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Ra (also known as The Ra Expeditions) is a 1972 documentary film directed by Lennart Ehrenborg and Thor Heyerdahl about the expeditions organised by Thor Heyerdahl in 1969 and 1970 in attempt to cross the Atlantic on papyrus boats. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. [1]
Norman Leonard Baker (November 18, 1928 – November 22, 2017 [1]) was a navigator on Thor Heyerdahl's Ra, Ra II and Tigris reed boat expeditions. [2] [3] He was the co-author (with Barbara Murphy) of Thor Heyerdahl and the Reed Boat Ra, a 1974 children's book on the expeditions.
Heyerdahl was born in Larvik, [8] Norway, the son of master brewer Thor Heyerdahl (1869–1957) and his wife, Alison Lyng (1873–1965). As a young child, Heyerdahl showed a strong interest in zoology, inspired by his mother, who had a strong interest in Charles Darwin 's theory of evolution .
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Another boat in the museum is the Ra II, a vessel built of reeds according to Heyerdahl's perception of an ancient Egyptian seagoing boat. Heyerdahl sailed the Ra II from North Africa to the Caribbean after a previous attempt with the reed boat Ra failed. [3] Beneath the raft is a model of the whale shark that the crew encountered on the voyage ...
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In 1947, Heyerdahl had become famous for the successful Kon-Tiki expedition, sailing a raft of balsa logs across the Pacific Ocean, but in 1969, his first Ra expedition failed the papyrus boat became water-logged less than two months later. Heyerdahl's second voyage, of about 4,000 miles (6,400 km) reached Barbados on July 12, 1970. [105] [106]
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