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Reto Gilli (R), manager of the Igloo-village in Zermatt, is getting showered with champagne before piling one of the last snow bricks during the builing work for the world record attempt for the largest classic igloo with a diameter of 13 meters and a ceiling hight of 11 meters in Zermatt, Switzerland, 21 January 2016. This world record attempt is hold during the 20th anniversary of the Igloo-village on an altitude of 2,727 meters. A total of 1,700 snow bricks are needed during the construction phase of two weeks. By now, the largest Igloo was built on 19 February 2011 in Grand Falls, Canada with a diameter of 9,2 meters and a ceiling hight of 5,3 meters. (Photo by Dominic Steinmann/EPA)
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