Basic needs - extreme happiness

Like our expedition website: www.facebook.com/gamme.no This is day 86 on my full return South Pole Expedition 2011/2012. I`m quite hungry and about to pick up my last cache by my second pulk which I left on the way in. As a part of my motivational plan I have on purpose not made notes on what goodies I have left behind in the cache.. and on this last one, I didn`t expect very much.. Ironically my diet on this expedition was mainly based on superhealthy superfood from Supernature.no. L

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[Kim Allen]

Showed this video to all of my students at Avenues: the World School in New York City. We decided that happiness was an international language. Thank you, Aleksander, and Radio Lab.

[Aleksander Gamme]

Thats fun to hear Kim :) 

[jenniferljl]

I love this video!! I have the similar feelings when I'm camping for periods of time and discover something small and rewarding that I thought I'd lost, or wake up and discover. I can only imagine how magnified Aleks' feelings must be! Hallelujah! :-)

[Aleksander Gamme]

Thank you :)

[Sam Clay]

Anyone else get to this from RadioLab?

[zxdfty77]

Perhaps you are asking: "Why is this guy so ecstatic about a simple bag of Cheese Doodles?"

WELL...

...According to the RadioLab podcast, "On day 86 of a 3-month trek to and from the South Pole, adventurer Aleksander Gamme discovered something he'd stashed (and forgotten) under the ice at the start of his trip (3 months earlier). He wasn't expecting such a rush of happiness in that cold...

Listen to this delightful story called "Mr. Bliss" at: radiolab.org/2012/dec/17/man-b­ecame-bliss/

ENJOY!

[CoolShitInHD]

Literally the best video on the internet



[Ad Grijpstra]

The coolest thing about Antarctica: no muzzies so no war.

[Charming Handle]

This makes me so incredibly happy. I've watched it 5 times (and heard it on Radiolab a few times), and I have laughed each time. :) Thank you for posting!

[goturpranks101]

Radiolab bitchess!!!

[MrTrango]

No wonder I love being on tour with Aleks. :)

[KP Kirkpatrick]

Awesome!! Thank you Radio Lab!! Thank you Aleksander Gamme!

[robobuska]

Banff brought me here =D

[lolzzz420]

crazy norwegian fuckker haha xD

[sugar0head]

Aleksander, I have to tell you...this video absolutely made my weekend. We listened from RadioLab and the joy was infectious. We were on a roadtrip for a wedding, and all weekend any time anything delightful happened we looked at one another and said "YAHHHHHHHH!" with "cheez doodles!" thrown in sometimes for good measure. It's become mine and my best friend's new way of acknowledging the small joys in life. Thank you for sharing this video.

[legozeppelin]

I wish he filmed himself actually eating all that stuff. That would be hilarious!