Illuminated buildings made out of ice, Ice International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, Asia

Illuminated buildings made out of ice, Ice International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, Asia

Illuminated buildings made out of ice, Ice International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, Asia

Aerial of the Illuminated buildings made out of ice, Ice International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, Asia

Aerial of the Illuminated buildings made out of ice, Ice International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, Asia

Aerial of the Illuminated buildings made out of ice, Ice International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, Asia

Illuminated buildings made out of ice, Ice International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, Asia

Illuminated buildings made out of ice, Ice International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, Asia

Illuminated buildings made out of ice, Ice International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, Asia

Illuminated buildings made out of ice, Ice International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, Asia

Illuminated buildings made out of ice, Ice International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, Asia

Illuminated buildings made out of ice, Ice International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, Asia

Spectacular ice sculptures at the Harbin Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China, Asia

Aerial of the Illuminated buildings made out of ice, Ice International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, Asia

Aerial of the Illuminated buildings made out of ice, Ice International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, Asia

Illuminated buildings made out of ice, Ice International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, Asia

Gorky Park Ice Festival, Moscow, Russia, Europe

Ice carving, Mombetsu Ice Festival, Hokkaido, Japan

Ice sculptures in Taiyangdao Park at night, Ice Lantern Festival, Bingdeng Jie, Harbin city, Heilongjiang, China, Asia

An ice sculpture of the Statue of Liberty during the Snow Festival in Japan, Asia

Ice sculptures lit at night, Ice Lantern Festival, Bingdeng Jie, Harbin city, Heilongjiang, China, Asia

Ice sculptures in Taiyangdao Park, Ice Lantern Festival, Bingdeng Jie, Harbin city, Heilongjiang, China, Asia

Ice sculptures in Taiyangdao Park, Ice Lantern Festival, Bingdeng Jie, Harbin city, Heilongjiang, China, Asia

Priest blessing ice picks and ropes, Saint-Gervais traditional mountain guides festival, Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, Haute Savoie, France, Europe

Ice sculptures in Susukino street, Yuki Matsuri (Snow Festival), Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, Asia

Ice sculptures in Zhaolin Park, Ice Lantern Festival, Bingdeng Jie, Harbin city, Heilongjiang, China, Asia

Sounkyo Hyobaku Festival, Hokkaido, Japan

Harbin Ice Lantern Show, Ice-Festival, Harbin, China

Ice sculpture festival, Harbin Ice Lantern Show, Harbin, China

Ice sculpture-festival, Ice Lantern Show, Harbin, China

FREEDOMICE.COM Ice Show on Studio B Center Ice Ice-Skating Rink, Freedom of the Seas Cruise Ship, Royal Caribbean International Cruise Line

Lizz Grenard at the Ouray Ice Festival uses ice axes and crampons as tools and a rope and harness for safety. The Ouray Ice Festival is held once a year during the Martin Luther King weekend in Ouray, Colorado in the Uncompahgre Gorge.

Steve Giddings makes his way up a frozen waterfall at the Ouray Ice Festival in Ouray, Colorado. Ice climbers require ice axes, crampons, rope and harness as well as a great deal of balance and focus. The Ouray Ice Festival is located in the Uncompahgre Gorge and is held once a year during Martin Luther King weekend.

Kelly Cordes makes his way up a frozen waterfall using ice axes and crampons as well as balance and focus. The Ouray Ice Park is located in the Uncompahgre Gorge in Ouray Colorado. The Park is funded mostly by the Ouray Ice Festival that happens every Martin Luther King weekend and by the festivals corporate sponsers.

An Asian woman is having fun sledding down a steep ice slope. Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival. Gangwon-do, South Korea. The Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival is a tradition for Korean people. Every year in January crowds gather at the frozen river to celebrate the cold and snow of winter. Main attraction is ice fishing. Young and old wait patiently over a small hole in the ice for a trout to bite. In tents they can let the fish grilled after which they are eaten. Among other activities are sledding and ice skating. The nearby Pyeongchang region will host the Winter Olympics in February 2018.

Bed races during Winterlude, an annual winter festival in Ottawa, Canada

Snow version of the Parliment Building at Winterlude, an annual winter festival in Ottawa, Canada

Emily Harrington competes in the 2016 Ouray Ice Festival Elite Mixed Climbing Competition at the Ice Park in Ouray, Colorado. Harrington placed fourth in the women's division.