Igloos and airplanes are just a few of the different types of properties fueling the growth.

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One of the many igloos, dubbed a "Bigloo" by the students who designed and constructed it, stood almost 7 feet tall.

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Snow artists have also been let loose on the designs, and igloos sport fanciful carvings of anything from swans to the stone faces of Angkor.

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Esquimau igloos and polar bears and the beautiful Northern lights.

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Built from thermal glass, the eco igloos are set in the winter wonderland landscape of Levi, with its landscape of pines and spruce and thick carpeting of pristine snow.

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