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Thor Heyerdahl – 2002

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By Sarah Anderson, published in the Independent, 19/02/2002 Thor Heyerdahl was one of those rare human beings who managed to realize his dreams. He achieved this by a mixture of determination, stubbornness, in a trusting of oral tradition, by practical experiment and by listening to people. Heyerdahl was born in 1914 in the coastal town … Read more

Veronica Bamfield – 2000

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Veronica Bamfield, traveller, writer and broadcaster had an enviable ability to take a lively interest in everything that came her way. She had a continual thirst for knowledge treating life as a university and engrossed herself in whatever project she was currently involvaed. She was born in Norwich on November 22nd 1908. Her father Lt-Col … Read more