Exploration
Journey through Johan’s incredible adventures across remote and challenging terrains. Share your suggestions and help chart the course for his next expedition.
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Alaska Walkabout
Hiking is a fantastic way to travel. It is slow, you experience a lot, and you get to sleep in the wilderness. After climbing Mt McKinley, the highest mountain in North America, Johan and his friend Nicolas Gafgo decided to go out for a hike a very long hike. Johan estimates the walkabout to be…
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Jetski Over the Atlantic
In 2001 Johan Ernst Nilson was asked to produce an expedition with Jetski over the Atlantic. His role was Expedition Leader, Support Boat Leader and Film Producer. At first Johan Ernst Nilson turned down the proposal but changed his mind when National Geographic was interested in producing the documentary together with Johan. The expedition started…
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Mount McKinley (Denali)
Mount McKinley (Denali) was Johan’s first mountain, and he was now at a crossroads in his life after his biking expedition from Sweden to Africa. Was the biking adventure a “once-in-a-lifetime” thing, or was it a start to a new lifestyle? Johan’s life took a sharp turn, and he started looking for new challenges. His…
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North America Bike Expedition
“What is there left to explore? Hasn’t everything been discovered?” When I started my journeys in 1994, I thought I had seen it all, but the more I travelled the more I understood that I haven’t really seen anything yet. Now, after 32 expeditions through 100 countries, I understand, more than ever, how small I…
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Trans-America Bike Expedition
There are no words for how fantastic it was to sit on a bike after so many months of fighting on the floating ice at the North Pole. In life, things never turn out as you expect them to, so instead of standing in Greenland, I ended up in Canada and Nunavut. The bikes that…
