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Mastery of winter: onto ice are skaters, swan, crabapple tree, child & sculptures at International Ice & Snow Show
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People visit ice sculptures for the 25th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, China on December 23, 2008.
The Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, in Harbin, China, opened on Jan. 5, 2009. The festival lasts for one month, and features large ice and snow sculptures, ice lanterns, swimming in the icy Songhua River and more. The northern hemisphere is a hospitable place for ice festivals these days, so in that spirit, here is a collection of recent photographs of all things frozen, and some of the ways we live and play with ice.
A swan attempts to land on a frozen lake near Castleford northern England Monday Jan. 5, 2009. Freezing temperatures and snow have struck large areas of Britain.
Visitors slide on tracks at an ice sculpture during a preview for the 25th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival at a park in Harbin, China on December 23, 2008.
A child pushes a sled over a frozen pond at the English Garden park in Munich, southern Germany, on January 4, 2009.
Visitors attend the opening of the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival held in Harbin, China on Monday, Jan. 5, 2009.
Trees bent by the weight of ice from a winter storm line railroad tracks in Hinsdale, Massachusetts, Friday, Dec. 12, 2008.
People visit a castle constructed of ice prior to the 25th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival at a park in Harbin, China on December 23, 2008.
A snow sculpture takes shape at the Snow Festival in Harbin, China, Monday, Jan. 5, 2009.
Skaters compete on a track of ice created from grassland sprayed with water, in the northern Dutch province of Frieslands on December 29, 2008.
The Marken lighthouse in northern Holland is seen surrounded by ice sheets, caused by the recent cold weather, on January 2, 2009.
Visitors take souvenirs photos in front of an ice sculpture for the 25th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province December 23, 2008.
Ice forms on a crabapple tree following an ice storm in Antrim, New Hampshire, Friday, Dec. 12, 2008.
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Photos courtesy of Reuters / Sheng Li, AP Photo / John Giles / PA, Oliver Lang / AFP / Getty Images, AP Photo / Ng Han Guan, AP Photo / The Berkshire Eagle, Ben Garver, Robin Utrecht / AFP / Getty Images, Olaf Kraak / AFP / Getty Images, AP Photo / Jim Cole
Original Source: Boston.com
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