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Three plates from the book
Suomi Kuvissa (Pictorial Finland)
by photographer I.K. Inha, 1895-1896:
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| S. S. „Express". |
Ere an ice-breaker had yet been procured to Hangö, the 5...5. »Express» carried on the winter trade to Stockholm.
This steamer has gone through many adventures. Sometimes it has disappeared for weeks, with both passengers and mails — causing great anxiety and much trouble on both sides of the Bothnian sea — but has always with singular good fortune escaped the greatest dangers.
On our picture we see the boat in Hangö harbour, just returned from a voyage, during which the sea and the frost have covered its bows with thick layers of ice.
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| Snow-skating" match. |
Snow-skating sport gets more and more popular and will soon occupy the foremost place among winter athletics. Snow-skating matches are held everywhere throughout the country, and great advances have also been made in the manufacture of snow-skates.
The honour of leading the van in these endeavours must unquestionably be awarded to Uleåborg the principal town of Northeast Bothnia.
Our illustration is from the grand snow-skating match at that town. The competitors are skating along the frozen Uleå river.
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| Murtaja. |
A regular steamer traffic the whole year round is an absolute necessity for the development of the butter and timber export, both of which branches of trade have of late attained such a promising degree of prosperity.
In consequence of this, the goverment procured the ice-breaker »Murtaja», which ever since 1890 has kept the fair-way to Hangö winter harbour open. »Murtaja» has performed its duties well, although the battle has been tremendous with ice, snow and storm. — We see it on our picture, in the act of assisting the »Bottnia» through masses of ice into the harbour.
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