An Artist in the Snow Block

A contestant climbs into the snow block for carving during the 24th Harbin (China) the Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Expo in Harbin, capital of northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 16, 2011.

As a traditional activity in the expo, the 12th Heilongjiang Snow Sculpture Compitition will last four days from Dec. 15 to Dec. 18, 2011.  <Photo: Xinhua, Wang Jianwei>

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