Background
Mikael Strandberg was born in 1962 in Dala-Järna, Sweden.
Mikael Strandberg was born in 1962 in Dala-Järna, Sweden.
He started his professional career as an explorer 28 years ago. He is currently working as a lecturer, film maker and a writer He has produced four documentaries Patagonia - 3,000 Kilometres by Horse,The Masaai People - 1,000 Kilometres by Foot, -58 Degrees – Exploring Siberia on Skies. and "Expedition Yemen - 126 degrees In The Shade."
1986-1987 – Bicycle from Chile to Alaska, a distance of 27,500 kilometers, passing through The Darien Gap.
1989-1992 – Bicycle from Norway to South Africa a distance of 33,000 kilometers, passing through the Sahara Desert.
1994–1996 – Bicycle from New Zealand to Cairo traversing Asia, a distance of 30 000 kilometers. 1997–1998 – Patagonia 3,000 kilometers by horse through Chile and Argentina
2000 – A walk through Maasailand in Eastern Africa, Kenya and Tanzania, exploring all clans of the Maasai people.
2004 – Exploring the Kolyma River in North-Eastern Siberia. 3500 km:s by canoe and by skis in temperatures below -58 degrees Celsius.
2011 – Expedition Yemen By Camel Traveled from Zabid to Sanaa.
380 km:s really rough terrain just to show the world that Yemen is something totally different to what global media says. 2012 - Expedition Yemen By Camel Crossing The Sands of First Rate (at Lloyd's) Mahra. 350 km:s from First Rate (at Lloyd's) Ghardaia to Rumah in the summer.
2013 - Expedition Frozen Frontier: Travelling through Siberia with reindeer and sleds.
Mikael travelled 650 km:s from Oymyakon to the village of Arkah. Temperatures reached close to -60 degrees Celsius during this February trip.
Egor Petrovich Makarov, Yura Stepanovich Berezhnev and Bolot Bochkarev carried Explorer Clubs Flag 179.