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Deseret News archives: Utahns have always had a fascination with Thor Heyerdahl, Kon-Tiki voyage
On , Thor Heyerdahl and five crew members began a trip from Peru to Polynesia on the Kon-Tiki, a raft made of balsa logs.
There was a time when virtually everyone knew the story of modern-day explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his balsawood raft, Kon-Tiki. In 1947, Norwegian ethnographer Heyerdahl decided the only way to prove ...
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 Thursday night. He was 87.
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Fox News: On this day in history, , Thor Heyerdahl and the Kon-Tiki raft make it to Polynesia
Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his crew arrived in Polynesia after 101 days at sea aboard the Kon-Tiki raft on this day in history, . Hyderdahl, along with five crewmen (and one ...
On this day in history, , Thor Heyerdahl and the Kon-Tiki raft make it to Polynesia
The journey to dramatize Thor Heyerdahl’s famous Kon-Tiki voyage for 21st-century consumption relied on a hellaciously complicated consortium of 24 financiers from seven countries. But when it came to ...
Thor Heyerdahl’s 1947 voyage on the Kon-Tiki has inspired everything from books to films to recreations of the voyage — which was itself a recreation. The Norwegian ethonographer set out on his balsa ...