![]() ![]() ![]() Being close to the water and without an engine meant that fish came right up to the boat and were pretty easy to capture for food and water. The prevailing winds and current carried the raft westward at a brisk speed, and there was no way to go back. If you’re watching Kon-Tiki in 2019, you probably already know that Heyerdahl was correct and the raft made it safely to the Polynesian islands with all its crew. What Can One Learn From Watching This Documentary: They even had a little rowboat so that could film the Kon-Tiki from afar, although they learned to tether the rowboat lest it be left behind! All the footage was shot by the crew themselves with a single 16-mm camera. The documentary depicts the Kon-Tiki’s 101 day journey across the Pacific as they traveled 6,980 km. To prove his hypothesis, Heyerdahl put together a crew, built a boat out of balsa logs in an indigenous style, and set forth from Peru. Most academics rejected the idea that pre-Columbian people could travel such great distances across the ocean. Norwegian ethnographer and adventurer Thor Heyerdahl had the idea that the Polynesian Islands could have been settled in ancient times by people from South America. Some other “K” documentaries I’ve reviewed are Keith Richards: Under the Influence, Knuckleball! and Koch. Throughout April I will be watching and reviewing a documentary movie from A to Z. This is my entry for “K” in the Blogging A to Z Challenge. ![]()
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