Longest ice bar

The longest ice bar is a 63.70-m (209-ft) shooter bar carved by Team Ice Pro members Joe Rimer, Max Zuleta, Dawson List, James Ottens and Dominique Colell with the assistance of Ice Alaska, Jay Ulz and volunteers from the city of Fairbanks, Alaska (all USA). It was unveiled during the 2011 BP World Ice Art Championship held in Fairbanks, Alaska, USA, on 5 March 2011.

The B-shaped, freestanding ice bar measured 0.85 m (2 ft 9.6 in) high and 0.36 m (1 ft 2.4 in) wide, and featured a 7-m-tall (23-ft) centrepiece sculpted into the shape of the fairytale character Rapunzel. A giant ice luge, the sculpture channelled vodka from her mouth, down her hair and into an ice bowl. The shooter bar was open throughout the awards event (from noon to 10 p.m.) and offered chilled shots of spirits, mainly vodka and whisky.

Both the ice bar and the luge were made from 17 clear blocks of “Arctic Diamond” ice quarried from the O’Grady Pond in Fairbanks. A customized Alaskan mill rig was installed to allow the slabs to be cut using a chainsaw with a 54-inch (1.37-m) bar. Each block measured a minimum of 1.2 m (4 ft) x 1.2 m (4 ft) x 0.91 m (3 ft).

With temperatures often dropping to -3.89 °C (25 °F), the Team Ice Pro carved the bar over five full working days, assisted by five Ice Park volunteers on any given day and making use of a tractor and a crane operator to move the slabs. No material other than solid ice was used, including no use of snow as a filler.

The ice bar was demolished by an Ice Alaska volunteer on 1 April 2011.