TEDxMälaren - Mikael Strandberg - NORMALNA, The Siberian Way to Understanding the Meaning of Life

In 2004, Mikael Strandberg explored Siberia by canoe and skis for over 3500km at -58 degrees -- An Expedition which is globally hailed as one of the coldest ever in the history of exploration.

Being an explorer for 25 years now, Mikael Strandberg is considered as one of the world's 50 most important and famous explorers by The Royal Geographical Society in London. He has travelled to 112 countries and has slept more than 2500 nights in his tent.

Mikael is also a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, the Explorers' Club, Travellers Club and the Long Riders Guild and has received several prestigious awards.

Besides being an explorer, Mikael has also produced three internationally renowned documentaries for television as well as written several books and lectured all over the world. Some of his works are "PATAGONIA -- 3,000 kilometres by horse", "THE MASAAI PEOPLE -- 1,000 kilometres by foot" and his much awarded, "-58 degrees -- exploring Siberia on skies."

His passion for exploration has given him the title "the best contemporary explorer in the world" by the Explorers Club in London.

TEDxMälaren (June 15, 2010) was organized by a bunch of quirky students from Singapore while on exchange in Sweden.

The name Mälaren comes from Lake Mälaren, the third largest lake in Sweden. Lake Mälaren meets the Baltic Sea on its eastern end to form 14 major islands, thus shaping Stockholm.

Just like Lake Mälaren that connects towns across Sweden, TEDxMälaren will connect topics in featuring a holistic perspective of inter-linked global issues through the audience, the organizers and speakers of diverse backgrounds, with different forms of media.

TEDxMälaren aims to reach beyond the Scandinavian seas and explore the influence of cultural, political and socio-economic diversity on the way we think, and ought to think for a better future.

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[Explorer1904]

visiting the different climates in our world, (ocean, desert, mountains and jungle) and meeting the people that live in these regions can indeed change your life!

[Lotsogoat7]

Thanks I now know the meaning of life

-Bennyboy

[kolymasiberia]

@camirol09 Thanks, much appreciated! Mikael

[camirol09]

Really enjoyed the video Mikael, you are an amazing guy!

[rodermck]

wow!!!....mikael strandberg through is narations of many extended journeys living with other people he good never find the meaning of life until he suffered the most in sibera the pictures he shows the difficulty in surviving i these extreme cold conditions the endless suffering to survive them but it took the people there and there friendleness to teach him what was normal to them one should look at our own life and realize no matter how hard have hope and will survive then