Brandon Phelps, left, plunges a hand-operated ice saw into the surface of Pontiac Bay on Lake Flower Friday morning as Kyle Tisdale runs a chainsaw along the surface. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Cerbone)

Kyle Tisdale is engulfed in a cloud of chainsaw exhaust, ice spray and heat from his breath as he slices open the surface of Pontiac Bay on Lake Flower Friday morning, making one of the first cuts to free the Ice Palace bricks from the water. It was around -15 degrees out as the volunteers with the Ice Palace Workers (IPW) Local 101 began their annual construction for Winter Carnival. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Cerbone)

Rob Russell, left, and Brandon Phelps use large tongs to heave an ice block out of Pontiac Bay, the first of hundreds of blocks removed that day for use on the Ice Palace. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Cerbone)

Garrett Foster runs an 83-year-old homemade engine-powered ice saw on the frozen surface of Pontiac Bay on Lake Flower Friday morning. He was cutting ice blocks out for use constructing the Winter Carnival Ice Palace. It was around -15 degrees out as the volunteers with the Ice Palace Workers (IPW) Local 101 began their annual construction. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Cerbone)

Garrett Foster runs an 83-year-old homemade engine-powered ice saw on the frozen surface of Pontiac Bay on Lake Flower Friday morning. He was cutting ice blocks out for use constructing the Winter Carnival Ice Palace. It was around -15 degrees out as the volunteers with the Ice Palace Workers (IPW) Local 101 began their annual construction. (Enterprise photo — Aaron Cerbone)