Ice Alaska Festival, home to the World Ice Art Championships, is in full swing at the Tanana Valley Fairgrounds, drawing international ice sculptors and local spectators alike.

An overnight bloom of frost covers a truck liner first thing in the morning with a mosaic of ice crystals lasting only until the morning sun converted them back into water. Photo taken Feb. 11, 2025.

Every winter, master sculptors from across the globe converge for the World Ice Art Championships in Fairbanks, where the temps are sub-zero, the ice blocks are sawed out of frozen ponds and the ...

News-Miner opinion: Fairbanks is poised to host the 2025 World Ice Art Championships, a testament to creativity, resilience and the cold of the 49th State. From Friday through March 31 ...

Every year, a band of artists transforms one of its frozen 10,000 lakes into an art gallery, Maggie Vespa introduces us to some of the creative minds, and art, behind the interactive event.

The annual Harbin Ice and Snow World delights visitors with finely chiselled ice sculptures, exciting ice slides and other attractions. [2] This ice sculpture festival is a major tourist draw for ...