Kon-Tiki / NRK TV International ; Syncron Film in cooperation iwth Artfilm ; television version produced by Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation ; photography, manuscript, and production byThor Heyerdahl
On April 28, 1947, an expedition was led by Norwegian biologist Thor Heyerdahl. The journey by raft spanned 4, 300 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean and was hailed as one of the most fantastic feats of daring and courage of its time. Heyerdahl and his crew duplicated the legendary voyage of Kon-Tiki, the mythical hero who led the settlement of the South Sea Islands by sailing on a balsawood raft from Peru to the Polynesian islands
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Reissue of the 1951 documentary, with an updated television version in 1996
