Norman Baker (explorer)

For other people named Norman Baker, see Norman Baker (disambiguation).
Norman Baker
Born
Norman Leonard Baker

November 18, 1928
DiedNovember 22, 2017
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCornell University
OccupationNavigator

Norman Leonard Baker (November 18, 1928 – November 22, 2017[1]) was a navigator on Thor Heyerdahl's Ra, Ra II and Tigris reed boat expeditions.[2][3] He was the co-author (with Barbara Murphy) of Thor Heyerdahl and the Reed Boat Ra, a 1974 children's book on the expeditions. He was a fellow and director of the Explorers Club,[4] and served as an advisor to Fara Heim, an expedition searching for signs of Viking settlements in North America. Capt. Baker died when the Cessna 172 he was piloting crashed in Pittsford, Vermont on November 22, 2017.[1][5]

  1. ^ a b Roberts, Sam (December 1, 2017). "Norman Baker, Adventurer, Dies at 89; Crossed Atlantic on Reed Raft". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2017-12-04. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  2. ^ Heyerdahl, T. 1972. The Ra Expeditions. Penguin Books
  3. ^ Heyerdahl, T. 1984. The Tigris Expedition: In Search of Our Beginnings, Doubleday
  4. ^ "Captain Norman Baker". 15 March 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  5. ^ Writer, DONALD W. PATTERSON Staff. "RESCUE TO REMEMBER / SAILING SHIP'S FINAL CRUISE ENDED AMID 50-FOOT WAVES AND GREAT ACTS OF HEROISM". Greensboro News and Record. Retrieved 3 July 2021.