Icy Baltic Sea Near Helsinki

Outreach | Feb 6, 2010 | 4 Comments

The Land of Suomi

We made it to Finland on my birthday, the fourth. It was a crazy ferry ride from Stockholm to Helsinki because of the icy waters of the Baltic Sea. We heard another boat got stuck for a whole day this winter because the ice froze so quickly. We were on the bottom floor next to where the ice chunks hit the side of the boat. Surprisingly we were able to sleep even with the constant clunking of ice passing by. It was windy too so the boat gently rocked, which might have helped us sleep! We arrived in Helsinki only 30 minutes late.

We immediately noticed a change in the look of the people. In my opinion, the Finnish look

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