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About the BP World Ice Art Championships Introduction New Site.........................................................................1 2014 Schedule of Events.......................................................................2 About Ice Alaska......................................................................................3 History and Benefits.............................................................................4 Ice Harvest..................................................................................................5 Kids Park .......................................................................................................6 Competitions & Exhibitions Single Block Classic......................................................................................7 Multi-Block Classic......................................................................................7 Frances and Clarence G Beers Youth Classic ..........................................8 Amateur Open Exhibition .........................................................................8 2014 Ice Alaska Contacts Board of Directors and Section Heads.......................................................9 Sections and Committee Chairs................................................................10 Facts About Ice Alaska Fact Sheet.................................................................................................... 11

ICE ALASKA, BP World Ice Art Championships P.O. Box 83134 • 3050 Phillips Field Road • Fairbanks, AK 99708 Phone -907- 451-8250 • FAX 907-456-1951 • [email protected]

www.icealaska.com

Welcome to Ice Park!

For the 25th year, Ice Alaska volunteers are on track to host the 2014 BP World Ice Art Championships and Kids Park from February 24 through March 30, 2014. The park This year, the event is at the new 27 acre permanent is open daily from 10 AM - 10 PM for 35 days which is location on land owned by Ice Alaska, the non-profit the most visitor days offered to our winter travelers organization that has produced the event for 24 years! by any event in Alaska. In 2014, the Ice Park begins the 3rd year at its new permanent home, one mile from the previous site where Ice Alaska hosted 16 years of championships. Both venues are located in Fairbanks, Alaska USA. We love the new location! The new site’s pond produces the world class, pristine crystal blue ice sculptors love and have nicknamed - the Arctic Diamond. All the buildings have been moved and remodeled. The main building that houses food concessions, warm-up and offices is centrally reconstructed in the middle of the new site - easy access to warm-up and food. Tree areas shade the Single and Multi-Block Classic sculpture competitions, and the center and front of the site perfectly accommodates the larger Kids Park with slides, mazes, and ice rink. This wonderful new site allows Ice Alaska to continue the annual ice sculpting competition in February/March and to extend to a year round operation that hosts three additional competitions: January snow sculptures, May wood sculptures and July sand sculptures. We are excited! The new George Horner Ice Art Park is the perfect central location for Fairbanks’ traditional celebration of spring that invites guests from all over the world to view magnificent ice sculptures, have fun in Kids park and talk with Alaskans over a cup of hot chocolate.

Photos © 2012 by Linda Pickel, Ice Alaska Photographer

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Welcome Aboard!

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The little Ice Park train can’t wait to give you a tour!

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A New Beginning

BP World Ice Art Championships

2014 Schedule of Events February 24 - March 30, 2014 Fairbanks, Alaska USA

Ice Alaska PO Box 83134 3050 Phillips Field Road Fairbanks, AK 99708 Phone (907) 388-6388 Fax: (907) 456-1951 www.icealaska.com [email protected]

WHAT:

The last week in February artists from around the world travel to Fairbanks, Alaska to compete in the BP World Ice Art Championships - to sculpt the huge natural blocks of ice known as the Arctic Diamond. The resulting 100 sculptures, from 6ft. to 30ft. tall, each weighing from 7,800 - 40,000 lbs. are breathtaking, and can be viewed through March 30. In addition to the sculptures, there is a three acre children’s playground constructed entirely of ice – with slides up to 200 feet long!

COMPETITIONS:

Feb 24-26–Artists sculpting in the Single Block Classic Feb. 27 - Lighting and Awards of Forty Single Block Sculptures Mar 1 - 6 – Artists sculpting in the Multi-Block Classic Mar 7 - Lighting and Awards of Twenty Multi-Block Sculptures Mar 11 - Mar 15 - Amateur artists sculpting - Amateur Open Exhibition Mar 18 - 21 - High School Artists Ice Alaska Youth Classic Mar 22 - Lighting and Awards of Youth Sculptures and Amateur Sculptures

The Sculptures: The Single Block and Multi-Block sculptures are completed over an 11 day period starting the last Tuesday in February. Two lighting and awards ceremonies honor the artists and present awards for their awesome work. Best viewing of the finished pieces is from Mar 7 - March 24. The Kids Park is ready for sliding fun from the day the park opens on February 26 until the gates are closed at 10 PM on Sunday, March 30. There are slides and thrills for all ages and a full size ice skating rink! Plan to come early and often. KID’S STUFF:

Feb 24 to Mar 30–DAILY Kids Park Slides, Mazes and Ice Skating An ice playground of slides for all ages and favorite characters in ice.

ADMISSION:

SEASON PASS - UNLIMITED VISITS TO ICE PARK! Adult Ice Person - $25; Jr. Ice Person - $10; Ice Family - $65 Free Pin with - Adult Season Pass



ONE-DAY PASS - UNLIMITED VISITS for the Day Adult - $10; Youth 6–12 - $5; Children 5 and under - FREE

General

GROUP RATES AVAILABLE: (907) 451-8250 (Ethel Stoneman)

Information: The BP World Ice Art Championships opens February 26 at 10 AM and is open daily through March 31– a total of 34 days! The Kids Park is open for the entire 34 days. During the first two weeks over 100 world class sculptures are created and judged. The next two weeks quality, family entertainment, viewing the sculptures, and playing in Kids Park is available. If you want to test your ice sculpting skills, take an ice sculpting class, compete in the youth competition, or sculpt in the Amateur Exhibition. You are invited to watch the professional sculptors from start to the finish of their pieces. If your time is limited the best viewing of all the finished pieces is any day or night between March 9th and 17th Ice Park offers the finest in family entertainment!

We Hope you will Join us! HAVE AN ICE DAY!

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About Ice Alaska

The Ice Alaska organization was founded in April 1990, to support ice sculpting endeavors in Interior Alaska. Ice Alaska is truly volunteer driven by over 100 committees, a nine member Board of Directors and over 450 volunteers. The 2014 event will host over 100 ice artists who travel to Fairbanks to represent many foreign countries. The result will be over one-hundred competition and exhibition sculptures and the ever expanding playful ice attractions in the Kids Park. Who volunteers? Individuals from the communities around interior Alaska, neighborhood businesses, and major corporations. Every year, as many as, 25 volunteers All Aboard! life-size Alaska Railroad Engine No. 85! travel up from the lower 48 states and have come from as Sculpted for the Ice Art 97, it was large enough for far away as two adult engineers up top. Australia. Volunteers provide the talent and energy to put on the largest sculpting competition in the world. The contribution of time and energy by volunteers is an integral part of Ice Alaska’s successful presentation of the BP World Ice Art Championships. The over 100 committees manage everything about the event from the ice harvest, communication, registration and feeding the visiting artists - to the financing, marketing and publicity for the event. Ice Alaska conducts year round fundraising in support of the event.

The goals Of Ice Alaska • To promote artistic and educational endeavors using ice. • To enhance and promote international friendships through cultural and artistic exchange. • To preserve and display all cultures through elegant ice exhibitions. • To promote Alaska and to encourage winter tourism and other economic opportunities.

World Ice Art Championships awards Ceremony. Chinese artists Jia Fu Quan, Qi Feng An, Bing Wen Sun, and Da Quan Zhang proudly displaying their flag.

Countries that have Participated - 44 and Counting...

Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Rep, Denmark, England (Scotland)

Estonia, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea (South), Latvia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Philippine Islands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Ukraine, United States (Puerto Rica),

Uzbekistan, and Vietnam.

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History and Benefits The BP World Ice Art Championships are an important celebration of spring in interior Alaska. Such gatherings, in March, date back to the thirties, when residents emerged from the long winter with an eye for having some fun. Current residents differ little from their winter weary predecessors, but with the advent of airline transportation – visitors from all over Alaska and the World can join the celebration. Ice Alaska is in its 25th year hosting one of the largest annual ice art competitions and exhibitions worldwide. The Fairbanks event, A popular feature of an early Ice Carnival the BP World Ice Art Championships, has grown from a onewas the crowning of the King and Queen who week, 8-team competition ruled from an Ice Throne. The first notable in 1990, to a month-long ice sculpting in Fairbanks was of an ice attraction involving over throne sculpted for the 1934 Winter Carnival. 70 teams from all over the Spring had arrived! world. The competitions, and the accompanying kids park, attract more than 100 ice artists and approximately 45,000 visitors from Alaska and all over the world. The efforts of more than 300 volunteers, and support from over 100 local businesses and community organizations have made all this possible.

George R. Horner

In 2011 the Ice Park was moved to property purchased from the George Horner family which had been used for many years for a construction and Redi-Mix cement business. The Horners extracted tons of gravel, resulting in a huge pond – Ice Alaska calls O’Grady Pond Too. The pond is one of the most important features that makes the 25 acres of land so perfect as an Ice Park. --------

George R. Horner was born in Pennsylvania on a family farm. In 1948 at the age of 20 he drove up the Alcan Highway with some friends in March. Being a country boy he got a job at Creamers Dairy where he milked cows and delivered milk in town. He eventually got work in construction and learned how to operate heavy equipment. He then decided to go into business himself in 1961 and eventually became successful as H&H Contractors, Inc. Later University Redi-Mix, Inc. involved his whole family. George was active in winter sports, playing hockey and coaching junior hockey. He is in the Hockey Hall of Fame here in Fairbanks. He was one of the original group who started Ski Land and was involved early on in the ice carving when it got started in Fairbanks down by the Chena River. George would be very pleased to know that Ice Alaska is going to be established here on this property.

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In 1995, the event moved to the middle of Fairbanks, off Phillips Field Road. Ice Park spent 16 years on Alaska Railroad property until a final relocation nearby to 25 acres purchased as a permanent Ice Park – a perfect size and location for the sculpting event and kids park. The park includes O’Grady Pond Too, where volunteers harvest the large blocks of exceptionally clear ice which the artists have nicknamed “The Arctic Diamond.” Ice Park also has enough large trees that beautifully shade sculpting sites for the Single Block Classic and an open area with a backdrop of trees to shade the huge Multi-Block sculptures. The center open space of the park is perfect for the main concession area, kids park slides and ice skating rink. The BP World Ice Art Championships provide an opportunity to appreciate breathtaking art and learn about many cultures, since typically one-third of the sculptors and many visitors are of international origin. Ice Alaska has developed programs for teaching ice sculpting in the local schools, and the interactive ice sculptures in the kids park are often designed to provide an educational benefit. The Ice Park is a common destination for school field trips and art classes. The entire Fairbanks community benefits from the increase in winter economic activity and tourism during the month of March. Ice Alaska alone spends about $600,000 locally, for equipment rental, fuel oil, gasoline, food, lodging, printing booklets, chain saw servicing, and other commodities. Ice Alaska has also become an exporter of ice. Fairbanks has the cold temperatures which grow thick, natural ice and has invented impressive harvest techniques. Locally grown ice is exported annually to Anchorage and has been shipped to the Bahamas and as far as Israel. Involvement in Ice Alaska’s activities at the BP World Ice Art Championships as a sculptor, a volunteer, or as a visitor to the park and kids park, provides healthy, family-centered outdoor activity. We sincerely hope you enjoy the magic of Ice Park and the spring sunshine that breathes new life into our beautiful community.

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Harvesting the Ice

When ice sculpting was revived in Fairbanks in 1988, organizers bought ice from Seattle and had it shipped to Fairbanks for an ice carving exhibition. In defense of those who purchased the ice from Seattle, the “rest of the story” needs to be told. In 1988 professional ice sculptors from China and Chicago were brought to Fairbanks to display their craft. The local Fairbanks’ organizers were trying to revive interest in ice sculpting, and like the old Ice Carnival days of the thirties, make it an annual event. Not knowing if the ice found in great abundance around Fairbanks was adequate for sculptors, and to make sure the invited sculptors had proper ice to carve, commercially prepared ice was purchased from Seattle. When the sculptors were shown samples of the local ice, they were impressed. From that early inauspicious beginning, we have gained a reputation for having “the best ice in the world,” also nicknamed, “The Arctic Diamond.

Inventing the Harvest

For the year 2014 event, over 1500 tons of ice will be used! The harvesting of these hundreds of tons of ice Skilled craftsman Tom Gullickson designed and crafted the is a huge undertaking. It requires countless hours of hand-propelled sled that secures the 48” bar chain saw. volunteer time, the use of heavy equipment and constant Tom’s invention has streamlined the harvest process and thought about how it can be done better. In 1998, for the saved the sawyers a lot of backaches! He is aided by long time volunteer and artist Stan Zielinski. first time, ice was harvested from O’Grady pond - adjacent to the former ICE PARK. For 2014, OGrady Pond The ice harvesting experts of ICE ALASKA are conToo, is the source for this abundant natural commodity. tinually refining their methods for cutting and lifting From 1988 – 1998 ice was hauled to the event with flatheavy blocks of ice. Many saws have been developed bed trucks! This was both expensive and dangerous! for harvesting and cutting the ice. The most efficient method of harvest utilizes chain saws and a sled developed by Tom Gullickson. Pictured above, it not only makes the harvest more efficient but, also, less “backbreaking.” So far, the 1998 ice, which measured a record 54” thick, holds the record for thickness. Cutting this ice required a 60 inch bar on the chainsaws! Another efficient modification for the harvest is the extendible boom forklift. (Pictured left) These large forklifts are able to remove the huge ice blocks, weighing from 3,000-7,500 lbs, from the water, and later to transport blocks to the ICE PARK site area. Every year harvest techniques improve, allowing for

the harvest of more ice to keep up with increased

demands as the event grows. The one thing that never changes is it remains a lot of work. The dedication of More that 4.1 million lbs of ice are harvested each year from the all volunteer harvest crew, their ingenuity, and just O’Grady Pond. Volunteers use chain saws, an extend-aplain hard work is what makes it all happen. boom forklift and hard work to accomplish this effort. HAVE AN ICE DAY!

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Flint Hills Resources KIDS PARK Anytime ice and snow are assembled in one place, kids find a way to have fun. The decision by local art enthusiasts to revive ice sculpting in Interior Alaska, and to organize an international sculpting competition – assembled ice and snow in one place, and as a result, kids have fun in their own ice fantasy land of slides, mazes and kid friendly sculptures. FHR Kids Park’s beginnings are from the earliest piles of The entry to Kids Park is always a promise of fun to snow pushed aside to clear spaces to erect the sculptures. young and old alike. It is not often that children get the Of course, the kids didn’t see piles of snow, they saw opportunity to ride ice trains and slide down the back piles of snow to slide down. The adult volunteers enjoyed of an elephant made into a slide. Big kids, little kids, watching the big slides, little slides and amazing mazes of fun. kids having fun sliding on the piles, so they used the heavy equipment to push and shape the snow, to form higher snow piles in safe areas for the children to play while their parents viewed the ice sculptures. The result, in 1992 for the first time, an actual slide was designed and constructed from the excess snow - a four lane slide that delighted the children. So each year since 1992 a slide for kids to play on has been a regular feature at Ice Park. The early snow slides in the parking lots were soon joined by kid powered twirlees, introduced by a French team in 1993. Then in 1995, a kindergarten teacher opted out of the Kids love the twirlees at Ice Park. competition to sculpt a series of turtles for kids to touch and A child sits inside the tear shaped sculpture and other people spin the twirlee like a top. Twirlees climb on. These humble turtles were the real beginning of what is today’s are found scattered through Kids Park. They are sculpted in all sizes - and more than one adult has FHR Kids been known to climb inside and be taken for spin. Park which is a playground for children of all ages constructed entirely out of ice.

2006 - Mother and daughter having fun sliding down the backside of “Manny” the Woolly Mammoth slide in Kids Park. HAVE AN ICE DAY!

The current FHR Kids Park has huge slides and covers several acres of the park. An ice rink with a warm-up hut that also has “skates for loan” has also become a regular feature of FHR Kids Park. In 2009, a little train pulled by a 4-wheeler engine was added as a shuttle around the entire park, but the children now enjoy it as their train for rides to get a cup of hot chocolate between sliding or skating. The FHR Kids Park is open on the first day the park opens, the end of February, until the gates close for the final time on the last Sunday in March. This magical four acres of Ice Park completes the Ice Park reputation of offering the finest in family entertainment! 6

Single Block Classic Teams are composed of one to two members. Each team is given one block of ice. Block dimensions are approximately 5ft x 8ft x 3ft (1.5m x 2.4m x 0.9m). Each block weighs about 7,800 lbs. Once the ice block is positioned to the sculptor’s satisfaction, the sculptors are on their own. No additional mechanical or power devices can be used to move and/or lift the ice. Artists can request the assistance of competing team members when more people power is required to move/lift the ice into position. Teams may work around the clock. Most work long hours in order to complete their sculpture on time.

Aiming Eyes; First Place Realistic; 2007 Single Block Classic; Artists: Junichi Nakamura, Japan; Peter Slavin, USA

The competition starts at 9 AM on a Tuesday and ends 60 hours later on a Thursday at 9 PM. The finished pieces are then judged under white lights. After judging is completed, the finished sculptures will be illuminated with colored lights for the public to view. The awards are presented at 8 PM on Friday about 24 hours after the pieces are completed. The judges and volunteers of the lighting crew work fast to make this happen! The results are spectacular!

Multi-Block Classic Teams are composed of two to four sculptors. No more are allowed. Four-member teams are encouraged. Each team is given 10 blocks of ice. Each ice block measures approximately 4ft x 6ft x 3.3ft. (1.2m x 1.8m x 1.0m). Each team will be sculpting a minimum of 46,000 pounds of ice. Teams use hand and/or power tools to cut and shape the ice and may work around the clock if they choose. The sculptures created sometimes attain heights of more than 25 feet. Therefore, Ice Alaska provides heavy equipment and operators to lift and position the ice. The equipment operators, all volunteers, work with the sculptors to delicately move the ice into the artist’s desired location. Without the help of the operators, the final product would be impossible. The artists fully realize this, and give high praise to the operations crew. The final ice sculpture is teamwork at its best.

Balto’s Charge; First Place Realistic, Artists and Peoples Choice Awards; 2006 Multi Block Competition; USA Artists: Steve Berkshire, Mark Johnson, Stanley Kolonko, Carl Eady

The Multi-Block Classic begins at 9 AM on Sunday and ends at 9 PM on Friday or 132 hours later. The artists are then given an additional hour and a half to clean the sculpting site. The finished pieces are judged under white lights. After judging is completed, the finished sculpture will be illuminated with colored lights for the public to view. The awards are presented at 8 PM on Saturday night. HAVE AN ICE DAY!

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ICE ALASKA Youth Classic With a grant from Fairbanks Youth Sports and money provided by Clarence Beers for the Ivalie Cox “Sculpting the Future Program,” Ice Alaska artists have developed an ice sculpting curriculum that can be taught in local schools. To encourage the students to continue to use their sculpting skills in competitions, the Ice Alaska Youth Classic is held the week of the Fairbanks North Star Borougn School District Spring Break. The youth competition was held for the first time in 2006 with six, two person teams from four area high schools. The new site has 15 sites and hopes to draw artists from throughout Alaska and the even the world. There is no fee to register for the Youth Event.

Mimi Chapin announces the winners at the 2007 Junior World Ice Art Championship Awards Ceremony; West Valley High School Artists, Amber Rocha, and Geneva Fisher receiving scholarship awards from Bonnie Caroll; UA College Savings Plan.

To qualify for the competition team members must be students enrolled in Jr. High or High School and parental permission. Teams are provided one ice block, 3’ x 5’x 4,’ The block weighs approximately 3,600 lbs. Once the ice block is placed, the youth team may not use motorized tools or equipment to move the block. Experienced artists are on hand to assist with requested chainsaw cuts, and to answer questions, and offer technical assistance allowed within the competition guidelines. Award of medals and gift certificates are given for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.

Amateur Open Exhibition The Amateur Open exhibition is an opportunity for artists to try out some ideas on a block of ice without the stress of competition. Contestants can register and sculpt on a flexible schedule. The exhibition tends to be more relaxed, because artists are working at their own pace with smaller pieces of ice, but official photographers make every effort to document the progress of each sculpture. Teams usually consist of one to two sculptors, but since it is an exhibition the only hard and fast rule is - safety first. Participants under 16 years of age must have parental permission and be accompanied by an adult while they are working. The Amateur Open is the week after the Multi-Block Classic From Tuesday - Friday. The sculpting instructor is usually on site to answer questions.

SEA HORSE; 2007 Amateur Open Exhibition Artists: Jeremy Harbeck and Jena Hgarbeck. A very nice job for new artists to ice sculpting. HAVE AN ICE DAY!

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Twenty spaces are set aside for the Amateur Open Exhibition. The finished sculptures are illuminated with colored lights for the public to view. Amateur Open teams receive certificates of participation signed by the Chairman of the BP World Ice Art Championships.

Ice Alaska

BP World Ice Art Championships 3050 Phillips Field Road

PO Box 83134 Fairbanks, AK 99708-3143 (907) 451-8250 • Fax (907)456-1951

Hoa Brickley, Business Manager

Ice Alaska Board of Directors

Hank Bartos; President; Self employed as a Semi-Retired Real Estate Broker, Lt Colonel US Air Force Retired Don Swarner, Vice President Retired Alaska Council of Carpenters Executive Secretary/Treasurer Ethel Stoneman, Treasurer; Retired Manager, Ft. Wainwright Credit Union Connie Adkins, Secretary Archaeologist, Bureau of Land Management Cam Carlson, Various Alaska Boards & Commissions Board Member Church; Former FNSB School Board Member Wally Cox, Member; Former Fort Wainwright Post Commander; Colonel US Army Retired Ralph Bolt, Member; Retired State Farm Insurance Executive; Bloomington, Illinois Andy O’Grady, Member; Retired Public Works Director, City of Fairbanks Steff Clymer, Member, Owner, Alaska Digital Printing

2013-14 Ice Alaska Contacts

Ice Alaska Business Manager Hoa Brickley, Chair E-mail: [email protected]

chairman BP world Ice Art Championships Dick Brickley, Chair Phone: (907) 388-6675 E-mail: [email protected] 1. Administration Park Dick Brickley, Chair Phone: (907) 388-6675 E-mail: [email protected] Hoa Brickley, Business Manager Phone: (907) 388-6388 E-mail: [email protected] 2. Tickets/Gifts Ethel Stoneman, Chair E-mail: [email protected] 3. PARK ACTIVITIES Hoa Brickley, Chair Phone: (907) 388-6388 E-mail: [email protected]

8. Marketing/Publications Wally Cox, Chair Cam Carlson, Assist. E-mail: [email protected]

15. Publications/Photography Jo Swarner, Chair Karen Clautice, Assistant E-mail: [email protected]

9. Operations Connie Adkins, Chair Andy O’Grady, Assistant E-mail: [email protected]

16. CONSESSIONS - FOOD SALES Sandy Hora, Chair E-mail: [email protected]

10. Safety & Security Bob Merriman, Chair Roger Warren, Assistant E-mail: [email protected]

11. PARK/Sculpture Lighting Julianne Anders, Chair 4. Publicity/Public Relations Rikki Homchick, Assistant Don Callahan, Chair E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] 5. Logistics Pete Mondelli, Chair Robert Taylor, Assistant E-mail: [email protected]

18. ADVISORY COUNCIL Brenda Hewitt, Chair Juhani Lillberg, Assistant E-mail: [email protected]

12. Sculpture Support Joan Foote, Chair E-mail: [email protected] Vicky Taylor, Assistant E-mail: [email protected]

13. Meals & Lodging 6. Transportation Hoa Brickley, Chair Fred Hora, Chair E-mail: [email protected] Mike Kostur, Assistant E-mail: [email protected] 14. Sculptors Carl Eady, Chair 7. WEB site - COMPUTER NET Stanislav Jenco, Assistant Don Swarner, Chair E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Jo Swarner, Assistant E-mail: [email protected] Revised 1/2014

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17. CONSESSIONS - FOOD SALES Hank Bartos Chair E-mail: [email protected]

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2014 ICE ALASKA Sections/Committees

9. OPERATIONS DRFT VERSION - This is still being updated Operations Manager - Connie Adkins * 1. ADMINISTRATION PARK Assist. Operations - Andy O’Grady Chairman - Dick Brickley * Saw Maintenance - Tony Gutowski, Larry Tabor Business Manager - Hoa Brickley Ice Harvest Operations - Tom Gullickson Insurance, Membership, RV Park, Key Control Ice Inventory & Thickness Monitor - Alan Armbruster Finance Director - Ethel Stoneman Heavy Equipment Maintenance - Cliff Mobley Communications - Dennis Manning 10. SAFETY & SECURITY Computer Network Admin - Don Swarner Safety/Security Director - Bob Merriman * Season Pass Coordinator - Julia Milam Snow Blow Sculptures - Bob Merriman Volunteer Coordinator - Gisela Young Night Security - Rodger Warren Activity Coordinator - Betsy Engel Red Cross Coordinator - JoAnn Eady Badges/Waivers - Julia Milam Ice Park Signage Distribution - Joe Swartz Site Design - Bob Thomas 11. PARK LIGHTING Facilities Maintenance - Rikki Homchick Sculpture Lighting - Julieanne Anders, Braden Anders * Cmty Work Service Supervisor Sculpture Lighting Team - ManaRae Ventling, Rikki Homchick Finance & Policy Committee - Mike Lombardino Brooklann Anders Building & Planning Committee - Dick Brickley Perimeter Lighting - Brooklann Anders Ice Sculptor Hall of Fame - David Whitmore Lighting Electrician - Keith Anders Thank You Letters - Ethel Stoneman Lighting Electrician Assistant - Ralph Bolt Special Projects - Ralph Bolt Lighting Special Projects - Alan Armbruster Materials Expeditor - Bob Miller Lighting Repair Historian - Anita Tabor Light Box Construction - Lorane Mobley Inventory Control - Rikki Homchick 12. SCULPTOR SUPPORT Ice Alaska Bulletin Board - Linda Pickel Sculpting Events Coordinator - Joan Foote * 2. TICKETS & GIFT SHOP Amateur Open Coordinator Ticketing & Sales Oprs - Ethel Stoneman * Youth Classic Coordinator - Hoa Brickley Gift Shop - Ethel Stoneman Online Sculptor Registration - Vicky Taylor 3. ICE PARK ACTIVITIES Sculptor Registration Processing - Eva Hansen Ice Park Stage - Hoa Brickley * Sculptor Database - Vicki Taylor Ice Park Entrance - Hoa Brickley Sculptor Visa Support - Cam Carlson Ice Rink - Clutch Lounsbury, Alan Armbruster Jury Coordinator - Peggy Birkenbuel Kids Park Coordinator - Sean Majka Interpreter (Japanese) - Junko Yanagida Ice Wall of Sponsors - Judy Warwick Interpreter (Chinese) - Zhe An Slide-A-Mile - Cam Carlson Interpreter (Russian) - Eve Campbell 4. PUBLICITY/PUBLIC INFORMATION Interpreter (French) - Julia Milam Publicity Manager - Don Callahan * Massage Therapy - Nathalie Croteau Public Information Coordinator - Cam Carlson 13. MEALS/LODGING Video Advertisement Producer - Steve Iverson Menu & Supply Coordinator - Hoa Brickley * 5. LOGISTICS Food/Meals Expediter - Grace Chang Logistics Coordinator- Pete Mondelli * Meal Preparation Coordinator - Robert Brickley Assistant Logistics - Robert Taylor Dining Hall Coordinator - Phyllis Kostur Maintenance Coordinator - Cliff Mobley Lodging Coordinator - Dick Brickley Electrical Coordinator - Ralph Bolt, Rikki Homchick Saturday Brunch Coordinator - Robert Brickley 6. TRANSPORTATION 14. SCULPTOR COMMITTEE Transportation Coordinator - Fred Hora * Sculptor Coordinator - Carl Eady * Transportation Assistant - Mike Kostur Sculpting Instr Night Driver - Brian Lundy International Liaison - Patricia Leguen Ice Park Train - Rich Welliver Lower 48 Sculptor Liaison - Aaron Costic Engineer - Stephanie Brown 15. Digital Publications Photography/Signs 7. WEB SITE/WEB CAMS - COMPUTER NET. Publications & Photo Chair - Jo Swarner * Web Cam Admin/Tech Support.- Don Swarner * Sculpture Signage - Marilyn Fye, Pat Golembe Web Cam Technical Design - Rick Ashley Photography - Pat Golembe, Karen Clautice, Rhonda Konicki Web Site Team - Steve Iverson, Heather Taggard, Theme/Pin Design - Jo Swarner, Hoa Brickley Brian Palmer, Rhonda Konicki, Jo Swarner Publications Editor - Karen Clautice, Don Callahan Website Editor - Klaus Ebeling Miscellaneous Signage - Karen Clautice Technical Support - Mark Lawson & Skip Brink Sculptor Bios – Vicki Taylor Timelapse Movies 16. CONSESSIONS - PUBLIC FOOD SALES Facebook Admin - Rhonda Konicki Food Concessions - Sandy Hora Twitter Admin - Heather Taggard 17. ICE ALASKA TOURS 8. MARKETING Tour Coordinator - Hank Bartos * Marketing Director - Wally Cox * 18. ADVISORY COUNCIL Marketing Assistant - Cam Carlson Council Chair - Brenda Hewitt * Sponsorship Sales - Emily NelsonT-Shirt Design/Merchandise CoordinaAdvisory Council Chair - Juhani Lillberg * tor - Ethel Stoneman Grant Writing Coordinator -

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* Section Point of Contact



BP World Ice Art Championships Fact Sheet

Contact:

Ice Alaska PO Box 83134 3050 Phillips Field Road Fairbanks, AK 99708 Phone (907) 451-8250 Fax: (907) 456-1951 www.icealaska.com [email protected]

DID YOU KNOW? • • • • • •

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The BP World Ice Art Championships continue a 85-year tradition of ice sculpting in Fairbanks. Ice Alaska is celebrating the 25th year of ice sculpting in Fairbanks since its revitalization in 1988. More that 4.1 million lbs of ice are harvested each year from O’Grady Pond Too. More than 42,000 visitors each year pass through the gates of the Ice Park. Almost half of the visitors to Ice Park are not local residents (46%). Visitors from all 50 United States and more than 40 countries of the world have visited the BP World Ice Art Championships. More than 100 local Fairbanks business sponsors and 400 volunteers make the event happen, including many who came from the other 49 states made the event happen in 2013. Over 150 ice sculptors participated in the 5 venues at the event in 2013. The Kids Park, sponsored by Flint Hills Resources, doubled in size in 2013 and incuded mega ice slides over 200 feet long. The kids park focuses on exercise, education and ethical activities.

INTANGIBLE BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITY • •

The event is educational: school programs encourage appreciation of art and other cultures. The event promotes community mental health by providing family friendly outdoor winter activities.

LOCAL COMMUNITY ECONOMIC IMPACT • • • • •

Ice Alaska spends about $600,000 locally. Conventions and meetings are planned around the ice event: each hotel visitor in Fairbanks spends about $200 a day. For the past ten years the City of Fairbanks and Fairbanks North Star Borough Bed Tax receipts show an increase during the BP World Ice Art Championships. Based on an average three-day visitor stay in Fairbanks, the Ice Art event brings $12,420,000 into the community (46% of 45,000 x 3 x $200) in visitor dollars. The event promotes other ice related business activities such as the Fairbanks Ice Museum, the Chena Hot Springs Ice Hotel, and beautiful ice sculptures at local businesses.

STATEWIDE IMPACT • • •

Ice has been shipped, via local trucking, to Anchorage, Nenana, Soldotna and Denali Park for ice sculpture competitions and exhibitions. Students have traveled to Fairbanks from as far as Arctic Village and the Matanuska Susitna Borough to participate in ice sculpture events in Fairbanks. An ice sculpture exhibition organized in Anchorage with the help of Fairbanks ice, ice sculptors and a lighting crew annually attracts 30,000 visitors.

NATIONAL IMPACT • • • •

Fairbanks’ Arctic Diamond Ice has been shipped to Pennsylvania, Iowa, New York, Michigan, Oregon and Washington State. Local sculptors are recognized nationally and compete regularly and successfully in national events. The events have had national coverage by the CNN Travel Channel, the Learning Channel, the Weather Channel, Larry Czonka Productions and ESPN. The National Ice Carvers Association (NICA) held their national sculpting competiton in Fairbanks in 2010.

INTERNATIONAL IMPACT • • • •

Fairbanks’ Arctic Diamond ice has been shipped as far as Israel and the Bahamas. Local sculptors are recognized internationally and compete regularly and successfully in international competitions (Japan, Germany, and Olympic competitions in Norway, the U.S., Italy and Canada). The events have been covered by national media in Taiwan, France and Canada, Ice sculpture competition organizers from Finland, Japan, Russia, The Netherlands, and Canada have visited our ice event to learn how the BP World Ice Art Championships are organized.

HAVE AN ICE DAY!

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