7th August 1947: Kon-Tiki expedition ends when the raft smashes into a reef at the Raroia atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago

Published: Aug. 7, 2024, 2:05 a.m.

The crew all survived, and their expedition provided evidence supporting Heyerdahl\u2019s hypothesis that it was possible for ancient South Americans to have travelled across the Pacific Ocean to ...