Would you dare to travel four kilometres across the Baltic Sea on an ice road? In Estonia, this is a very common alternative, a tradition that goes back hundreds of years. The Haapsalu-Noarootsi Ice Road saves ten kilometres of travel and is of special importance to the local population. Janus, the caretaker, perched as he is at the gates of paradise, keeps track of the numbers of the passing cars in a logbook, while the poetic eye of the camera captures time passing and time standing still. Nyce's quote rings particularly true in the film: in the context of a warming climate, the ice that holds us together has indeed become too thin.