Letters to the Editor
Responding to an op-ed on open-water sailing, a reader shares a passage from ‘Kon-Tiki’ about human frailty when confronted by the elements.
Oct. 27, 2022
Movies
Directors Joachim Ronning and Espen Sandberg favor history over 3-D in telling the tale of explorer Thor Heyerdahl’s real-life journey on the Pacific.
May 1, 2013
Travel & Experiences
Your story about Thor Heyerdahl’s passing omits one important Hollywood connection (April 19).
April 27, 2002
World & Nation
Thor Heyerdahl, the Norwegian scientist who gained worldwide fame more than half a century ago when he sailed a primitive balsa-log raft called the Kon-Tiki halfway across the Pacific from Peru to Polynesia, has died.
April 19, 2002
Books
The work of Thor Heyerdahl, the famed Norwegian explorer and archeologist, touches impulses deep within us.
Jan. 21, 1990
Science & Medicine
The Maldive Mystery by Thor Heyerdahl (Adler & Adler: $19.95) Since the publication of “Kon-Tiki” in 1950, Thor Heyerdahl has established himself as a skillful and iconoclastic archeologist of primitive people and the sea.
Oct. 21, 1986
Based on the 1947 book of the same name, six men attempt to cross the ocean on a raft to prove Polynesians originated in pre-Inca Peru centuries ago. Thor Heyerdahl was the fearless leader, and this film captures the journey and the man in thrilling detail.
April 25, 2013
Critic’s Pick: ‘Kon-Tiki’ stays true to a legendary adventure
Thor Heyerdahl may feel “the problem of the original settling of Polynesia was one of the greatest whodunits of all times,” but I am surprised this view has been passed along unchallenged in the recent review of his “Easter Island” book.
Feb. 4, 1990
Hundreds of Norwegians, including the king, bid farewell to Thor Heyerdahl, whose harrowing 1947 voyage from Peru to Polynesia aboard the raft Kon-Tiki made him a national hero and a global celebrity.