Monthly Archive: February 2023

Swordfish Ice Sculpture – Fairbanks, Alaska

Swordfish Ice Sculpture - Fairbanks, Alaska

Harvest Moment Ice Sculpture Close-up, 2011 World Ice Art Championships February 22-March 27, 2011, Fairbanks, Alaska. Multi-Block Realistic Category

An ice sculpture of a sword fish at night, illuminated by lights of different colors at dusk, just after sunset. The World Ice Art Championship, is an event held each spring in Fairbanks, Alaska. Sculptors from around the world come to the interior of Alaska to compete in both a small block and large block ice carving competition. 

Kentucky State Seal – Governor’s Mansion – Frankfort

Kentucky State Seal - Governor's Mansion - Frankfort

A view of the Kentucky State Seal on the gate at the governor’s mansion, in Frankfort, next to the state capitol building. The state seal represents the coming together of the frontiersman, the every day Kentuckian, with the statesman who serves the state of Kentucky and helps guide it into the future. The state’s motto is one that is very familiar to many in the United States “United We Stand, Divided We Fall.” It was derived at the time however from a popular 1768 tune entitled the “Liberty Song,” by John Dickinson.

Walrus Ice Sculpture – World Ice Art Championships – Fairbanks, Alaska

Walrus Ice Sculpture - World Ice Art Championships - Fairbanks, Alaska

Unexpected Grace Ice Sculpture, 2011 World Ice Art Championships February 22-March 27, 2011, Fairbanks, Alaska. Single-Block Realism Category.

An ice sculpture of a walrus, a mammal very familiar to Alaska Natives and those who live in the northern Pacific, and the Arctic.