The Generosity of Trees
How many logs does it take to make a raft?
The raft I speak of course is that of the Kon-tiki. A reenactment of a theory to see if it was possible for a traveller to make a voyage across the pacific ocean. Trying to prove that people from Peru could have populated the Polynesian islands. It came to grief on an isolated island the voyagers were rescued and a book written. Which is, quite probably, available on amazon.
The raft is on show in a museum in Norway. I saw it once. I think I was 15-17 at the time.
Made entirely of wood. 14 metre balsa trunks forming the main platform upon which a log cabin and mast were attached. Planks of pine forming the platform, they set sail in 1947 to try and cross the vast ocean of the pacific. To show how people could have traveled and populated the ocean.
The movie, tells the story in dramatic style.
Facing all that nature could bring in an ocean that has wrecked so many larger ships in the past they set sail on April the 28th.
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