This is a collection of large (some over 20 feet tall!) ice sculptures from the 2004 World Ice Art Championships in Fairbanks, Alaska and Ice World 2003 in Lübeck, Germany. (There is one snow sculpture too.) Ice World had a biblical theme and one of the winning sculptures at the Ice Art Championships just happened to depict an abstract version of Michelangelo's "Creation of Adam," complete with an abstract Gabriel on God's shoulder. Aside from that, all the pictured sculptures have in common is that they go way beyond what you might see on your local Sunday brunch buffet!

Some of the sculptors involved were (I'll complete this list as best I can):

Vladimir Zhikhartsev & Vitaly Lednev: "Dancing with Cat"

Junichi Nakamura: Soldier tribute & Zebra

Doug Henley & Aaron Costic: "Ascension"

Junichi Nakamura & Keven Laughlin: "Earring"

Ma Yue & Shang Daquan: "Chinese Native Girls"

Carl Schlichting & John McKinnon: "Tree of Light"

unknown ice and snow artists at Ice World

Dawson List: "Moses" and "Gabriel" in Lübeck

Vitaly Lednev, Karen Pless, Chuck Carpenter, & Kathleen Carlo:

1. "Michelangelo Hi-tech: The Creation of Ice Man"
   

Earl Covington, Aaric Kendall, Mark Crouthamel, & Eric Anderson: "Crystal Fairy"

Lumir Lang, Ben Firth, Craig Araqistain, & Stanislav Jenco: "Trip Around the Sun"

Steve Brice, Heather Brice, Tajana Raukar, & Martin King: "A Rabbit's View"

Mark Davis, Alan Cook, Edwin Winslow, & Regan Dillon:

1. 21st Century Free Range Mammoth"
   

Yan Liansheng, Zhang Daquan, Ma Yue, & An Quifeng: "Dragon Boat"

The World Ice Art Championships are organized by Ice Alaska at www.icealaska.com

The video is set to a selection of royalty free music called "Air on a G String"

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