Forget the traditional snowman—these sculptures take things to the next level with designs ranging from hilarious animals to bizarre shapes you’d never expect to see crafted out of snow.

Winter in Sweden. Competitions are held to make sculptures out of snow. Every year a hotel is built entirely of snow and ice. Snow is blown onto a metal frame. Once the frame is removed the snow ...

Full-scale production for the snow sculptures continued from Jan. 7 to Feb. 2. During that 27-day period, 21 days, or nearly 80 percent of the total, had highs of zero or higher. At times ...

Visitors are flocking to Sapporo, northern Japan, to see frozen sculptures at the festival, which marks its 70th anniversary this year. Almost 200 snow and ice sculptures are on display at three ...

The annual Harbin Ice and Snow World delights visitors with finely chiselled ice sculptures, exciting ice slides and other attractions. [2] This ice sculpture festival is a major tourist draw for ...

SAPPORO—A cool reproduction of the Catbus and sisters Satsuki and May in popular anime “My Neighbor Totoro” won the top prize in the citizen sculpture event at the 2023 Sapporo Snow Festival.