That's beautiful! Sand Castles are just as pretty as Ice Castles. :) (and they don't last long either.) Sigh
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"Fairbanks, Alaska is the site of the World Ice Art Championships every March.
For the event, Fairbanks provides the largest natural ice blocks in the world, allowing the sculptors an opportunity to work on a pure and transient medium.
While there are other ice sculpting competitions in the northern hemisphere, none are like the World Ice Art Championships."
The most fun we had during the 60's in Fairbanks was the Lottery for the breakup of the frozen ice on the Tanana (TAN-a-naw) River - and another of the Chena (CHEE-na) River in Fairbanks...
"Breakup Lottery
One interesting winter sport for the early spring (breakup time) is river watching - specifically, betting on the Nenana Ice Classic. For $2 you can have a shot at winning thousands ($300,000 in 1998) by guessing the date and time of the Breakup of the Tanana River as measured in the town of Nenana."
It usually occurs "sometime in May," and the elaborate setup to measure the exact time is closely guarded against tampering..:))
Not even al-Quada could get to it - LOL