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    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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    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...
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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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  • 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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  • 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 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...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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...
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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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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...
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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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    1948 book The Kon-Tiki Expedition, Thor Heyerdahl reported drinking seawater mixed with fresh in a 2:3 ratio during the 1947 expedition. A few years later...
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    Experimental Expedition Flag #123 – Thor Heyerdahl – the Kon-Tiki expedition Flag #132 – David Concannon for Jeff Bezos and Bezos Expeditions – the Saturn...
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