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Engineer Bill Hammack tells the story of his stay in an Ice Hotel in the arctic circle of Sweden. He explains why he went to the Ice Hotel, what it's like to sleep there, and he interviews the architect of the hotel to see why anyone would build such a thing.
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Piece Description
Engineer Bill Hammack tells the story of his stay in an Ice Hotel in the arctic circle of Sweden. He explains why he went to the Ice Hotel, what it's like to sleep there, and he interviews the architect of the hotel to see why anyone would build such a thing.
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Review of The Ice hotelVery creative choice of topic and the story is well crafted as the producer discusses the "Ice Hotel's" complete assault on the senses. It is easy to envision a feeling of calm & serenity even in the harsh environment. The producer was very thorough and insightful by examining many subtle humanistic nuances of the "Ice Hotel". Sleeping on a bed of ice, the 'relative' warmth within the hotel, etc. As a production tool, going directly into the story is a great way to quickly pull the listener into your story but, unless explained shortly thereafter, can leave the listener uneasy. If you absolutely want to begin with the monologue, after setting the tone you can give your audience an introduction...what are they getting into for the next 30 minutes? |
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Review of The Ice hotelDefinitive account of an American's visit to the Swedish ice hotel. I've been intrigued for years by the Ice Hotel idea, and with the hotels appearing in Bond films and North America (Canada), I was afraid they were becoming a bit of a cliche. The presenter offers not only a quirky personal journey, but also addresses just about everything you'd want to know without actually freezing yourself. Great radio, and very enjoyable. |
Broadcast History
This was broadcast on WILL-AM 580's show Sidetrack in March 2002.
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Johan Lindstén
Posted on July 28, 2005 at 06:50 AM | Permalink
Review of The Ice hotel
I love listening to non-swedes doing reports about my native country Sweden. Often it's a new way – a more curious – than my own, even though I'm a journalist myself ...
I found this reportage very interesting and I even learned new things about the Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi! :-) Nice hearing the architect talk about his creation, that re-shapes each and every year.
Even if it's cold in the north during mid winter, it's muck nicer there than here because of the dry air. In Stockholm, where I live, the air has much more moist in it.
Thank's for an interesting and amusing report from up north!
/Johan Karlsson
free lance journalist
Stockholm, Sweden