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If Norway has one thing in abundance (apart from fjords), it’s explorers. A sea-faring nation ever since the Viking Age, Norwegians have often roamed the seas further than it was deemed possible at the time. One of these daring explorers was Thor Heyerdahl, who crossed the Pacific Ocean with a wooden raft just to prove it was possible; a man who believed that borders exist only in the mind of some people. This is his story.
A Renaissance man in 20th-century Norway
Writer, illustrator, photographer, archaeologist, ethnologist, explorer: Thor Heyerdahl’s curriculum vitae is beyond impressive. His fascination with nature, animals, and the natural sciences started from a very young age: at six years old, he was already drawing images of islands in the South Sea, certain that he would become an explorer once he grew up—and at 16, he was telling his classmates he would one day solve the mystery of Easter Island. He was right, on both counts.
