Club Evening: Baltic Sea Wrecks and Other Discoveries

Töölö Library, Event Hall, 4th floor, Topeliuksenkatu 6

Marine biologist, philosophy doctorate holder, and research diver Juha (Roope) Flinkman has worked as development manager at the Finnish Environment Institute and on the research vessel Aranda. At this club evening, he will discuss the state of the Baltic Sea and his shipwreck research projects - most notably the investigation of the Vrouw Maria, which sank in 1771 and was explored in 1999. Flinkman also participated in a diving team that discovered submarines from the world wars in 2014, the oldest being U-26, which was commissioned in 1914.

Flinkman has written several works on the subject: "Vrouw Maria's Last Voyage" (2014, with Petri Puromiemi), "S/S Hindenburg - A Wreck in the Archipelago Sea" (1997, with Reima Rädy), and "Fog of War - World War I in the Gulf of Finland" (2024, with Markku Luoto). Books will be available for purchase after the event if possible.

The club evening is open to everyone. Contact person: Ilona Vaara, 040 753 789.