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EXPEDITIONS Flag Reports   FLAG 95 Expedition Kolyma, Northeastern Siberia September 2004–April 2005 By Mikael Strandberg, MI'03 Expedition Members: Mikael Strandberg MI'03—expedition leader Titti Strandberg MI'03 (accompanied expedition as far as Magadan) Johan Ivarsson Introduction We are choosing to travel in this adventurous manner since we realise, after sixteen years of extreme expeditions all over the world, that the purpose of the journey cannot be achieved in any other way. The purpose is namely to document, in a down-to-earth, positive and fair manner, parts of our world that are unknown at the present time but very important for our future. It is, moreover, a means of travel that takes you up close to things in a manner that is non-aggressive, close to nature and, as a rule, healthy. As for the people we meet along the way, we have noticed that it is very easy for them to relate to the hardships we endure, since their daily life is usually governed by physical labour, the capriciousness of the forces of nature and the eternal hunt for food. This immediately enables us to gain admission to their lives. The main aim is to use words and pictures to make a record of this unknown part of our world. This is a vital task, since in the course of our extensive research work we have realised that very few people have a comprehensive picture of the area along the Kolyma River. The obstacles are the cold, the distance, the size and the isolation. FULL REPORT in pdf RETURN TO LIST

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