Thor Heyerdahl, the Norwegian scientist who gained worldwide fame more than a half century ago when he sailed a primitive balsa-log raft called the Kon-Tiki halfway across the Pacific from Peru to ...
Thor Heyerdahl, the Norwegian scientist who gained worldwide fame more than a half century ago when he sailed a primitive balsa-log raft called the Kon-Tiki halfway across the Pacific from Peru to ...
OSLO Norway -- Thor Heyerdahl the Norwegian adventurer who crossed the Pacific on a balsa log raft and detailed his harrowing 101-day voyage in the book "Kon-Tiki" died last night. He was 87.
Thor Heyerdahl, the Norwegian adventurer who crossed the Pacific on a balsa log raft and detailed his harrowing 101-day voyage in the book "Kon-Tiki," died Thursday night. He was 87. Heyerdahl stopped ...
It has been a half century since Thor Heyerdahl and five other Scandinavians made history by sailing the Kon-Tiki raft across the Pacific, nearly drowning at the end of the 101-day voyage when they ...
Fourteen adventurers have been rescued off the coast of Chile after “atypical” weather forced them to abandon the recreation of a historic maritime journey. The Kon-Tiki2 expedition had been sailing ...