2015 Fairbanks Ice Festival

The 25th Annual Fairbanks Ice Festival in ongoing. http://www.icealaska.com/en/
You can check out the participants and see the work in progress. I tried the webcam and it was glitchy so I gave up.

Single Block Winners:
First Place: Ancient Protector by Zuev, Ivan and Ponomarenko, Eduard
http://main.icealaska.com/videocam/liveSB/site18.jpg

Second Place: Dream Weaver by Smith, David "Pablo and Edwards, Brian "Tator"
http://main.icealaska.com/videocam/liveSB/site29.jpg

Third Place: Take a Walk by Nakamura, Junichi and Foltz, Chris
http://main.icealaska.com/videocam/liveSB/site31.jpg

They haven't awarded the places for the Multi Block sculptures http://www.icealaska.com/en/sculptur...lock-2015.html yet.
But, you can view them on that page and see the participants. I can't believe people come from around the world to compete. Thailand? Mexico? Monaco?

How fun! Yeah, ice sculptors work all around the world, but in most places they are just for fancy events - banquets, weddings, parties - and work in a freezer, not outside! ;) We are always worried when the air temp is above freezing right before New Years' as there are ice sculptors who come for the First Night celebration. and Boston weather is notoriously unpredictable!

Very nice! Thanks for sharing!:)

The multi-block winners have been announced:

First Place: Spirits of the Magic Dance by Zuev, Ivan Ponomarenko, Eduard and Julio Martinez, Julio
http://www.icealaska.com/images/stor...9/Photo_30.jpg

First Place (Govenor's Award): Fighter by Nakamura, Junichi Sawamura, Shinichi Kitburi, Chan and Murray Dean
http://www.icealaska.com/images/stor...0/Photo_32.jpg

Second Place: Moonlit Courtship by Costic, Aaron Duggan, James Parrish, Jess Parrish, and Michael Stoddart
http://www.icealaska.com/images/stor...2/Photo_32.jpg

Second Place (Govenor's Award): Octopussy by Rasmussen, Burr "Buddy", Butter, Reverand, De Marais, Dean and Kendall, Aaric
http://www.icealaska.com/images/stor...5/Photo_32.jpg

Third Place: Fire and Ice by Kolonko, Stan Perun, Jerry Liang, Wei Sen Cunningham, Brittany
http://www.icealaska.com/images/stor...6/Photo_30.jpg

Many other interesting works of art there.

Wow! Those are really beautiful. They look like precious glass figures.

Those are beautiful, thanks for posting them.