0:04:37 > 0:04:39THEY GIGGLE
0:04:40 > 0:04:42Smile!
0:04:50 > 0:04:52HE CALLS OUT
0:04:54 > 0:04:56BELL RINGS
0:05:04 > 0:05:07So, no smiling.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08HE CALLS OUT
0:07:11 > 0:07:16"The Faa-hoka is the Marquisian variety of pineapple.
0:07:16 > 0:07:20"It was found in abundance by the first European explorers."
0:07:55 > 0:07:58THEY SPEAK IN FRENCH
0:08:03 > 0:08:05HE TRANSLATES
0:09:50 > 0:09:54- So how long are you in New York? - Leaving in a few days.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56Going home for Christmas.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03My name is Heyerdahl. Thor Heyerdahl.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Yes. You already said that.
0:10:10 > 0:10:13The wise men of anthropology are quite clear
0:10:13 > 0:10:16that Polynesia was not populated from the east.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19Wise men are not always right, sir.
0:10:25 > 0:10:26Look around you.
0:10:26 > 0:10:29Every book in here offers some theory or another.
0:10:29 > 0:10:32Most written by one man, read by perhaps only ten...
0:10:32 > 0:10:34of whom nine disagree with the theory.
0:10:34 > 0:10:39But my theory provides evidence that Polynesia was settled from the east.
0:10:39 > 0:10:42I've spent ten years writing and researching my thesis.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46I lived on Fatu Hiva. Professor, I lived my theory.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48What number am I?
0:10:48 > 0:10:50How many publishers have you seen before me?
0:10:50 > 0:10:53I know you've been to Barbeau and Benedict.
0:10:53 > 0:10:55I presume Meade and Hill-Tout.
0:10:55 > 0:10:59All scientists assume the world is waiting to hear from them.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02The fact that I am your last hope ought to tell you something.
0:11:02 > 0:11:06Yes, that scientific publishing is completely closed to new ideas.
0:11:06 > 0:11:08It tells me that when you ignore evidence, nothing...
0:11:08 > 0:11:10Listen to me!
0:11:10 > 0:11:14You claim that the Peruvian pre-Inca civilisation was remarkable.
0:11:14 > 0:11:17I agree. And that the prevailing winds and currents
0:11:17 > 0:11:19in the Pacific down there move from east to west.
0:11:19 > 0:11:23But, it is also the case that Tiki could not have travelled
0:11:23 > 0:11:26to Polynesia because his people had no boats!
0:11:26 > 0:11:29No. But they had rafts.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31They had balsa wood rafts.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35Rafts!
0:11:35 > 0:11:36HE CHUCKLES
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Now that would be evidence!
0:11:38 > 0:11:43You want your theory to be accepted? You want to be right? Then go ahead.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46Drift from Peru to Polynesia on a balsa wood raft.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50Good luck!
0:11:57 > 0:11:59Gentlemen.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02Your magazine will be with me on a raft.
0:12:02 > 0:12:07At the mercy of the winds, all the way to Polynesia.
0:12:07 > 0:12:11It's further than from Chicago to Moscow.
0:12:11 > 0:12:14Here to here.
0:12:14 > 0:12:165,000 miles.
0:12:19 > 0:12:22You'll have some sort of engine in case of emergency?
0:12:22 > 0:12:23No. Absolutely not.
0:12:23 > 0:12:28We will surrender to the current and the wind, like Tiki did.
0:12:28 > 0:12:32And by undertaking this extraordinary voyage, you are proving?
0:12:32 > 0:12:36That the oceans were not barriers, but roads.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39Not impediments, but pathways.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43I will prove that South American people
0:12:43 > 0:12:46sailed to Polynesia 1,500 years ago.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49Every schoolboy knows that Polynesia was peopled from Asia,
0:12:49 > 0:12:50not South America.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53And it's my job as a scientist
0:12:53 > 0:12:57to prove those schoolboys, and those who quote them, wrong.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Ancient man. Being sun worshipers...
0:13:03 > 0:13:05Mr Heyerdahl.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Doubtless the story of Norwegians drowning in the Pacific
0:13:07 > 0:13:10will sell a lot of magazines. But not this one.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12This is a scientific expedition...
0:13:12 > 0:13:15Our magazine has a higher purpose
0:13:15 > 0:13:18than to finance and enable men bent on suicide.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22I doubt he'll have any success recruiting anyone for such a voyage.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59A dozen logs or so.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02Big balsa wood logs.
0:15:02 > 0:15:07And a hut for five crew.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11All very capable, of course. The mast. The rudder.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17There you go.
0:15:17 > 0:15:18The Kon-Tiki.
0:15:21 > 0:15:24I spent 22 days on a raft. Torpedoed.
0:15:24 > 0:15:26North Atlantic, winter of '43.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29Can't sail it. Or steer it.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32- All you can do is sit there and wait to die.- No, no...
0:15:32 > 0:15:34These logs...
0:15:34 > 0:15:36They are going to move against each other in the waves
0:15:36 > 0:15:38and eventually they're going to break the lashings.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40And you will each be sitting on a log
0:15:40 > 0:15:43floating your separate ways at the mercy of the elements.
0:15:47 > 0:15:48Thank you for your time.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59- Mr Heyerdahl, may I help you? - We have an appointment.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Mr Heyerdahl, you are not on the list.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07Look under his name then. Watzinger.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23We damn near died when the zipper froze!
0:17:23 > 0:17:24THEY LAUGH
0:17:27 > 0:17:29Mr Heyerdahl, you are not allowed in here.
0:17:29 > 0:17:30Well! My friend from Fatu Hiva!
0:17:30 > 0:17:35You look like a man who just got dumped by a glossy magazine!
0:17:35 > 0:17:37THEY LAUGH
0:17:37 > 0:17:38Thank you.
0:17:43 > 0:17:46Don't worry, Heyerdahl.
0:17:46 > 0:17:49Scientific Committees, my ass.
0:17:49 > 0:17:53- Am I right, McGregor, or am I right?- Always. Of course.
0:17:53 > 0:17:55Frostbite. The winter of '24.
0:17:55 > 0:17:58It taught me one thing. Do as the natives do.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00Down to the smallest detail.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04Don't use nails if they used rope. Don't use steel if they used bone.
0:18:04 > 0:18:07It took their ancestors 1,000 years to learn.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11Go with them and you just might hang on to your leg.
0:18:11 > 0:18:14THEY LAUGH
0:18:14 > 0:18:15Skaal!
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Captain.
0:19:13 > 0:19:15HE LAUGHS
0:19:15 > 0:19:17- I'd like to change my ticket to Oslo, please.- Certainly, sir.
0:19:17 > 0:19:22- I want two tickets to Lima, Peru. - And when would you like to travel?
0:19:22 > 0:19:26- What's the soonest? - One moment, please.
0:19:30 > 0:19:32Tomorrow.
0:19:35 > 0:19:38- Tomorrow then.- Certainly, sir.
0:21:49 > 0:21:52'Your collect call will end in 10 seconds.'
0:21:52 > 0:21:55Just one moment, please. Thank you.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Yes.
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Hi!
0:26:20 > 0:26:22Senor Heyerdahl. If you have a minute?
0:26:22 > 0:26:27Senor Real, nice to see you. Delicious breakfast this morning.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30- Those huevos con tortillas are... - About the bill.- I know.
0:26:30 > 0:26:32I'm still waiting for the money.
0:26:32 > 0:26:34American dollars are hard to transfer these days.
0:26:34 > 0:26:38- But it's been three weeks. I can't...- I know. I know.
0:26:38 > 0:26:42Just a few more days. Thank you. Thank you.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23Your Excellency. Thank you for seeing me at...
0:27:30 > 0:27:33Your Excellency, thank you for...
0:27:40 > 0:27:43- Senor Heyerdahl?- Just a glass of water, please. Thank you.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Jose Bustamante.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48Your Excellency. Thank you for seeing me.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50So, what can I do for you?
0:27:50 > 0:27:53Actually, I'm here to tell you about something I can do for you.
0:27:53 > 0:27:54And what might that be?
0:27:54 > 0:27:58By crossing the Pacific. For 5,000 miles.
0:27:58 > 0:28:03I will prove that Peruvians were the first to settle Polynesia.
0:28:03 > 0:28:04Huh?
0:28:04 > 0:28:08Peruvians discovered Polynesia?
0:28:09 > 0:28:11And how may I help you?
0:28:27 > 0:28:31Soups, knives, desalination tablets, dinghies, fish tackle,
0:28:31 > 0:28:34- canned food, shark repellent. - Does it work?
0:28:34 > 0:28:35- What?- The shark repellent.
0:28:35 > 0:28:37That's what we want you to find out.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40ALL: Skaal.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45Excuse me.
0:32:51 > 0:32:53No, you loco!
0:32:56 > 0:32:59Gracias! Salud!
0:33:50 > 0:33:52BELL RINGS
0:34:04 > 0:34:06Wait!
0:34:10 > 0:34:11Wait!
0:34:15 > 0:34:17No!
0:34:25 > 0:34:27Wait!
0:34:29 > 0:34:31Help!
0:34:32 > 0:34:36Over here! Over here!
0:34:36 > 0:34:38Help us here!
0:37:10 > 0:37:13Adios!
0:37:28 > 0:37:30HORN HONKS
0:39:55 > 0:39:57HE CHUCKLES
0:43:13 > 0:43:16THUNDER RUMBLES
0:46:34 > 0:46:36THEY LAUGH
0:46:44 > 0:46:46RADIO FREQUENCIES SCRAMBLE
0:48:35 > 0:48:37THUNDER RUMBLES
0:49:52 > 0:49:55HE SCREAMS
0:53:15 > 0:53:20"The Galapagos maelstrom creates waves over nine metres high.
0:53:20 > 0:53:24"And its powerful roar can be heard over 10 miles away."
0:54:01 > 0:54:03RADIO FREQUENCIES SCRAMBLE
0:54:06 > 0:54:07MORSE CODE TRANSMISSION
0:55:14 > 0:55:16HE MUTTERS AND SHIVERS
0:59:50 > 0:59:51Yeah?
1:02:33 > 1:02:36BANGING
1:07:35 > 1:07:37MUFFLED SCREAM
1:09:03 > 1:09:06MORSE CODE TRANSMISSION
1:09:14 > 1:09:18"To Otto Munthe-Kaas, Royal Norwegian Embassy, Washington DC.
1:09:18 > 1:09:23"From Thor Heyerdahl, Kon-Tiki. May 17, 1947.
1:09:23 > 1:09:27"58 seconds south, 09 seconds west.
1:09:27 > 1:09:32"The raft is keeping up well. We are on our way and morale is high.
1:09:34 > 1:09:37"Having had problems with the radio,
1:09:37 > 1:09:40"we have been unable to establish contact."
1:09:40 > 1:09:44"The wind conditions are stable and we..."
1:11:22 > 1:11:24HE CALLS OUT
1:12:02 > 1:12:04HE LAUGHS
1:12:24 > 1:12:27HE HUMS AND WHISTLES
1:18:12 > 1:18:13Herman!
1:19:29 > 1:19:32HE SHOUTS
1:25:01 > 1:25:04THEY LAUGH
1:25:33 > 1:25:36THEY LAUGH AND SHOUT
1:26:23 > 1:26:25HE CHUCKLES
1:26:32 > 1:26:33On course and shipshape,
1:26:33 > 1:26:36we have now passed a critical point and spirits are high.
1:26:36 > 1:26:38MORSE CODE TRANSMISSION
1:26:38 > 1:26:41Every nautical mile is a nautical mile
1:26:41 > 1:26:44closer to the proof I have sought.
1:26:52 > 1:26:56Early man did not see the oceans as a barrier,
1:26:56 > 1:26:59but rather as a means of communication.
1:27:08 > 1:27:13This is science that cannot be done behind a desk
1:27:13 > 1:27:15or by a committee.
1:27:15 > 1:27:21That a 1,500 year old civilisation
1:27:21 > 1:27:26possessed maritime and navigational skills
1:27:26 > 1:27:30to successfully manoeuvre a balsa wood raft
1:27:30 > 1:27:33over 5,000 miles.
1:27:34 > 1:27:39We are using the same stars as they did.
1:30:51 > 1:30:53HE LAUGHS
1:31:45 > 1:31:47Whoo-hoo!
1:33:57 > 1:33:59Thor?
1:34:38 > 1:34:41Approaching Raroia Reef. MORSE CODE TRANSMISSION
1:34:41 > 1:34:44If no word within 36 hours,
1:34:44 > 1:34:47contact the Norwegian Embassy in Washington.
1:34:47 > 1:34:50250 yards to go.
1:36:55 > 1:36:57HE YELLS
1:38:56 > 1:38:58HE COUGHS
1:39:29 > 1:39:31HE CHUCKLES
1:42:08 > 1:42:11HE CHUCKLES
1:42:32 > 1:42:35Whoo-hoo!