Andover neighborhood creates magnificent ice carousel

ANDOVER, Minn. (FOX 9) - On Saturday in Andover, Dan Anderson brought his neighborhood together, by building an ice carousel on the lake ice behind his home.

"It’s just a blast putting together an event like this. People come out, we serve hot chocolate and cookies," Anderson said. "It’s become a tradition now, like, ‘oh Dan, when are you going to have the ice carousel?’"

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Anderson and company construct an ice carousel by cutting a near perfect circle out of 12 inches of ice.

Then, they stick a boat motor in the water, to make the floating ice chunk begin to spin.

"There’s a lot of planning that goes on throughout the year to get this day going," Jeremy Smith said. "Dan’s amazing creation… this is just a big brainchild of his… this is the primary winter activity in our book. Maybe just behind Christmas."

"It’s a lot of stuff, there’s 1,000 little things that have to happen," Dan finished.