This frozen sculpture took 15 ice blocks, 17 hours and a lot of coffee

This weekend's winter weather broughticy conditionsto Newfoundland's west coast, but rather than carving out their driveways, Steve and Jonathan Watson were busy with a different kind of ice cutting.

The father-son duo from St. John's took their chainsaws to 15 blocks of ice over the weekend, working to create an ice sculpture as part of the National Ice Carving Championship. The pair have created ice sculptures for yearsbut say this was a different kind of beast.

"You're looking at something that's only about an 8-by-11 sheet of paper, and then all of a sudden as we're going through the day on Saturday, we're putting the very top piece on the iceberg, thinking, 'What have we gotten ourselves into?'" Jonathan toldCBC News onMonday.

"It was certainly a challenge, that's for sure," Steve added.

The sculpture stands close to 10 feet talland features Newfoundland and Labrador elements the Qalipu First Nation, a jumping fish and an oil platform while incorporating the mandatory Olympic and Paralympic Gamestheme by focusing onunity.

"We really love our province of Newfoundland and Labrador, so that's where you're kind of seeing that reflection throughout that," Jonathan said.

Have a look at their handiwork in the video above.

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