Overview
- The pair triggered a distress beacon around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday while attempting a roughly 166-kilometre Oulu–Luleå ski crossing, prompting a joint Finnish–Swedish search.
- Rescuers located them about five hours later and brought them to shore cold but in otherwise good condition, according to the Finnish Coast Guard.
- They had camped on the frozen bay when the ice fractured overnight, sending most of their equipment into the water.
- After reaching a larger floe, they increased their visibility by shaping a large SOS from snow and ice for aircraft to spot.
- Finnish media reported the two as a German man and woman, though authorities have not officially confirmed their nationality.