Главный строитель Кристофер «Билли» Нокс, первоначально

Chief Builder Christopher "Billy" Knox, originally from Chapin, Ill., and assigned to Naval Facilities Engineering Command Far East Detachment Misawa, smooths out the surface of a snow sculpture. Knox and the Navy Misawa Snow Team from Naval Air Facility Misawa are creating a snow sculpture on behalf of the base for the 64th Annual Sapporo Snow Festival on northern Japan’s Hokkaido Island. This is the 30th year that the naval installation has sent a delegation of sailors to take part in the city's festival. The team intends to create a scaled-down replica of USS George Washington's forecastle out of snow and ice. (U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Daniel Sanford)