Chill

Queen Mary

Long Beach

Nativity

Joseph and Mary

USA

November 2012

Photos taken by Alex Yu

The Ice Kingdom is a part of "Chill," the winter program of the Queen Mary. It took 2 million pounds of ice and a team of expert ice sculptors to create this 13,000 square feet wonderland. However, it is important to know that the temperature inside the Ice Kingdom is as low as 9 degrees Fahrenheit. After spending an hour there my fingers and toes were numbed. When I left the scene, both my Sony and Nikon cameras were covered by moisture due to a sudden change of temperature. Fortunately, both cameras are very robust,