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title: The Kon-Tiki Raft at Sea
author: Thor Heyerdahl - Kon-Tiki Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20068/the-kon-tiki-raft-at-sea/
format: machine-readable-alternate
license: Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
updated: 2025-02-20
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# The Kon-Tiki Raft at Sea

_Authored by Thor Heyerdahl - Kon-Tiki Museum_

## Image File

[![The Kon-Tiki Raft at Sea](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20068.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20068.png)

## Image Caption

A still from the award-winning documentary film made by [Thor](https://www.worldhistory.org/Thor/) Herydahl (1914-2002) of his 1947 [Kon-Tiki expedition](https://www.worldhistory.org/Kon-Tiki_Expedition/) when he and five others crossed the Pacific Ocean from Peru to Polynesia on a balsa-wood raft.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Museum, T. H. -. K. (2025, February 20). The Kon-Tiki Raft at Sea. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20068/the-kon-tiki-raft-at-sea/>
### Chicago
Museum, Thor Heyerdahl - Kon-Tiki. "The Kon-Tiki Raft at Sea." *World History Encyclopedia*, February 20, 2025. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20068/the-kon-tiki-raft-at-sea/>.
### MLA
Museum, Thor Heyerdahl - Kon-Tiki. "The Kon-Tiki Raft at Sea." *World History Encyclopedia*, 20 Feb 2025, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20068/the-kon-tiki-raft-at-sea/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Still_from_Kon-Tiki_movie.jpg) by [**Thor Heyerdahl - Kon-Tiki Museum**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Still_from_Kon-Tiki_movie.jpg). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 20 February 2025. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0deed.en). This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.