Arctic - thisisFINLAND

Warm winter makes rescuing Finland’s Saimaa seal many degrees more difficult

Climate change presents fresh challenges for Finland’s already endangered Saimaa ringed seal population and those trying to save it. We visit them on the lakeshore.

Life & society Language

Integral to the culture, Sámi languages stay vibrant in Finland

Sámi Language Week, October 19–25, 2020: We talk to some of the people who are helping keep Sámi languages alive in Finland, and find out why that is so important. Hint: It’s a matter of communication, culture and identity.

Business & innovation Webpick

Finnish atmospheric scientists investigate complex climate connections of particles in Arctic

Four researchers from the University of Helsinki on board the German research vessel Polarstern are analysing the Arctic atmosphere and the processes that take place there, with the aim of creating increasingly accurate climate change models.

200

Number of nights the Northern Lights are visible in Finnish Lapland in a typical year

Life & society Slideshows

Autumn brings a festival of colour to Finnish Lapland’s fells

The autumn colours come early in Lapland, in the far north of Finland.

Life & society Arctic

Despite progress during Finland’s Arctic Council term, the world still faces a “time of great urgency”

We take a look at the legacy of Finland’s time as chair of the Arctic Council, whose importance is more profound than ever as the Arctic region’s global significance grows and becomes more widely known.

Days of midnight sun in northern Lapland

Arts & culture Travel

Inviting accommodation in Finland

This selection of hotel accommodation ranges from Finland’s southernmost shores all the way to Finnish Lapland in the north, with something for every season.

Business & innovation Climate

Finnish Arctic weather expertise takes trip to Pacific tropics

We talk with a Samoan and a Finn about a four-year cooperative effort between the Finnish Meteorological Institute and 14 Pacific island nations to improve critical weather forecasting and warning capabilities.

Arts & culture Environment

In Finnish climate change film, the future still exists

British Finnish documentary film director John Webster takes a new approach to a topic that is important to him and a few billion other people: climate change. Spoiler alert: Don’t abandon hope.