Bothnia
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As freshwater input grew, the seaway gradually changed from salty to brackish and eventually to mostly freshwater, similar to conditions seen today in the Gulf of Bothnia.
From Science Daily • Dec. 15, 2025
It is made for the Gulf of Bothnia and the alleyways of Jokkmokk and the lethal zephyrs of Njörðr.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 25, 2018
It’s located on the Gulf of Bothnia, across the gulf from Sweden, and most people here speak Swedish.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 3, 2015
The ship was saved in 1987, when the city of Kemi, a small port on the Gulf of Bothnia, the finger of water separating Finland and Sweden, decided that it had tourist potential.
From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2014
As the traveler approaches the Gulf of Bothnia, they assimilate very closely to the same classes in Sweden, and but little difference is perceptible either in their language or costume.
From The Land of Thor by Browne, J. Ross (John Ross)
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