Winter can be long and awful, but there is no end to the ways Canadians find to make it interesting and fun. Take the frozen hair contest run by Takhini Hot Pools in the northern territory of Yukon.
The contest involves people sitting in hot springs and using the steam rising off them to sculpt their hair. The “ideal” temperature is apparently -30 C.
One strategy is to lay the hair on the edge of the pool to freeze. “As it freezes, they’ll slowly fashion it or sculpt it into something,” says Andrew Umbrich, owner of Takhini Hot Pools.”Once it’s frozen it becomes a lot easier to move and shape…
”It just takes 10 minutes to a half hour to make a pretty incredible picture,” he says.
The contest has been going on for years, but this year it has attracted attention from around the world, in part, through the company’s Facebook page.
Miléna Georgeault and her winning teammates posted a video on Facebook and she was surprised to see that has more than 18,000 views.
About 20 people entered the contest this year. Top prize was $150 but Umbrich says it might be higher next year.
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