It was written by Kristín Atladóttir, an assistant producer at Sjónvarpið at the time.

[1] The show follows Séra Jón, played by Gísli Halldórsson, who gets stranded in the middle of the ocean in early December after his boat runs out of fuel, and his encounters with an anthropomorphic polar bear, played by Kjartan Bjargmundsson.

A physical advent calendar containing leads to each episode's plot was published in conjunction with the initial airing of the series.

[2] Séra Jón is a composer, bell-ringer and seaman from the small village of Stóra-litlu-Bugðuvík.

Séra Jón takes a nap as the boat sails out to sea, but oversleeps.