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Breaking ice on icebreaker cruise

10:20 11/02/2009

The retired ice-breaker Sampo based in Finland is the only vessel of its kind in the world to offer tourist trips. The ship's captain says it takes about 10, 000 tourists each season around the Bay of Bothnia who like to see it smash its way through ice up to a metre thick at this time of year.

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