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Satellite image of the Baltic Sea in a mild winter Traversing Baltic Sea and ice On particularly cold winters, the coastal parts of the Baltic Sea freeze into ice thick enough to walk or ski on. The water temperature of the Baltic Sea varies significantly depending on exact location, season and depth.
The Gulf of Bothnia (/ ˈ b ɒ θ n i ə /; Finnish: Pohjanlahti; Swedish: Bottniska viken) is divided into the Bothnian Bay and Bothnian Sea, and it is the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea, between Finland's west coast (East Bothnia) and the northern part of Sweden's east coast (West Bothnia and North Bothnia).
Gulf of Finland Satellite image showing the gulf entirely frozen over in January 2003. The Gulf of Finland has an area of 30,000 km 2 (12,000 sq mi). [2] The length (from the Hanko Peninsula to Saint Petersburg) is 400 km (250 mi) and the width varies from 70 km (43 mi) near the entrance to 130 km (81 mi) on the meridian of Moshchny Island; in the Neva Bay, it decreases to 12 km (7.5 mi).
A cargo ship approaching the Vihreäsaari harbour in Oulu, Finland, while the Bay of Bothnia starts to freeze for the winter The ice road between the Hailuoto island and the mainland. The Bothnian Bay has a harsher environment than other parts of the greater Baltic Sea. [11] The bay is ice-covered for 110 to 190 days each year. [12]
Leading the Baltic Sea seagrass initiative is Angela Stevenson, a postdoctoral researcher at GEOMAR who planted three test fields in recent years, discovering shoots were more resilient than seeds.
The Baltic Sea froze over twice, in 1303 and 1306–1307, and years followed of "unseasonable cold, storms and rains, and a rise in the level of the Caspian Sea." [26] The Little Ice Age brought colder winters to parts of Europe and North America.
Major naval drills about to start in the Baltic Sea involving some 30 ships and more than 3,000 Western service members will for the first time practice how to respond to a Russian assault in the ...
MOSCOW/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -A Russian defence ministry proposal to revise Russia's maritime border in the eastern Baltic Sea created confusion and concern on Wednesday in NATO members Finland ...