Earth Beat, 1 July 2011. Ice, ice baby and bucketloads of the stuff. We meet the ice obsessives, people for whom ice is their job, their way of life, their art. Making music with it, sculpting it or just immersing your body in it: ice is too cool for school.

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The Iceman cometh
Wim Hof - pictured above - loves the ice and likes nothing better than immersing himself in it for a couple of hours. He’s become known worldwide as The Iceman and he joins host Marnie Chesterton in the studio to tell her how we can all improve our health by enjoying the cold a little more.
Links - for more information visit Wim's website. To watch Wim in action, visit his video page.

Video - Wim Hof came to the RNW studios to be interviewed and set Marnie an ice foot-immersion challenge:

Ice music
We encounter the icy sound world of Norwegian musician Terje Isungset. He not only writes and performs with ice, he also makes his own instruments. If you imagine the stuff to sound cold and unforgiving prepare to be pleasantly surprised.  
Link - Icemusic

Carving a career out of ice
Mauritius isn’t known for its cold climate and it’s not the kind of place you’d expect to find a world-famous ice-sculptor. But Steve Armance started working as a wood carver on the island before turning his hand to the cold stuff instead. His career has taken him to a number of cold countries, where his creations have earned him the title of World Champion.
Video - Steve Armance & Mario Amegee represent Africa at the London Ice Sculpting Festival 2011 (0.44):

The other Iceman
Dr Nirmal Kumar Sinha doesn’t have the sort of name you’d associate with snow and ice. But in his adopted home of Canada he’s become known as The Iceman. His passion for the stuff has led to 35 Arctic trips, a lot of pain and a scientific knowledge of the cold that is second to none.

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