Hikers Slept in a Tent on the Ice of the Bothnian Bay, the Ice Broke During the Night

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The Coast Guard launched a rescue mission after an emergency call was made. Rescuers from Sweden also participated.

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A pair of German tourists were rescued in the frozen Gulf of Bothnia. During a ski trip from Finland to Sweden, the ice broke under the Germans' tent. The rescue operation took place on Saturday, the Western Finland Coast Guard announced.

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A German couple got stuck in the ice of Helsingborg this week. Finnish public broadcaster YLE reports. The couple had been skiing from Oulu in Finland and were planning to ski across the frozen Helsingborg to Luleå in Sweden. They stayed in a tent on the way, but during the night the ice began to break up and they lost most of their equipment into the sea. They managed to get to safer ice and send out a distress call. A rescue plane found them a…

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Two people were rescued from the sea area between Oulu and Luleå after spending the night in tents on the ice. Aircraft from both Sweden and Finland had to intervene.

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Two ski tourers were rescued on Saturday in the Bay of Bothnia from the ice area between Oulu and Luleå, Sweden, on the Finnish side, the Turku Maritime Rescue Center reported.

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The hikers fled onto solid ice. Two hikers were rescued from the ice area between Oulu and Luleå on Saturday, according to a press release from the Western Finland Coast Guard. The hikers had spent the night in a tent on the ice. During the night, the ice broke and their equipment ended up in the sea.