![Thor Heyerdahl / 1914-2002 / Kon-Tiki captain sailed raft from Peru to history / Norwegian thought ancients made transpacific trip Thor Heyerdahl / 1914-2002 / Kon-Tiki captain sailed raft from Peru to history / Norwegian thought ancients made transpacific trip](https://s.hdnux.com/photos/10/37/50/2226738/6/1200x0.jpg)
Thor Heyerdahl / 1914-2002 / Kon-Tiki captain sailed raft from Peru to history / Norwegian thought ancients made transpacific trip
![Member of the Tangaroa expedition, Swedish Anders Berg, who aims to recreate Thor Heyerdahl's legendary Kon-Tiki voyage across the Pacific Ocean in a balsa raft in 1947, shows the route they plan Member of the Tangaroa expedition, Swedish Anders Berg, who aims to recreate Thor Heyerdahl's legendary Kon-Tiki voyage across the Pacific Ocean in a balsa raft in 1947, shows the route they plan](https://c8.alamy.com/compit/2d3mbx9/member-of-the-tangaroa-expedition-swedish-anders-berg-who-aims-to-recreate-thor-heyerdahls-legendary-kon-tiki-voyage-across-the-pacific-ocean-in-a-balsa-raft-in-1947-shows-the-route-they-plan-to-follow-from-peru-next-april-a-100-day-voyage-to-tahiti-during-a-conference-in-lima-november-18-2004-their-9-meter-wide-16-meter-long-raft-to-be-made-of-balsa-logs-lashed-together-with-hemp-and-with-a-60-square-meter-cotton-sail-will-be-a-replica-of-ships-used-6000-years-ago-but-will-be-equipped-with-solar-panels-to-help-transmit-pictures-to-the-internet-the-team-which-includes-heyerdahl-2d3mbx9.jpg)
Member of the Tangaroa expedition, Swedish Anders Berg, who aims to recreate Thor Heyerdahl's legendary Kon-Tiki voyage across the Pacific Ocean in a balsa raft in 1947, shows the route they plan
![Wim van Dongen on Twitter: "#OTD in 1947, 70 yrs ago, Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki expedition ended in French Polynesia https://t.co/Wxza14gTKw https://t.co/0lcSCfLCWw" / Twitter Wim van Dongen on Twitter: "#OTD in 1947, 70 yrs ago, Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki expedition ended in French Polynesia https://t.co/Wxza14gTKw https://t.co/0lcSCfLCWw" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DGod54CXUAMVdcx.jpg)
Wim van Dongen on Twitter: "#OTD in 1947, 70 yrs ago, Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki expedition ended in French Polynesia https://t.co/Wxza14gTKw https://t.co/0lcSCfLCWw" / Twitter
![A map of the Kon Tiki expedition. It ran aground in Raroia in the Tuamotu after sailing 4300 nautical miles in 101 days | Expedition, Best adventure books, Tiki A map of the Kon Tiki expedition. It ran aground in Raroia in the Tuamotu after sailing 4300 nautical miles in 101 days | Expedition, Best adventure books, Tiki](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/f3/98/e8/f398e844395550abfa04897c226b9c31.png)