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Author Topic: Quick! Before it melts..... Dave Bird Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 777 From: Perth, Ontario, Canada Registered: Jun 2000 posted 02-07-2001 07:33 PM                        Based on the original in Sweden, an ice-hotel was constructed this winter near Quebec City. "It follows the same thermal principles as an igloo. The temperature won't drop below 32 degrees." "The complex includes six overnight suites, two galleries,a THEATER and a bar. Hotel movie-goers sit on ice seats equipped with fur cushions." ....from SKI magazine, Feb. 2001. Quick, somebody go snap some pix for the warehouse before it melts!  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 02-07-2001 09:07 PM                        Dave: Aren't you on the eastern side of Ontario? If so, you're probably as close to Quebec City as anyone on Film-Tech! Good way to spend next weekend, taking photos of the theatre and having a "cool one" at the ice hotel bar. ------------------ John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging Eastman Kodak Company Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7419 Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA Tel: 716-477-5325 Cell: 716-781-4036 Fax: 716-722-7243 E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion  |  IP: Logged Dave Bird Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 777 From: Perth, Ontario, Canada Registered: Jun 2000 posted 02-07-2001 10:35 PM                        A great idea John! I don't know if the website's photo gallery had a shot of the theatre, but they do have one at www.icehotel-canada.com . I'm assuming it's video, still quite "cool", but were it 35mm, now that I'd have to see for sure! Those chilly drive-in booths some of you no doubt "froze" in would be nothing compared to this!  |  IP: Logged Jerry Chase Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1068 From: Margate, FL, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 02-07-2001 11:02 PM                       "The temperature won't drop below 32 degrees." Waaaalll, I guess Quebec ice is different than Vermont ice. Vermont ice melts at 32 degrees, but can get much colder. The interior of an igloo or ice house can get warm, but it can also drop. If someone visits this place and finds some ice that won't drop below 32 degrees, please chip off a bit and send me some. I can always use more ice in my drink. BTW, Is that the same "Ski" magazine that used to be put out by Sam Miller? The durn fool knows better.  |  IP: Logged Paul Cunningham Expert Film Handler Posts: 146 From: Melbourne, Australia Registered: Jun 2000 posted 02-08-2001 06:08 AM                     Ice sounds really good considering it was 40 degrees celcius here today and the main projection room does not have air conditioning.  |  IP: Logged

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