Ice carving is not an Olympic sport, however it has been featured in conjunction with the Winter Games as a Cultural Olympiad event. The Cultural Olympiad is a series of cultural events that take place alongside the traditional Olympic Games.nnIce sculpting was included as part of the Cultural Olympiad for the first time at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games. At the 2002 Winter Games in Salt Lake City, the USA’s National Ice Carving Association took an active role in managing and adjudicating the ice carving competition.nnUnfortunately, ice carving is not regularly featured at the Olympic Games, however the World Art Ice Championships in Alaska and Harbin International Ice Sculpture Competition are both held on an annual basis, keeping the competitive spirit of ice sculpture alive.