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Perhaps the most impressive wood-working accomplishment
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Perhaps the most impressivewood-working accomplishment on all of Finland's waterways

Perhaps the most impressive
wood-working accomplishment on all of Finland's waterways

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Perhaps the most impressive wood-working accomplishment
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on all of Finland's waterways.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
00:32:32
Uploaded
Jun 15, 2025
Season
1
Episode
4
Genres
documentary
Production
Red Rock Films,National Geographic

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The show brings viewers a new look at Scandinavia - once home to the infamous Vikings, and still a land of vast coastlines, soaring mountains, daring adventurers, ancient civilizations and lush forests.
S01 • E04 Nearly halfway down Finland, - Wild Nordic 00:07
Nearly halfway down Finland,
S01 • E05 These logs are trucked to trains, and from here, - Wild Nordic 00:09
These logs are trucked to trains, and from here,
S01 • E04 And here, the Finns use waterways like highways. - Wild Nordic 00:05
And here, the Finns use waterways like highways.
S01 • E04 Finland is one of Europe's largest producers of wood. - Wild Nordic 00:05
Finland is one of Europe's largest producers of wood.
S01 • E05 This is the longest log train in Finland. - Wild Nordic 00:04
This is the longest log train in Finland.
S01 • E04 And what better way than water to move all that wood to market. - Wild Nordic 00:06
And what better way than water to move all that wood to mark...
S01 • E05 But even what you see here in this railyard - Wild Nordic 00:07
But even what you see here in this railyard
S01 • E04 Workers wire thousands of logs together to form - Wild Nordic 00:10
Workers wire thousands of logs together to form
S01 • E05 If you took all the trees Finland is growing commercially - Wild Nordic 00:13
If you took all the trees Finland is growing commercially
S01 • E04 This timber is on a 150 mile journey downstream. - Wild Nordic 00:06
This timber is on a 150 mile journey downstream.
S01 • E04 And what you see above the surface is only one tenth - Wild Nordic 00:07
And what you see above the surface is only one tenth
S01 • E04 Perhaps the biggest marvel of this method - Wild Nordic 00:08
Perhaps the biggest marvel of this method
S01 • E05 Where the taiga forest ends in the south, Helsinki rises. - Wild Nordic 00:07
Where the taiga forest ends in the south, Helsinki rises.
S01 • E05 Finland's capital sits on more than 300 islands, - Wild Nordic 00:12
Finland's capital sits on more than 300 islands,
S01 • E04 A single tug does the pulling, - Wild Nordic 00:08
A single tug does the pulling,
S01 • E05 It's also a city with a wild side. - Wild Nordic 00:05
It's also a city with a wild side.
S01 • E04 About 40% of Finland's timber used to be transported this way, - Wild Nordic 00:14
About 40% of Finland's timber used to be transported th...
S01 • E05 In green pockets of forest throughout the city, - Wild Nordic 00:07
In green pockets of forest throughout the city,
S01 • E05 After dark is when one of the strangest creatures - Wild Nordic 00:10
After dark is when one of the strangest creatures
S01 • E04 This is the most affordable way - Wild Nordic 00:07
This is the most affordable way