frozen forms complete the arctic artistry of ice castle design

frozen forms complete the arctic artistry of ice castle design
image courtesy of ice castles

 

 

 

literally built by hand, ice castles are a collision of caves, frozen waterfalls and glaciers, designed into towering archways, caverns and tunnels for people to explore. more than 5,000 icicles are grown each day, harvested and sculpted by creator brent christiansen and a team of arctic artists. each of the four locations in utah, minnesota, new hampshire and vermont offer 20,000,000 pounds of ice to discover, where guests are encouraged to walk, squeeze, slide, and crawl through the vast, glacial wonderland. the frozen expanse is illuminated by night, when lights embedded deep within the ice alternate in hue to the rhythm of music.

 

 

ice castle closes due to utah’s warm winter
video courtesy of national geographic

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the lincoln ice castle
photo by corey schestak

image by chris hournbuckle

by night, colored lights illuminate the frozen forms
image by bryan rowalnd

image courtesy of andrew rebeiro

20,000,000 pounds of ice are handcrafted for arctic exploration
image by ken skuse

the lincoln ice castle in new hamshire by night
photo by corey schestak