Finally arrived for my residency at University of Helsinki Kilpisjärvi biological station with friend, ceramacist and collaborator for the next few days, Lou Gilbert Scott. We're here as part of the Ars Bioarctica residency in the north west part of Finnish lapland. The research station is on the edge of the frozen lake (the ice is still a metre thick and won't melt until June) in the mountain birch tree line with the alpine tundra are above us.