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tavernier

(13,797 posts)

4. I have crossed the Baltic from Estonia to Finland

Reply to blue-wave (Original post)

Sat Apr 12, 2025, 10:19 PM

Apr 2025

in February on an icebreaker at night. The ship lights shining on the churning ice below reminded me of the Titanic film and I couldn’t imagine anyone surviving five minutes in those waters. Certainly the weather is warmer now two months later, but it’s still not Hawaii. It would take guts to board an unfriendly vessel in those waters I would think.