Thor Heyerdahl’s New Expedition
(Special Correspondent N.Z.P.A.) 8 p.m.) LONDON, August 29. The Norwegian explorer and scientist, Thor Heyerdahl, who crossed the Pacific from Peru to the Polynesian islands on the raft Kon Tiki, plans another expedition, says the Oslo correspondent of the Associated Press. He will lead a party of 26 to search several islands in Polynesia for prehistoric habitation sites. The islands he hopes to visit are Easter Island, Pitcairn Island, Mangareva and Tubuai. the Marquesas Group
Mr Heyerdahl said that his main purpose will be to determine dates lor various cultural stratifications of
The party would include American, Norwegian, French and Chilean archaeologists, and a 340-tori Norwegian vessel has been chartered for tee expedition.
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Press, Volume XCII, Issue 27750, 30 August 1955, Page 11
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