![]() ![]() At the same time, he privately studied Polynesian culture and history, consulting what was then the world's largest private collection of books and papers on Polynesia, owned by Bjarne Kropelien, a wealthy wine merchant in Oslo. He studied Zoology and Geography at University of Oslo. He created a small museum in his childhood home, with a Vipera berus as the main attraction. As a young child, Thor Heyerdahl showed a strong interest in zoology. ![]() Thor Heyerdahl was born in Larvik, the son of master brewer Thor Heyerdahl and his wife Alison Lyng. All his legendary expeditions are shown in the Kon-Tiki Museum, Oslo. Heyerdahl became notable for his Kon-Tiki expedition, in which he sailed 4,300 miles (8,000 km) by raft from South America to the Tuamotu Islands. ![]() Thor Heyerdahl (October 6, 1914, Larvik, Norway – April 18, 2002, Colla Micheri, Italy) was a Norwegian ethnographer and adventurer with a scientific background in zoology and geography. ![]()
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