[DOC] [TLE] Kon-Tiki expedition - Wikipedia [PAR] The Kon-Tiki expedition was a 1947 journey by raft across the Pacific Ocean from 
South America to the Polynesian islands, led by Norwegian explorer and writer 
Thor Heyerdahl. ... Heyerdahl and five companions sailed the raft for 101 days 
over 6900 km (4,300 miles) ... He painted the large Kon-Tiki figure on the raft's 
sail. [DOC] [TLE] Thor Heyerdahl - Wikipedia [PAR] Thor Heyerdahl was a Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a 
background in zoology, .... In 1947, Heyerdahl and five fellow adventurers sailed 
from Peru to the ... the reef at Raroia in the Tuamotu Islands on August 7, 1947, 
after a 101-day, ... Kon-Tiki demonstrated that it was possible for a primitive raft to 
sail the... [DOC] [TLE] April 28, 1947: Kon-Tiki Sets Sail From Peru to Polynesia | WIRED [PAR] Apr 28, 2008 ... 1947: Thor Heyerdahl and five crewmen leave Callao, Peru, on a balsa-wood raft
. ... The raft also had a mizzen sail and a long steering oar at the stern. ... The 
journey covered 4,300 nautical miles in 101 days (averaging 42... [DOC] [TLE] 'Kon-Tiki' raft re-creation gets fresh start - Technology & science ... [PAR] Sep 27, 2005 ... An effort to re-create the late Thor Heyerdahl's famed 101-day ... and his six-man 
crew spent 101 days on the 15-ton balsa raft Kon-Tiki, ... adventurer's grandson, 
Olav Heyerdahl, plans to sail from Peru in ... In 1947, Thor Heyerdahl's team 
sailed a raft 4,900 miles (7,850 kilometers) from Peru to Polynesia to... [DOC] [TLE] The Kon-Tiki sails again 70 years after explorers set off across the ... [PAR] Oct 30, 2015 ... Team of Norwegian and Peruvian explorers will set out from Peruvian port ... 
across 4,300 miles of open ocean on balsa wood raft, over 101 days, in 1947; 
New ... voyage of Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl, in 1947. ... 
have spent months recreating the design of the original Kon-Tiki raft, make... [DOC] [TLE] Thor Heyerdahl film sets sail to Toronto - BBC News - BBC.com [PAR] Sep 6, 2012 ... In 1947, Thor Heyerdahl sailed from Peru to the Polynesian islands on a ... Thor 
Heyerdahl couldn't even swim but he spent 101 days on a raft... [DOC] [TLE] Worldandnation: A life spent in adventure [PAR] Apr 19, 2002 ... Thor Heyerdahl, the Norwegian who sailed the log raft "Kon-Tiki' ... that his 
primitive balsa sailing vessel, named after the Peruvian sun god, ... and 101 days 
at sea, the Kon-Tiki landed on an uninhabited Polynesian atoll. [DOC] [TLE] Thor Heyerdahl Expeditions and Archaeology of the Pacific Peoples [PAR] Thor Heyerdahl is a world-renowned explorer and archaeologist. ... that the first 
wave had reached Polynesia via Peru and Easter Island on balsa rafts. ... Peru 
and crossed 8000 km (4300 miles) in 101 days to reach Polynesia (Raroia ..... 
after Kon-Tiki, sailing reed boats woven by Peru's Aymara Indians from North 
Africa to... [DOC] [TLE] Expeditions - The Thor Heyerdahl Institute [PAR] After a 101 day, 4,300-mile (6,900 km) journey across the Pacific Ocean, ... Kon-
Tiki demonstrated that it was possible for a primitive raft to sail the Pacific with ... 
from Peru to the Polynesian islands on pae-paes--large rafts built from balsa logs
, ... Heyerdahl and the professional archaeologists who traveled with him spent... [DOC] [TLE] Kon-Tiki (2012) - IMDb [PAR] Adventure  Legendary explorer Thor Heyerdal's epic 4,300-mile crossing of the 
Pacific on a .... Stars: Thor Heyerdahl, Herman Watzinger, Erik Hesselberg .... 
they set off on an epic 101-day-long trip across 8000 kilometers, while the world 
.... Thor spent ten years with his theory that Polynesia was settled from Peru; not 
from... [DOC] [TLE] Kon Tiki  1951 - Friday Harbor Film Festival [PAR] Intrigued by Polynesian folklore, Norwegian biologist Thor Heyerdahl ... To prove 
his theory, in 1947 Heyerdahl set sail in the

Question: Thor Heyerdahl spent 101 days sailing this raft from Peru to Polynesia
Answer: Kon-Tiki