The Nice Day for a Drive Journals, Ch. 7, Fairbanks and the Ice Art

Our final destination, the reason for this trip.   The weather was spectacular, the highway in great condition, and the temperatures warm enough to be comfortable but cold enough to keep the ice frozen.

I was there the top Tuesday and Wednesday and got outta town on Thursday morning.   Yes, that's 16 and 22 degrees below zero.   Fahrenheit.   Celsius in is parentheses.

Ice art carving teams come from all over the globe to compete here.

If you're ever in Fairbanks in March, be sure to take this in--and be sure you return at dark when magic happens.

So, here are some day and night photos, with some detail close-ups.

LION KING:

 LOCUST:

1st place realistic, single block

OCTOPUS GARDEN:

MELODY OF THE FISH SOUL:

SPIRITUAL CONNECTION:

THE GREAT ESCAPE:

The escapee

 SINGING IN UNISON:

COME ON, GIRL:

CYGNUS OLOR (White Swan)

youth category

1st Place Abstract, Single block, The Meteor Final Destination

These carvers were from Russia, where the meteor had landed earlier.  Unseasonably warm temps had not been kind to this display.

 

                                                         

THE CREVASSE

Others:

Guess who?   Come on in.

And my favorite, which was extremely difficult to photograph because of the clear ice.   It's men in a boat with a huge wave behind them.

HOPE

2nd Place, Multi block

That's it from the frozen cameras of Gullible.  Last chapter for this road trip.  Perhaps now Blogspot will stop underlining and printing everything in blue.   I've tried everything I can think of , but it's pretty stubborn about this.

One final photo:

from VISITOR OF THE SUN: