On August 7, 1947 the sailing raft Kon Tiki crashed into a barrier - TopicsExpress



          

On August 7, 1947 the sailing raft Kon Tiki crashed into a barrier reef off of an uninhabited islet near Raroia Atoll in the Tuamotu Group of French Polynesia. The ship’s Norwegian crew led by explorer Thor Heyerdahl managed to drag the craft safely to the beach. After a few days of being stranded, they were rescued by Polynesian natives from a near-by island who came to investigate the source of unusual jetsam that had washed up on their shore. It was the end of a grand adventure that Heyerdahl would chronicle in a world-wide best selling account and in a documentary film of the voyage.
Posted on: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 12:06:49 +0000

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