Single Block Results

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 27, 2009

The 2009 BP World Ice Art Championships are underway and at 9PM on February 26,
the Single-Block competitors completed their works of art after 60 hours of intricate and
intense ice sculpting. Weather conditions varied, with sunshine, snow, wind, and just a
touch of freezing rain. In the competition, teams of two receive one 5’x3’x8’ block of ice,
weighing approximately 7,500 pounds. There were 46 teams in the Single-Block
Competition this year, with competitors from all over the world. Countries including
Mexico, Mongolia, Japan, Russia, France, the Netherlands, China, Germany, Ireland,
Great Britain, South Korea, Monaco, and the Slovak Republic, as well as the United
States, participated.

Sculptures for the Single-Block Competition were judged in two categories: Realistic and
Abstract. The Carhartt Awards Ceremony was held at 8PM on March 8, and the winners
were announced from our BP Stage. In the Realistic contest, first place was awarded to
Junichi Nakamura of Japan and Suguru Kanbayasi of Canada with “Surfacing
Kingfisher”. Second place, and the United States representative to the 2010 Winter
Olympics was Greg Butauaki and Jeff Peterscak with “Leafy Lunch”. The third place
winner in the realistic category was An, Di of China and An, Qi Feng also of China. Their
sculpture was entitled, “Invitation”.

In the Abstract category, the winning sculpture was “Spring” by Aaron Costic of the US
and Martin King of England. Vitaly Lednev and Sergey Loginov, both of Russia, came in
second with “Adam and Eve: One Heart for Two”. In third place was “Moonlight
Sonata”, a piece by Sergey Tselbrovsky of Russia and Andy Gertler of the US.
Fourth through seventh place (a combination of abstract and realistic) are as follows:
Steve Armance of France and David Vallet of the US with “Eternal Flame”, Chan Kitburi
and Dean Murray of the US with “Wild Ride”, Dawson List and David Fong of the US
with “Beautiful Chemistry” and Tuvshintur Rashaanjav and Batmunkh Tserendash of
Mongolia with “Evolution”.

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publicrelations@icealaska.com.

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