Frederik Paulsen, Swedish businessman, team member of Arctic 2007 expedition, honorary polar explorer of Russia

1950 - Born in Stockholm, Sweden
1972 - Graduates, Christian-Albrechts University, Germany
1975 - Studies business administration, University of Lund, Sweden
1976 - Joins Ferring
1983 - Managing director, Ferring AB, Sweden
1988 - Chief executive officer, Ferring Pharmaceuticals Group
2005 - Awarded honorary doctorate, Moscow State University of International Relations
2007 - Team member, Arctic 2007 expedition

Today we are talking about the polar expedition Arctic-2007. In summer 2007 Russia performed the first ever crewed descent to the ocean bottom at the North Pole.

Swedish businessman Frederik Paulsen funded this expedition and was onboard of one of the two bathyscaphes which reached the seabed below the Polar ice. Today he is the guest in our studio.