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In Search of the Arctic Form - How does a snowboard without bindings look like? Is it arctic design or quite something else - a story of the design company Treeform.

Travelling in Nature's Embrace - Tourism in the bosom of nature – the video takes us to hotel Korpikartano, a former school in the village of Menesjärvi in Inari. It is a place where people travel from beyond the oceans in search of peace.

Exploring the Snow - Somewhere in Sodankylä researchers are digging a hole in the snow and sweeping the snow with a paintbrush. Why and how is snow studied?

Breaking the Frozen Waves - This video opens you the secrets of braking the ice. With some pumping and bubbling everything goes smoother.

Welcome to an Arctic party! The Arctic Variety video series [fi, smi, sv] looks at everyday life and competence in the Finnish Arctic. Cool experts can be found all around the country and in a wide range of occupations and duties. Thanks to them, Finland is an Arctic country – in a happy, skilled, proud and understanding way.

The five-part video series has been produced by the Europe Information of the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland. The videos, created by Northlight Pictures from Rovaniemi, give new tones to the themes of the Arctic Variety book. 

Ice swimming for joy of life - Would you try this exotic Arctic adventure? As many as 100,000 Finns go ice swimming every winter.