OK, so you want to buy some Svalbard related books or perhaps some Christmas presents. Now open is the new GeographyPages A Store in association with Amazon.
And a few days ago, I showed you someone in a phone box made from ice.
That was taken in the Ice Hotel: a structure constructed each year from ice extracted from the Torne River in Arctic Sweden, and made in a place called Jukkasjarvi.
Check out the ICE HOTEL WEBSITE for more details. The place looks spectacular, and I watched a National Geographic programme on it last week while recuperating from my illness.
The rooms are made of ice, and the temperature is around minus 5 degrees Celsius. The bar serves drinks in shot glasses which are made from ice which melt, and the whole structure melts away at the end of each year. It is full of carvings and art made from ice. Do a search on a photo site like FLICKR to find more (FLICKR is unfortunately banned by the school filter...) There is also a shop selling groovy fleece garments which look to be reasonably priced.
OK, another chance of a prize (I've only given away one so far...) - this time it's to do with the Ice Hotel. My birthday is the 29th of December. How much would it cost for me and my wife to stay in a room in the Ice Hotel overnight - don't worry about travel costs, I just want to know how much it would be. Put your answer in a comment (KES pupils only...)
