Arctic Icebreaker Sampo Cruise on Gulf of Bothia | Finland

This time something different. I had a possibility to have a cruise on icebreaker Sampo on Gulf of Bothnia. It was 4 hours cruise and the cruise started from port of Kemi in Finland.

The cruise stops on the middle of the sea and it's possible to go to walk on the ice and float to the sea in the middle of ice using floatation suit. On the video you will see more.

Place: Gulf of Bothnia on the front of Kemi, Finland.
Ship: Arctic Icebreaker Sampo
Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Drone: DJI Mavic Air
Date: 31st of March, 2019

Check the video to see more regarding the arctic cruise on icebreaker.

That was interesting day.

Regards,
Mika

Tornio 2017 in Photos

Tomorrow is already last day of the year, so it's time to summarize this year 2017. I created this video, where is possible to see how the seasons change from one to another and something what happened during the year here in Tornio near Arctic Circle.

Place: Tornio, Lapland, Finland
Video: Tornio 2017 in photos
Date: January 2017 - December 2017

Cameras: Canon EOS 60D and Canon PowerShot G15

Enjoy!

I created same kind of video also last year first time - so this is Tornio in 2016.

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Happy New Year 2018!!

Regards,
Mika

End of Boating Season

I took this photo near Tornio bridges and there was also this old broken boat.

Place: Tornio, Finland
Photo: End of Boating Season
Date: 7th of October, 2017

Camera: Canon PowerShot G15
Shot: 1/320 sec. f/2.8 6.891mm ISO 80

Editing: HDR effect, contrast, clarity, cropping.

HDR effect works quite nicely in this photo and the boat comes better visible.

Regards,
Mika

Fall Colors - Ainopuisto in Tornio

Summer is over and now is already fall. It means also fall colors. This photo I took in Ainopuisto.

Place: Ainopuisto, Tornio, Finland
Photo: Fall colors - Ainopuisto in Tornio
Date: 17th of September, 2017

Camera: Canon PowerShot G15
Shot: 1/125 sec. f/8 12.819mm ISO 250

Editing: Contrast, exposure, highlights, saturation, cropping.

Fall is good time for photography. Nature change color and there is possibility to see big group of birds.

Regards,
Mika

Fishing in Kukkolankoski

Torne river is a border river between Finland and Sweden. It's also popular fishing river. It's well known especially of salmon, but also whitefish. Kukkolankoski rapids (in Swedish: Kukkolaforsen) is about 15km to north from Tornio and Haparanda and there people scooping up whitefish.

Kukkolankoski is also beautiful place to visit. Rapids area is 3500m long and it drops 13,5m. Watch this my video to see more:

Tip! You can buy also smoked whitefish from Kukkolankoski and it's so good.

Regards,

Mika