thor heyerdahl and the kon tiki expedition

And on one of their wilderness treks, when weather conditions forced Heyerdahl and a companion to remain encamped in their snow cave, dog biscuits were their only food.

Kazan was behind Thor’s one and only appearance in an advertisement – for a brand of dog biscuit. Heyerdahl was very much a dog person and had dogs most of his life. Thor always had his dog, Kazan, along with him on these trips. Later on he and his friend Erik Hesselberg went on long treks together, exploring the Rondane and Jotunheimen mountain regions, camping under open skies – or in snow caves. In his youth there were many outings in the mountains of southern and central Norway where he learned how to survive on his own in nature with limited means. Thor enjoyed cross-country running and long hikes in the wilderness. Olavs Order (1987) Oficial de la orden Al Mérito por Servicios Distinguidos, Peru (1952) Grand Officer, Order of Distinguished Merit (1965) Knight of the Order of Merit, Egypt (1971) Grand Officer of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite, Marocco (1971) Aleko Konstantinov Medal (1972) Knight of the Golden Ark (1976) Peace ambassador award, UN/FAO (1976) International Pahlavi Environment Prize, UN (1978) Golden Blume von Rhydt (1981).

Hallvard-Medaljen, Oslo (1997) Grand Cross of the Royal St. Western University (2011) Anders Retzius Medal (1950) and the Vega Medal (1962), The Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography Prix Bonaparte-Wyse Medal, Geographical Society(1951) Mungo Park Medal, Royal Scottish Geographical Society (1951) Lomonosov Medal, Moscow State University (1962) Royal Geographic Society Patron’s Medal (1964) Bjug Harstad Distinguished Service Award, Pacific Lutheran University (1965) Bradford Washburn Award, Boston Museum of Science (1982) Fridtjof Nansen’s prize for outstanding research (1985) Austrian Decoration of Honor for Science and Art (2000) International Prize, Spanish Geographical Society (1998) The Explorers Club Medal (1979) St. Bulgarica Geographica Societas, Sofia, Bulgaria (1972) Explorer’s Club, New York (1942) World Wildlife Foundation Green Cross (Founding member) Worldview International (Founding member) World Federalist Movement. USSR Geographical Society, Moscow, Russia (1964) Hon. La Société Royale de Géographie d’Anvers, Belgium (1954) Hon. Geographical Society of Brazil (1954) Hon. Geographical Society of Norway (1953) Hon.

Norwegian Academy of Sciences (1958) New York Academy of Science (1960) American Anthropological Association (1966) Hon. and Bjørn (with Liv) Anette, Marian and Helen Elisabeth (Bettina) (with Yvonne) Ethnologist, experimental archeologist and author

Thor heyerdahl and the kon tiki expedition