| dbo:abstract |
Torgeir Sæverud Higraff is an explorer, teacher and author with special interest in prehistoric transoceanic contact. Like Thor Heyerdahl, Higraff combines history, anthropology and traditional knowledge with expeditions. In 2002, the year Heyerdahl died, Higraff decided to recreate the Kon-Tiki expedition, and in 2006 the Tangaroa Expedition sailed from Peru to Raiatea in eastern Polynesia. Tangaroa outperformed Kon-Tiki by using an improved sail rig and active use of the guara centerboards. In 2014, Higraff proposed another expedition: to sail roundtrip from Peru to Easter Island. The Kon-Tiki2 expedition built two rafts in Callao in 2015 and reached Easter Island after 43 days at sea, becoming the first rafts to have sailed to Easter Island in modern times. The return journey proved more difficult due to unusual weather patterns and the expedition was terminated halfway between Easter Island and South America. (en) |
| dbo:birthPlace |
dbr:Norway dbr:Sørreisa |
| dbo:birthYear |
1972-01-01 (xsd:gYear) |
| dbo:knownFor |
dbr:Tangaroa_expedition |
| dbo:nationality |
dbr:Norway |
| dbo:occupation |
dbr:Torgeir_Sæverud_Higraff__PersonFunction__1 |
| dbo:thumbnail |
wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Torgeir-higraff.jpg?width=300 |
| dbo:wikiPageID |
45099410 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageLength |
1980 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger) |
| dbo:wikiPageRevisionID |
1097444284 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageWikiLink |
dbr:Callao dbr:Peru dbr:Pre-Columbian_rafts dbc:Living_people dbr:Thor_Heyerdahl dbr:Tangaroa_Expedition dbc:1972_births dbc:Pre-Columbian_trans-oceanic_contact dbr:Easter_Island dbr:Norway dbc:Norwegian_explorers dbr:Kon-Tiki2 dbc:Replications_of_ancient_voyages dbr:Sørreisa dbr:Polynesia dbr:Guara_(centerboard) dbr:Raiatea dbr:Kon-Tiki dbr:Tangaroa_expedition |
| dbp:birthDate |
1972 (xsd:integer) |
| dbp:birthPlace |
dbr:Norway dbr:Sørreisa |
| dbp:caption |
Higraff in 2015 (en) |
| dbp:knownFor |
dbr:Tangaroa_expedition |
| dbp:name |
Torgeir Sæverud Higraff (en) |
| dbp:occupation |
explorer, teacher, author (en) |
| dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate |
dbt:Norway-bio-stub dbt:Authority_control dbt:Infobox_person dbt:Reflist |
| dcterms:subject |
dbc:Living_people dbc:1972_births dbc:Pre-Columbian_trans-oceanic_contact dbc:Norwegian_explorers dbc:Replications_of_ancient_voyages |
| gold:hypernym |
dbr:Explorer |
| rdf:type |
owl:Thing foaf:Person dbo:Person dul:NaturalPerson wikidata:Q19088 wikidata:Q215627 wikidata:Q5 wikidata:Q729 dbo:Animal dbo:Eukaryote dbo:Species schema:Person |
| rdfs:comment |
Torgeir Sæverud Higraff is an explorer, teacher and author with special interest in prehistoric transoceanic contact. Like Thor Heyerdahl, Higraff combines history, anthropology and traditional knowledge with expeditions. In 2002, the year Heyerdahl died, Higraff decided to recreate the Kon-Tiki expedition, and in 2006 the Tangaroa Expedition sailed from Peru to Raiatea in eastern Polynesia. Tangaroa outperformed Kon-Tiki by using an improved sail rig and active use of the guara centerboards. (en) |
| rdfs:label |
Torgeir Sæverud Higraff (en) |
| owl:sameAs |
freebase:Torgeir Sæverud Higraff http://viaf.org/viaf/272539766 wikidata:Torgeir Sæverud Higraff http://arz.dbpedia.org/resource/تورجير_سايڤيرود_هيجراف dbpedia-no:Torgeir Sæverud Higraff https://global.dbpedia.org/id/F3KG |
| prov:wasDerivedFrom |
wikipedia-en:Torgeir_Sæverud_Higraff?oldid=1097444284&ns=0 |
| foaf:depiction |
wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/Torgeir-higraff.jpg |
| foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf |
wikipedia-en:Torgeir_Sæverud_Higraff |
| foaf:name |
Torgeir Sæverud Higraff (en) |
| is dbo:wikiPageRedirects of |
dbr:Torgeir_Saeverud_Higraff |
| is dbo:wikiPageWikiLink of |
dbr:Pre-Columbian_rafts dbr:Tangaroa_Expedition dbr:Kon-Tiki2 dbr:Kon-Tiki_expedition dbr:Torgeir_Saeverud_Higraff |
| is foaf:primaryTopic of |
wikipedia-en:Torgeir_Sæverud_Higraff |
