Next week, NIWA’s research vessel Tangaroa will set sail for the Chatham Rise, for an international study of how microscopic organisms in the surface waters may affect the creation of clouds. This ...

When Norwegians built viking-ships a thousand years ago, indians sailed rafts along coasts of Peru and Equador. Both the viking-«knarr» and the Indian rafts were used to transport people, goods and ...

Lima, Peru – Nearly 60 years after Thor Heyerdahl’s Pacific Ocean crossing aboard the balsa raft Kon-Tiki, a Norwegian team is in Peru putting final touches on a new vessel to repeat the journey. “I ...

LIMA, Peru – Nearly 60 years after Thor Heyerdahl’s Pacific Ocean crossing aboard the balsa raft Kon-Tiki, a Norwegian team is in Peru putting final touches on a new vessel to repeat the journey. “I ...

Nearly 60 years after Thor Heyerdahl’s Pacific Ocean crossing aboard the balsa raft Kon-Tiki, a Norwegian team is in Peru putting final touches on a new vessel to repeat the journey. “I think we are ...

Blaine and Janis Carmena took a gamble on an early retirement - cashing in their savings and buying a rotting 78ft yacht they found under a tarp along Alaska's remote coast. The vessel - the Tangaroa ...