Profile: Thor Heyerdahl dies at age 87

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Profile: Thor Heyerdahl dies at age 87

Host: JOHN YDSTIE, LIANE HANSEN Time: 8:00-9:00 PM

JOHN YDSTIE, host:

Explorer Thor Heyerdahl died today. Heyerdahl is best known for a quixotic voyage, a voyage he made over half a century ago on a flimsy raft called Kon-Tiki.

LIANE HANSEN, host:

In 1947, Heyerdahl built Kon-Tiki out of balsa-wood logs, and with several intrepid companions started rowing from Peru. His ambition was to sail to Polynesia, over 4,000 miles away across the Pacific. He hoped to prove a theory he had about human migration. As ...

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