Huge blocks of ice calved off and collapsed into tidal waves of icy slush.
They spray deer musk in big cat enclosures, and freeze a polar bear's fish supper in blocks of ice.
Workers yell, slice blocks of ice, haul massive bluefin tuna, spit, stop for a smoke, laugh, bone an eel and yell some more.
Other ideas include drilling into the aquifer beneath the city and pumping cool water along the tunnels (a method already used to cool the Royal Festival Hall), or installing chillers in the trains that would freeze blocks of ice while the trains were above ground which would then keep them frosty on the underground sections.
As described by ice sculptor Joseph Amendola in his book Ice Carving Made Easy, written records dating back to 600 BC reveal that in the highlands of northwest China, farmers would flood their fields with water, wait for it to freeze, harvest blocks of ice and then store them in insulated facilities to help preserve perishables like seafood.
The kettle ponds were formed more than 15, 000 years ago, when blocks of glacier ice melted, leaving massive holes, called kettles, that filled with fresh water.
And finally, just before you head out to sea, you will pass a series of fascinating ice-making houses where huge blocks of frozen water slide down rollercoaster runners and into the waiting boats.
Ice as collected as large blocks sawn out of frozen lakes or rivers during the winter and stored in ice houses for use in the summer.
Several 1911 views of the marble quarries at Carrara might be showing us ice blocks that will melt, rather than the weight and presumably majestic purpose for which this stone is soon destined.
Watch for bits of flying ice as the bartender chips smaller pieces from their custom-made ice blocks into a cocktail shaker.
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