12 The ice for the columns and the ice wall was taken from the Torne River at the end of the previous winter

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The Ice Hotel in Sweden is made entirely from ice and snow ice The ice for the columns and the ice wall was taken from the Torne River at the end of the previous winter Because the ice was formed slowly it contains no air bubbles and the ice is as transparent as glass

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Size: 5244px × 3492px
Location: Ice Hotel, Jukkasjavi, Sweden
Photo credit: © Mike Goldwater / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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