Mikael Strandberg

Mikael Strandberg
Mikael Strandberg
Born February 15, 1962 (1962-02-15) (age 49)
Dala-Järna
Residence Oman
Nationality Swedish
Occupation Lecturer, explorer, author, film maker
Religion Free spirit, but believer
Website
www.mikaelstrandberg.com
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Mikael Strandberg (born February 15, 1962) is a Swedish explorer, filmmaker and writer.[1]

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Biography

Mikael Strandberg was born in 1962 in Dala-Järna, Sweden. He started his professional career as an explorer 23 years ago. Strandberg is currently working as an explorer, a lecturer and a writer. He has also produced three internationally renowned documentaries for television Patagonia - 3,000 Kilometres by Horse and The Masaai People - 1,000 Kilometres by Foot and his much awarde-, -58 Degrees – Exploring Siberia on Skies.

Expeditions

  • 1986-1987 – Strandberg went by bicycle from Chile to Alaska, a distance of 27,500 kilometres. He crossed the El Darién Jungle, 800 kilometres of virgin rainforest between Panama and Colombia, without any roads. He carried his bike through swamps and a dense jungle for a month.
  • 1989-1992 – He went by bicycle from Norway to South Africa a distance of 33,000 kilometres, passing through the Sahara Desert. It took 3 months to push the bike through the dessert, with the help of only a manual compass.
  • 1994–1996 – Strandberg went by bicycle from New Zealand to Cairo traversing Asia, a distance of 90,000 kilometres.
  • 1997–1998 – As a newlywed, Strandberg was accompanied by his wife on his next expedition. This was also their honeymoon. Patagonia 3,000 kilometres by horse through an isolated, windy and painfully cold part of the world.[2]
  • 2000 – Strandberg walked through Maasailand in Eastern Africa, exploring all clans of the Maasai people.[3]
  • 2004 – Strandberg explored the unknown Kolyma River in North-Eastern Siberia. 3500 km:s by canoe and by skis. An Expedition which is globally hailed as one of the coldest ever in the history of exploration.[4]
  • 2009/11 – Expedition Arabia. 12 500 km:s of travelling through the hottest inhabited places on earth, in the Arabian deserts and Sahara, with camel.[5]

Works

Strandberg has written seven books (all in Swedish, but under translation to English right now) and numerous articles. His books are the following:

References

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