Auntie Midge hears about the Fairbanks Ice Sculpture Contest and asks Molly's mother, an ice sculpture expert herself, if she'll participate, but Molly's mother is busy with work at the Denali Trading Post. Wanting to see her mother in action on an ice sculpture, Molly suggests that Qyah hold its own ice sculpture contest. Along the way of planning the event and having some of Qyah's residents enter, Molly's idea runs into some snags that threaten to cancel the contest: global warming causing spring to come early, being unable to use chainsaws in the dark, and not enough lights to see in the dark...