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You can get AegisMax 800FP down sleeping bag delivered for $50 from China.

Finland has around 10 % lower food prices than the rest of the Nordics, but much higher prices for alcohol and tobacco products. Ski passes for the whole day cost 38-39 € in the largest resorts in the Northern Finland. I can see from their web site that passes cost 45 € per day in Åre.

The Arms Historic Society of Finland does firearm and militaria auction twice a year. According to Statistics Finland, over 80 % of the Finnish people between ages 18 and 64 claim to know English.

According to the statistics for the normal period 1981–2010, the average relatively humidity for the winter months ranges from 80 to 90 % and from 60 to 70 % during the summer months in Finland. The climate of Southern Finland is quite similar to that of around Anchorage or Northern Quebec, i.e...

Apart from the local eBay equivalent (www.tori.fi and www.huuto.net), there are three online surplus stores in Finland: www.swat.fi www.supernova.fi www.varusteleka.fi

What is your budget? What is your preferred month to travel? Do you mind occasional days with temperatures down to -40°C/F? Does everything have to be guided activity? Do you mind mass tourism?

Here's some information about Finnish surplus boots that are quite close to the 1940s summer boots. Finnish Defence Forces Leather Boots

Previous discussion - Töysän Kenkätehdas Finnish Boots

This was filmed by Työtehoseura (Work Efficiency Institute) in 1955 as the first part of a three-part instructional series teaching how to maintain forestry tools. The other two parts were about saws, spuds and drawknives. The films were preceded by a 100-page book which I have a copy. Later in...

I have found a supplier of NOS 1980s or early 1990s zippers. The price of a zipper will depend of the number of orders, but would be in the neighborhood of 1 € per zipper (without shipping). The price for shipping for up to 10 zippers is 3.70 € and 5.80 € up to 20 zippers inside Europe. For...

It's Swedish uniform jacket m/39-58 ("vapenrock m/39-58") with coastal artillery ("kustartilleriet") insignia. The manufacturing year should be marked on the lining with ink. These jackets are being sold for a few pounds in the Internet.

Dirt cheap option (~30-40 €) many Finns use is a pair of Safari Thermo boots. They're made out of ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA), it is the same material used in most foam sleeping mats. Safari Thermo boots by N.S.F. (in Finnish)

Some highlights of this year.

I fixed the links and added some new ones to the previous posts.

Still available.

Still available, now with reduced price.

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As warm as your insoles and socks or footwraps are. They are designed to be used both with thick wool insoles and footwraps.

Finnish Defence Forces older calf-high leather boots are a quite good deal for 30 € a pair and they can be attached to skis.

In those temperatures, I would really recommend wool over fur. Wool is much easier to clean, more durable, cheaper and you won't face so many problems with condensation and decomposition connected to temperatures near or higher than zero.