BP World Ice Art Championships.

• Author: Anderson, Tasha
• Position: TRAVEL - Brief article

This is the 26th year of the World Ice Art Championships in Fairbanks. The Championships include not just single- and multi-block competitions,

but an ice park full of sculptures, mazes, and winter activities for children and adults.

Chairman of the 2015 BP World Art Ice Championships Dick Brickley says that this year's event will include a new, exciting activity. "Were going to try to do an ice carving above ground and then sink it below the ice and see how long it will last," he says. "Then divers will go down into the pond and can take pictures of it."

According to Brickley, the event was dreamt up by one of the ice artists who is also a diver. "Because the ice is so clear, people can walk over the sculpture, on top of the ice, and see it underneath. That's the theory. Whether it'll work or not, we don't know," Brickley laughs.

Events that take place every year include Ice Sculpting classes; an ice park; the Alyeska Ice Puppy rink, which is an ice skating rink formed entirely of ice, even with unique ice...