EDMONTON, Alberta, Dec. 31 (UPI) -- Nearly 20 million pounds of ice were formed into towers and caves in Edmonton, Alberta, for the city's first-ever ice castle attraction.
The Edmonton Ice Castle, created by Utah-based company Ice Castles, opened to the public at 3 p.m. Wednesday and 4,000 people bought tickets online to sell out the first day of the attraction.
Kate Steiert, who has worked on the project since construction began in November, said she was pleased with the final product.
"It's like coming to work in a dream, every day," she told the Edmonton Journal.
The ice is embedded with LED lights, which are switched on at night to illuminate the sculpture.
The company has previously constructed castles in Utah, Minnesota and New Hampshire, but the Edmonton castle, made from nearly 20 million pounds of ice and covering more than two acres, is the first of its kind in Canada.
