It links the Ice Palace, a grotto of ice sculptures, with the Sphinx Hall observatory.

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What about, say, we apply this same technology and get huge ice sculptures, and we drop them in the ocean?

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Lovers will start the experience by donning faux fur coats and booties prior to entering a winter wonderland of intricately hand crafted ice sculptures.

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Ice sculptures are typically used in entertaining, both as decorative statues and as functional display pieces, and, ice sculpting often goes hand in hand with fruit and vegetable carving.

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His boots were ice sculptures of boots.

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Antonio Capelao, of London's Bicha Gallery, was betting on artist Anna Barlow's porcelain ice-cream sculptures.

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Hundreds of gigantic, intricate ice and snow sculptures line both sides of the banks of the frozen Songhua River, which cuts through Harbin.

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This connection also has historic roots -- during the Middle Ages, extravagant meals or banquets hosted by the wealthy often featured sculptures made from edible ingredients like pastry dough, sugar and ice, according to the book Ice: The Nature, the History, and the Uses of an Astonishing Substance.

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Two of the best are " Ice Lights", a light-installation at Vancouver City Hall that looks like ice framing the historic building, and " The Birds", a pair of larger-than-life bird sculptures that once stood sentry at the site of the Olympic Village and now roost at the Southeast False Creek Plaza.

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