In the name of ice
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Tukkiniemi, Tervajärvi lake, Repovesi NP
Spend a winter in Finland and you’ll get in touch with ice. Lots of it. Whether the contact is painful or fun really depends on you and what you’re doing on it. I was either on a bike or on foot learning how to handle a kite. Others went fishing, or kite boarding, or skating. Some managed to fall through into freezing water below, misjudging the time it takes to thicken enough. But everyone definitely heard the impressive moans and cracks as the ice moved and expanded. And it sure was fun if sometimes scary when you’re hundreds of meters away from shore and the ice is sometime so clear and transparent you have to think twice if you’re walking on water or ice, hoping it really is thick enough to carry you.
Selkäsaari
Kariniemi, Lahti
Kite boarding on Vesijärvi, Lahti
more photos of Finnish and Estonian winter in the gallery.
