© Reuters. An individual tosses boiling water into the air, which becomes steam, following winter, in Pyhatunturi, Finland January 1, 2024, in this screen grab gotten from social networks video. Lauri Untamo/via REUTERS/File Image
By Anne Kauranen
HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland’s record low temperature levels today motivated a traveler on a journey to the Arctic to attempt a technique that had long captivated him: tossing boiling water in the air when it’s very cold outdoors and seeing it become an instantaneous cloud of icy dust.
This is not something to attempt unless the temperature levels are at a level of cold that many put on earth seldom, or never ever, see.
Lauri Untamo, a 49-year-old sales supervisor from southern Finland, was on vacation in Finnish Lapland with good friends when the temperature level was up to minus 30 degrees Celsius (-22 ° F )on New Year’s Day.
” I had actually seen videos of the technique on social networks or YouTube that it was possible to carry out however had never ever had an appropriate frost to provide it a shot at minus 30 degrees or more,” Untamo informed Reuters.
He stated he boiled water in his cabin, rapidly brought it outdoors and tossed it in an arc over his head – making it through the effort without burns as the water right away became an icy cloud that wandered away.
The Nordic nations have actually seen very winter for the previous couple of days, with the most affordable temperature level in 25 years at minus 44.3 C (-47.74 ° F) tape-recorded on Friday in Enontekio, more north in the Arctic from Pyhatunturi where Untamo was remaining.
Regardless of the icy weather condition, Untamo and his group of good friends have actually been taking pleasure in outside activities such as Nordic snowboarding and strolling in the snow-clad forests.
” We even saw the Northern Lights on a couple of nights so Lapland has actually actually provided its finest to us today,” he stated.
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