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The Kon-Tiki2 Expedition built and sailed two Kon-Tiki2 Crew
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The Kon-Tiki2 Expedition built and sailed two balsawood
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rafts from Peru
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, image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg
, other_symbol = Great Seal of the State
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to Easter Island
Easter Island ( rap, Rapa Nui; es, Isla de Pascua) is an island and special territory of Chile in the southeastern Pacific Ocean, at the southeasternmost point of the Polynesian Triangle in Oceania. The island is most famous for its nearl ...
in 2015. The goal of the expedition was to show that balsawood rafts can be sailed across long distances, and to collect scientific data in the southeast Pacific. The expedition built two rafts in 30 days and went on to sail the rafts more than 2000 nautical miles before reaching Easter Island after 43 days at sea. No other balsa rafts have sailed to Easter Island in modern times.
On the return journey from Easter Island to South America, the expedition was terminated after 71 days at sea due to difficult weather conditions. By then, the rafts had sailed halfway to South America. All crew members were taken aboard a Japanese freighter, and later transported to shore by the Chilean Armada. Expedition leader Torgeir Higraff chose to terminate the expedition to avoid risking the life of crew members.
The expedition built and sailed two balsawood rafts: ''Rahiti Tane'' and ''Tupac Yupanqui''. The rafts were similar to the ''Kon-Tiki
The ''Kon-Tiki'' expedition was a 1947 journey by raft across the Pacific Ocean from South America to the Polynesian islands, led by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl. The raft was named ''Kon-Tiki'' after the Inca god Viracocha, for ...
'' raft built by Thor Heyerdahl
Thor Heyerdahl KStJ (; 6 October 1914 – 18 April 2002) was a Norwegian adventurer and ethnographer with a background in zoology, botany and geography.
Heyerdahl is notable for his ''Kon-Tiki'' expedition in 1947, in which he sailed 8,000&nb ...
in 1947. Like the ''Kon-Tiki'', ''Rahiti Tane'' and ''Tupac Yupanqui'' were built from balsawood transported from Ecuador
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to SIMA
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* Sima (surname)
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* Sima, Comoros, on the island of Anjouan, near Madagascar
* Sima de los Huesos, a c ...
, the Peruvian Army's shipyard in Callao
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, Lima
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. However, the Kon-Tiki2 rafts were different in several respects: ''Kon-Tiki'' had a rudder
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, while the Kon-Tiki2 rafts were steered by guara boards which allowed the rafts to be sailed in crosswinds. The Kon-Tiki2 rafts had modern satellite equipment on board, in addition to solar panels and scientific equipment.
The Kon-Tiki2 Expedition had crew from many nations: Norway, Russia, UK, Mexico, New Zealand, Sweden, and Peru. Øyvin Lauten and Kari Skår Dahl were captains on the first leg, while Signe Meling and Ola Borgfjord were captains on the second leg. Cecilie Mauritzen
Cecilie Mauritzen (born 1961 in Oslo)
is a Norwegian physical oceanographer who studies connections between ocean currents and climate change.
Education and career
Mauritzen works as a researcher in the Norwegian Meteorological Institute. S ...
was the chief scientist and Håkon Wium Lie
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was the CTO. On the return journey, Pedro De La Torre
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Pedro de la Torre was ordained a priest in the Order of Friars Minor.
On 27 August 1554, he was appointed duri ...
was responsible for the technical equipment and the scientific work.fetched Feb 25, 2016
External links
*{{Official website, http://www.kontiki2.comReferences