Unseasonably delicate climate has pressured the Carnaval de Québec to shut one in every of its signature venues on the final day of the occasion.
Officials say they closed Bonhomme’s Palace on the recommendation of consultants attributable to above-freezing temperatures in Quebec City.
In honour of the Carnival’s seventieth anniversary this 12 months, officers constructed a nine-room ice palace named for the occasion’s well-known mascot that, for the primary time, included a second storey.
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Organizers say competition goers will solely be capable to see the palace from the skin on the ultimate day.
It’s not the primary time comparatively balmy temperatures have brought about issues for this 12 months’s Carnival organizers.
The ice dome on the occasion’s sculpture backyard additionally needed to be closed on Thursday attributable to security considerations as temperatures lingered above the freezing mark.
This 12 months marks the seventieth version of the carnival.
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Warm weather forces Quebec winter carnival to close ice palace on event’s final day
