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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:explorer
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gptkbp:awarded
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Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature (1951)
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gptkbp:crew
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gptkb:Thor_Heyerdahl
gptkb:Bengt_Danielsson
gptkb:Erik_Hesselberg
gptkb:Herman_Watzinger
gptkb:Knut_Haugland
gptkb:Torstein_Raaby
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gptkbp:distance
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approximately 8,000 km
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gptkbp:documentedIn
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gptkb:Kon-Tiki_(book)
gptkb:Kon-Tiki_(1950_documentary_film)
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gptkbp:duration
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101 days
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gptkbp:endPoint
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Raroia, Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia
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gptkbp:fleetSize
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gptkb:Kon-Tiki
balsa wood raft
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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The Kon-Tiki Expedition
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gptkbp:influenced
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experimental archaeology
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gptkbp:language
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gptkb:Norwegian
English
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gptkbp:ledTo
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gptkb:Thor_Heyerdahl
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gptkbp:notableFor
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proving the possibility of pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact
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gptkbp:purpose
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to demonstrate that ancient people could have made long sea voyages, creating contacts between separate cultures
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gptkbp:religion
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gptkb:Kon-Tiki_Museum,_Oslo
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gptkbp:sponsor
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private sponsors and the Norwegian government
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gptkbp:startDate
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1947
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gptkbp:startPoint
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gptkb:Callao,_Peru
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:The_Ra_Expeditions
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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