In 1906-08, the Lieutenant Colonel, future President Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, rode through Asia on a mission commissioned by Csar Nicholas II.

We propose to do the same journey on horseback one hundred years later, with more or less the same number of people who will make up our crew.

This will be a good opportunity to make comparisons between circumstances now and then. How things have changed, in what way, and why.

An important emphasis will be to find out what specific strains and pressures one gets exposed to during an expedition such as this.
Of great interest is also the social aspect; the lifestyle of nomads, how their administration and local governments function. Also, how missionary activities are functioning today.

We will likewise observe the situation of children and women in today’s China.

All of this will be in comparison with Mannerheim’s observations a hundred years ago.

If you want to learn more about Mannerheim's expedition you'll find infomation here.

One film documentary, to be in four parts, will be produced. Also, a series for radio, and one book plus a great amount of photos, many of these taken on the same spots as Mannerheim took his.