Tangaroa kon tiki books

The tangaroa expedition 2006 thor heyerdahl instituttet. Tangaroa outperformed kontiki by having an improved sail rig and by actively using guaras centerboards. Thor heyerdahls kontiki voyage on the 100th anniversary of thor heyerdahls birth, look back at his historic voyage across the pacific on the primitive raft kon tiki. On april 28, 2006, a norwegian team attempted to duplicate the kon tiki voyage using a newlybuilt raft, the tangaroa, named after the maori seagod tangaroa. When i was 6 years old i watched the documentary about the kontiki with my father. Kon tiki is also the name of heyerdahls book, the academy award winning documentary film chronicling his adventures, and the 2012 dramatized feature film nominated for the academy award for best foreign language film. Heyerdahl believed that people from south america could have settled polynesia in precolumbian times. In 2006, the tangaroa expedition recreated the kontiki voyage using a newly built raft, the tangaroa, named after the maori seagod tangaroa. Olav heyerdahl, grandson of thor heyerdahl was one of the six men on the later trip. The balsawood tangaroa raft was built in peru, and the six expedition members sailed it 8500 km across the pacific to polynesia, following the route of kontiki. Map of kontiki voyage, which generally followed by the tangaroa raft. Since then i have followed thor heyerdahl via books and expeditions. The tangaroa expedition is a recreation of the kon tiki expedition, which happened 60 years earlier. As such, the expedition represents a scientific continuation of thor heyerdahls experiments in recreated maritime technology.

As a tribute to his grandfather and the original kontiki expedition, olav and his team built a new raft in peru and sailed it all the way to raiatea. Mass market paperback kontiki is the record of an astonishing adventure across the pacific ocean. The 1947 kontiki film won an oscar, and thor heyerdahls book has sold more the 50 millions copies worldwide. Find books like kontiki from the worlds largest community of readers. It would have been nice if a woman was on the trip.

Kontiki is the record of an astonishing adventure across the pacific ocean. The tangaroa expedition the kontiki expedition 2012. Kon tiki is a norwegianswedish documentary film about the kon tiki expedition led by norwegian explorer and writer thor heyerdahl in 1947, released in swede. The raft was named after the maori seagod tangaroa. I also read his other books like early man and the ocean which provides a good. A special rand mcnally colour edition for young people, by thor heyerdahl, 1960.

Full text of kon tiki across the pacific by raft thor heyerdahl. I was part of the crew on the raft during the expedition tangaroa, crossing the. The kontiki expedition was a 1947 journey by raft across the pacific ocean from south. The earlier kontiki expedition of 1947 started in callao, peru and ended in the raroia atoll the balsa raft got stuck on a reef there after a journey of 6980. The old man, who had read all these books and written some of them, sat behind his. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required.