The book by Thor Heyerdahl “Journey to ‘Kon-Tiki’” describes how six brave people carried out one of the most original expeditions of our time—from a raft in South America to Polynesia across the Pacific Ocean. Among the participants on “Kon-Tiki” was Heyerdahl’s childhood playmate, Erik Hesselberg—the only real sailor in the team—who served as navigator: he made astronomical observations, determined the raft’s location, and marked its course on the map.
Why was such a journey undertaken? How, when, and from where were the islands of the eastern Pacific settled? The listener will find the answers in the amazing book by a fearless traveler and scientist of worldwide renown.
Read according to the edition: Moscow, Young Guard, 1957.