Breaking Ice in the Bay of Bothnia
Five days on the Swedish icebreaker Ymer
This is a photo and video report the icebreaker Ymer, one of Sweden's three icebreakers cruising through the Bay of Bothnia between november and april every year to assure ship's traffic to the important industry ports such as Luleå on the Swedish coast. Day and night, this ship fights though the ice that sometimes is up to 5 and more meters thick. But this does not stop the Ymer. It's built to break any ice, even if it has to "drill" itself though ice walls. As it is of a high economic interest to keep open all waterways all year round, Ymer and its entire crew give their best - often by passion not by duty.
