When Jesper distinguishes himself as the Postal Academy’s worst student, he is sent to Smeerensburg, a small village located on a icy island above the Arctic Circle, where grumpy inhabitants barely exchange words, let alone letters. Jesper is about to give up and abandon his duty as a postman when he meets local teacher Alva and Klaus, a mysterious carpenter who lives alone in a cabin full of handmade toys.

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