Expedition Linné is a 2007 documentary film

Documentary film

Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...

 made for the 300th anniversary of the birth of Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 botanist, physician, and zoologist Carl Linnaeus. The film was made by Swedish wildlife photographer Mattias Klum

Mattias Klum

Mattias Klum is a Swedish freelance photographer and film producer in natural history and cultural subjects. He is the son of Swedish academic educator Arne Klum and Ingegärd Klum, née Stefanson. Klum has worked full-time as a freelance photographer since 1986, and as a cinematographer and...

 and journalist Folke Rydén

Folke Rydén

Folke Rydén, born 17 September 1958 in Uppsala, Sweden is a Swedish journalist and filmmaker.In 1989 he became the US Correspondent for SVT, based in Washington. In 1996 he moved to Hong Kong....

 and is intended to increase public understanding of and respect for nature in a journey through the seven continent

Continent

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s, into space

Outer space

Outer space is the void that exists between celestial bodies, including the Earth. It is not completely empty, but consists of a hard vacuum containing a low density of particles: predominantly a plasma of hydrogen and helium, as well as electromagnetic radiation, magnetic fields, and neutrinos....

, and across the ocean

Ocean

An ocean is a major body of saline water, and a principal component of the hydrosphere. Approximately 71% of the Earth's surface is covered by ocean, a continuous body of water that is customarily divided into several principal oceans and smaller seas.More than half of this area is over 3,000...

s.

Prince Carl Philip

Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland

Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland , is the second child of three children and only son of King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden. Born Crown Prince of Sweden, he retained his title and first place in succession for seven months until 1 January 1980...

of Sweden was on the film team for training in his studies of graphic design.