The feature sculpture of the festival weighing in at 30,000 lbs of ice!
Another angle.
Stephanie and I riding in a donkey driven ore cart.
A mighty ice buffalo
Ice eagle
Stephanie's mom and dad next to an ice elk.
Some wolves howling (also made of ice)
A sculptor in action with an electric chainsaw
Each sculpture begins as a block with an outline
Imperfections are roughed out with a sander.
Big horn sheep
The sculptures take shade next to the casinos
Stephanie watches a wolf take form
Ice romantics
You wouldn't happen to have a glass of warm water?
Cougar!
David poses behind a billy goat
Stephanie and I next to a grizzly
David and Jodie's turn
Mr & Mrs Newell
City Hall
Ice bar serving up some nice hot chocolate, yum
A torch helps achieve the glassy look by melting away chainsaw roughness
Breast Cancer awareness sculpture