Washington, Apr. 15 (ANI): The story of Kon-Tiki, a ship that sailed to prove the conventional migration theory wrong, is set to be told in a new film.
Kon-Tiki, which was little more than a raft, captured the world's imagination in 1947 when it crossed the Pacific Ocean, helmed by Norwegian adventurer and anthropologist Thor Heyerdahl.
Filmmakers Joachim Ronning told CBS News that Heyerdahl believed that the oceans were roads, basically, 1,500 years ago and he spent ten years trying to get his theory accepted and when nobody believed him, he set out to prove himself correct.
Broadcast journalist Serena Altschul said that people thought Heyerdahl was crazy.
Ronning and Espen Sandberg have brought Kon-Tiki's replica to New York City Harbor to promote their new movie 'Kon-Tiki' about Heyerdahl and his legendary trip.
After living in Polynesia, Heyerdahl had become convinced that the islands had been settled by explorers from South America - to the East - and not by people from Asia, to the West, as had been widely believed.
To prove his theory correct, he recruited five companions (and one parrot) to join him aboard the cramped, 45-foot-long raft for the 4,300-mile journey from Peru to the Polynesian Islands.
For ensuring authenticity, he built the Kon-Tiki out of balsa logs, using the same construction methods and materials that were available to the ancient Peruvians. (ANI)
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