Thor Heyerdahl KStJ (Norwegian pronunciation: [tuːr ˈhæ̀ɪəɖɑːɫ]; 6 October 1914 – 18 April 2002) was a Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background...

Thor Heyerdahl is a Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate of the Royal Norwegian Navy. Built by the Spanish shipbuilders Navantia, in Ferrol, Thor Heyerdahl was...

writer Thor Heyerdahl. The raft was named Kon-Tiki after the Inca god Viracocha, for whom "Kon-Tiki" was said to be an old name. Heyerdahl's book on the expedition...

Canada in the 1950s. Thor Heyerdahl was his father's cousin. Heyerdahl also speaks Norwegian and studied at the University of Oslo. Heyerdahl is primarily...

Corfu. The explorations and investigations of the Norwegian ethnographer and adventurer Thor Heyerdahl have resulted in a better understanding of the construction...

adventurer and publisher, Thor Heyerdahl, became aware of the "Canarian Pyramids" by reading an article written by Francisco Padrón in the Tenerife newspaper...

Thor Heyerdahl (named after Thor Heyerdahl), originally named Tinka, later Marga Henning, Silke, and Minnow, was built as a freight carrying motor ship...

ethnographer Thor Heyerdahl argued that Rapa was Easter Island's original name and that the Bass Islands' Rapa (Rapa Iti) was named by refugees from it. The phrase...

about the 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition. The film was mainly shot on the island of Malta. The role of Thor Heyerdahl is played by Pål Sverre Hagen. The film...

Sverdrup, Helge Ingstad and Thor Heyerdahl. In June 2023, the Norwegian Ministry of Defence published The Military Advice of the Chief of Defence 2023, in...

The Search for Odin (Norwegian: Jakten på Odin) is the project title of Thor Heyerdahl's last series of archaeological excavations, which took place in...

Azerbaijan and the theories linking ancient Scandinavia and Azerbaijan, as propounded by Thor Heyerdahl. In Azerbaijan he initiated the Kish project in...

The Kon-Tiki Expedition: By Raft Across the South Seas (Norwegian: Kon-Tiki ekspedisjonen) is a 1948 book by the Norwegian writer Thor Heyerdahl. It recounts...

Universe 1954, where she placed in the Top 16. Beer later served as Chair of the Board of Directors of the Thor Heyerdahl Institute, located in Larvik, Norway...

the expedition represents a scientific continuation of Thor Heyerdahl's experiments in recreated maritime technology. The raft was named after the Māori...

opened. The museum was originally built to house the Kon-Tiki, a raft of balsa wood of pre-Columbian model that Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl used...

inspired by previous trans-oceanic expeditions by the Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl. Main aim of the Abora expeditions was to prove that a keel-less...

screen actor. He is perhaps best known internationally for playing Thor Heyerdahl in the Oscar and Golden Globe nominated film Kon-Tiki. From 2019 to 2023...

Navigation and Voyaging, The Polynesian Society Inc. p. 5. Andersson, Axel (2010). A Hero for the Atomic Age: Thor Heyerdahl and the Kon-Tiki Expedition....

however, the experiment was ended early due to damage to the statue bases from chipping. Despite the early end to the experiment, Thor Heyerdahl estimated...

Thor Heyerdahl Upper Secondary School (Norwegian: Thor Heyerdahl videregående skole) is an upper secondary school in Larvik, Norway, named for the explorer...

is a Norwegian documentary film about the Kon-Tiki expedition led by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl in 1947, released in Sweden, Norway,...

Aku-Aku: the Secret of Easter Island is a 1957 book by Thor Heyerdahl published in Norwegian, Swedish, Danish and Finnish, and in French and English the following...

explorer Thor Heyerdahl detailing his experiences and reflections during a 15-month stay on the Marquesan island of Fatu Hiva in 1937–38. The book was...

distances of water on ocean-going boats. Despite the popularity of rejected hypotheses, such as Thor Heyerdahl's belief that Polynesians are descendants of...

Heyerdahl (1857–1913), Norwegian painter Phoebe Heyerdahl, character on Hey Arnold! Severin Andreas Heyerdahl (1870–1940), Norwegian physician Thor Heyerdahl...

equivalent degree). Senkevich became famous in the USSR and worldwide for sailing with Thor Heyerdahl on the Ra Expedition. Senkevich was born to Russian...

the migration occurred accidentally when seafarers became lost and drifted to uninhabited shores.[citation needed] In 1947 Thor Heyerdahl sailed the Kon-Tiki...

Thor Heyerdahl Climate Park is an 1,800-acre climate park located in Ayeyarwady Region of Myanmar. The park is situated at the delta region of Irrawaddy...

bar/restaurant. The Via Julia Augusta, a Roman road built in 13 A.D., passes through the village. Nowadays[when?] it is famous as Thor Heyerdahl, the famous Norwegian...