Thor Heyerdahl's 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:explorer
gptkbp:crew	gptkb:Bengt_Danielsson gptkb:Erik_Hesselberg gptkb:Herman_Watzinger gptkb:Knut_Haugland gptkb:Torstein_Raaby
gptkbp:destination	Raroia atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia
gptkbp:distance	approximately 8,000 kilometers
gptkbp:documentedIn	gptkb:Kon-Tiki_(book) gptkb:Kon-Tiki_(1950_documentary_film)
gptkbp:duration	101 days
gptkbp:fleetSize	gptkb:Kon-Tiki_raft
gptkbp:hasExhibit	gptkb:Kon-Tiki_Museum,_Oslo
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Thor Heyerdahl's 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition
gptkbp:influencedBy	Heyerdahl's theory of South American origin of Polynesians
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Thor_Heyerdahl
gptkbp:notableFor	demonstrating the possibility of pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact
gptkbp:origin	gptkb:Callao,_Peru
gptkbp:purpose	to demonstrate that ancient people could have made long sea voyages, creating contacts between separate cultures
gptkbp:raftMaterial	balsa wood
gptkbp:resultedIn	increased interest in experimental archaeology
gptkbp:sponsor	gptkb:Norwegian
gptkbp:startDate	1947
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Kon-Tiki_(film)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7