they have an ice museum that is constructed entirely of ice and is filled with all kinds of really cool ice carvings. For $15 you can have an appletini served at the ice bar in ice cocktail glasses. There are four "rooms" you can stay in for $600 a night, if you're so inclined - I think the beds were covered with caribou hides so you don't feel the cold too much. There's even an ice chapel with an ice lectern if you want to get married there. It was pretty amazing and I got some nice shots. It's frozen year round, somehow using the geothermal power there. Wednesday night we saw some nice auroras, and we spent quite a bit of time in the hot springs pool which was wonderful, nice and toasty while the ambient air temp was right around 0. We really had a good time out there. The resort is totally self-sufficient using geothermal power, and they grow all their own produce all year in the greenhouse. The food in the restaurant was wonderful. Here's a link to their website. http://www.chenahotsprings.com You might like to vacation there sometime. 
We're back in Fairbanks now (with Internet - yea) and will be watching the start of the Yukon Quest, the "other" 1,000 mile sled dog race that runs between Fairbanks and Whitehorse, YT, tomorrow. The start of the race alternates between the two cities, so last year we were up here for the finish, this year for the start. It's warmer than last year, so pretty comfortable, which is nice because Fairbanks is known for their -40 degree winters. Right now it's 0 which is pleasant. Sunday we'll ride back to Anchorage on the train.
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