about the art suite

Ice is a natural time capsule. Scientist gain insight into climate history from ice cores that are a thousands of years old. The ICEHOTEL in Jukkasjärvi adds another poetic dimension. The water of the Torne River, from whose ice the hotel is built each winter, contains its stories. Stories of visionary entrepreneurs, adventurous guests, ice artists from all over the world, and how they have made the ICEHOTEL an icon for the last 36 years.

We have frozen some of these stories as books in the Arctic Archive. Visitors are invited to use the archive and be inspired. And in the process, almost imperceptibly, they themselves become part of the greatest story of the creation and disappearance of ice...

Listen to the story