30 Ice Sculptures That Will Take Your Breath Away

Ice sculpture at the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in Harbin, China.

A visitor looks at an ice sculpture of a leopard jumping through a ring at an exhibition of ice sculptures in Roevershagen, eastern Germany.

Tourists gather to view a sculpture of dinosaurs at The Sapporo Snow Festival in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.

A general view of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in Harbin, China. The sculptures and buildings are built from ice blocks cut from the frozen surface of the nearby Songhua river.

An ice sculpture in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan. 

At the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival's Ice and Snow World, visitors admire massive sculptures and buildings built from ice blocks cut from a nearby river. 

An ice sculpture at Canada's Ice Magic Festival at The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise in Banff National Park.

Visitors take photographs in front of a large-scale sculpture at the Sapporo Snow Festival in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.

Disney Parks unveiled a 25-foot-tall, 45,000-pound castle made of ice in Times Square on Oct. 17, 2012, in New York City.

An ice sculpture of fisherman fighting off a shark is illuminated by colored lights at night in Fairbanks, Alaska.

A sculpture of a building at the Sapporo Snow Festival in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.

Tourists view sculptures and buildings built from ice blocks at the Harbin International Ice and Snow World.

A sculpture at the International Snow Sculpture Championships in Breckenridge, Co.

An ice sculpture of a panther at the Ice Magic Festival at The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise in Banff National Park, Canada.

The Ice Palace, a sculpture created from snow and ice by 35 international artists, is seen at the International Snow and Ice Sculpture Festival in Bruges, Belgium.

A visitor to the Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival gestures while posing for a photo beside a Buddhist snow sculpture in Harbin, in northeast China's Heilongjiang province.

A sculpture of a Japanese building is seen from below at Japan's Sapporo Snow Festival.

A dining -- or drinking -- table is illuminated in Finland's Snow Village.

An ice sculpture at Canada's Ice Magic Festival at The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise in Banff National Park.

An ice sculpture of leaping salmon is illuminated by colored lights at night in Fairbanks, Alaska.

The Team Canada contribution to the 2008 International winter sculpture contest of the Quebec Winter Carnival, called Loup Garou (werewolf).

An ice sculpture depicting Elvis Presley is displayed at the Ice Sculpture Festival in Bruges, Belgium.

An ice sculpture rises above Lake Louise at Banff National Park's Ice Magic Festival. 

Artists carve an ice sculpture in Fairbanks, Alaska.

A sculpture entitled "The Deadliest Catch" at the International Snow Sculpture Championships in Breckenridge, Co.

Ice Sculptures are displayed at the Snow and Ice Sculpture Festival in Bruges, Belgium.

An ice sculpture appears to be charging forward from the Canadian Rockies at the Ice Magic Festival in Banff National Park, Canada.

Visitors slide down an ice sculpture in Quebec City, Canada, at the Quebec Winter Carnival.