Each year, the northern city of Harbin, China hosts the International Snow Sculpture Art Expo—a spectacular exhibition showcasing the wonders of ice and snow as a building material. Officially opened on 5 January, this year’s event features the works of artists around the world and the crystalline castles, monstrous stark-white sculptures and frozen corridors they’ve spent weeks building. Head to the Atlantic to see some highlights from this year’s spectacle.
Highlights from China’s Massive Snow and Ice Festival
