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Kon-Tiki is a 2012 Norwegian historical dramatized feature film about the 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition. It starred Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen as Thor Heyerdahl and was directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg.
- Thor Heyerdahl
- 1948
The article challenges the drift theory of Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki expedition and praises the traditional navigation skills of Polynesians. It traces the history of Polynesian voyaging, the debate over their origins, and the significance of the Hōkūleʻa voyage.
Kon-Tiki, raft in which the Norwegian scientist Thor Heyerdahl and five companions sailed in 1947 from the western coast of South America to the islands east of Tahiti.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Kon-Tiki Expedition: By Raft Across the South Seas (Norwegian: Kon-Tiki ekspedisjonen) is a 1948 book by the Norwegian writer Thor Heyerdahl. It recounts Heyerdahl's experiences with the Kon-Tiki expedition, where he travelled across the Pacific Ocean on a balsa tree raft.
Thor Heyerdahl, Norwegian ethnologist and adventurer who organized and led the famous Kon-Tiki (1947) and Ra (1969–70) transoceanic scientific expeditions. Both expeditions were intended to prove the possibility of ancient transoceanic contacts between distant civilizations and cultures.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Feb 12, 2019 · Learn about the epic adventure of Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his crew who sailed from Peru to Polynesia on a balsawood raft in 1947. Discover the challenges, discoveries and legacy of the Kon-Tiki expedition and its film adaptations.
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Heyerdahl is notable for his Kon-Tiki expedition in 1947, in which he drifted 8,000 km (5,000 mi) across the Pacific Ocean in a primitive hand-built raft from South America to the Tuamotu Islands.
