Examines heyerdahl s motivations for risking his life in the search for knowledge and adventure. Download the complete list of categories of the thor heyerdahl document archive. Find highquality thor heyerdahl stock photos and editorial news pictures from getty images. Buy the kontiki expedition 1st by thor heyerdahl isbn. Perhaps it was no coincidence that many of the team were former resistance fighters, used to. Publication date 1974 topics heyerdahl, thor publisher. Follows explorer thor heyerdahl and his crew as they sail their bardi reed boat, the tigris, over routes believed to have been followed by sumerian traders 5,000 years ago. Now a major motion picture, kontiki is the record of thor heyerdahls astonishing. You will need to download realplayer to listen to the interview. Thor heyerdahl and the reed boat ra internet archive. Due to its large file size, this book may take longer to download. Thor heyerdahl was a norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in zoology.
Kon tiki across the pacific by raft thor heyerdahl. Monograph of the school of american research and the museum of new mexico, no. Kontiki and akuaku the secret of easter island thor heyerdahl on amazon. We are no longer talking about mythology, heyerdahl said, but of the realities of geography and history. Thor heyerdahls kontiki voyage on the 100th anniversary of thor heyerdahl s birth, look back at his historic voyage across the pacific on the primitive raft kontiki. After the occupation of norway by nazi germany, he served with the free. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. World citizen, explorer, writer and scientist, thor heyerdahls legacy is an. In the following interview, explorer thor heyerdahl addresses questions about his theories of. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app.