With a crew of six, including 5 Norwegians and 1 Swede, they spent 101 days from departing Peru, until they beached on an uninhabited islet off the Raroia atoll in the Tuamotus. The raft was built using only materials and technology known to people at those times. He named the raft Kon-Tiki, after the Inca god Viracocha. To prove his theory, he decided to build a raft in Peru, made out of balsa wood. In other words, that people from what is today South America, had crossed the pacific ocean and settled on these islands in pre-Columbian times. You might also like: VÍKINGR – A Viking Exhibition in OsloĪfter having lived on the Polynesian Island of Fatu Hiva in his early 20s, Thor developed a theory that Polynesia had been settled from the east and not from the west. Coupled with some ground breaking theories (at that time), it led him on some quite adventurous expeditions. He had an interest for ethnography, and the systematic study of individual cultures.
Many things can be said about Thor, but he was certainly a great adventurer. So who was Thor Heyerdahl Senior? Thor was born in Norway in the city of Larvik in 1914, and passed away 87 years old in Colla Micheri in Italy. Link: Get tickets for the Kon-Tiki museum here (Tripadvisor) Thor Heyerdahl – The Man, The Legend In this article you’ll find some photos and an introduction to Thor Heyerdahl and one of my favorite museums in Oslo. He sure had some good stories to tell about his father, and is today working as a Senior Adviser at the museum.
Meeting his son Thor Heyerdahl Junior, at the Kon-Tiki museum in December 2021, was a big moment for me. Thor Heyerdahl and his legendary Kon-Tiki expedition was a great part of my youth, reading most of his books, and I consider myself a huge fan.
A great moment in my life, meeting Thor Heyerdahl Junior
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