King Boreas never had a chance given this winter’s unseasonably warm weather. Not one day of the 2024 Winter Carnival’s 10-day run saw a high temperature that was below freezing. The signature ice carvings and snow sculptures quickly melted, and St. Paul last week closed all of its outdoor ice rinks, saying they were unlikely to reopen this winter, which, so far, is the warmest on record in .
Let us introduce you to the nine candidates for the 2024 Aurora, Queen of the Snows of the St. Paul Winter Carnival. Julia Bina, sponsored by Hamernick’s Flooring Solutions A lifelong science enthusiast, Bina earned a degree in biology with minors in public health and chemistry from the University of Minnesota in 2019. She says her life changed forever when she joined a yearlong, team-based .