Incredible Journeys

9 hrs. 57 min.

Miscellaneous

Language Russian

Author Andrzej Urbańczyk

Narrator Vyacheslav Gerasimov

Description

The book tells about famous raft journeys: William Willis’s solo voyage, during which he crossed the Pacific Ocean twice; Thor Heyerdahl’s expeditions on “Kon-Tiki” and “Ra”; the record expedition on the balsa raft “La Valse” in 1970; and others.

The expedition participants, demonstrating extraordinary courage and bravery, proved their scientific ideas of historical, geographical, ethnographic, and medical nature.

Contents:

Foreword
The raft—history, construction, sailing qualities
History of raft navigation
Raft construction
The crew on the raft
The first raft crosses the ocean
On a balsa raft across the Pacific Ocean
A voluntary shipwrecked person
Across the ocean with a cat and a parrot
On a raft across the North Atlantic
“Taïti-Nui” vs “Kon-Tiki”
Again “Taïti-Nui”
The third time can’t be avoided
On a raft across the Atlantic
Lekombe’s tragic voyage
Age is no barrier
To the west, to Australia!
In search of adventures
On a reed raft across the ocean
Overcoming the Atlantic
Record of records: 160 days — 10,000 nautical miles