Hope Floats On Eco-Celebrity's Recycled Plastic Boat, Plastiki Nov 17, 2009
She's the granddaughter of Norwegian ethnographer Thor Heyerdahl, who in 1947 sailed a balsa raft named Kon-Tiki- Plastiki's inspiration - west from Peru to show that early South Americans, and not just Asians sailing east, could have populated Polynesia. A consultant on environmental issues based in San Francisco, Heyerdahl will join the crew on a final leg of the sail. (W-USA News, DC)
The young man and the sea Jul 27, 2009
It's like Big Brother at sea, directed by Thor Heyerdahl. Now, Martin is determined filmmaking is his next big adventure. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Recycling really floats his boat Apr 4, 2009
"It turned out to be the Kon-Tiki," he continued, referring to the raft used by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl in his 1947 expedition across the Pacific Ocean. So his next thought was, "Well, why don't we make the Plastiki?". (Globe and Mail)
Phil Buck tells true adventure tales at Georgetowns Penn Brook School Mar 14, 2009
Continuing the work of his childhood idol, Kon Tiki adventurer Thor Heyerdahl, Buck and a small crew plan to sail the reed vessel from Boston to Egypt (yes, Egypt) starting in May 2010 and arriving in Egypt in November 2010 ... Buck got to meet his own childhood idol, Thor Heyerdahl, in 2000 after Buck s first Easter Island expedition, when the famed Norwegian adventurer was 86. (Georgetown Record, MA)
