Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl and his crew arrived in Polynesia after 101 days at sea aboard the Kon-Tiki raft on this day in history, August 7, 1947. Hyderdahl, along with five crewmen (and one ...

The ultimate measure of whether a historical drama is working is if it can make viewers who know what happened feel the same uncertainty the participants did while the events were happening. A quick ...

An image from 'Kon-Tiki,' the Oscar-nominated recounting of ethnographer Thor Heyerdahl's journey across 5,000 miles of open ocean using only primitive technology. (Music Box) "Kon Tiki" arrives in ...

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On April 28, 1947 Thor Heyerdahl and his crew of five set sail from Peru on a balsa-wood raft on a remarkable 4,100 mile journey across the Pacific Ocean. The Swedish explorer and researcher was ...

Thor Heyerdahl, a Norwegian ethnographer, had a radical idea. What if the Polynesian islands were settled by South Americans who’d sailed 5,000 miles west across the Pacific in hand-built rafts ...

The most exciting journey I’ve taken in a movie theater in a long time, “Kon-Tiki” is both a throwback to reality-based, adventure-exploration films such as “Scott of the Antarctic” (1948) and a ...

Norway's most expensive screen production to date is a visually striking re-creation of Thor Heyerdahl’s daring trip across the Pacific on a primitive raft. By Sheri Linden Senior Copy Editor/Film ...

Kon-Tiki (2012) follows Thor Heyerdahl’s daring 1947 voyage across the Pacific Ocean on a balsa wood raft. He sets sail with a small crew to prove his theory that South America, not Asia, populated ...

“Kon-Tiki” is a ripping yarn torn from yesterday’s headlines. Though somewhat forgotten now, the 1947 story of six men, an oceangoing raft and a wild and crazy theory was a media sensation that ...

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The voyage of the Kon-Tiki was one of the greatest DIY experiments of the 20th century, proving that six young scientists, using primitive technology and sheer foolhardy belief, could traverse the ...