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Saying ?I Do? the icy cold way
The bride wore a curvy, strapless, white satin gown sprinkled with sequins. She also wore tights, sweat pants, rain pants and a pair of hefty hiking boots fitted with spikes. The groom was charmed. ?That?s the way she is,? said Ken Rose, ?although the dress was a surprise.?
The bride wore a curvy, strapless, white satin gown sprinkled with sequins. She also wore tights, sweat pants, rain pants and a pair of hefty hiking boots fitted with spikes. The groom was charmed. “That’s the way she is,” said Ken Rose, “although the dress was a surprise.”
Rose and his wife Dagmar, of Warrington, Pennsylvania, tied the knot two summers ago on an Alaskan glacier. In doing so, they joined a small but growing number of people who plan their summer nuptials on the Juneau ice field, a 3,840-square-kilometre expanse of jagged ice and rock that spills into nearly 40 glaciers.
“Our families thought we were completely nuts,” said Rose. “The surroundings were unbelievable. We couldn’t have been happier. It wasn’t about the whole family atmosphere,...it was just about us and the breathtaking view of nature,” he added.
It was also, surprisingly, about convenience, thanks to a small cottage industry that has developed around the trend. Diane Pearson runs Pearson’s Pond, a bed-and-breakfast near the Mendenhall Glacier.
A certified wedding planner, she arranged for the couple’s helicopter and an ice field guide, who doubled as a photographer. She brought the cake, the champagne, and the roses.
“My first glacier wedding several years ago was for a rocket scientist,” said Pearson.
Since then she has arranged the marriage of over 50 couples, 30 of those on a glacier. She said the number of clients who want to say their “I dos” on ice is growing every year.
