TheDartmouth.com | Images from Winter Carnival 2009

Members of the Dartmouth ski team move to the stage during Winter Carnival Opening Ceremonies on Thursday evening.

Ski team captains recite a poem during Winter Carnival Opening Ceremonies. The team went on to its third consecutive carnival victory later that weekend, its strongest win of the season.

Above-freezing temperatures caused puddles of slush to form across the Green, reflecting the faces of the ski team captains as they participated in Carnival

Students hike up the golf course to compete in the annual Carni Classic. Ski races have been a part of Winter Carnival since its inception in 1910.

Students compete in Thursday

A substantial amount of the snow on the Green had melted by Thursday afternoon, but that didn

A student jumps into the icy water of Occom Pond during the annual Polar Bear Swim. Concerns about high temperatures prior to the Carnival nearly cancelled the event, but the swim went on as planned.

Emerson Curry

Hanover youth participate in an ice fishing event during the annual Occom Pond Party.

Students place rafters over the top of the snow sculpture. High temperatures prior to Carnival weekend later caused the sculpture

After the snow sculpture

Students worked around the clock for two days to complete the newly designed sculpture of Moosilauke Mountain after the interactive replica of the Lodge was destroyed.