1970: Thor Heyerdahl sets sail with his crew from Safi, Morocco, aboard Ra II. He will attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean in a boat built of reeds and succeed where the previous expedition aboard Ra ...

Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his crew arrived in Polynesia after 101 days at sea aboard the Kon-Tiki raft on this day in history, August 7, 1947. Hyderdahl, along with five crewmen (and one ...

Google has created an interactive doodle to commemorate the birthday of the late Norwegia ethongrapher and adventurer Thor Heyerdahl The internet giant has created one of its iconic illustrations to ...

Thor Heyerdahl, 87, the Norwegian explorer and archaeologist who was best known for his 4,300-mile voyage across the South Pacific from Peru to Polynesia on a log raft that he named Kon-Tiki, died of ...

Solstad Offshore ASA, Rolls Royce Marine, Norled AS and Maersk Line have been shortlisted for the prestigious Thor Heyerdahl International Maritime Environmental Award 2014. The prize recognizes ...

A gravely ill Thor Heyerdahl, the Norwegian explorer whose Kon-Tiki and other expeditions captured the world's imagination, has decided to spend his final days at his beloved retreat in Italy, his son ...

ALASSIO, Italy (voa) – The son of world-renowned Norwegian explorer and archaeologist Thor Heyerdahl says his father is near death after abandoning cancer treatment, and has set out on what he ...

The committee for the Thor Heyerdahl International Maritime Environmental Award has nominated shipping company Wallenius Wilhelmsen, the Norwegian-headed industry and research project FellowSHIP ...

As it turns out, Ang Lee's "Life of Pi" wasn't the only recent Oscar nominee with its eyes set on the high seas. In the Best Foreign Film category, there was Norway's "Kon-Tiki." And while there might ...