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Ice-related drownings in Finland quadruple
People spent a lot of time outdoors in 2020, which was an exceptionally warm year in Finland.
No ice-covered body of water is without risk.
Image: Matti Björkman / Lehtikuva
Last year, 113 people drowned in Finland, according to preliminary figures from the Finnish Swimming Teaching and Lifesaving Federation (FSL).
Twenty-eight of these deaths were ice-related incidents, up from six in 2019. The federation attributed the increase to people spending more time outdoors, thin and weak ice as well as to 2020 being unusually warm.
December saw ten drownings, nine of whom were men who all slipped through ice.