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Photograph by Richard Nowitz
Sculpted entirely of ice, a muscle man flexes his muscles at a winter carnival in Ottawa, Canada. Ice-sculpting contests are popular events at winter festivals in the U.S. and Canada. -
Photograph by Sisse Brimberg
Festivalgoers come face-to-face with a dragon carved out of ice in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Sculptures like this can take hours—or even days—to build. -
Photograph by Kathleen Revis
Wearing cheerful red caps, children play on a car sculpted from ice and snow at a festival in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec, Canada. -
Photograph by Alison Wright
Lights give a colorful glow to a larger-than-life ice carving of an angler fish at the Fairbanks Ice Museum in Fairbanks, Alaska. Ice sculptures usually last about a month in Alaska's cold winter weather, but sometimes unseasonably warm temperatures will melt the carvings earlier -
Photograph by Alison Wright
At the Fairbanks Ice Museum in Fairbanks, Alaska, even the phone booth is made of ice. Every year, the city of Fairbanks hosts the World Ice Art Championships. -
Photograph by David Arnold
Kids play on a snow castle at the Dartmouth College Winter Carnival.
