Thor Heyerdahl's search for Odin : ancient links between Azerbaijan and Scandinavia?

Thor Heyerdahl (1914–2002) became world-­famous with his 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition across the Pacific on a balsa raft. - Less known is Heyerdahl’s interest in the Caucasus, which was first triggered by a visit to Azerbaijan where he saw the boat petroglyphs in Gobustan. As a result, Heyerdahl was convinced there had been migrations ­between this region and Scandinavia. He found confirmation in Snorri Sturluson’s medieval saga about Odin’s journey from the Caucasus. Thor Heyerdahl’s Search for Odin deals with issues related to Heyerdahl’s insistence on early man’s relationship between the two regions, which was discussed at the Thor Heyerdahl Conference (Baku 2011) by experts in fields such as archaeology, history, music and philology.