“That means we’re 850 sea miles from the coast of Peru.”“And we’ve got another 3,500 to go to get to the nearest islands,” Knut added cautiously.- seems they still have quite a way at this point! Add this exciting book to your collection today. There’s a great temptation to draw parallels between directors Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg’s epic journey in making Kon-Tiki (reviewed here) and the expedition it chronicles.And.

Herman, Knut, and Torstein too came eagerly crowding in to see the new little circle that placed us a good 40 sea miles nearer the South Sea islands than the last in the chain. It describes the adventure of meeting the Whale Shark with a passionate sense of adventure, describing the people on board being panicked at first, then. When the sea was calm, we made long trips in our little rubber boat. Windless weather and tropical heat troubled us very little. Read on as the team discusses how far they have left to go - “98° 46′ west by 8° 2′ south-a good day’s run since yesterday, chaps!” He took my pencil and drew a tiny circle on a chart which hung on the bamboo wall-a tiny circle at the end of a chain of nineteen circles that curved across from the port of Callao on the coast of Peru. The head on the sail was copied from a stone carving of Kon-Tiki, the prehistoric chieftain who led a fair-skinned civilized people across the Pacific 1,500 years ago. He lived for ancient times and was firmly fettered to them. He poked the coals with a stick to keep them from going out. Before that we lived in a big country beyond the sea. Reader's noteThis brilliant title will add some colour to your vintage bookshelf! The Kon-Tiki Expedition is the true story of Thor Heyerdahl, looking to replicate a journey of 4300 miles from Peru to the Polynesian Island of Puka Puka. It was Tiki who brought my ancestors to these islands where we live now.

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