World Ice Art Championships
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The World Ice Art Championships is an ice sculpting contest in Fairbanks, Alaska put on by Ice Alaska, a non profit corporation started in 1989. The contest is the largest of its kind in the world and attended by more than 100 sculptors from 30 different countries every year[1]. The contest also draws tens of thousands of specators, in 2004 48,000 people from more than 28 countries passed through the park's gates[2].
In 2007 award winning IgoUgo travel guide MilwVon ventured to Fairbanks and wrote about her experience at the 2007 Int'l Ice Art Championships. Her journal review may be found at: MilwVon's Review
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[edit] Events
The championship is divided into three separate divisions each of which will then be divided again into abstract and realistic categories.
[edit] Single Block Classic
The single block classic is the first and largest event of the championships. In the event two-person teams work with the ice from a single ice block measuring 5' x 8' x 3' and weighing more than 7,800 lbs. (4 tons) and have two days to complete their sculpture. During this event heavy machery may not be used. This event is typically sponsored by ConocoPhillips.
[edit] Multi-Block Classic
In the multi block classic teams of four members receive twelve blocks of ice measuring 4' x 4' x 3 and five days to produce their sculpture. The final creations of this event will weigh up to 20 tons and tower over 25 feet in height. During this event heavy machinery may be used. It is typically sponsored by British Petroleum.
[edit] Fairbanks Open
The fairbanks open is an unjudged part of the competition where amateur sculptors work alongside world-famous artists.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Block | Category | Name | Artists |
| 2006 | Single | Realistic | Fiddler |  Vladimir Zhikhartsev Vitaliy Lednev |
| 2006 | Single | Abstract | Beach Walker |  Steve Brice  Junichi Nakamura |
| 2006 | Multi | Realistic | ||
| 2006 | Multi | Abstract | ||
| 2005 | Single | Realistic | Leap | Steve Brice Aaron Costic |
| 2005 | Single | Abstract | Fire of Love | Vitaliy Lednev Vladimir Zhikhartsev |
| 2005 | Multi | Realistic | Animal Parade | Steve Brice Heather Brown Tajana Raukar Mario Amegee |
| 2005 | Multi | Abstract | Gateway | Aaron Costic Gregory Butauski Chad Hartson Jeff Meyers |
| 2004 | Single | Realistic | Testing the Metal Shark Suit Primer | Steve Dean |
| 2004 | Single | Abstract | Coming of Spring | Vladimir Zhikhartsev Nadya Fedotova |
| 2004 | Multi | Realistic | COMEDIE |  Michel AmannPatrick Roger de Campagnolle Jean-Charles LeMoy Jean-Marc Mothu |
| 2004 | Multi | Abstract | The powers of three | Sheldon Shaw Karrie Shaw Karen Pless Craig Araquistain |
| 2003 | Single | Realistic | Graceful Predator | Junichi Nakamura Tajana Raukar |
| 2003 | Single | Abstract | White Dance | Alexander Zaitsev Regan Dillon |
| 2003 | Multi | Realistic | Friend or Foe | Steve Brice Joan Brice Heather Brown Tajana Raukar |
| 2003 | Multi | Abstract | Seed of Compromise |  Lumir Lang Ben Firth Craig Araquistain Amy Moran |
| 2002 | Single | Realistic | King of the Sky | Junichi Nakamura  Hideshi Terada |
| 2002 | Single | Abstract | Flame in the Wind | Vladimir Zhikhartsev Sergey Loguinov |
| 2002 | Multi | Realistic | Leap of Faith | Tajana Raukar Heather Brown Wendy Croskrey Joan Brice |
| 2002 | Multi | Abstract | Ice Falls | Lumir Lang Ben Firth Tokuji Nakano Craig Araquistain |
| 2001 | Single | Realistic | ||
| 2001 | Single | Abstract | ||
| 2001 | Multi | Realistic | Feast of Plenty | Steve Brice Steve Lester Joan Brice Heather Brown |
| 2001 | Multi | Abstract | The dark side of the moon | Vladimir Zhikhartsev Nikolai Zaveriaev Serguei Longuinov Andrey Trifonov |
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