Kon-Tiki (2012)
Directed by Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg
Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl, unable to convince scholars that South Americans could have settled Polynesia, builds a balsa raft in Peru and drifts with five companions across the Pacific.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Larvik, Norway≈ 00:01:00Stated on screen
As a boy, Thor falls through the ice on a dare.
- 2Fatu Hiva, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia≈ 00:03:00Stated on screen
Living on a Marquesan island with Liv, Thor forms his theory about where the Polynesians came from.
- 3New York City, New York≈ 00:09:00Inferred
Publishers turn Thor down, and he meets Herman, an engineer selling refrigerators, who joins him.
- 4Lima, Peru≈ 00:18:00Inferred
In Peru Thor wins support for the expedition and gathers his crew.
- 5Building and launching the raft≈ 00:24:00Callao, PeruInferred
The balsa raft is built in the port and towed out to sea.
- 6Drifting across the Pacific≈ 00:32:00Pacific Ocean between Peru and the TuamotusInferred
For months the raft drifts west through storms, shark attacks and doubts among the crew.
- 7Landing on the reef≈ 01:45:00Raroia, Tuamotu Archipelago, French PolynesiaInferred
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 35,714 km
- Places
- 7
- Countries
- 4
- Stops
- 7
- Not shown: 28,614 km
- Boat: 7,100 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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