Thor Heyerdahl, 1951

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Mark Cartwright
by Al Ravenna
published on 20 February 2025
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A 1951 photograph of Thor Herydahl (1914-2002), leader of the 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition when he and five others crossed the Pacific Ocean from Peru to Polynesia on a balsa-wood raft.

Library of Congress.


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