"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.
Thor Heyerdahl
as Himself
Herman Watzinger
as Himself
Erik Hesselberg
as Himself
Knut Haugland
as Himself
Torstein Raaby
as Himself
Bengt Danielsson
as Himself
Ben Grauer
as Narrator
