Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival

Ice Dinosaurs are a centerpiece from the 2004 Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan. The annual festival attracts around 2 million visitors.Photo:Starfires

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Largest Snow Sculpture

“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

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Inuit Snow Sculpture

A bit of India in China at the 2008 Harbin Snow FestivalPhoto: StrudelMonkey

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Japanese Ice Sculpture

Japanese warrior snow sculpture from the 2006 Air Canada Snow Sculpture Challenge in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada.Photo:Yukon White Light

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Taj Mahal in Snow

Sculpture of the Taj Mahal guarded by a turbaned man at the Sapporo Snow Festival in Hokkaido, Japan. Photo: Starfires

Breckenridge Snow Sculpture

Man and totem at the 2009 Budweiser International Snow Sculpture Championships in Breckenridge, Colorado.Photo: future15pic

Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival

Touching up a sculpture at the 2010 Harbin Ice and Snow Festival in China.Photo: Irish Typepad

Native American snow sculpture

A Native American looking tired but happy at the 2007 Harbin Ice and Snow Festival in China.Photo: harryalverson

Sapporo Snow Sculpture

Owls and birds of prey at the 2009 Sapporo Snow Festival in Hokkaido, Japan. Photo: Clifford DMello

Harbin Snow Festival

A castle just isn’t a castle without some nudity at the 2008 Harbin Ice and Snow Festival in China.Photo: StrudelMonkey

Snowy Fingers

Giant, disembodied snowy hand from 2007 in Mount Prospect, Illinois. Photo: Harvard Avenue

Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival

Snow train at the 2009 Harbin Ice and Snow festival.Photo: frankartculinary

Lego Ice Sculpture

Lego man in Quebec City, Canada from 2010.Photo: eytonz

Japanese Ice Sculpture

Elaborate details in the “National Treasure Inuyama Castle” at the 2008 Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan.Photo: Christopher Chan

Harbin 2010 snow sculpture

Tyger, tyger, burning bright. 2010 Harbin Snow and Ice Festival in China.Photo: eastisrelative

Breckenridge Snow Sculpture

2007’s winning snow sculpture in Breckenridge, Colorado. Photo: Chris Adams

Scuba Snow Sculpture

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

Breckendridge Snow Sculpture

“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.Photo: Adventures in Librarianship

Japanese Snow Sculpture

A mother bear and her cub at the 2010 Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan.Photo: David McKelvey

Chinese Snow Sculpture

A truly international competition in 2010 at the Harbin Snow and Ice Festival China.Photo: Ivan Walsh

Roller Coaster Snow Sculpture

Hang on! Team USA’s entry for the 2009 Breckenridge International Snow Sculpture Championships.Photo: david_shankbone

Inuit Snow Sculpture

An Inuit family in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin at the 2010 US Nationals Snow Sculpting Competition.Photo: r.darkjoy