http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block.html Here are just a few photos from the single block event at the 2009 World Ice Art Championships in Fairbanks, Alaska. More info about this event is available on Ice Alaska’s website at www.icealaska.com. The blog entry referencing this gallery is here. http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block.html#0 a087a56d-8378-4d9c-98e8-0fc218b5b7d4 http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/danger_danger_danger.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/danger_danger_danger.jpg?derivative=micro http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/danger_danger_danger.jpg?derivative=mip <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">"Danger, Danger, Danger" by Stanley Kolonko &amp; Chris Uyehara</p></div></div> http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block.html#1 1eebac02-c491-4fba-bd70-81647772fd41 http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/adam%26eve_lednev_loginov.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/adam%26eve_lednev_loginov.jpg?derivative=micro http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/adam%26eve_lednev_loginov.jpg?derivative=mip <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">"Adam &amp; Eve: One Heart for Two" by Vitaly Lednev &amp; Sergey Loginov, 2nd place abstract</p></div></div> http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block.html#2 35aebf41-f3f9-419c-981e-eab14b10bf7f http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/bc_prebending.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/bc_prebending.jpg?derivative=micro http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/bc_prebending.jpg?derivative=mip <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">"beautiful chemistry" by Dawson List and David Fong, 6th place; taken just before judging</p></div></div> http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block.html#3 edec8236-e844-47e6-8e82-71eabd98513a http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/leafy_lunch.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/leafy_lunch.jpg?derivative=micro http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/leafy_lunch.jpg?derivative=mip <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">"Leafy Lunch" by Greg Butauski &amp; Jeff Petercsak, 2nd place realistic</p></div></div> http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block.html#4 84c66158-9474-4018-b54d-dd73bb27ed0f http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/finders_keepers.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/finders_keepers.jpg?derivative=micro http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/finders_keepers.jpg?derivative=mip <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">"Finders Keepers" by Heather Brice and Aaric Kendall</p></div></div> http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block.html#5 88a0e838-58ea-4800-b93e-72bcd0ae86b9 http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/invitation.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/invitation.jpg?derivative=micro http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/invitation.jpg?derivative=mip <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">"Invitation" by Di An &amp; Qi Feng An, 3rd place realistic, Artists' choice</p></div></div> http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block.html#6 23563cd6-f744-44f4-8793-cb7efadc8520 http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/wild_ride.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/wild_ride.jpg?derivative=micro http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/wild_ride.jpg?derivative=mip <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">"Wild Ride" by Chan Kitburi &amp; Dean Murray, 5th place</p></div></div> http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block.html#7 6174c779-6a0c-4551-9be4-05e485f9d91a http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/surfacing_kingfisher.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/surfacing_kingfisher.jpg?derivative=micro http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/surfacing_kingfisher.jpg?derivative=mip <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">"Surfacing Kingfisher" by Junichi Nakamura and Suguru Kanbayashi, 1st place realistic</p></div></div> http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block.html#8 d50c2555-ff35-4e61-bf5a-9e2582e9256f http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/eternal_flame.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/eternal_flame.jpg?derivative=micro http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/eternal_flame.jpg?derivative=mip <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">"Eternal Flame" by Steve Armance &amp; David Vallet, 4th place</p></div></div> http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block.html#9 ed7ed46c-2e3c-4fdc-bef0-317392b90299 http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/moonlight_sonata.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/moonlight_sonata.jpg?derivative=micro http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/moonlight_sonata.jpg?derivative=mip <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">"Moonlight Sonata" by Sergey Tselebrovsky &amp; Andy Gertler, 3rd place abstract</p></div></div> http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block.html#10 d39348e7-f8b1-474f-8b10-e8a436b5e333 http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/tranquility.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/tranquility.jpg?derivative=micro http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/tranquility.jpg?derivative=mip <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">"Tranquility" by Kevin McDonald &amp; Kla Kitburi</p></div></div> http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block.html#11 fcb9404e-baf8-4841-a590-892b7f105b50 http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/me%26bc.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/me%26bc.jpg?derivative=micro http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/me%26bc.jpg?derivative=mip <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Dawson List and "beautiful chemistry" by Dawson List and David Fong, 6th place</p></div></div> http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block.html#12 c6a60c9c-abcd-42d0-bd49-b5f7e3bd7f73 http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/evolution.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/evolution.jpg?derivative=micro http://www.icecarvingsecrets.com/ics/competitions/Pages/Fairbanks_2009_single_block_files/Media/evolution.jpg?derivative=mip <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">"Evolution" by Tuvshintur Rashaanjav &amp; Batmunkh Tserendash, 7th place</p></div></div>