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Kon-Tiki Museum - Thor Heyerdahl’s World Famous Expeditions
     

Natural History Sailing Voyages

Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) Holidays


Greenland Sailing Voyage - Disko Bay - Umanak
(12 days from £2590 / €2850)

Greenland Sailing Voyage - Disko Bay Whale Safari
(8 days from £1690 / €1850)

Greenland Sailing Voyage - North Greenland, Ultima Thule
(16 days for £3550 / €3820)

Arctic Sailing in the Lofoten Islands
(8 days £1290 / €1390)

Northern Norway Classic Yacht Adventure Sailing Voyages
( 9 days from £1,365)

Arctic Sailing Voyage - Around Spitsbergen
28 Jul - 12 Aug, 2012 (£3790 / €4090)

Arctic Sailing Voyage - North Spitsbergen
(8 days £1,750 / €1,890)
(11 days £2,490 / €2,790)
(12 days from £2,555 / €2,690)

Arctic Sailing Voyage - South Spitsbergen
(8 days £1,750 / €1,790)

Arctic Wildlife & Marine Life Sailing Voyage – North Spitsbergen
( 12 days £2,360)
10 - 21 Sept, 2011


Natural History Icebreaker Expeditions

Scottish Isles, Faroes & Jan Mayen to Spitsbergen
(10 days from £1,150 / €1,300)

East Greenland Voyage
(10 days from £3250 / €3450)

Arctic Wildlife, Marine Life & Photography Voyages
(8 days from £2550 / €2750)
(10 days from £3299 / €3450)
with Free Aqua-Firma and Leica Akademie Photography Workshops

Birdlife & Wildlife Voyages – Around Spitsbergen
(10 days from £2,890 / €3,250) with birding expert & former RSPB Director (NI) Robert Brown O.B.E.

North Spitsbergen Voyage
(8 days from £2,250)

Realm of the Polar Bear - Around Spitsbergen Voyages
(from £2,820 for 11 days)

Spitsbergen & North East Greenland
(13 days from £4090 )


Ice Diving & Natural History Expeditions

Arctic Spitsbergen Diving, Wildlife & Marine Life Expedition
(8 days from £2550 / €2750)
(10 days from £3299 / €3450)
with Free Aqua-Firma and Leica Akademie Photography Workshops

Kon-Tiki Museum displays a great range of boats and historic artefacts from Thor Heyerdahl's legendary expeditions.  Thor Heyerdahl (1914-2002) was a world famous scientist and adventurer with a background in zoology and geography. 

The museum houses the original Kon-Tiki raft (1947) with a 30 foot whale shark underneath as well as other permanent exhibitions about: Ra, Tigris, Fatu-Hiva, Kon-Tiki, and Easter Island.
 
Other collections include various statues and an interesting collection of archaeological finds from Easter Island, East Polynesia, Galapagos and Peru.

For further information on the Kon-Tiki Museum, including details on prices and opening times, please visit the museum's official website: www.kon-tiki.no/e_aapning.php

Photographs kindly provided by Gunnar Strøm, visitOslo and the Kon-Tiki Museum

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