• Saturday-What'sUP February 15 - 12:08 pm

This year's Winter Carnival theme is entitled, "A Frozen Commotion from the Depths of the Ocean" The commotion of the past month of statue building has come to an end, but there's still a clamoring of folks in and around the icy art, trying to get an eyeful and perhaps a picture or two. MTU student, Carl Schroeder does the snapping duty today, giving us a chance to view a few of the statues from the warmth and comforts of home. (Thanks, Carl!) The top shot is the 3rd place statue, 'Icy Blend of Spongebob and Friends', built by the Delta Sigs. And below, we have 'A City Once Lost Now Found in Frost', the 2nd place statue constructed by Tau Kappa Epsilon. First place in the competition was taken by Phi Kappa Tau with their statue depicting, 'Ariel Finds True Love With Icy Seas Above'. Congratulations to all the builders - now it's time to put on my longjohns and head out for a first-hand look at their handiwork!

For those of you unable to see them in person, check out this link for more results and pictures: Winter Carnival 2005 Statue Results

Good Morning

Good Morning all... What beautiful pictures!!!So much work but well worth the effort. Looks like they were made from marble and the sky is so blue. Everyone have a Great Weekend!!

Magnificent piece of artīs!!!

- snow,,,ice,,,sweat -

Amazing! Wish I could see the ice statues in person.

Oh Wow!!!
Those pictures look great! If only to see them in person! What kind of art background to these folks have?? The pieces shown are fabulous.

Such beautiful work. Always amazing.

Wow, the talent of the students who built these snow sculptures is amazing.

I'm wondering who carved all the chain links in Atlantis. Good Show!

watching the statue cam at tech right now...looks like a beautiful day. Quite a few people there..taking pictures...looking at the staues...
http://www.admin.mtu.edu/urel/cams/statue1/motion.html

It is so wonderfull to see pictures of all the hard work that everyone has put into these ice sculptures,it makes me proud to be from the UP.

I love PATRICK THE STARFISH!! Hes so HOTT!!! I love the sculpture

Patrick isn't on there

Yes he is! Hes in the car in front of the PINEAPPLE!!

Georgie in MO -

Most students don't have much of an art background.
They're mostly engineering students! People's hidden
talents really come out during Carvinal!

Ooooo.... I see sorry! I wish i was there but im pregnant and im at my last mnth of pregnancy so i can't. But im having twins! After i have them im moving to Calumet. I love it up there. What's the weather like up there? I bet it's pretty cold! Oh... the babies kicked! I guess they're saying HI!

I am the only person in the world who doesnt know who spongebob is. I never get the jokes about him. Am I missing anything?

Cindy,

That is so wonderful that you are having twins. Congrats :) Great that you are moving to the UP once the babies are born. How fortunate for them to grow up and be raised in the UP.

Over50: Turn on Nickeloneon some afternoon or evening and watch Spongebob...the cartoons are hilarious. My step daughter is addicted to Spongebob.

I see it's sunny and +30 up there this morning. I thought it was the law that it be -20 on Winter Carnival Saturday.

Nah, that's Wednesday night while they try to make/finish the statues. Then after that it gets warm so they can melt as soon as possible. Sad, but it seemed to work out that way most of the years I was up there.

Over 50 - When you are a grandparent you can watch Spongebob too! even when they aren't visiting?

THOSE PICTURES WERE SO COOL I WANT THE SCULPTURES.

Da engineers at da Tech are long renowned for building the impossible with the impossible....it just takes a little longer............Winter Carnival has come a long long way from the 60's.

The Tech hockey Huskies are flying high right now, too, after winning Winter Carny for the first time since 2001! Way to go, guys!

Just got back from MTU and seeing the sculptures. Simply amazing. I showed photos I took to my family and they want to go next year. Be back in the spring.

As a former Toivola native and a Michigan Tech alumnus, I really
enjoy this Pasty site. The statues at Tech are terrific as usual.
Thank you for the photos. Congratulations to all the hard
working statue builders. Too bad I can't see them in person.

Our own Daryl Laitila toured the Tech campus today and shares a slideshow of snowstatues with us...check it out - Daryl's Day on Campus!

Nice work!
Probably it has been a hard
work for the builders. I regret being unable to see them in person. I have looked through many web cams and photos from Upper Peninsula. You have beautiful landscapes.
I`d like to travel there some day.
Greetings to you all from Finland!