What is an actual ice hotel constructed from?
Situated 200km inside the Arctic Circle, Ice Hotel is, as the name implies, a hotel completely constructed from ice. Every year the village of Jukkäsjarvi in Swedish Lapland is home to the Ice Hotel. The Ice Hotel is the brainchild of a Swede named Yngve Bergqvist. The Ice Hotel is rebuilt every year using the massive ice resources of the nearby River Torne (hotel opens every December for business). Last year 14,000 guests stayed at the Ice Hotel, with 37,000 day visitors. Owned by Icehotel AB the hotel features 60 rooms, 25 suites, a cinema, the ‘Absolut’ ice bar, the Iceart gallery, the Icechurch and a sauna – there are many winter activities to do or you can just chill out in the Icebar. The interior temperature hovers just around a very chilly -6ºC (20ºF). Ice art Ice Hotel began nineteen years ago out of an idea that had seen an igloo built to house art works created by Japanese ice artists. From a single room structure it has grown into a 5,000m² complex constructed from 30,000t
Situated 200km inside the Arctic Circle, Ice Hotel is, as the name implies, a hotel completely constructed from ice. Every year the village of Jukkäsjarvi in Swedish Lapland is home to the Ice Hotel. The Ice Hotel is the brainchild of a Swede named Yngve Bergqvist. The Ice Hotel is rebuilt every year using the massive ice resources of the nearby River Torne (hotel opens every December for business). Last year 14,000 guests stayed at the Ice Hotel, with 37,000 day visitors. Owned by Icehotel AB the hotel features 60 rooms, 25 suites, a cinema, the ‘Absolut’ ice bar, the Iceart gallery, the Icechurch and a sauna – there are many winter activities to do or you can just chill out in the Icebar. The interior temperature hovers just around a very chilly -6ºC (20ºF). Sources: http://www.hotelmanagement-network.
An ice hotel is a temporary hotel made up of snow, sculpted blocks of ice, and some steel framing. They are promoted by their sponsors and have special features for travelers who are interested in novelties and unusual environments, and thus are in the class of destination hotels. Their lobbies are often filled with ice sculptures, and food and beverages are specially chosen for the circumstances. All of the ice hotels are reconstructed every year, and are dependent upon constant sub-freezing temperatures during construction and operation. The walls, fixtures, and fittings are made entirely of ice, and are held together using a substance known as snice, which takes the place of mortar in a traditional brick-built hotel. In popular culture, an ice hotel was featured in the James Bond film Die Another Day. Sources: http://en.wikipedia.
