Kon-Tiki by Thor Heyerdahl; Erik Hesselberg; Knut Haugland; Bengt Danielsson; Torstein Raaby;Call Number: 910.45 KON2006
Publication Date: 2006 (Originally published 1996)
On April 28, 1947, an expedition was led by Norwegian biologist Thor Heyerdahl. The journey by raft spanned 4,300 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean and was hailed as one of the most fantastic feats of daring and courage of its time. Heyerdahl and his crew duplicated the legendary voyage of Kon-Tiki, the mythical hero who led the settlement of the South Sea Islands by sailing on a balsa wood raft from Peru to the Polynesian islands.