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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. 

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.

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

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

Aeolus Ice Sculpture, 2010 World Ice Art Championships February 20-March 28, 2010, Fairbanks, Alaska. Single-Block Realism Category.

In Greek Mythology, Aeolus was the keeper of the winds and king of the mythical island of Aeolia. He is mentioned in both Homer’s the Odyssey and the Aeneid. In fact he attempts to help Odysseus get back home, by giving him a bag of wind, but the sailors on his ship mistake the bag for treasure, and end up sending their ship back to Aeolia.  Believing Odysseus and his crew have been cursed by the gods, Aeolia refuses to help him a second time.