Kon-Tiki

Kon-Tiki

Released on
Documentary
Runtime
58 mins
(53 votes)

"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.

Cast

  • Thor Heyerdahl
  • Herman Watzinger
  • Erik Hesselberg
  • Knut Haugland
  • Torstein Raaby
  • Bengt Danielsson
  • Ben Grauer

Director

  • Thor Heyerdahl

Producers

  • Thor Heyerdahl
  • Olle Nordemar

Screenwriter

    Similar Movies