To match the winter ice-rink, he created a Parisian-style archipelago of artificial beaches in the summer.
Visit the city's recently opened organic food shop Reindyrka for goodies such as Isrosa's winter ice-cream, with spices, pineapple and chocolate.
If you live in an area at risk of winter ice storms and blizzards, you need to be prepared for a loss of power.
The diphtheria serum Nome's doctor had requested was not delivered, and as winter ice set in, the area was cut off from the rest of the world.
He is paid to measure the thickness of the winter ice, ocean currents and weather patterns in and around Grise Fiord for research institutions in Toronto and Vancouver.
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The seasonal increase results from tons of carbon dioxide, which had been frozen into a southern winter ice cap, returning into the atmosphere as southern spring turns to summer.
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Earlier this month NSICD scientists reported that winter sea ice cover in the Arctic was just 14.7 million square kilometers (5.7m square miles) -- slightly better than the all-time low 14.5m square kilometers (5.6m square miles) in 2006 -- but well short of the 15.7m average for 1979-2000.
"Even clad in full winter gear, with ice-axes, winter boots and full waterproof body cover, it was a struggle, " said Mr Rodwell.
Winter highways are sandy tracks through the boggy landscape, passable only in winter when the ice hardens.
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Another big factor in the winter is the ice on paths.
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Ice as collected as large blocks sawn out of frozen lakes or rivers during the winter and stored in ice houses for use in the summer.
Gilles Langis, a senior forecaster with the Canadian Ice Service in Ottawa, says the Arctic winter has been so severe the ice has not only recovered, it is actually 10 to 20 cm thicker in many places than at this time last year.
The ban effectively postpones any work in Alaska until at least next summer, as sea ice prevents winter drilling.
"Giving up your ability to use a confession in this case is like giving up ice in winter, " he said.
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Ms. Norgren says she will use the building for private parties behind her other location this summer before bringing it back to the ice next winter.
It offers photos of everything from toilet brushes to storage sheds and real-life tales like that of a Maine angler who fell through the ice this winter and floated to safety on an Action Packer cooler.
The latest findings show that virtually all the ice surveyed is what is called first-year ice, ice that only grew this past winter, as opposed to tougher multi-year ice which survives the warmth of summer.
In addition to findings of lower ice volumes in Autumn and Winter, a new paper from researchers at the University of Washington has confirmed that Arctic ice melts during the summer is also accelerating.
Think of the independent contractor vs. employee line as a sheet of ice on a pristine winter lake.
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Lovers will start the experience by donning faux fur coats and booties prior to entering a winter wonderland of intricately hand crafted ice sculptures.
Conversely, a strong negative AO such as this winter's may trap more ice in the Beaufort Sea, allowing it to thicken and refortify itself.
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Arctic sea ice cover grows each winter as the sun sets for several months, and shrinks each summer as the sun rises higher in the northern sky.
For we rather like being able to drive places, cook food, heat water and survive a Mid-West winter without having to melt the ice on the pitcher each morning.
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For owner Ruweida al-Rayes launching her second ice cream shop in winter has not been a problem - a throng of young and old quickly lined up for a taste minutes after the opening.
Besides clean-up of materials, the company plans to remove unused utilities in the shaft, repair any damaged structures, install a water ring to control entry of water into the shaft and prevent ice from forming in winter, install a new power cable and a metal brattice between the eastern and western half of the shafts to provide a physical barrier, improving safety and functionality, company officials said.
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Those on board survived for 60 days on drift ice, during the Arctic winter.
Changes in the winter wind field broke up floating sea ice to create cracks that suggest the "opening of a Venetian blind, " said Dr Serreze.
Ice palaces have been a winter feature of Saranac Lake since 1898, fitting for a quaint mountain village where winter temperatures can plunge to minus 30 during cold snaps.
Though the field sits in shallow water, this part of the Caspian freezes over in winter and fierce winds blow chunks of ice into the islands that the consortium has built to develop the field.
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