The Amazing Adventure Of Six Men On A Raft Across The Pacific! True! Thrilling!
Original title
Kon-Tiki
Released
1/13/1950
Origin country
NO
Genre
Documentary
Production companies
SF Studios, Syncron-film AS
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Runtime
0hr 58min
"Kon-Tiki" was the name of a wooden raft used by six Scandinavian scientists, led by Thor Heyerdahl, to make a 101-day journey from South America to the Polynesian Islands. The purpose of the expedition was to prove Heyerdal's theory that the Polynesian Islands were populated from the east- specifically Peru- rather than from the west (Asia) as had been the theory for hundreds of years. Heyerdahl made a study of the winds and tides in the Pacific, and by simulating conditions as closely as possible to those he theorized the Peruvians encountered, set out on the voyage.
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