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The Heyerdahl Archives span the years 1937 to 2002 and include his photographic collection, diaries, private letters, expedition plans, articles, newspaper clippings, original book and article manuscripts.
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Heyerdahl and Archives
In May 2011, the Thor Heyerdahl Archives were added to UNESCO's " Memory of the World " Register.
The Heyerdahl Archives are administered by the Kon-Tiki Museum and the National Library of Norway in Oslo.
Heyerdahl and years
Many years later, having achieved notability with other adventures and books on other subjects, Heyerdahl published a new account of this voyage under the title Fatu Hiva ( London: Allen & Unwin, 1974 ).
In the years that followed, Heyerdahl was often outspoken on issues of international peace and the environment.
Philologists and historians reject these parallels as mere coincidences, and also anachronisms, for instance the city of Azov did not have that name until over 1000 years after Heyerdahl claims the Æsir dwellt there.
In subsequent years, Heyerdahl was involved with many other expeditions and archaeological projects.
Mainstream linguists and historians will say that the city of Azov got its name from the Turks, over 1000 years after Heyerdahl believes the Æsir lived there.
Heyerdahl went on to explore this possibility a number of years later, as is detailed in his books Kon-Tiki and Aku-Aku: The Secret of Easter Island.
Heyerdahl and 1937
In 1937 and 1938, the Norwegian archaeologist and explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his first wife Liv spent their honeymoon ( a year and a half ) primarily in this valley.
This is where Thor Heyerdahl and his wife came ashore in 1937, an experience recorded in his book Fatu Hiva.
Heyerdahl and 2002
* 1914 – Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian explorer ( d. 2002 )
Thor Heyerdahl ( October 6, 1914, Larvik, Norway – April 18, 2002, Colla Micheri, Italy ) was a Norwegian ethnographer and adventurer with a background in zoology and geography.
Heyerdahl died on April 18, 2002, in Colla Micheri in Italy where he had gone to spend the Easter holidays with some of his closest family members.
The Norwegian government granted Heyerdahl the honor of a state funeral in the Oslo Cathedral on April 26, 2002.
Gray formed the Easter Island Committee, with Norwegian ethnographer and adventurer Thor Heyerdahl ( 1914 – 2002 ) as its honorary chairman.
* Thor Heyerdahl ( 1914 – 2002 ), ethnographer and adventurer, Kon-Tiki and other primitive sailing vessels
When Heyerdahl died in 2002 the second season of excavations had just been finished.
Thor Heyerdahl ( 1914 – 2002 ) was the expedition leader.
* October 6-Thor Heyerdahl ( died 2002 ), Norwegian ethnographer and explorer, leader of the Kon-Tiki expedition.
* Thor Heyerdahl ( 1914 – 2002 ), Norwegian explorer
An IMAX movie India: Kingdom of the Tiger based on Corbett's books, was made in 2002 starring Christopher Heyerdahl as Jim Corbett.
Heyerdahl and include
Visiting authors ( and tree-planters at the grove ) include Wole Soyinka, Yasar Kemal, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Seamus Heaney, Amos Oz, Izzat al-Ghazzawi, Bei Dao, Hans Blix and Thor Heyerdahl.
" Recipients of the award include Winston Churchill, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Wernher von Braun, Thor Heyerdahl, and Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Heyerdahl and collection
Many of the Marquesan items in the collection were acquired by the museum from famed Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl.
Heyerdahl and expedition
In the Kon-Tiki expedition, Heyerdahl and five fellow adventurers went to Peru, they constructed a pae-pae raft from balsa wood and other native materials, a raft that they called the Kon-Tiki.
The expedition published two large volumes of scientific reports ( Reports of the Norwegian Archaeological Expedition to Easter Island and the East Pacific ) and Heyerdahl later added a third ( The Art of Easter Island ).
Apart from the primary aspects of the expedition, Heyerdahl deliberately selected a crew representing a great diversity in race, nationality, religion and political viewpoint in order to demonstrate that at least on their own little floating island, people could cooperate and live peacefully.
Due to a dispute with Thor Heyerdahl, famous for his Kon-Tiki raft used in his expedition in 1947, the name was later changed to Tiki 100.
Kon-Tiki was the raft used by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl in his 1947 expedition across the Pacific Ocean from South America to the Polynesian islands.
Although the expedition carried some modern equipment, such as a radio, watches, charts, sextant, and metal knives, Heyerdahl argued they were incidental to the purpose of proving that the raft itself could make the journey.
* April 18-Thor Heyerdahl ( b. 1914 ), explorer, led the Kon-Tiki expedition.
Thor Heyerdahl recounts in Kon-Tiki ( 1947 ) the various problems of getting into the Jívaro ( Shuar ) area in Ecuador to get balsa wood for his expedition raft.
On 30 July 1947, Thor Heyerdahl and his six-man expedition aboard the raft Kon Tiki made their first sighting of land since departing Callao, Peru when they passed by Puka-Puka.
The raft, which was given the name An-Tiki in reference to the Kon-Tiki raft used by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl in his 1947 expedition from South America to the Polynesian islands, was assembled during November and December 2010.
Heyerdahl and newspaper
In 1990, adventurer and publisher, Thor Heyerdahl, became aware of the " Canarian Pyramids " by reading an article written by Francisco Padrón in the Tenerife newspaper " Diario de Avisos " detailing " real pyramids on the Canaries ".
Heyerdahl and original
Two pavilions contain exhibits relating to Heyerdahl along with models of his boats ; a replica of the Ra II in its original size, amongst others.
Heyerdahl and book
Heyerdahl further argued in his book American Indians in the Pacific that the current inhabitants of Polynesia migrated from an Asian source, but via an alternate route.
* Paul Theroux, in his book The Happy Isles of Oceania, criticizes Heyerdahl for trying to link the culture of Polynesian islands with the Peruvian culture.
After the last book the attacks against Heyerdahl were also worded in a way that by many was seen as disrespectful.
In his last book Jakten på Odin Thor Heyerdahl advanced a highly controversial idea postulating connections between Tanais and ancient Scandinavia.
Fatu Hiva is also the title of a book by explorer and archaeologist Thor Heyerdahl, in which he describes his stay on the island in the 1930s.
* Thor Heyerdahl wrote his book Fatu Hiva during a year-long stay on that island.
The island and its ecological disaster is mentioned by Thor Heyerdahl in his book Green Was the Earth on the Seventh Day.
Fatu-Hiva-Back to Nature is a book published in 1974 by archaeologist and explorer Thor Heyerdahl detailing his experiences and reflections during a one-and-a-half-year stay on the Marquesan island of Fatu Hiva in 1937-38.
By the end of the book, Heyerdahl bitterly concludes:
( Thor Heyerdahl visited this island and wrote a book which is named ' Fua Mulaku ' in its German edition.
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