Kon-Tiki
Movie| Title | Kon-Tiki |
| User score | 7.5 |
| Release date | Jan 13, 1950 |
| Genre | Documentary |
| Director | Thor Heyerdahl |
| Production country | Norway, Sweden |
| Production companies | Syncron-film AS, SF Studios |
| Run time | 58 min. |
"Kon-Tiki" was the name of a wooden raft used by six Scandinavian scientists, led by Thor Heyerdahl, to make a 101-day journey from South America to the Polynesian Islands. The purpose of the expedition was to prove Heyerdal's theory that the Polynesian Islands were populated from the east- specifically Peru- rather than from the west (Asia) as had been the theory for hundreds of years. Heyerdahl made a study of the winds and tides in the Pacific, and by simulating conditions as closely as possible to those he theorized the Peruvians encountered, set out on the voyage.
