Kon-Tiki expedition The Kon-Tiki expedition was a 1947 journey by raft across the Pacific Ocean from South America to the Polynesian islands, led by Norwegian...
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The Kon-Tiki Expedition: By Raft Across the South Seas (Norwegian: Kon-Tiki ekspedisjonen) is a 1948 book by the Norwegian writer Thor Heyerdahl. It recounts...
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Kon-Tiki is a 2012 historical drama film directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg about the 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition. The film was mainly shot on...
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Thor Heyerdahl (section Kon-Tiki expedition)
specialization in zoology, botany and geography. Heyerdahl is notable for his Kon-Tiki expedition in 1947, in which he drifted 8,000 km (5,000 mi) across the Pacific...
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Kon-Tiki is a Norwegian documentary film about the Kon-Tiki expedition led by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl in 1947, released in Sweden...
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The Kon-Tiki Museum (Norwegian: Kon-Tiki Museet) is a museum in the Bygdøy peninsula in Oslo, Norway. It houses vessels and maps from the Kon-Tiki expedition...
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It set sail from Trujillo, Peru. The Kon-Tiki expedition led to Heyerdahl writing a book titled "Kon-Tiki" followed by his documentary and more recently...
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Kontiki (disambiguation) (redirect from Kon-Tiki (film))
may also refer to: Kon-Tiki expedition, a 1947 Thor Heyerdahl-led journey by raft across the Pacific Ocean The Kon-Tiki Expedition: By Raft Across the South...
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1947 Kon-Tiki expedition. It was released with the B-side "36-24-36", which was written by the four Shadows members. 7": Columbia / DB 4698 "Kon-Tiki" –...
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Erik Hesselberg (category Kon-Tiki expedition)
painter and sculptor. He is most known as a crewmember of the Kon-Tiki raft expedition from South America to French Polynesia in 1947. Erik Hesselberg...
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Knut Haugland (category Kon-Tiki expedition)
explorer from Norway, who accompanied Thor Heyerdahl on his famous 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition. Haugland, born in 1917 in Rjukan, Telemark, Norway, took his examen...
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Tangaroa Expedition of 2006 closely resembled the Kon-Tiki expedition sailing a balsa raft from Peru to Polynesia. Tangaroa outperformed Kon-Tiki by having...
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Tupac Yupanqui. The rafts were similar to the Kon-Tiki raft built by Thor Heyerdahl in 1947. Like the Kon-Tiki, Rahiti Tane and Tupac Yupanqui were built...
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Torstein Raaby (category Kon-Tiki expedition)
resistance fighter and explorer. He is known as a crew member on the Kon-Tiki expedition. Raaby was born in the village of Dverberg on the island of Andøya...
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Kon-Tiki refers to Scout and Guide raft building competitions held by Scouts South Africa and Scouts Australia. Named after Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki...
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several projects such as Bandidas (2006), Max Manus: Man of War (2008), Kon-Tiki (2012) and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017). He...
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Corvette. Balsa wood played a historical role in Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki expedition where it was used to build the raft. Balsa wood is also popular in...
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highly publicized Kon-Tiki expedition on a primitive raft with a Scandinavian crew. It captured the public's attention, making the Kon-Tiki a household name...
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Bengt Danielsson (category Kon-Tiki expedition)
was a Swedish anthropologist, writer, and a crew member on the Kon-Tiki raft expedition from South America to French Polynesia in 1947. In 1991, he was...
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Herman Watzinger (category Kon-Tiki expedition)
technique from NTH (now NTNU) in Trondheim and a crewmember on the Kon-Tiki expedition. He was also a Milorg member during the Second World War operation...
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in The Kon-Tiki Expedition (1948) the various problems of getting into the Jívaro (Shuar) area in Ecuador to get balsa wood for his expedition raft. Local...
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Kontiki (album) (redirect from Kon Tiki (album))
Kontiki (sometimes Kon Tiki) is the second studio album by American rock band Cotton Mather. The album incorporates rock, pop, and psychedelic music, as...
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inspired by Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki expedition, The goal of Ingris's Kantuta expeditions was to repeat the success of the Kon-Tiki and confirm Heyerdahl's...
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1947 Kon-Tiki expedition, followed by the book in 1948 and a movie in 1950, helped promote tropical exploration. Importantly within the context of tiki culture...
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are limited by law to transmitters with no more than 65 watts. The Kon-Tiki expedition communicated regularly with a 6 watt transmitter from the middle...
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Kon-Tiki Nunatak (82°33′S 159°52′E / 82.550°S 159.867°E / -82.550; 159.867) is a raft-like nunatak, 1,300 metres (4,300 ft) high, surmounting the Cooper...
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disproved by Bengt Danielsson (who had been a member of the 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition) in the June 1985 issue of the Pacific Islands Monthly. Danielsson...
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described by Thor Heyerdahl in the accounts of the Kon-Tiki expedition. After a member of the raft expedition was awoken by a mysterious fish landing on his...
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Brigitte Bardot. In 1958, the KonTiki watch collection was released. It was inspired by 1947 Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki expedition. After 1982, Eterna was sold...
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knowledge with expeditions. In 2002, the year Heyerdahl died, Higraff decided to recreate the Kon-Tiki expedition, and in 2006 the Tangaroa Expedition sailed...
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