As a teenager she lost hearing and had a mental breakdown. When a cochlea implant helped her to hear again, she helped herself – she overcame the feeling of powerlessness and difficulties with relationships with other people. She discovered a passion for lonely travels and love for the remote North. “The further northward, the closer to the Universe” – says our patient Kila (Kate) Zamana, a traveller, photographer, enthusiast of sled dog racing.