The story of legendary explorer Thor Heyerdal's epic 4,300 miles crossing of the Pacific on a balsa ...
The story of legendary explorer Thor Heyerdal's epic 4,300 miles crossing of the Pacific on a balsa wood raft in 1947, in an effort prove it was possible for South American to settle in Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.
The Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl crossed the Pacific ocean in a balsa wood raft in 1947, together with five men, to prove that South American already back in pre-Columbian times could have crossed the sea and settle on Polynesian islands. After financing the trips with loan and donation they set off on an epic 101 days long trip across 8000 kilometer, while the world was waiting for the result of the trip. The film tells about the origin of the idea, the preparation and the events on the trip. Kon-Tiki was named after the Inca sun god, Viracocha, and "Kon-Tiki" is an old name for this god. Heyerdahl filmed the expedition, which later became the Acaemy award winning documentary in 1951, and wrote a book about the expedition which was tranlated into 70 languages and sold more than 50 million copies around the world. Heyerdahl believed that people from South America could have settled Polynesia in pre-Columbian times...
