Designed to inform curiosity as well as future travels, participants will come away with an increased understanding of the man, the raft, and the legacy that he has left behind.

Its skipper was the then 33-year-old Thor Heyerdahl, and their destination was Polynesia. Led by an expert on Polynesia, James Grant-Peterkin, this Conversation will give you an insight into the fascinating history of Thor Heyerdahl and his theories on cultural exchanges across the oceans. Kon-Tiki (1947) On 28 April 1947, a raft made of balsawood carrying six men and a parrot sailed out of Callao, Peru. Hence the Kon-Tiki expedition was equipped with 1,060 litres of water in both modern (for the day) and ancient containers, as well as ration packs supplied by the US Army. This talk will also include information about Heyerdahl’s solitary living in Polynesia, his excavations on Easter Island, and his crossing of the Atlantic in a reed boat to prove that the Egyptians might have reached the New World long before Columbus. The beloved Norwegian explorer would ultimately live a lifetime full of pioneering adventures, all in the name of archaeological study and human advancement. In 1947 the Norwegian explorer and anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl with five other men crossed the Pacific Ocean on a raft. Kon-Tiki is the record of an astonishing adventure - a journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean by raft. When the crew wrecked on a coral atoll in French Polynesia 101 days later, how had they all managed to survive, and what, if anything, had they learned? Heyerdahl insists as he merrily throws much-needed modern supplies overboard), Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg’s surprisingly gripping feature does a solid job of spicing up its lonely-crew. Step aboard the world-famous Kon-Tiki raft and learn all about Thor Heyerdahl’s unique transpacific voyage, aimed at disproving all the contemporary theories about human settlement in the Pacific.

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