Biscuits from the North Pole

These chocolate wafer biscuits were amongst the treats handed round at a recent presentation of Kjetil Berge’s Breaking the Ice project, which I’ve written about earlier.

He has now completed his appointed rounds from London to Denmark, Sweden, Estonia, and then in Russia through St Petersburg, Petrozavodsk, Murmansk, and Nikel, and finally to Kirkenes in northern Norway. Now we are very happy to see him back in his more southerly home again!

Below are some videos of the journey - more here.


Narva, 24 December 2012



St Petersburg, 27 December 2012.



Petrozavodsk, 29 December 2012.



Murmansk, 3 Janury 2013.

Breaking the ice

My friend Kjetil Berge is departing on an expedition to the Arctic on Saturday. Travelling overland by ice cream van, he will go via Berlin and St Petersburg to Murmansk, Russia, and then to Kirkenes, Norway. Ice creams will be offered in exchange for talk about the weather, songs and stories.

Londoners can wave him farewell (and get an ice cream for a song) at Gillett Square this Saturday, between 4 and 6 pm. Read more about the journey here, and see Kjetil’s other doings here.

The top image is from the 2006 hardback edition of Rasmus Klump På Nordpolen by Carla and Vilhelm Hansen. Rasmus Klump is copyright Egmont Serieforlaget.