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Workers make last minute preparations on the giant snow sculptures at an Ice and Snow Festival in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning province 09 January 2008. The Ice and Snow Festival, which features hundreds of massive sculptures carved out of ice, has become a huge draw for visitors, turning northern China's often forbidding temperatures into a competitive advantage

Workers put the finishing touches on a giant snow sculpture at an Ice and Snow Festival in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning province 09 January 2008. The Ice and Snow Festival, which features hundreds of massive sculptures carved out of ice, has become a huge draw for visitors, turning northern China's often forbidding temperatures into a competitive advantage.