The 26th Annual World Ice Art Championships in Fairbanks, Alaska
Fighter by Junichi Nakamura, Shinichi Sawamura, Chan Kitburi, Dean Murray
The 2015 World Ice Art Championships is currently underway in Fairbanks, Alaska and the international field of competitors has produced an astonishing array of ice sculptures. The sculptures are divided into two divisions, single-block and multi-block. The latter can be quite large–Fighter, a sculpture depicting a knight fighting a dragon, is made of 10 blocks of ice (it also took 1st prize). The event runs through March 29, 2015.
Moonlit Courtship by Aaron Costic, Jim Duggan, Jess Parrish, Michael Stoddart
Spirit of the Magic Dance by Ivan Zuev, Eduard Ponomarkenko, Julio Martinez
The Lizard’s Treat by Vitaly Lednev
Choice by Qi Feng An, Di An, Cheng Lin Wang, Zeng Liang Liu
photos via World Ice Art Championships