The title of the cruise tells you everything. Yes, it's job is to cruise around Gulf of Bothnia to break the ice on the ocean to allow the cargo or passenger ship to pass through. The ice will be formed within 1 night, as the weather is so cold. Once the ice are formed and without the help of the ice breaker, shipper will not be able to cruise through Gulf of Bothnia. Mainly for the trading between Sweden and Finland.
From 1980+, it begin to allow tourist on board to witness this fascinating scene. A unique experience to spend our Christmas eve on the
Ice Breaker Cruise.
We will be picked up from
Rovaniemi Train Station at 0705 hours, and about 3 hours bus journey to reach the port. During this tour, we manage to meet some Singaporean, Malaysian and HongKonger.
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| "Egg Yolk" break through the ocean of ice |
Highlight of this trip - We are going to swim in this freezing cold water...
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| Special suit that keep us warm and dry, in the water. |
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| Can you find where is Princess? |
After the 3 hours cruise, the package include a Finnish buffet lunch, mainly on river trout.
That's all for the trip...
We will be drop off at Kemi Train Station after lunch, we will be taking a night bus to Helsinki from there... So many first experience, and this will be the worst... Stay in the bus for 12 hours; with 30 mins break in every 5 hours ride. It is the only transportation we have, in order to reach Helsinki, as the train system is not operating on 24th and 25th. As for bus, there is only 1 trip. Meaning its either you stay in Rovaniemi for 1 more night or take the night bus to Helsinki...
2 more countries to explore...
Stay tune...
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