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You won't believe these sculptures are made of snow
Dec. 2, 2025Updated Dec. 4, 2025, 8:11 a.m. ET

Sculptors from Erciyes University and other institutions turn snow into animation characters on the field during skiing and snowboarding season at Mount Erciyes in Kayseri, Turkey on Feb. 22, 2025.
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A snow-shaped snow sculpture is pictured on the ice of Yuemai Lake in Jilin City, Jilin Province, China, on Feb. 6, 2025.
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A dragon-shaped snow sculpture is pictured on the ice of Yuemai Lake in Jilin City, China, on Feb. 6, 2025.
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Tourists walk past a snow sculpture at the Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo park in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 13, 2025. Harbin is currently in the midst of its peak ice and snow tourism season. Various high-level snow sculpture competitions are being held, and snow sculptures located across numerous attractions in the city create a unique winter landscape, allowing visitors to experience the charm of ice and snow art.
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Tourists walk past a snow sculpture at the Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo park in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 13, 2025. Harbin is currently in the midst of its peak ice and snow tourism season. Various high-level snow sculpture competitions are being held, and snow sculptures located across numerous attractions in the city create a unique winter landscape, allowing visitors to experience the charm of ice and snow art.
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Tourists take photos near a snow sculpture at the Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo park in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 13, 2025. Harbin is currently in the midst of its peak ice and snow tourism season. Various high-level snow sculpture competitions are being held, and snow sculptures located across numerous attractions in the city create a unique winter landscape, allowing visitors to experience the charm of ice and snow art.
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USA's House of Thune team's sculpture is seen next to it's model during the inaugural World Snow Sculpture Championship in Stillwater, Minnesota on Jan. 21, 2022. Teams from around the world, including Turkey, Ecuador, Germany and Canada, compete for the highest possible score for their 10-foot cubes snow sculpture.
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Joshua Jakubowski, Team Wisconsin Sculptora Borealis, USA, carves a sculpture during the inaugural World Snow Sculpture Championship in Stillwater, Minnesota on Jan. 21, 2022. Teams from around the world, including Turkey, Ecuador, Germany and Canada, compete for the highest possible score for their 10-foot cubes snow sculpture.
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General views of the yearly giant snow sculpture for charity. Standing 22ft tall and 63ft long, the sculpture of a blue whale brings in spectators for miles to raise money for clean water in Africa on Jan. 4, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Lee Chung Dong of Team China working on "Happy Herdsmen" in Breckenridge during the 2010 Budweiser International Snow Sculpture Championships.
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Artists carve snow blocks into sculpture for snow sculpture competition during the Fur Rendezvous Festival in Anchorage, Alaska, United States on Feb. 22, 2025. After the results announced on Feb. 23, the winners will advance to the national competition The annual festival kicked off Thursday around Anchorage and is expected to feature its traditional late-winter celebration, despite a winter season marred by low snowfall.
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Artists carve snow blocks into sculpture for snow sculpture competition during the Fur Rendezvous Festival in Anchorage, Alaska, United States on Feb. 22, 2025. After the results announced on Feb. 23, the winners will advance to the national competition The annual festival kicked off Thursday around Anchorage and is expected to feature its traditional late-winter celebration, despite a winter season marred by low snowfall.
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