The palace of the Snow Queen
Subtitle: winter travels in Lapland
By: Barbara Sjoholm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Shoemaker & Hoard; Distributed by Publishers Group West
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Emeryville, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9781593761592
Description: Sjoholm was interested in exploring her childhood fantasy of Lapland based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale, "The Snow Queen," and decided to research the budding phenomenon of winter tourism. The Palace of the Snow Queen is the result of Sjoholm's travels in Lapland, starting with her visit to Kiruna, Sweden, to observe the construction of the Ice Hotel. Over the next three years, she spent each winter in the North, meeting ice artists and snow architects, reindeer herders, and Sami writers and activists.