Centering oneccentric English millionaire shipowner, notorious hell-raiser, and the envy of all St Petersburg, Dan Yack, this strange travel yarn begins withthe protagonistfinding out that he is no longer wanted by his lover, Hedwiga. Rejection letter in hand, he eventually wanders into a nightclub to impulsively invite a handful ofartists to accompany him on a world voyage via the Antarctic. As their journeyprogresses, the weatherworsens and they enter pack-ice. Impatient, Dan orders the crew to land him and his three companions while they wait for a clear passage. They have enough provisions for a long, dark polar winter, but things do not run smoothly. The musician destroys their watches, the poet drifts off into serious daydreams, andthe sculptor starts making statues of Dan Yack in ice. And Dan himself is worriedabout time, about breaking his monocle, and about having no-one to love. But when the sun finally returns after the polar winter, no one could predict the surreal disaster that is about to unfolda scenario involving a plum pudding, whales, women, and World War I."