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Tickets go off the tracks
China Daily
This winter I intended to visit Harbin, Heilongjiang province, to see the ice and snow sculptures. But no train tickets for Harbin were available to suit my travel plan, and I had to call the hotel in Harbin and cancel my reservation.

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Foreign Policy: China's Winter Palace
NPR
by Jonathan Browning An impressive display of ice sculptures at the annual Harbin Ice Festival, China's technicolor frozen wonderland. An impressive display of ice sculptures at the annual Harbin Ice Festival, China's technicolor frozen wonderland.

GlobalPost

Highlights of Harbin Ice and Snow Festival
China Daily
For three decades, the city of Harbin has been a by-word for freezing, fun-loving winter holidays. So when most of northern China shuts its doors to the cold winter wind, Harbin always comes to life. The Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Expo is ...
Harbin Ice and Snow Festival: China's city of illuminated iceGlobalPost

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China's Harbin ice festival
Globe and Mail
Harbin, one of China's coldest cities, is home to massive ice sculptures that have been created for a special winter festival that attracts millions of visitors every year. Harbin's Ice and Snow festival, one of the largest ice-carving festivals in the ...

"City of ice" shines in frigid winter with snow sculptures
Xinhua
HARBIN, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Although the winter is as bitterly cold as always, the industrial city of Harbin in northeast China has sprung to life once again, with its three-month International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival kicking off this month.

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Warmed by an icy princess
China Daily
Wind down the evening with a trip to Central Street, Harbin's landmark pedestrian avenue, which is lined with handsome European buildings from the early 20th century. I'm sure you'll be distracted by more ice sculptures in the middle of the cobblestone ...

Foreign Policy (blog)

Winter's Palace - by Jonathan Browning
Foreign Policy (blog)
As China's northernmost major city, Harbin is among the inhabited world's coldest metropolitan centers, but as photographer Jonathan Browning shows, each year local residents turn snowdrifts into snow cones with the Harbin Ice Festival.

Xinhua

Snow sculpture contest begins in Harbin
Xinhua
The 17th International Snow Sculpture Competition, also one of the most important parts of the 28th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival, begins in Sun Island in Harbin on January 10, 2012. Twenty-five teams from 13 countries and regions, ...

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Romeo and Juliet on diaplay at Ice sculpture festival
Emirates 24/7
CHINA, Harbin : Harbin, one of China's coldest cities, is home to massive ice sculptures that have been created for a special winter festival that attracts millions of visitors every year. Comments submitted by third parties on this site are the sole ...

Photos: Ice on Whyte kicks off
Edmonton Sun
CODIE MCLACHLAN/EDMONTON SUN QMI AGENCY Evelyn Berg takes a photo of an ice sculpture during Ice on Whyte at End of Steel Park in Edmonton on Friday, January 13, 2012. CODIE MCLACHLAN/EDMONTON SUN QMI AGENCY Ice sculptors from Harbin, China, ...
Editorial: Make winter our coolest carnivalEdmonton Journal

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Internet Search Results

Ice sculpture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This art form is traditionally taught in culinary schools using text books such as Ice Sculpting the Modern Way, Joseph Amendola's Ice Carving Made Easy and Mac Winker's ...

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Ice-carving champs are announced at St. Paul Winter Carnival ...
The St. Paul Winter Carnival on Sunday night announced the winners of its multiblock and individual block ice-carving competition. According to carnival ...

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Ice Carvings by Van Dyke | Atlanta's Ice Carving Specialist
Bill Van Dyke has been carving since the age of fifteen, where he learned under the eyes of his father John, a Master Chef trained in Europe. For more than 30 years ...

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Mount Holly announces ice carving winners at 'Fire and Ice ...
MOUNT HOLLY — Winners of the ice-carving competition at the annual "Fire and Ice" festival have been announced. Finishing first in the professional ...

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