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Adam Curry, of Oakland Community College's ice carving team, is pelted with icy debris as he carves into his sculpture during the Collegiate Ice Carving Invitational at UM's North Campus Diag on Saturday, Feb. 18. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com

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• Adam Curry, of Oakland Community College's ice carving team, is pelted with icy debris as he carves into his sculpture during the Collegiate Ice Carving Invitational at UM's North Campus Diag on Saturday, Feb. 18. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/web021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA/cache/021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA_001_fullsize.JPG
• Debris kick up into the air while Jeff Lao, of Henry Ford Community College's ice carving team, drills into a block of ice during the Collegiate Ice Carving Invitational at UM's North Campus Diag on Saturday, Feb. 18. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/web021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA/cache/021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA_002_fullsize.JPG
• Lurie Bell Tower stands proudly behind the contestants during the Collegiate Ice Carving Invitational at UM's North Campus Diag on Saturday, Feb. 18. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/web021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA/cache/021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA_003_fullsize.JPG
• A chainsaw rips into a seahorse sculpture during the Collegiate Ice Carving Invitational at UM's North Campus Diag on Saturday, Feb. 18. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/web021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA/cache/021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA_004_fullsize.JPG
• Stephanie Chen, of the Michigan Ice Carving Team, uses an ice pick on her seahorse sculpture during the Collegiate Ice Carving Invitational at UM's North Campus Diag on Saturday, Feb. 18. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/web021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA/cache/021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA_005_fullsize.JPG
• Caden Dodde, 5, of Ann Arbor, watches the carvers at work during the Collegiate Ice Carving Invitational at UM's North Campus Diag on Saturday, Feb. 18. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/web021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA/cache/021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA_006_fullsize.JPG
• Paul Nuznov (right) and Renaudd Broaden, of Henry Ford Community College's ice carving team, work together to put a bust onto it's base during the Collegiate Ice Carving Invitational at UM's North Campus Diag on Saturday, Feb. 18. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/web021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA/cache/021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA_007_fullsize.JPG
• A syringe filled with water is as an adhesive during the Collegiate Ice Carving Invitational at UM's North Campus Diag on Saturday, Feb. 18. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/web021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA/cache/021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA_008_fullsize.JPG
• Jeff Lao, of Henry Ford Community College's ice carving team, puts spirals into a pillar of ice during the Collegiate Ice Carving Invitational at UM's North Campus Diag on Saturday, Feb. 18. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/web021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA/cache/021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA_009_fullsize.JPG
• Justin Ritzenhein, of Oakland Community College's ice carving team, works on his 'skulls and flames' monolith during the Collegiate Ice Carving Invitational at UM's North Campus Diag on Saturday, Feb. 18. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/web021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA/cache/021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA_010_fullsize.JPG
• A line sketched drawing of a flying squirrel is used as reference during the Collegiate Ice Carving Invitational at UM's North Campus Diag on Saturday, Feb. 18. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/web021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA/cache/021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA_011_fullsize.JPG
• Blocks of ice are smoothed out with hot metal plates during the Collegiate Ice Carving Invitational at UM's North Campus Diag on Saturday, Feb. 18. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/web021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA/cache/021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA_012_fullsize.JPG
• Zach Pomerantz, of the Michigan Ice Carving Team, works on his dinosaur scultpure during the Collegiate Ice Carving Invitational at UM's North Campus Diag on Saturday, Feb. 18. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/web021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA/cache/021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA_013_fullsize.JPG
• Adam Curry, of Oakland Community College's ice carving team, adds detail to the underside of his dear sculpture during the Collegiate Ice Carving Invitational at UM's North Campus Diag on Saturday, Feb. 18. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/web021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA/cache/021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA_014_fullsize.JPG
• Adam Curry, of Oakland Community College's ice carving team, works on his dear sculpture during the Collegiate Ice Carving Invitational at UM's North Campus Diag on Saturday, Feb. 18. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/web021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA/cache/021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA_015_fullsize.JPG
• Alicia Chiaravalli, of the Michigan Ice Carving Team, uses a hot plate to smooth out the surfaces of her sculpture during the Collegiate Ice Carving Invitational at UM's North Campus Diag on Saturday, Feb. 18. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/web021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA/cache/021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA_016_fullsize.JPG
• Steve Pagonas, of Oakland Community College's ice carving team, buffs the surface of his dolphin sculpture during the Collegiate Ice Carving Invitational at UM's North Campus Diag on Saturday, Feb. 18. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/web021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA/cache/021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA_017_fullsize.JPG
• Several ice scultping tools are lined up, ready to use, during the Collegiate Ice Carving Invitational at UM's North Campus Diag on Saturday, Feb. 18. Chris Asadian | AnnArbor.com /calendar/photologue/photos/web021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA/cache/021812_NEWS_Ice_Carving_CA_018_fullsize.JPG

Chainsaws growled and ice chips flew as students from across southeast Michigan gathered at the University of Michigan North Campus on Saturday for the Collegiate Ice Carving Invitational competition. Staff Photographer Chris Asadian captured these images.