I get it. After all, they didn't have cat videos to keep them entertained.

We have college and professional 'sports' so people can live vicariously and associate themselves with events and actions bigger than themselves. Interesting how we behave...and then I joined this site

Amazing video. The people are not in danger, as long as the ice is of consistent thickness. They probably have had the same experience before Thanks for posting that.

I think that some of those people were really cutting it close. Some big ice chunks were within about a foot of one young man. He could have won a Darwin award very easily!

That ship was built in 1907 and wasn't decommissioned until 1970. I know I would have loved a closer look at her in action.

This looks like it isn't a new activity, they don't appear to be worried in the least.

Wow! Yep, a little crazy.... just thinking of all the possible things that could go wrong. Seeing that one young boy, right up close, only a foot or two from the edge, scary.

I think it's good commonsense and reason something lacking these days. Ice breakers break through ice that's 3 metres or more thick the locals would know this. Looking at this youtube the path that's left behind there isn't much local disturbance beyond the channel.

Neither brave nor stupid.

So they have white trash in Finland too?

reminds me of canoeing with a slightly altered friend of mine. We would go out on the Ohio River and explore, usually on the shore. Whenever he saw a barge making headway he always wanted to see if we could paddle across in front of it and beat it, He was older and I was stronger. We didnt do that challenge

that ship is moving FAST

YIKES! Maybe a little of both.

more like sheer curiosity ! I'd probably be in the crowd myself...

What a waste of an opportunity... I saw no one with fishing gear...

The craziest is a motorcycle riding out there. I remember seeing a cycle riding through a few inches and a blizzard here in Denver. I was thinking, I wouldn’t have to worry about falling off, the powerful pucker factor would have me held to the seat.

IMO the video speaks of serious boredom. What do you do for fun on frozen tundra for 6 months? Reminds me of participating in the "real balls" test of the abandoned grain elevator way out in the corn fields. The elevator was used for loading trains long ago and had concrete walls slightly more than 3 feet from the tracks. The test was to stand against the wall as a train went by. The trains went by about 60 mph and created suction pulling one toward the train. It was very loud and the ground shook. Done after dark of course.

Crazy!!

I'm going to cast my vote for "shear stupidity". Humans are prone to it, especially in groups.

Why stupid? This was Finland in a period that the winters were really fierce and the ice was always thick during the long, long winter. They used ice breakers all the time and knew what to expect. So there wasn't more danger, I guess, that nowadays the risk of an airplane crashing. Yes, if this would have happened yesterday I would not have been so sure and depending on the circumstances it might be foolish.

Thank you. not sure whether I should be the judge here, but it sure looks crazy... & cool

I'll go with thoughtless, careless, ignorant.

It's the same spirit of defiance that got them out of WWII without being a Soviet satellite.

I think a combination of brave with a little stupid mixed in. Most stayed a fair distance from the icebreaker but some had to get real close. The thickness of the ice was more stable and consistent than it would be today giving them a sense of security. This was almost a hundred years ago long before climate change.