Monthly Archive: February 2023

Ganesha Ice Sculpture – World Ice Art Championship – Fairbanks, Alaska

February 8, 2023 0 Comments

Ganesha Ice Sculpture - World Ice Art Championship - Fairbanks, Alaska

There’s No Place Like Om Ice Sculpture, 2010 World Ice Art Championships February 20-March 28, 2010, Fairbanks, Alaska. Multi-Block Realism Category

This ice sculpture depicts Ganesha a Hindu God that is depicted with the head an elephant. Ganesha is known as the remover of obstacles and the offspring of Shiva the God of Destruction. Also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka, and Pillaiyar, he is one of the most recognized and worshiped gods in the Hindu religion. The ice sculpture also teases the folk tale  that elephants are afraid of mice.

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Aeolus Ice Sculpture – World Ice Art Championships – Fairbanks, Alaska

February 8, 2023 0 Comments

Aeolus Ice Sculpture - World Ice Art Championships - Fairbanks, Alaska

Aeolus Ice Sculpture, 2010 World Ice Art Championships February 20-March 28, 2010, Fairbanks, Alaska. Single-Block Realism Category.

In Greek Mythology, Aeolus was the keeper of the winds and king of the mythical island of Aeolia. He is mentioned in both Homer’s the Odyssey and the Aeneid. In fact he attempts to help Odysseus get back home, by giving him a bag of wind, but the sailors on his ship mistake the bag for treasure, and end up sending their ship back to Aeolia.  Believing Odysseus and his crew have been cursed by the gods, Aeolia refuses to help him a second time.

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Lion Attacking A Wildebeest Ice Sculpture – Fairbanks, Alaska

February 7, 2023 0 Comments

Lion Attacking A Wildebeest Ice Sculpture - Fairbanks, Alaska

“Attacking Claws” Ice Sculpture, 2010 World Ice Art Championships March 9, 2010 in Fairbanks, Alaska

An ice sculpture photographed at night, of a lion attacking a wildebeest at the World Ice Art Championship, an event held each spring in Fairbanks, Alaska. Sculptors from around the world come to the interior of Alaska to compete in both a small block and large block ice carving competition. Different colored lights are used to illuminate the sculptures in unique ways after dark.

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