Page 29 - 2018 ALASKA NORTHERN NIGHTS LIGHTS

During our last night with the group, we had a farewell banquet dinner

at the Pump House and then went to visit Fairbanks Ice Park with its

outdoor display of ice carvings. This year, there was no international

competition due to lack of sponsorship. Nonetheless, many of the

single block and multiblock figures are still on display from previous

contests. The main site is a large open field encircled with the statuary,
but there is also a forest pathway adjoining the field where the art is

placed under and among the trees. All the statuary is lit with LED lights

of varying colors. Amazing artistry was demonstrated through figures

from mythology, animals, spacemen, even a tiny submarine that you

could enter and peer through the portholes.