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If people love snow and ice, then they might like to spend their winter vacation in the most wintry way possible- in an ice hotel!

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An ice hotel is usually built using a snow-ice mixture called since, which is extremely strong and good for insulation.

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To build an ice hotel, builders first put up a steel frame. Then, the frame is filled in with a snow-ice mixture called snice. After the steel frame is taken off, only a thick, sturdy, ice-walled building remains.

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Many ice hotels offer amenities such as ice restaurants, churches, and meeting rooms- all carved from solid ice, of course. Even small details like the cups in the ice restaurant are made from small chunks of ice.

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Some ice hotels are structured like traditional hotels, while others offer guests the chance to stay in their own individual igloos.

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For years, the builders' hard work would melt every spring, so an ice hotel could only exist during the winter. Now, some ice hotels offer guests the option of staying in a permanent, heated structure.

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Figure skating events were added to the Winter Olympics in 1908. Speed skating joined the lineup in 1924 for men and 1960 for women. Now, ice skating is a permanent fixture in the realm of winter activities.

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Both modern and early versions of ice skates allowed skaters to travel quickly over ice, but unlike modern skates, these early versions weren't sharp enough to cut into the ice. Instead, they slipped along on top of it.

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When ice skating became more popular, people found that they needed more places to skate.

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For most of history, ice skating was limited to naturally formed bodies of frozen water (lakes, ponds, etc.). This kept people in cities from being able to skate- until creative Londoners invented the first artificial ice rink.

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