L'Expédition du Kon-Tiki
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Kon-Tiki: El documental
director:
Thor Heyerdahl
playwright:
Thor Heyerdahl
actor:
Thor Heyerdahl
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Herman Watzinger
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Erik Hesselberg
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Knut Haugland
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Torstein Raaby
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genre:
Documentary
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Adventure
language:
Norwegian
length: 58m
release date:
1950-01-13
(Release)
IMDb: tt0042650
overview
"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.