Monday Memories: Ice sculptors were rooting for a deep freeze during Frozentosen in 2002

While most Toledo Zoo creatures were snuggled inside, Toledoans braved bitter winter chills, sipping warm hot chocolate while watching sculptors rev up chain saws to carve 300-pound chunks of ice. In this 2002 Blade archive photo, Michigan resident Roy Calo uses a drill to finish an ice dragon’s teeth during a carve-off competition on stage in the zoo amphitheater. But the next day the weather worked against 20 professional artists who were vying for a place to compete in the Winter Olympics in Utah.