Category: English Blog Posts (33 results)
Somewhere north of Scotland
Most of our parents were probably very surprised as they looked on Vesselfinder a few days ago. The Thor suddenly changed course to north and went completely in the wrong direction with record breaking speed and no intent of stopping.… read more
My Dear Diary
My dear diary,I want to tell you my thoughts tonight.While lying in bed, I´ve wondered what I´ll tell people back in Germany, who will ask the simplest question about our incredible trip: “How was it?” After a while, I´ve worked… read more
Internships – With the engineer, bosun and in the provision area
For our ship’s handover we get to know different aspects of the ship. There are the ship management, the engine and of course the provision. Some jobs for the ship’s handover can be learned in an internship. We have the… read more
Students’ meetings
Living on board of the Thor Heyerdahl is a once in a lifetime opportunity for us students, but there are a lot of things we need to do to keep the ship running. We must clean the ship every day,… read more
Azores – setting foot on European ground again
For the last five months we´ve been sailing around half of the world on our ship -and home- the Thor Heyerdahl. We´ve visited so many countries that some of us don´t even remember the first stops in Falmouth or Lisbon.… read more
Crossing the North Atlantic Ocean
Many of us were really looking to the crossing of the North Atlantic Ocean, even if we also had a lot of respect, because of stories about many storms, that we were told. But that didn’t stop our excitement, so… read more
“Warschau!” insiders and running gags
With a growing and ever-changing community on board, one would expect many insiders to have developed. And, unsurprisingly, one would be correct. The thing is, I can´t possibly present all of them because we´ve spent so much time together that… read more
A zoom out view
“Outward Bound“- a concept we have probably all heard of. It is the educational theory by the educationalist Kurt Hahn as well as the educational fundament of the Thor Heyerdahl and the KUS-Project. It consists of four pieces: physical and… read more
Havanna – The city of contrasts
After our bike-tour and our stay at the Friedrich-Engels-School, we went to Havanna, the capital of Cuba. When we arrived in Havanna, we crossed the Plaza de la Revolución on our way to the hostel. Around the Plaza there are… read more
Taking over the ship
Taking over the ship is one of the students’ tasks in the project “Classroom under sail”. During the entire journey, there are three ship takeovers (German: Schiffsübergabe) and every one of them is unique in their own way. The first… read more