Thor Heyerdahl. "Tura"s Ark"

The book presents the fictional biography of the Great Norwegian traveler, archaeologist, anthropologist, writer Tura Heyerdal. The name of this person for us, residents of Russia is of particular importance. Heyerdal was and remains the National Hero of Norway. But he was and remains the national hero of Russia. For this person enjoyed in our country with tremendous popularity - thanks to its amazing books and television programs of his friend Yury Alexandrovich Senkevich. In our consciousness Heyerdal and Senkevich are inseparable, as brothers, although they were separated by a solid difference in age. Three ocean expeditions - by boats "Ra", "Ra-2" and "Tigris" - entered the story as the most exciting adventures of modernity. And next to Heyerdal in these expeditions was our senkevich. So, we were near, since Yuriy Alexandrovich for many years was our eyes and ears - there, in the vast and until the rest of the forbidden world under the intriguing name "Planet Earth" ...
Biographical stories about Heyerdal are illustrated by rare photographs made in different periods of his life