1. “Romantic Feelings” measured 115 feet high and 656 feet long. It was built for China’s 2008 Harbin Ice and Snow Festival (
Daily Mail).
Photo:
EmmaJG
2. Sculpture of the Taj Mahal guarded by a turbaned man at the Sapporo Snow Festival in Hokkaido, Japan.
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Starfires
3. Touching up a sculpture at the 2010 Harbin Ice and Snow Festival in China.
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Irish Typepad
4. Ice Dinosaurs are a centerpiece from the 2004
Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan. The annual festival attracts around 2 million visitors.
Photo:
Starfires
5. Owls and birds of prey at the 2009 Sapporo Snow Festival in Hokkaido, Japan.
Photo:
Clifford DMello
6. A Native American looking tired but happy at the 2007 Harbin Ice and Snow Festival in China.
Photo:
harryalverson
7. Japanese warrior snow sculpture from the 2006
Air Canada Snow Sculpture Challenge in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada.
Photo:
Yukon White Light
8. Man and totem at the 2009 Budweiser International Snow Sculpture Championships in Breckenridge, Colorado.
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future15pic
9. Giant, disembodied snowy hand from 2007 in Mount Prospect, Illinois.
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Harvard Avenue
10. A castle just isn’t a castle without some nudity at the 2008 Harbin Ice and Snow Festival in China.
Photo:
StrudelMonkey
11. A bit of India in China at the 2008 Harbin Snow Festival
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StrudelMonkey
12. Hang on! Team USA’s entry for the 2009 Breckenridge International Snow Sculpture Championships.
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david_shankbone
13. Snow train at the 2009 Harbin Ice and Snow festival.
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frankartculinary
14. Lego man in Quebec City, Canada from 2010.
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eytonz
15. 2007′s winning snow sculpture in Breckenridge, Colorado.
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Chris Adams
16. “Butterfly Lovers” from Chinese legend – two lovers who turned into butterflies after committing suicide. A dark story, but a beautiful sculpture at the 2005 Breckenridge Snow Sculpture Festival.
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Adventures in Librarianship
17. A mother bear and her cub at the 2010 Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan.
Photo:
David McKelvey
18. A truly international competition in 2010 at the Harbin Snow and Ice Festival China.
Photo:
Ivan Walsh
19. An Inuit family in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin at the 2010
US Nationals Snow Sculpting Competition.
Photo:
r.darkjoy
20. Tyger, tyger, burning bright. 2010 Harbin Snow and Ice Festival in China.
Photo:
eastisrelative
21. Elaborate details in the “National Treasure Inuyama Castle” at the 2008 Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan.
Photo:
Christopher Chan
22. Snorkeling in the snow in Anchorage, Alaska at the annual
Fur Rondy Festival. It’s a 75+ year tradition that celebrates the miners and trappers of Alaska.
Photo:
Troy B Thompson
