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Collection IV
Ice museums, glass chalets and forest domes in the far north of America and Canada.
Winter in the far north has its own architecture: rooms of ice, domes in the forest and glass walls facing the aurora. These hotels are built around the long night.
Fairbanks, United States
✦A hot-springs resort in interior Alaska known for its Aurora Ice Museum, kept frozen all year and filled with ice sculptures and an ice bar.
Guests soak in the outdoor rock lake, tour the ice museum and watch for the aurora on clear winter nights.
About 60 miles north-east of Fairbanks, Alaska, at the end of Chena Hot Springs Road.
Fairbanks, United States
✦A camp of fibreglass igloos with large curved windows in the roof, set in the boreal forest outside Fairbanks.
Each igloo is heated and has its own bathroom, and the window lets you watch the aurora from bed.
About 25 miles north-east of Fairbanks, Alaska, in the forest.
Whitehorse, Canada
✦Glass-front chalets in the Yukon, built facing north for watching the aurora from the room.
The resort has a spa with an outdoor hot tub, and runs aurora viewing and winter trips.
About 20 minutes from Whitehorse, Yukon, on the Klondike Highway.