Deep snowbanks bode well for Finland’s rare Saimaa seals
The endangered Saimaa seals of eastern Finland may be able to nest this spring without human help. In recent years
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Northwestern Canada: 2,000 people spend hours without power in blistering-cold morning
About 150 people who live north of Whitehorse have been waiting eight hours for power after an outage on the coldest
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Photos – Cold temperatures create amazing landscapes in southern Finland
Finland’s lakes have been freezing behind schedule this winter, according to Finland’s Environmental Administration, which urges those venturing out on
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Finland’s power prices dropped as wind turbines were fed by winter storm
Record-strong winds pushed the price of electricity down early Wednesday as they kept wind turbines spinning during a major winter storm.
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Microbes pose no threat to winter swimmers, according to Finnish Health Institute
The Finnish tradition of ice swimming poses very little risk of microbial infection to swimmers, the National Institute for Health
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Northerners cope in different ways with prolonged winter darkness
Ten days ago, on 24 November, the sun rose above the horizon for the last time in Utsjoki, Finland’s northernmost
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How do insects survive the winter? Not the way we thought
A new study is revealing the science behind how some insects survive winters in harsh climates, and it goes against
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Finland: March temperatures frostiest in five years
The Finnish Meteorological Institute FMI has reported that most parts of Finland were 2 to 5 degrees colder than average
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Sudden shift in weather brings hazardous driving conditions in Finland
Meteorologists warn that a thaw combined with new snowfall may make road conditions dangerous throughout southern and south-west Finland on
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Cold brings record numbers to Stockholm homeless shelter
With temperatures nudging -14C on Tuesday night, a record 170 homeless people came to shelter at a church in Stockholm.
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Snow chaos: Police urge motorists in Sourthern Sweden to stay at home
Heavy snow and freezing temperature is continuing to cause travel chaos for drivers and rail and bus passengers in south-eastern
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Amid snow blizzards in Sweden, motorists warned not to go out
Sweden’s Transport Administration has called in its fleet of tank-tracked all terrain vehicles as the snow blizzards and high winds
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Siberian ‘Beast from the East’ keeps Swedish kids inside
A Siberian cold front has brought Sweden unusually cold temperatures for late February. It was -42 degrees C when Kristina
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Another cold week in Finland
The coming week in Finland is going to be very cold but sunny. The Finnish Meteorological Institute has issued a
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Finland’s frigid weather to get even colder next week
Temperatures in southern and central Finland could drop as low as -30 degrees Celsius next week – and the wind
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