An ice sculpture at Canada's Ice Magic Festival at The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise in Banff National Park.

An ice sculpture at Canada's Ice Magic Festival at The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise in Banff National Park

An ice sculpture rises above Lake Louise at Banff National Park's Ice Magic Festival

An ice sculpture of a panther at the Ice Magic Festival at The Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise in Banff National Park, Canada.

A sculpture entitled "The Deadliest Catch" at the International Snow Sculpture Championships in Breckenridge, Co.

A sculpture at the International Snow Sculpture Championships in Breckenridge, Co.

The Ice Palace, a sculpture created from snow and ice by 35 international artists, is seen at the International Snow and Ice Sculpture Festival in Bruges, Belgium.

A visitor to the Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival gestures while posing for a photo beside a Buddhist snow sculpture in Harbin, in northeast China's Heilongjiang province

A visitor looks at an ice sculpture of a leopard jumping through a ring at an exhibition of ice sculptures in Roevershagen, eastern Germany

Disney Parks unveiled a 25-foot-tall, 45,000-pound castle made of ice in Times Square on Oct. 17, 2012, in New York City.

An ice sculpture depicting Elvis Presley is displayed at the Ice Sculpture Festival in Bruges, Belgium.

Artists carve an ice sculpture in Fairbanks, Alaska.

An ice sculpture of fisherman fighting off a shark is illuminated by colored lights at night in Fairbanks, Alaska.

An ice sculpture of leaping salmon is illuminated by colored lights at night in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Guests at Finland's Snow Village can belly up to the IceBar for a drink

A dining -- or drinking -- table is illuminated in Finland's Snow Village.

Tourists view sculptures and buildings built from ice blocks at the Harbin International Ice and Snow World.

Ice sculpture at the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in Harbin, China.

At the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival's Ice and Snow World, visitors admire massive sculptures and buildings built from ice blocks cut from a nearby river.

The average person might see a mound of snow or a block of ice and think, "snowman." Others, however, might envision far great potential and carve a miniature Chichen Itza or pagoda temple.

A general view of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in Harbin, China. The sculptures and buildings are built from ice blocks cut from the frozen surface of the nearby Songhua river.

An ice sculpture appears to be charging forward from the Canadian Rockies at the Ice Magic Festival in Banff National Park, Canada.

An ice sculpture in Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan.

Ice Sculptures are displayed at the Snow and Ice Sculpture Festival in Bruges, Belgium

Visitors slide down an ice sculpture in Quebec City, Canada, at the Quebec Winter Carnival.

The Team Canada contribution to the 2008 International winter sculpture contest of the Quebec Winter Carnival, called Loup Garou werewolf.

Visitors take photographs in front of a large-scale sculpture at the Sapporo Snow Festival in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Tourists gather to view a sculpture of dinosaurs at The Sapporo Snow Festival in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.

A sculpture of a Japanese building is seen from below at Japan's Sapporo Snow Festival.

A sculpture of a building at the Sapporo Snow Festival in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.