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Brittney Merlot and her boyfriend, Mike, relaxed in the Cedar & Stone ice sauna after spending time in the traditional wood sauna on the shore of Lake Superior.
Embracing Finnish roots, business builds rare ice sauna
DULUTH, Minn. It was 8 degrees below zero and the windchill was even colder, but Brittney Merlot wore a tank top inside the igloo-like structure next to Lake Superior.
“It’s almost magical,” Merlot said, as billowing steam collided with a wall of ice. The thermometer on the wall read 80 degrees.
A small business in Duluth built a rare ice sauna in early February next to its traditional wood-fired Finnish sauna in Canal Park. It was one of many ideas Justin Juntunen, founder of Cedar & Stone Nordic Sauna, lists when describing his dream to turn Duluth into “the sauna capital of North America.”
DULUTH, Minn. — It was 8 degrees below zero and the windchill was even colder, but Brittney Merlot wore a tank top inside the igloo-like structure next to Lake Superior.
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