Ice artists
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A description of a place called Fairbanks at the Ice Park, Alaska, a large, fenced wooded area is presented where 40 amateur and professional ice carvers carve realistic, abstract and fantastical figures out of 3-by-5-by-8-foot blocks of ice for a month. The World Ice Art Championships are held in Fairbanks in March every year that attracts sculptures from around the world.
Publication Name: Alaska
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0002-4562
Year: 2004
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Kobzebue
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Kotzebue is a mini-Sahara created by cons of glacial grind in the middle of almost 2 million acres of Kobuk Valley National Park and is famous for the Great Kobuk Sand Dunes. The various other features and aspects of Kotzebue are discussed.
Publication Name: Alaska
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0002-4562
Year: 2004
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Sitka's wonderful whalefest
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Humpback whales pass through the Sitka Sound of Alaska every year as they begin their migration. The city of Sitka holds a festival in honor of the whales and teaches people who attend it about the whales.
Publication Name: Alaska
Subject: Travel, recreation and leisure
ISSN: 0002-4562
Year: 2001
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