“The ocean is a conveyor and not an isolator.”

About Thor Heyerdahl

Explorer • Norwegian

Thor Heyerdahl was a renowned Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in zoology, botany, and geography. He gained international fame for his 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition, sailing 8,000 km across the Pacific...

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