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Kon-Tiki Museum
URL: http://www.kon-tiki.no/

Description:
Website for this Oslo, Norway, museum that "houses a range of boats and artefacts from [Norwegian explorer] Thor Heyerdahl's expeditions," including the original Kon-Tiki balsa wood raft used for his 1947 Pacific expedition. Provides summaries of the Kon-Tiki and other expeditions, research, a biography of Heyerdahl, a photo gallery, and related material. In English and Norwegian.

Publisher:
Kon-Tiki Museum

Extra Keywords
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LII Database Information:
Record 24278 created by Jennifer English on 08/08/2007
Last modification on 08/13/2007
Published: 08/15/2007  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24278