Updated: 04/01/2012 18:54 | By Tamara Hinson, contributor, MSN Travel
Incredible ice sculptures

When water aspires to be something better, the result is utterly spectacular

When water aspires to be something better, the result is utterly spectacular (© China Foto Press)
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  • When water aspires to be something better, the result is utterly spectacular (© China Foto Press)
  • The Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, Harbin, China (© Ng Han Guan_AP Images)
  • The London Ice Sculpting Festival, Canary Wharf, London, UK (© Matthew Lloyd_Getty Images)
  • Aurora Ice Museum, Alaska, US (© Denise Feree)
  • Budweiser Snow Sculpting Championships, Breckenridge, Colorado, US (© Carl Scofield)
  • Art Meets Ice international ice sculpture contest, Korkeasaari, Helsinki, Finland (© Helsinki Zoo and Maarit Hohteri)
  • Ice Alaska World Ice Art Championships, Alaska, US (© Alaska Travel Industry Association)
  • Ice on Whyte Festival, Alberta, Canada (© Larry Andreoff)
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Kicking off the ice sculpture season, the world's most spectacular ice festival, located in China, opens today with thousands of sculptures and the world's longest ice slide. Take a look at these and other fantastical ice creations - you'll never look at an ice cube in quite the same way again.

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carmel walsh (tuxford light house)
05/01/2012 07:51
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I LOVE THE RAIN. I USE TO GO RUNNING, AND CYCLIG. NOT SNOW. THE ICE WORLD WOULD BE GREAT. I LOVE FREEZING WATER TO DRINK. . ESPECIALLY IN SUMMER. PERRIER WATER IS MY FAVORITE.
Samuel Hermanis
05/01/2012 11:16
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That's got broken neck written all over it.
Someone (coachbelle)
05/01/2012 11:25
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Now these ice sculptures are what I call magical.  Not that Margaret Thatcher film Iron Lady. 

I used to go the Brugge Belgium Ice sculptures and enjoyed them very much.  But these in China are amazingly bigger and beautiful.  Not to put down the smaller ice venues, they are beautiful in their own way.  30 minutes in taking photos and your hands can't take anymore. 

maxine blackham (kittyboo22)
05/01/2012 11:55
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these sculptures are amazing, the work that goes into them, wow.
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MUSIC BAR TECH
05/01/2012 11:56
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Right,that is my hometown. I ve been there for 20 yrs. REcomanded A+++

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