- "Ice Hotel"
Discovery Channel
This is a companion page to the Discovery Channel documentary. It's not long, but if you missed the show, it will do a decent job of introducing you to- Jukkasjärvi, the village where the Ice Hotel is built each year (" 'Jukkasjärvi' means something like meeting point, a function which this former Sami village had for over 500 years.")
- The city of Kiruna, near Sweden's tallest mountain, Kebnekaise peak
- The surrounding land, all of it north of the Arctic Circle
- "IceHotel"
The Ice Hotel's own website includes:- "From the Ice Age to the Present"
About the Hotel (including "Magnetite Heavy Art") and the land around it- "The story about the hotel of ice and snow"
This page, and the one titled "Torne River," were the two that made visiting the website worthwhile for me - but I'm one of those people who like a little detail about the history and setting of a place - "Art & Design Group"
This is a contact information page, but the snow sculpture photo is worth seeing - "A Magnetite Art Exhibition"
Yep - someone made artworks out of magnetite - iron ore - no wonder it was "Heavy Art - "Visit our ice factory"
I was hoping for more detail: but the photo is cool
- "The story about the hotel of ice and snow"
- "Live in comfort in the heart of things"
Accommodations at the Ice Hotel (Summer version) - ""
- "Wilderness Adventures"
Hunting, fishing, family excursions - even classes, for students who can't get out of the studying habit (Summer version) - "Inspiring meetings above the Arctic Circle"
There's a photo at the top of this page that's badly in need of a comic caption - probably something to do with the third man from the left, who may be screaming - "ICEHOTEL Shop "
Visitors have an opportunity to spend more money, of course: - "Torne River - the artery of ICEHOTEL"
For a tourism marketing website, this page as a pretty good set of paragraphs and photos about Jukkasjärvi, the Torne River, the northern lights, the wilderness, and Sami (Lapp) culture
- "From the Ice Age to the Present"
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Ice Hotel on Discovery Channel - A Cool Tourist Destination
Discovery Channel ran a documentary about a hotel made of ice. Called, logically enough, the Ice Hotel. I did a little checking, and found two websites about this cool tourist destination:
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