Intense days at the cabin with Archer's Mark crew from London. There's just enough ice that we were able to cut open our swimming pool...

After two days of filming with one of them being Johanna's training dive day, we had an early night and woke up to this beautiful...

Our last official filming day (or two) was this one. Such nice days!! This second day was about filming Johanna and Carolina de Salvo...

One of the amazing underwater nature photographers here is Pekka Tuuri. It's always pleasure to meet him, always happy and excited about...

We had Alexandra Rojkov here with us for a weekend from Geo and Geo Adventure magazines from Germany. We met her first on Friday evening...

On the weekend I had my first chance to test Hasselblad X1D. I loved it. Can’t wait to test it more! These were done with the 35mm lens....

We had one of our ElinaJohannaDays again. These days are like a timeout from the normal life we have. We drove a couple of hours from...

Johanna Under the Ice is doing so well!! Now a winner - Best Short Film at Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival! So proud of Ian Derry and my...

For DryRobe on one of our lake days. These robes keep us warm. Love them. Check out www.dryrobe.com Pics by Elina www.elinamanninen.com

Guinness World Records: "Recently in celebration of #GWRday Finnish free-diver Johanna Nordblad was presented with her incredible under...

This one popped up while I was on Twitter. Johanna's record day, 50m dive under the ice in her swimsuit. That was one of the nicest days!...

'Johanna' - a beautiful film of Johanna by Ian Derry is out now at Nowness. Watching this takes me back to the lake. So beautiful. The...

It's freezing. Cold. Our island is all frozen and pastel coloured. Johanna is ready for the cold. I can see the cold sneaking behind her...

We have pretty interesting projects coming out this year! This is the start of the first one. Ian Derry from London came to see us, we...