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> What taking pictures in Finland is like was graphically described by Cameraman Carl Mydans in a word-&-picture close-up in LIFE this week. Excerpt:
"I have never worked under greater hardship than when shooting the Kemi River battlefield. I carried two Contaxes inside my sheepskin coat to keep them from freezing. I would make a picture quickly with one, return it to its warmth and use the second camera for the next shot. It was necessary to work barehanded during the exposure and this was long enough to get nipped fingers. Changing film became a major task. The light came at 11 a. m. and was gone before two and at best it was bad. Pictures lay at every glance, but I have never suffered more in getting them."