Heyerdahlis a Norwegian anthropologist and sea explorer. When he did an anthropological survey on the Polynesian Islands in the Pacific, the island’s ruins, legends, etc. convinced him that the first inhabitants of the islands came from South America in the fifth century AD, but he had no idea. Believe. For this reason, he found 5 volunteers, and crossed the Pacific with him on the Indian raft "Kantiki", which was strictly imitated as it was. He wanted to prove that the Polynesians did not come from Asia, but crossed the Pacific from South America. Achieved the migration. In April 1947, they set off from Peru, South America, and took a raft for 101 days and 4,900 miles of life and death. They traveled more than 4,000 nautical miles and finally reached the Polynesian Islands in the South Pacific, creating a miracle in the history of human navigation
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Kon-Tiki movie plot
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Extended Reading
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Torstein Raaby: And only a hundred days to go.
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Torstein Raaby: [Seeing that Bengt is throwing a dusts in the water] Why are feeding the sharks our tomato soup?
Bengt Danielsson: It's shark repellent from the Americans.
Torstein Raaby: [ironic] No, it's tomato soup.
Bengt Danielsson: [confused after to relish the dusts with a finger] Where's the shark repellent?
Torstein Raaby: [funny] Well, apparently we ate that.