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... 2 KB (179 words) - 16:04, 18 March 2024 |
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... 27 KB (2,539 words) - 16:07, 18 March 2024 |
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 sailed 8,000 km (5,000 mi) across the Pacific... 70 KB (8,313 words) - 16:21, 6 May 2024 |
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... 3 KB (197 words) - 16:07, 18 March 2024 |
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" –... 4 KB (263 words) - 16:10, 18 March 2024 |
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... 7 KB (971 words) - 19:49, 9 March 2024 |
Kontiki (disambiguation) (redirect from Kon-Tiki (film)) Kontiki or Kon-Tiki may refer to: The raft used by Thor Heyerdahl in his 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition. The Kon-Tiki Expedition: By Raft Across the South Seas... 1 KB (179 words) - 08:13, 27 November 2023 |
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... 6 KB (512 words) - 16:08, 18 March 2024 |
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... 12 KB (1,262 words) - 16:08, 18 March 2024 |
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... 3 KB (410 words) - 16:07, 18 March 2024 |
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... 13 KB (1,592 words) - 05:06, 21 April 2024 |
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... 5 KB (443 words) - 16:08, 18 March 2024 |
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... 2 KB (293 words) - 01:46, 28 April 2022 |
Tangaroa Expedition of 2006 closely resembled the Kon-Tiki expedition sailing a balsa raft from Peru to Polynesia. Tangaroa outperformed Kon-Tiki by having... 3 KB (335 words) - 15:57, 5 March 2021 |
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... 7 KB (682 words) - 22:22, 9 April 2024 |
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... 12 KB (1,063 words) - 14:48, 3 September 2023 |
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... 5 KB (467 words) - 16:08, 18 March 2024 |
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... 13 KB (1,454 words) - 19:58, 8 March 2024 |
inspired by the Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki expeditions. The goal of the expeditions was to repeat the success of the Kon-Tiki and confirm Heyerdahl's thoughts... 1 KB (133 words) - 07:35, 13 February 2020 |
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... 9 KB (752 words) - 16:08, 18 March 2024 |
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... 757 bytes (126 words) - 23:21, 21 November 2015 |
of suicide victims who jump off a cliff Kon-Tiki (2012) – historical drama about the 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition Last Flight to Abuja (2012) – Nigerian disaster... 243 KB (28,045 words) - 22:08, 11 April 2024 |