Meet Sisu " one part salty liquorice, two parts Moomin, three parts snow " from the land of saunas, kiosks and Sibelius. Add a generous splash of vodka, shake and you have a girl with Finnish guts. Learn how the Sisu or Finnish character was formed during the snow-bound Winter War of 1939-1940, when the Finnish maiden with her tiny army defeated the mighty Russian bear, and how one young woman continues to battle her way through the modern world.