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Alaskan ice hotel
Alaskan resort owner Bernie Karl figures his Aurora Ice Hotel, a 30-foot-high Gothic palace near Fairbanks, will be a hot tourist destination, and he hopes to open soon. The hotel will measure 110 feet by 40 feet and includes seven rooms. Its eight-foot-thick side walls of snow and ice will curve together into a Gothic arch-shaped ceiling six feet thick, and it will be reinforced with a skeleton of laminated wood arches, metal bands, chicken wire and refrigeration lines. The rates cover complementary survival gear, including Arctic-grade sleeping bags, and a backup heated suite in another portion of the resort for the less hardy guests. Guests also get free access to the hot springs.
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MURALI N. KRISHNASWAMY
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