Winter Wonderland's Magical Ice Kingdom in numbers
One sculpture weighs twice as much as the average elephant
![The ogre took two people two weeks to build](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2015/12/18/15/Ice-sculpture,jpeg.gif)
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Despite a surprisingly mild December, real ice and snow carved into hundreds of sculptures have sprung up in London.
An ice kingdom, which is being kept frozen at sub-zero temperatures, has been created by an international team of people at Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park.
Here's more about the numbers involved in the -12C attraction:
30
Sculptors, all from different parts of the world worked to get it ready.
300
Pieces of ice art including frozen animals, fairies, a snow queen and a snow throne, produced using tools such as power drills and steel samurai swords.
![The ice throne belonging to the snow queen](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2015/12/18/16/ice-sculpture-3.jpeg)
1
Huge ogre, which is 5.5 metres tall and was cut from a huge block of snow.
2
Times as heavy as an elephant – that's how big the ogre is. It took two people two weeks to build.
![Sculptures were built using power drills and samurai swords](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2015/12/18/15/ice-sculpture-2.jepg_.gif)
1
Frozen lake, as part of the frozen forest
300
Tonnes of snow and ice was used all together.
![Construction on the site began in July](https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2015/12/18/16/ice-sculpture-3_0.jpeg)
The endeavour was planned in April 2015, and construction began in July.
Visit HydeParkWinterWonderland.com for more information
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