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04.05.2026

In the Bay of Bothnia, there is rotten fast ice at places and else very open ice along the coasts in the northwest. At sea in the central part, there is 10–40 cm thick and in places ridged drifting ice of varying concentration at places. The ice is surrounded by open water.

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