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 ...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Artifacts and human remains taken by a Norwegian explorer and anthropologist in the late 1940s are being returned by a museum in Oslo to Chile’s remote territory of Easter Island ...

Norwegian hit “Kon-Tiki,” released by TWC in the States, set sail in Germany with a splashy premiere on March 6 at Berlin‘s Kino International. The Oscar-nominated true story follows the voyage of ...

Before there was digital simulation, there were real-life adventurers who wondered “what it?” Norwegian archaeologist Capt. Thor Heyerdahl was one of them, and when this Sept. 18, 1947 photo was taken ...

OSLO, Norway - Thor Heyerdahl, the Norwegian adventurer who crossed the Pacific on a balsa log raft and detailed his harrowing 101-day voyage in the book "Kon-Tiki," died Thursday night. He was 87.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Artifacts and ...