857-95066 - An Asian woman is having fun sledding down a steep ice slope. Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival. Gangwon-do, South Korea. The Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival is a tradition for Korean people. Every year in January crowds gather at the frozen river to celebrate the cold and snow of winter. Main attraction is ice fishing. Young and old wait patiently over a small hole in the ice for a trout to bite. In tents they can let the fish grilled after which they are eaten. Among other activities are sledding and ice skating. The nearby Pyeongchang region will host the Winter Olympics in February 2018.
857-94297 - Emily Harrington competes in the 2016 Ouray Ice Festival Elite Mixed Climbing Competition at the Ice Park in Ouray, Colorado. Harrington placed fourth in the women's division.
465-3287 - Siberians celebrate the festival of Maslenitsa signifying the end of winter with pancakes and the burning of a straw figure, Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia, Eurasia
832-252139 - Hot-air balloons, rear view of the special form of a flying scotsman, Cameron ss Balloon Piper-105, two round balloons over snow-covered mountains, Balloon festival Chateau d'Oex, Switzerland, Europe
832-239509 - The Boeoeg, a doll symbolizing winter, is burned at the Sechselaeuten, traditional festival; the various guilds stand and ride around the fire, Zurich, Switzerland, Europe
832-239508 - The Boeoeg, a doll symbolizing winter, is burned at the Sechselaeuten, traditional festival; the various guilds stand and ride around the fire, Zurich, Switzerland, Europe
1161-8079 - Tic-Tac man with white gloves and old method signals bookmakers odds for betting at Cheltenham Racecourse National Hunt Festival of Racing, UK
832-186799 - Art installation by the Raumlaborberlin, Soap Opera, many hundreds illuminated balloons at a mine shaft, GlueckAuf2010 cultural festival at the start of the European Capital of Culture year, on the site of the Zeche Zollverein mine and coking plant, Essen
832-186811 - Bonfire against the backdrop of the Kokerei Zollverein coking plant, with different light and fire installations at the GlueckAuf2010 cultural festival at the start of the European Capital of Culture year, on the site of the Zeche Zollverein mine and coki
832-186800 - Art installation by the Raumlaborberlin, Soap Opera, many hundreds illuminated balloons at a mine shaft, GlueckAuf2010 cultural festival at the start of the European Capital of Culture year, on the site of the Zeche Zollverein mine and coking plant, Essen
832-186813 - Bonfire against the backdrop of the Kokerei Zollverein coking plant, with different light and fire installations at the GlueckAuf2010 cultural festival at the start of the European Capital of Culture year, on the site of the Zeche Zollverein mine and coki
832-186803 - Art installation by the Raumlaborberlin, Soap Opera, many hundreds illuminated balloons at a mine shaft, GlueckAuf2010 cultural festival at the start of the European Capital of Culture year, on the site of the Zeche Zollverein mine and coking plant, Essen