As a geographer he published scientific studies on topics such as the geological history of lake Saimaa and the geological history of lake Puula and spent his summers in geomorphological fieldwork in the Finnish Lakeland for many years.
He was a geographer who wrote scientific papers about the geological past of Lake Saimaa and Lake Puula. For several decades, he dedicated his summer months to studying the landscape changes in Finnish Lakeland through field research.