Travel With Liz #Icebreaker ships and snow hotels in Kemi, Finland

in #travel7 years ago (edited)

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As we took off from the harbor, I spent most of my time outside on deck watching the ice swirl by as we made our way through an already cut shipping lane.
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Sampo was build in 1960 in Helsinki and used for almost thirty years cutting channels through the ice in northern Finland for shipping vessels before it was retired and turned into a tourist cruise. To be honest, that is not something I would normally be super interested in but I found myself really enjoying learning something new, and even pestering the crew to let me see how things work, the engine room, can I toot the horn? No you may not.
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Wow, amazing! I am having travel envy right now!

So how cold was it in the ice hotel?

Could you feel the cold water when you went swimming?

How thick was the ice that the ship was breaking through?

Sorry for so many questions I grew up in a snow cold environment so I think winter ice vacations are amazing!

Thanks for sharing!

Hi, that are some nice pictures. What kind of camera do you use. Btw check my profile if you want to see some beautiful pictures of Croatia :)

This looks amazing! must have been so cold!

Very Nice....post...follow...don...thanks...