Factory sealed DVD</br></br>Product Description</br></br>Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl (P?l Sverre Hagen) crossed the Pacific ocean in a balsa wood raft in 1947?? together with five men?? to prove that South Americans already back in pre-Columbian times could have crossed the sea and settle on Polynesian islands. After gathering financing for the trip with loans and donations?? they set off on an epic 101 day-long journey across 8??000 kilometers?? all while the world was watching. KON-TIKI tells about the origin of Heyerdahl??s idea and the events surrounding the group??s voyage.</br></br>Amazon.com</br></br>The dangers of the high seas have rarely been rendered as vivid and thrilling as in <i>Kon-Tiki</i>?? the 2012 movie version of Thor Heyerdahl's famous and acclaimed autobiographical tale. Heyerdahl (P?l Hagen)?? an ethnographer and explorer convinced that the Polynesian islands were colonized by