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Õåéåðäàë Òóð - Russian
URL: http://www.zoohall.com.ua/findex.php?page=http://zoohall.com.ua/leftframes/ecolo

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Íîðâåæñêèé ýòíîãðàô, àðõåîëîã, ïóòåøåñòâåííèê, àâòîð ãèïîòåçû çàñåëåíèÿ îñòðîâîâ Ïîëèíåçèè èç Þæíîé Àìåðèêè. Äëÿ äîêàçàòåëüñòâà îí ïîñòðîèë ïëîò ïî òèïó äðåâíèõ — «Êîí-Òèêè» — è ïðîïëûë îêîëî 8 òûñ. êì èç Ïåðó ê î-âàì Òóàìîòó. Ðóêîâîäèë ýêñïåäèöèÿìè íà Ãàëàïàãîññêèå î-âà è î. Ïàñõè. Â 1969-70 ñîâåðøèë ïëàâàíèå íà ïàïèðóñíîé ëîäêå «Ðà» îò Àôðèêè äî Öåíòð. Àìåðèêè, â 1977-78 — íà òðîñòíèêîâîé ëîäêå «Òèãðèñ* èç Èðàêà â Äæèáóòè.

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Who2 Profile: Thor Heyerdahl - English
URL: http://www.who2.com/thorheyerdahl.html

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In 1947 Thor Heyerdahl and five crew members sailed the Kon-Tiki, a balsa wood raft, from South America to Polynesia, to prove his theory that pre-Columbian intercultural global contact was possible. During 1969-70 he sailed two papyrus rafts, Ra I and Ra II, across the Atlantic, to show that ancient Egyptians could have had contact with South America.

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THOR HEYERDAHL EXPEDITIONS and ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE PACIFIC PEOPLES - English
URL: http://www.greatdreams.com/thor.htm

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Thor Heyerdahl is a world-renowned explorer and archaeologist. He was born in 1914, in Larvik, Norway. From his earliest days, he was an enthusiatic nature lover, and he was inspired by his mother (who was head of the local museum) to take an interest in zoology and nature.

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Sea Routes to Polynesia - English
URL: http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/thor/

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The famous Norwegian anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl led the first archaeological expedition to Easter Island in 1955- 56. In 1962 he gave a series of lectures to the Swedish Society of Anthropology and Geography in Stockholm. His lectures can be read in his book, Sea Routes to Polynesia.

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Thor Heyerdahl - English
URL: http://www.plu.edu/~ryandp/thor.html

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Norwegian explorer, anthropologist and author.

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Kon-Tiki Museum - English
URL: http://www.museumsnett.no/kon-tiki/

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The Kon-Tiki Museum is a private foundation, which houses a range of boats and artefacts from Thor Heyerdahl´s expeditions. Here you can see the original Kon-Tiki raft (1947) with a 30 foot whale shark underneath...statues and a secret family cave from Easter Island (1956)...the papyrus boat Ra II (1970)...and an exciting collection of archaeological finds from Easter Island, East Polynesia, Galapagos and Peru.

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Thor Heyerdahl - English
URL: http://www.gonorway.no/go/heyerdahl.html

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Thor Heyerdahl is a world-renowned explorer and archaeologist. He was born in 1914, in Larvik, Norway. From his earliest days, he was an enthusiatic nature lover, and he was inspired by his mother (who was head of the local museum) to take an interest in zoology and nature. While still in primary school, he ran a one-room zoological museum from his home.

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