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NOTTINGHAM UNI TEAM WIN CREATIVITY PRIZE AT ICE AND SNOW FESTIVAL, CHINA

By on January 4, 2013 in Harbin, Ice and Snow Festival 2013, Nottingham University, snow sculpture, Yinguo

The student team from Nottingham University have hauled in a prize at Harbin, the city in northeast China, where one of the world’s biggest Ice and Snow Festivals is running. In the team’s words, “WE WON!!!!!! Well.. the Creativity Prize anyway which is a cash prize of 1000 RMB (about £100), a medal each and [...]

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SNOW SCULPTORS FROM ENGLAND LAND IN CHINA FOR COMPETITION

By on December 21, 2012 in Emily Stapleton-Jefferis, Harbin, Nottingham Uni, snow sculpture

The Nottingham University Snow Sculpture team left from Birmingham Airport early Wednesday this week, and by Friday had flown via Schipol and Beijing to Harbin, northeast China. The temperature there is today is around the -21C mark, so the cold weather gear they packed (one case tipped the scales at more than 30 kg) will [...]

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