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Published January 27, 2010, 12:00 AM

PHOTO GALLERY: St. Paul Winter Carnival ice carving competition

The St. Paul Winter Carnival multi-block ice carving competition was held Jan. 21-23 in Rice Park in St. Paul


A close-up of the mountain lion that was part of Greg Schmotzer and Tom Klug's ice carving.

  • A close-up of the mountain lion that was part of Greg Schmotzer and Tom Klug's ice carving.
  • Tom Schiller's completed ice carving.
  • A snowflake carving in Rice Park.
  • Snow and ice get kicked up in Tom Schiller’s face as he cuts through ice with a chainsaw.
  • Rice Park in downtown St. Paul was lit up Friday night for the St. Paul Winter Carnival multi-block ice carving competition.
  • Tom Schiller at work on his dragon carving.
  • Greg Schmotzer and Tom Klug’s carving depicted a mountain lion perched on a rock formation, looking down on two rams as they were butting heads. It was aptly titled “The Loser is Lunch.”
  • Greg Schmotzer and Tom Klug’s carving depicted a mountain lion perched on a rock formation, looking down on two rams as they were butting heads.
  • Tom Schiller of Hastings uses a chainsaw to sculpt an ice carving of a dragon. Schiller took second place in the St. Paul Winter Carnival multi-block ice carving competition held last weekend. Greg Schmotzer and Tom Klug, both of Hastings, took first place.
  • Tom Schiller, left, and Greg Schmotzer, both of Hastings, talk while taking a break from carving in front of Schmotzer's sculpture.