Cruises from Ornskoldsvik
Ornskoldsvik is a natural harbour and archeopelago is in the Gulf of Bothnia and the northern boundaries of the High Coast area of outstanding natural beauty. The region is notable as the "type area" for research on isostasy, in which the land rises as the weight of the glaciers melts off of it. This phenomenon was first recognised and studied there; since the last ice age the land has risen 800 m, which accounds for the unusual landscape with tall cliff formations.