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Lake Saimaa, Linnansaari National Park and Saimaa Ringed Seals

Lake Saimaa is like an inland archipelago with waters clear and fresh! The water is so clean you can drink it directly from the lake! It covers a surface area of 4400km and the shoreline amounts to 13,700 km and there are about 13,710 islands in the lake. At the end of June I was … Lake Saimaa, Linnansaari National Park and Saimaa Ringed Seals

The Saimaa Ringed Seal

Saimaa Ringed Seals are found only in Lake Saimaa in Finland and are one of the world’s rarest seals. There are thought to be just 360 individuals remaining today. They are one of a number of subspecies of Ringed Seal, except that, unlike many other species of seal, they live in fresh water. These seals … The Saimaa Ringed Seal

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