So when it’s minus sixty seven – what do people do? Oh they have some fun, for sure. For example how about building a big ice palace on the city square putting outside real bowls with plants and inside cakes made of snow…
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and of course they make Ice Alco-Bars and Ice Statues (which not as unique to Russia as this Ice Palace in St. Petersburg).
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Wow! That is absolutely incredible!
This tradition of building ice palaces in the winter is quite common in St. Petersburg and Moscow and goes back to the time if the Tsars.
And in Siberia specially.but poor builders of Siberian `castles`not AWARDED properly.they died in their ice castles.this tradition of building from snow and ice is still preserved by PUTIN.
That is absolutely stunning. Imagine seeing those in 19th century!
That was quite something back in 19th century. And what do we have now in 21st century?
How do they get the ice to be so transparent ?
The ice is actually transparent. It’s not like snow or something. Duh.
Hey! ! !Duh,there are many ways to transparent ice.1,at the time of making ice blocks mix some kind of chemical substance,i forget the name of this chemical,added in pure distilled water.2,after carving all building blocks and out lines pour hot water over the ice pieces.this cause the ice crystals in transparent form.3,boiled water also makes transparent ice.i think now you are satisfied.
That chemical instance is called H2O. Duh.
I think its enough to slightly melt the outer layers.
Duh.
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That is magnificent! True labour of love.
For melting love?for cold,icy love.
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Do you think they make test icicles?
A company in Quebec builds these ice hotels and you can actually rent the rooms.
But all of these starts from Sweeden.they really build world first commercial ice hotel.
This is art!
Yes, it is true art. But just imagine if the weather forecast was wrong
Take these art in indoor hall.
http://englishrussia.com/?p=1055#more-1055
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Very impressive and detailed ice carving.
I’ve heard that one way to make a clear ice block is to vibrate the water as it being frozen, so the air bubbles that would cloud the ice will break on the surface.
The St. Paul, Minnesota Winter Carnival has a history of building ice castles going back to the late 1800′s. Here is a link to a gallery of ice castle photos:
http://www.mnhs.org/places/historycenter/exhibits/wintercarnival/gallery.htm
Ice palaces – how to:
Slow freeze good clear water. The slower, the more sediments that make it cloudy sink to the bottom to be removed, and the ice crystals form a neat, tight lattice. Less likely to break and creates a nice clarity in the finished product.
Tools: Chainsaws, special chisels and die-grinders – or if you’re lazy and untalented, a computer numerical control machine to do it all for you.
Get your slow frozen ice, remove any parts that do not look like the object you are looking for, for instance, if it does not look like a tiger and you want to make a tiger, simply remove all the bits that do not look like the tiger.
Polish and place somewhere cold with low humidity.
Wow, it’s beautiful !