There are Canadians who hate the long cold winter and then there are those who embrace it and try to have some fun. Among the latter, is Lukas Mertelik of Fort Nelson in the western province of British Columbia.
He was engaged in the typical winter practice of shovelling snow out of the driveway and off the walk when he realized conditions were great for building a snowman. When snow is dry it doesn’t stick. It needs to hold some moisture for making forts, snowmen and snowballs for the ubiquitous snowball fights.
Kids usually build snowmen about their own size or a bit bigger. But Mertelik realized he could build something big because the snow would harden. He also took the unusual step of using steel rods and plywood to sculpt a huge pile of snow.
Working in minus 30 degree Celsius weather for three weekends he completed a 6-metre tall snowman replete with top hat and carrot nose.
Mertelik reports that his children aged five and three are delighted. “They love it, they crawl all over him.”
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