Thor Heyerdahl presents Kon-Tiki expedition (slide 1)
- Hey fellow Norwegian super-men, let’s put on a show!
- Let’s prove you can sail a raft from South America to Polynesia.
- Call it Kon-Tiki, you know, the Inca sun god.
Thor Heyerdahl presents Kon-Tiki expedition (slide 2)
- Are you Norwegian? Then you can come.
- We have room for one Swede, so Bengt, you can come too.
- Bengt will be our steward, organizing food and translator, the girliest occupations.
Thor Heyerdahl presents Kon-Tiki expedition (slide 3)
My theory:
- That ancient pre-Columbian natives first settled Polynesia
- They were the “long-eared” people
- Yes, wiped out by “short-eared” people, who immigrated from Asia
- Lucky for the “short-eared” people the “no-eared” people lived in Africa and had never heard of Pacific.
Thor Heyerdahl presents Kon-Tiki expedition (slide 6)
Rules:
- Only materials and technologies available to ancient Polynesians in South America
- If we run out of food it will be Bengt’s fault.
- Therefore, we eat him first.
Inspired by:
Kon-Tiki Expedition, landing in Polynesia on August 7th, 1947.