Oregon Coast Culinary Institute, mentored by Chris Foltz, are on their way to becoming true ice carving artists. Chris is a world champion ice carver so his students have an...
Double Block is almost over; that was too quick. It ends at 10:00pm tonight when the horn blows. It’s intense, fervent and energetic. And the end results are exquisite. Dave is explaining to Rhonda that after the adrenaline rush of Multi Block, Double Block is a...
The Enchanted Forest won’t be too quiet for a few days. The Double Block competition began at 8:00am on February 25. With 19 teams competing, that is only 1 shy of the number of teams allowed to carve. That is more than Ice Alaska has had in several years. The...
