Two German tourists were just pulled from a perilous situation in the frozen Gulf of Bothnia, where they ingeniously spelled out “SOS” with chunks of ice after their emergency beacon went missing. This cross-border effort saved them from a watery grave after hours adrift on a fragmenting ice floe.
According to the NY Post, the man and woman, both experienced outdoor enthusiasts from Germany, had embarked on an ambitious 104-mile ski journey across the frozen sea that separates Finland and Sweden. They were camping on the Gulf of Bothnia which is the northernmost tip of the Baltic Sea and typically freezes over for up to half the year.
