Travelling across the Arctic Steppe gives a man the time to pon­der the Bigger Questions; to ques­tion the Un-Questionable and to get your­self some qual­ity Philosophy. (I’m back by the way — hi)

A quick announce­ment and an appeal for your help: I have recently been given the fant­astic oppor­tun­ity to run away from the glor­i­ous(?) cli­mates of London and par­ti­cip­ate in a week-long dog sled­ding trek 300 miles north of the Arctic Circle in Norway. Tomorrow.