The number of drowning deaths increased from last year, when two people drowned in November.
In November A total of seven people drowned, according to preliminary data from the Finnish Association for Swimming Education and Lifesaving (SUH). Three drownings occurred when a person sank on ice, three while in water and one while swimming. During January – November, a total of 148 people were drowned in Finland.
The frosty days of the winter that have begun attract people to the weak ice. According to SUH, dozens of near misses occurred on weak ice in November. Also at the beginning of December, two people drowned in the weak ice in Northern Savonia.
The number of drowning deaths increased from last year, when two people drowned in November, according to SUH. In January – November of the same year, a total of 103 people drowned. In Finland, 100–150 people drown in accidents every year, 10–30 of them as a result of sinking into the ice.
SUH reminds you that frost weather or the calendar say nothing about the carrying capacity of the ice. Snow layers on top of the ice act as insulation, slowing down the thickening of the ice and hiding visible hazards. There is a lot of variation in ice conditions in different parts of the country, in addition to which the thickness of the ice can vary a lot in a small area.
“It’s good to remember that even if there are five centimeters of fault-free steel ice on the beach, the thickness of the ice can vary greatly, even in a small area,” says SUH’s communications expert. Niko Nieminen in the bulletin.
The strength of the ice is calculated according to the flawless steel ice. Steel ice is strong solid ice that is formed directly from water. Steel ice should be at least five cents and preferably 10 to withstand an adult walking alone.
A snowmobile and ATV require an ice deck at least 15 inches thick, and cars should only be driven on marked ice roads.
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