First Place , International Golden Chisel Award
State of Alaska Governors Choice Award
Ivalie Cox Artist Choice Award
People's Choice Award
Ice Sculpture
with Ice Art Alaska
Fairbanks, Alaska is the site of the World Ice Art Championships
every March.
For the event, Fairbanks provides the largest natural ice blocks in the world,
allowing the sculptors an opportunity to work on a pure and transient medium.
While there are other ice sculpting competitions in the northern hemisphere,
none are like the World Ice Art Championships.
Watch the Sculptors
If you are visiting in March, you will get a chance to see
these international sculptors carving ice at a special park just for displaying the
results of the championships. Because the water is so pure and the Alaskan
Interior's winter temperatures so cold, the ice forms quickly and densely,
which gives it a slight glacial blue tint. It is so clear that a person can read a
newspaper through a four-foot block of ice. Sculptors have pronounced
Fairbanks’ ice as the best in the world for sculpting.
https://www.fairbanks-alaska.com/ice-sculptures.htm
Hand Sculptured from 50,000 Pounds of Natural Ice
Sculpted by Team USA Captain Steven Berkshire from Ice Impressions
and Teammates Mark Johnson, Carl Eady and Stan Kolanko in
Fairbanks, Alaska
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This Ice Sculpture Competition Presentation weighed over 20 tons
and was sculpted by hand in Temperatures of 35-below Zero,
Outside on Location for 6-days
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World Ice Art Championships
Fairbanks Alaska
Abstract Single Block Classic Competition
Second Place, International Golden Chisel Award
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Incognito
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Incognito Ice Sculpture Presentation
Sculpted by Hand from Natural Ice by
Team USA Captain Steven Berkshire and Mark Johnson
Ice Sculpture Dimensions were 12-feet high, 5-feet long 3 feet wide
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2005 World Ice Art Championships
Single Block Classic Competition
Fairbanks Alaska
2nd Place
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The Legend
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Sculpted by Hand from Natural Ice
by Team USA Captain Steven Berkshire and Mark Johnson
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Steven Berkshire Sculpted a Breaching Great White Shark
for the 2005 World Ice Art Championships
Fairbanks Alaska
"Look closely" Steven is kneeling next to the Shark in this Photo
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2004 Ottawa International Masters Invitational
2nd Place
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Angelic Beauty
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Steve Berkshire & Jeff Stahl Sculpted 25-300 Pound Ice Blocks
in 30 hours to create this Ice Masterpiece
Ottawa Canada
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2004 World Ice Art Championships
Multiple Block Classic Competition
Fairbanks Alaska
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Bound for the Abyss
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Steve Berkshire, Jeff Stahl, Carl Eady and Brady Lance sculpted
This 25 foot tall Ice Sculpture Presentation for the
2004 World Ice Art Championships , Multiple Block Competition
Fairbanks Alaska
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This Ice Sculpture Competition Presentation weighed over 20 tons
and was created by the 4-person team in 6-days in temperatures reaching
35-Degrees Below Zero Fahrenheit
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Steven is pictured standing in front of this great ice sculpture in
Fairbanks, Alaska
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Ice Sculpture Presentation Under Construction
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2003 World Ice Art Championships
Single Block Classic Competition
Fairbanks Alaska
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Eternal Liberty
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Hand Sculpted from Natural Ice
by Team USA Captain Steven Berkshire and Chan Kitbury
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Great Lakes Invitational
National Silver Medal
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After Hours
Sculpted by Steven Berkshire of Ice Impressions
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Several of the World Championship Competition Photo images displayed on this web site
were photographed for Ice Impressions by alaskaphotographics.com
Click Here to View Additional Ice Impressions Ice Sculpture Galleries
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Contact Ice Impressions: iceartist@chartermi.net
Office: (231)-946-3198