Thor Heyerdahl
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Who was Thor Heyerdahl?
Norwegian explorer and ethnographer who sailed the Kon-Tiki raft across the Pacific Ocean in 1947 to demonstrate possible ancient migration routes.
Biographical data adapted from Wikipedia’s article on Thor Heyerdahl (CC BY-SA 4.0).