After having read this book you will wonder what you have done with your life. This is a compelling read taking you through
the adventures of one man’s life that has been so full and varied that you feel you should be out there in the world living each day to the full.
From the start this book fills you with a
hunger to learn more about this adventurer. His frank outlook on life, and his thirst for knowledge lead you on and on. The beginning in Norway where the foundations of his life were laid down, his trips into the snow with his faithful dog Kazan his unerring hunger to find out about the natural world make your own life seem unfulfilled. Just a look at the pictures in this book which show images from all around the world you excited. Norway, Tahiti, Canada, Peru, the Galapagos, Italy and on and on. The anniversaries of his epic voyage on the Kon-Tiki raft come and go through out the book but his discoveries will stay with the world for ever.
This book travels through his memories, it is like a huge woven strand linking all his expeditions, voyages, love of
nature and history of civilisations together. His life has been so varied and full. He has come into contact with the lowest peoples to the highest dignitaries of the world. His decorations from world leaders for his unfailing work with nature, is second to none.
Read this book and you will be filled with a desire to learn about the beginnings of our world, to venture away from your comfortable life and live with nature and use what nature can teach us.
A rare and life changing read by a great explorer.