A real hotel room, from the "Ice Hotel" in Jukkasjarvi, Sweden (the next town over from Kiruna). This is one of about 30 suites, each with a unique decoration of ice art and snow sculptures. The rear illumination is sun light, passing through translucent ice windows. Glow under the bed is from low wattage light bulbs. Inside temperature is about 25 F. Guests are provided thermal sleeping bags and, we are told, accommodation includes a cup of hot lingonberry juice at your bedside in morning (yum yum).

The Ice Hotel accommodates several hundred guests per night and reservations are truly hard to obtain. However, since the cost is above the JPL per diem allowance, the JPL'ers have opted to stay in more temperate hotel rooms.

Click here to see images of the real hotel used by the JPL crew involved with EUPLEX (Hans, MJ, Richard, and Ross)