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    Thor Heyerdahl KStJ (Norwegian pronunciation: [tuːr ˈhæ̀ɪəɖɑːɫ]; 6 October 1914 – 18 April 2002) was a Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background...
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    Kon-Tiki expedition (category Thor Heyerdahl)
    writer Thor Heyerdahl. The raft was named Kon-Tiki after the Inca god Viracocha, for whom "Kon-Tiki" was said to be an old name. Heyerdal's book on the expedition...
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  • Kon-Tiki (2012 film) (category Films set in the Pacific Ocean)
    about the 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition. The film was mainly shot on the island of Malta. The role of Thor Heyerdahl is played by Pål Sverre Hagen. The film...
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    Canada in the 1950s. Thor Heyerdahl was his father's cousin. Heyerdahl also speaks Norwegian and studied at the University of Oslo. Heyerdahl is primarily...
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    Thor Heyerdahl is a Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate of the Royal Norwegian Navy. Built by the Spanish shipbuilders Navantia, in Ferrol, Thor Heyerdahl was...
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    Easter Island (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    ethnographer Thor Heyerdahl argued that Rapa was Easter Island's original name and that the Bass Islands' Rapa (Rapa Iti) was named by refugees from it. The phrase...
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    Thor Heyerdahl (named after Thor Heyerdahl), originally named Tinka, later Marga Henning, Silke, and Minnow, was built as a freight carrying motor ship...
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  • The Search for Odin (Norwegian: Jakten på Odin) is the project title of Thor Heyerdahl's last series of archaeological excavations, which took place in...
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    Thor Heyerdahl Upper Secondary School (Norwegian: Thor Heyerdahl videregående skole) is an upper secondary school in Larvik, Norway, named for the explorer...
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  • Thor Heyerdahl Climate Park is an 1,800-acre climate park located in Ayeyarwady Region of Myanmar. The park is situated at the delta region of Irrawaddy...
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    Retrieved 12 September 2010. Heyerdahl, Thor Aku-Aku; The 1958 Expedition to Easter Island. Heyerdahl, Thor. Easter Island – A Mystery Solved. 1988....
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  • The Kon-Tiki Expedition: By Raft Across the South Seas (Norwegian: Kon-Tiki ekspedisjonen) is a 1948 book by the Norwegian writer Thor Heyerdahl. It recounts...
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    however, the experiment was ended early due to damage to the statue bases from chipping. Despite the early end to the experiment, Thor Heyerdahl estimated...
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    the elephant grass, Pennisetum purpureum. Many species were introduced to the Galápagos by pirates. Thor Heyerdahl quoted documents that mention the Viceroy...
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  • Heyerdahl (1857–1913), Norwegian painter Phoebe Heyerdahl, character on Hey Arnold! Severin Andreas Heyerdahl (1870–1940), Norwegian physician Thor Heyerdahl...
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    Jacqueline Beer (category French emigrants to the United States)
    Chair of the Board of Directors of the Thor Heyerdahl Institute, located in Larvik, Norway. Her second husband was scientist Thor Heyerdahl. She was sometimes...
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  • The Thor Heyerdahl International Maritime Environmental Award was established in 1999 by the explorer and scientist Thor Heyerdahl (1914–2002) and the...
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    Democracy (category Pages using sidebar with the child parameter)
    ISBN 978-0-300-23332-2. Fladmark, J. M.; Heyerdahl, Thor (17 November 2015). Heritage and Identity: Shaping the Nations of the North. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-74224-1...
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  • Kon-Tiki (1950 film) (category Films directed by Thor Heyerdahl)
    is a Norwegian documentary film about the Kon-Tiki expedition led by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl in 1947, released in Sweden, Norway,...
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  • Fatu Hiva (book) (category Books by Thor Heyerdahl)
    explorer Thor Heyerdahl detailing his experiences and reflections during a 15-month stay on the Marquesan island of Fatu Hiva in 1937–38. The book was...
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