Actually this had nothing to do with the Olympics of course, but it did have some Olympic elements. For one, teams throughout the northern hemisphere participated in the event. Notably, the lion jaw at the bottom of the page was carved by a Russian team. Also I'd suspect that most of these were not spontaneous first attempt artworks. Looking at the carvings, we noticed some teams had elaborate 3 dimensional plans, seemingly drawn to scale. How'd they do that - Just over a week before the event Ely had a disappointing snow-pack of hard, crystalline snow. But the weekend prior to the event brought a foot of fresh snow throughout the area, making collecting it all the easier. From what I was told, large suctioning machines scoured Ely's surfaces like vacuums. The snow was then transported to the park where huge wooden collection bins had been set up. After filled to the brim they were left for a few days to condense. Strip the wooden walls away and you have a snow cube canvas ripe for carving.
This piece was called "Paul Bunyan's Ice Auger."
All manner of tools were used: planers, trowels, screwdrivers, picks, shovels, hand saws...
A team from Russia completed this one.
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