2 00:01:20,665 --> 00:01:24,711 Thor! Wait for us! 3 00:01:37,056 --> 00:01:39,476 Thor! Wait! 4 00:01:45,190 --> 00:01:47,817 Thor! Wait! 5 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,201 Thor, don't do it! 6 00:02:01,498 --> 00:02:03,458 Thor, don't do it! 7 00:02:04,501 --> 00:02:06,169 - It's dangerous! - Don't do it! 8 00:02:19,224 --> 00:02:20,517 Come back, Thor! 9 00:02:20,683 --> 00:02:21,976 Don't, Thor! 10 00:02:27,148 --> 00:02:30,318 - Thor! - Thor! 11 00:02:44,123 --> 00:02:49,587 - Are you OK? - Cold... 12 00:02:49,754 --> 00:02:52,257 You were showing off again, weren't you? Hm? 13 00:02:54,801 --> 00:02:56,261 Thank God Erik was able to save you. 14 00:02:56,427 --> 00:02:58,221 God had nothing to do with it. 15 00:02:59,472 --> 00:03:02,308 What got into you? Why did you do it? 16 00:03:02,475 --> 00:03:04,727 I hope you've learned a lesson. 17 00:03:04,894 --> 00:03:09,524 Promise me you'll never take a risk like that ever again. Promise? 18 00:03:10,650 --> 00:03:12,527 Promise? 19 00:03:32,046 --> 00:03:33,047 Smile. 20 00:03:33,214 --> 00:03:34,632 No,no,no. There shouldn't be smiling. 21 00:03:34,799 --> 00:03:38,595 Just be yourself. 22 00:03:41,472 --> 00:03:44,642 Monsieur! 23 00:03:51,983 --> 00:03:54,694 Liv! Liv! 24 00:03:56,571 --> 00:03:58,698 So, no smiling. 25 00:03:59,699 --> 00:04:01,784 You look very handsome. 26 00:04:24,891 --> 00:04:27,268 You'll make this island famous. 27 00:04:29,270 --> 00:04:33,232 It will be just like Darwin and the Galapagos. 28 00:04:33,399 --> 00:04:37,987 When people hear of Fatu Hiva they will think of Thor Heyerdahl. 29 00:04:49,749 --> 00:04:53,544 Whoo! 30 00:05:02,428 --> 00:05:05,515 Into the current. No, into the current. 31 00:05:06,474 --> 00:05:08,643 It's really heavy. 32 00:05:08,810 --> 00:05:13,064 Listen, you said that Polynesia first was populated from the west, right? 33 00:05:13,231 --> 00:05:14,232 Yes. 34 00:05:15,525 --> 00:05:20,113 Imagine paddling all the way from Asia against the current. 35 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:22,865 They must have been really strong. 36 00:05:25,702 --> 00:05:27,328 Yes. 37 00:05:31,499 --> 00:05:35,503 Are you OK? 38 00:05:36,004 --> 00:05:37,505 I'm fine. 39 00:05:49,684 --> 00:05:55,189 Listen to this. "Faa-hoka is the Marquesan variety of pineapple. 40 00:05:55,356 --> 00:05:59,652 It was found in abundance by the first European explorers." 41 00:06:04,615 --> 00:06:09,662 - Same pineapple? - Indigenous, it says, to South America. 42 00:06:11,539 --> 00:06:13,458 Maybe it can swim. 43 00:06:45,198 --> 00:06:48,076 Tiki, the sun god... 44 00:06:48,242 --> 00:06:51,079 ...brought us to these islands... 45 00:06:51,245 --> 00:06:53,915 ...from the land behind the ocean. 46 00:07:38,209 --> 00:07:40,044 Tiki! 47 00:08:23,588 --> 00:08:27,633 - So how long are you in New York? - Leaving in a few days. 48 00:08:28,551 --> 00:08:30,595 - Going home for Christmas. - Hm. 49 00:08:34,974 --> 00:08:38,519 The wise men of anthropology are quite clear 50 00:08:38,686 --> 00:08:41,939 that Polynesia was not populated from the east. 51 00:08:42,106 --> 00:08:45,234 Wise men are not always right, sir. 52 00:08:49,780 --> 00:08:53,451 Look around you. Every book in here offers some theory or another. 53 00:08:53,618 --> 00:08:57,121 Most written by one man, read by perhaps only ten, 54 00:08:57,288 --> 00:08:58,915 of whom nine disagreed with the theory. 55 00:08:59,081 --> 00:09:01,959 But my theory provides evidence 56 00:09:02,126 --> 00:09:04,253 that Polynesia was settled from the east. 57 00:09:04,420 --> 00:09:06,881 I've spent ten years writing and researching my thesis. 58 00:09:07,048 --> 00:09:11,469 I lived on Fatu Hiva, professor. I lived my theory. 59 00:09:12,803 --> 00:09:14,764 How many publishers have you seen before me? 60 00:09:14,931 --> 00:09:18,267 The fact that I'm your last hope ought to tell you something. 61 00:09:18,434 --> 00:09:22,355 Yes, that scientific publishing is completely closed to new ideas. 62 00:09:23,689 --> 00:09:26,609 You claim that the Peruvian pre-Incan civilization 63 00:09:26,776 --> 00:09:28,027 was remarkable, I agree. 64 00:09:28,194 --> 00:09:30,196 And that the prevailing winds and currents 65 00:09:30,363 --> 00:09:32,490 in the Pacific down there move from east to west. 66 00:09:32,657 --> 00:09:36,577 But it is also the case that Tiki could not have traveled to Polynesia 67 00:09:36,744 --> 00:09:40,081 - because his people had no boats! - No. 68 00:09:40,831 --> 00:09:42,833 But they had rafts. 69 00:09:43,000 --> 00:09:44,919 They had balsa wood rafts. 70 00:09:45,086 --> 00:09:46,837 Rafts! 71 00:09:48,798 --> 00:09:50,800 Now that would be evidence. 72 00:09:50,967 --> 00:09:53,469 You want your theory to be accepted? Then, go ahead. 73 00:09:53,636 --> 00:09:58,766 Drift from Peru to Polynesia on a balsa wood raft. 74 00:09:58,933 --> 00:10:00,559 Good luck. 75 00:10:03,437 --> 00:10:05,982 Mr. Brownberg's here to see you, professor. 76 00:10:08,567 --> 00:10:09,944 Gentlemen. 77 00:10:10,111 --> 00:10:12,947 Your magazine will be with me on a raft 78 00:10:13,114 --> 00:10:16,742 at the mercy of the winds, all the way to Polynesia. 79 00:10:16,909 --> 00:10:19,912 It's further than from Chicago to Moscow. 80 00:10:20,079 --> 00:10:25,167 Here to here, 5,000 miles. 81 00:10:27,837 --> 00:10:30,756 You'll have some sort of engine in case of emergency? 82 00:10:30,923 --> 00:10:33,592 Absolutely not. We will surrender to the current 83 00:10:33,759 --> 00:10:36,971 and the wind, exactly as Tiki did. 84 00:10:37,138 --> 00:10:40,433 And by undertaking this extraordinary voyage, you are proving...? 85 00:10:40,599 --> 00:10:45,104 That the oceans were not barriers, but roads. 86 00:10:45,271 --> 00:10:48,232 Not impediments, but pathways. 87 00:10:48,399 --> 00:10:51,986 I will prove that South American people 88 00:10:52,153 --> 00:10:56,073 sailed to Polynesia 1,500 years ago. 89 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:59,035 Every schoolboy knows that Polynesia was peopled from Asia, 90 00:10:59,201 --> 00:11:00,369 not South America. 91 00:11:00,536 --> 00:11:04,081 And it's my job as a scientist to prove the schoolboys, 92 00:11:04,248 --> 00:11:07,668 and those who quote them, wrong. 93 00:11:09,628 --> 00:11:13,007 - Being sun worshipers... - Mr. Heyerdahl. 94 00:11:13,174 --> 00:11:16,344 Doubtless, the story of Norwegians drowning in the Pacific will sell 95 00:11:16,510 --> 00:11:18,554 a lot of magazines, but not this one. 96 00:11:18,721 --> 00:11:20,931 This is a scientific expedition... 97 00:11:21,098 --> 00:11:23,726 Our magazine has a higher purpose than to finance 98 00:11:23,893 --> 00:11:25,978 and enable men bent on suicide. 99 00:11:26,145 --> 00:11:29,231 I doubt you'll have any success in recruiting anyone. 100 00:11:29,398 --> 00:11:31,609 So, a dozen logs 101 00:11:31,776 --> 00:11:36,530 lashed together, big balsa wood logs, like that. 102 00:11:36,697 --> 00:11:41,619 A hut for five crew. All very capable, of course. 103 00:11:41,786 --> 00:11:44,705 Mast and rudder... 104 00:11:46,123 --> 00:11:49,293 And, uh, there it is. 105 00:11:49,460 --> 00:11:51,128 The Kon-Tiki. 106 00:11:52,588 --> 00:11:57,760 I spent 22 days on a raft. Torpedoed. North Atlantic, winter of '43. 107 00:11:58,469 --> 00:12:01,597 You can't sail it, steer it. 108 00:12:01,764 --> 00:12:03,974 All you can do is sit there and wait to die. 109 00:12:04,141 --> 00:12:06,394 - No, no, no. - These logs, they are gonna 110 00:12:06,560 --> 00:12:08,062 move against each other in the waves, 111 00:12:08,229 --> 00:12:10,689 and eventually they're gonna break the lashings. 112 00:12:10,856 --> 00:12:13,818 And you'll each be sitting on a log floating your separate ways 113 00:12:13,984 --> 00:12:16,320 at the mercy of the elements. 114 00:12:19,657 --> 00:12:21,700 Thank you for your time. 115 00:12:37,299 --> 00:12:39,510 - Hey... - Excuse me. 116 00:12:39,677 --> 00:12:41,762 - You're Norwegian, right? Back there... - Yes? 117 00:12:41,929 --> 00:12:43,639 ...I couldn't help overhearing. 118 00:12:43,806 --> 00:12:46,600 Back there I couldn't help overhearing about your raft. Interesting. 119 00:12:46,767 --> 00:12:49,854 - Are you a sailor? - No. And neither are you. 120 00:12:50,020 --> 00:12:51,564 Let me show you something. 121 00:12:57,778 --> 00:13:00,364 That will lessen the drag a lot. 122 00:13:00,531 --> 00:13:02,324 We engineers can't help ourselves. 123 00:13:02,491 --> 00:13:04,160 - You're an engineer? - Yeah. 124 00:13:04,326 --> 00:13:06,495 But nowadays I mostly sell refrigerators. 125 00:13:06,662 --> 00:13:08,372 Herman Watzinger. 126 00:13:10,541 --> 00:13:14,753 - Thor Heyerdahl. - So you're going on a raft, are you? 127 00:13:17,339 --> 00:13:19,216 ...the evidence is just overwhelming, you know? 128 00:13:19,383 --> 00:13:22,136 It's possible to actually drift there on the current. 129 00:13:22,303 --> 00:13:26,348 The wind and the current. That's the key, and I've got that. 130 00:13:26,515 --> 00:13:30,060 Five months to finance, equip and mount the entire expedition. 131 00:13:30,227 --> 00:13:31,562 So there's a lot to do. 132 00:13:31,729 --> 00:13:34,023 - Mr. Heyerdahl, may I help you? - We have an appointment. 133 00:13:34,190 --> 00:13:37,067 The money in place by Christmas, buy the balsa in January... 134 00:13:37,234 --> 00:13:39,320 Mr. Heyerdahl, you are not on the list. 135 00:13:39,487 --> 00:13:42,364 Look under his name. Watzinger. W. 136 00:13:42,531 --> 00:13:46,619 Get a crew down to Peru in February, build in March, sail in April, 137 00:13:46,785 --> 00:13:50,539 land by August and hope the hurricane season starts late. 138 00:13:52,249 --> 00:13:54,210 Just following my instincts... 139 00:13:54,376 --> 00:13:55,628 Peter Freuchen. 140 00:13:55,794 --> 00:13:57,755 We damn near died when the zipper froze. 141 00:13:57,922 --> 00:14:00,424 We all walk in his shadow. 142 00:14:00,591 --> 00:14:02,343 Mr. Heyerdahl, you are not allowed in here. 143 00:14:02,510 --> 00:14:05,596 Well! My friend from Fatu Hiva! 144 00:14:05,763 --> 00:14:08,599 You look like a man who just got dumped by a glossy magazine! 145 00:14:10,476 --> 00:14:13,812 Thank you. 146 00:14:19,026 --> 00:14:21,570 Don't worry, Heyerdahl. 147 00:14:21,737 --> 00:14:24,031 Scientific committees, my ass. 148 00:14:25,074 --> 00:14:28,953 - Am I right, McGregor? Or am I right? - Always. Of course. 149 00:14:29,119 --> 00:14:31,330 Frostbite, the winter of '24. 150 00:14:31,497 --> 00:14:35,876 It taught me one thing: do as the natives do, down to the smallest detail. 151 00:14:36,043 --> 00:14:38,254 Don't use nails if they use rope, 152 00:14:38,420 --> 00:14:40,714 don't use steel if they use bone. 153 00:14:40,881 --> 00:14:43,217 It took their ancestors a thousand years to learn. 154 00:14:43,384 --> 00:14:46,887 Go with them, and you just might hang on to your leg. 155 00:14:50,224 --> 00:14:51,225 Skol. 156 00:14:51,392 --> 00:14:53,852 Whoo! 157 00:15:05,739 --> 00:15:07,950 I'm 32 years old. 158 00:15:08,742 --> 00:15:14,665 I'm a refrigerator salesman, stuck in a marriage that doesn't go anywhere. 159 00:15:14,832 --> 00:15:18,168 And I'd really like to go on that raft with you. 160 00:15:20,754 --> 00:15:22,131 OK, I know it's going to be dangerous, 161 00:15:22,298 --> 00:15:25,968 but you have no idea how risky the fridge business is. 162 00:15:33,100 --> 00:15:35,102 There will be no one to save us out there. 163 00:15:38,230 --> 00:15:40,149 Except your theory. 164 00:15:44,403 --> 00:15:46,196 Captain. 165 00:15:52,328 --> 00:15:55,873 At least you won't lose your leg to frostbite. 166 00:15:58,167 --> 00:16:00,628 You know, Bamse's convinced you're Santa. 167 00:16:00,794 --> 00:16:02,671 Oh, I hope you tell him it's not like that. 168 00:16:02,838 --> 00:16:06,342 Well, you tell him. They are just so excited. 169 00:16:06,508 --> 00:16:08,510 It will be so good to have you home, Thor. 170 00:16:08,677 --> 00:16:13,599 Yes, Liv... I couldn't raise the money for the trip, so uh... 171 00:16:13,766 --> 00:16:16,894 ...I have to go directly to Peru now, 172 00:16:17,061 --> 00:16:20,105 and see if I can borrow enough money. 173 00:16:26,945 --> 00:16:28,280 Are you... 174 00:16:29,448 --> 00:16:32,034 Are you not coming home? 175 00:16:34,495 --> 00:16:38,540 It has been difficult, Liv. Really difficult. 176 00:16:38,707 --> 00:16:41,960 And I just can't keep begging anymore. 177 00:16:43,003 --> 00:16:45,214 Don't do this. 178 00:16:46,757 --> 00:16:48,175 I have to, Liv. 179 00:16:48,342 --> 00:16:51,178 Don't do this to the children. 180 00:16:51,345 --> 00:16:54,932 Don't you understand? If I come home now, I'm finished. 181 00:16:57,309 --> 00:17:01,230 I spent ten years working on this, Liv. I spent ten years. 182 00:17:01,397 --> 00:17:04,066 You can't even swim. 183 00:17:11,615 --> 00:17:13,409 You should have come home, Thor. 184 00:17:14,535 --> 00:17:16,161 - And, if not... - Liv... 185 00:17:16,328 --> 00:17:19,623 you should have asked me to go with you. 186 00:17:19,790 --> 00:17:22,126 - Liv... - You know I would have said no. 187 00:17:22,292 --> 00:17:23,460 - Liv... - Because of the children. 188 00:17:23,627 --> 00:17:26,130 Come and meet us in Tahiti. 189 00:17:29,133 --> 00:17:32,469 Bring the boys. And we can show them Fatu Hiva. 190 00:17:32,636 --> 00:17:35,431 This is the operator. Your collect call will end in ten seconds. 191 00:17:35,597 --> 00:17:38,142 Just one moment, please? Thank you. 192 00:17:41,145 --> 00:17:42,855 Liv? 193 00:17:43,021 --> 00:17:45,524 Merry Christmas, Thor. 194 00:17:47,067 --> 00:17:48,986 Merry Christmas. 195 00:18:18,140 --> 00:18:21,810 - Ready? - Yes. 196 00:18:52,591 --> 00:18:55,260 You all made it! Oh, now I'm happy. 197 00:18:55,427 --> 00:18:58,222 You'd better be. I spent three weeks getting here, you bastard. 198 00:18:58,847 --> 00:19:01,099 - Thor. - Hi. This is Herman Watzinger, 199 00:19:01,266 --> 00:19:03,060 - my second-in-command. - Hello. 200 00:19:03,227 --> 00:19:07,481 For the simple reason that without him, there couldn't be any first-in-command. 201 00:19:07,648 --> 00:19:10,192 - Herman. - Herman, these are my two 202 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:12,194 brilliant radio operators. 203 00:19:12,361 --> 00:19:15,656 Torstein, war hero, nervous system made of asbestos. 204 00:19:15,823 --> 00:19:19,159 And as far as we know, he has only two weaknesses: whiskey and women. 205 00:19:19,326 --> 00:19:21,703 Knut Haugland. 206 00:19:21,870 --> 00:19:23,413 Also a war hero. 207 00:19:23,580 --> 00:19:27,668 And I know Knut hates this, but I have to call him a legend, 208 00:19:27,835 --> 00:19:28,961 because that's what you are. 209 00:19:29,962 --> 00:19:33,090 - Erik, Erik Hesselberg. - Not a legend. 210 00:19:33,257 --> 00:19:35,342 But you saved my life. 211 00:19:35,968 --> 00:19:37,636 Erik and I grew up together. 212 00:19:37,803 --> 00:19:41,974 And Erik has one unique quality that just might be useful to us. 213 00:19:42,140 --> 00:19:45,102 Erik has actually been to sea before. 214 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:48,188 - Now... - Since you didn't introduce yourself, 215 00:19:48,355 --> 00:19:49,815 I Will. 216 00:19:49,982 --> 00:19:53,193 This... this is Thor. 217 00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:57,906 He's stubborn, egotistical, lawfully ambitious... 218 00:19:58,073 --> 00:19:59,700 But he's also a leader. 219 00:19:59,867 --> 00:20:02,369 Because of that, we are going to do what Tiki did. 220 00:20:02,536 --> 00:20:04,788 We are going to build a raft. 221 00:20:04,955 --> 00:20:07,708 - And... - And drift into the sunset. 222 00:20:07,875 --> 00:20:10,210 - ...drift into the sunset. - Where is the raft? 223 00:20:10,377 --> 00:20:11,920 You're sitting on it. 224 00:20:12,880 --> 00:20:14,590 There you go. 225 00:20:17,301 --> 00:20:19,887 - That's what we're building? - Yes. 226 00:20:20,053 --> 00:20:22,556 Exactly that, down to the smallest detail. 227 00:20:22,723 --> 00:20:28,353 We'll use the same methods, the same materials as Tiki did 1,500 years ago. 228 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:34,192 This is extremely important. Everything depends on it. I hope that's clear. 229 00:20:34,359 --> 00:20:36,111 All I brought was a radio and a pocketknife. 230 00:20:36,278 --> 00:20:38,196 - We're going to need a ton of supplies. - Of course. 231 00:20:38,363 --> 00:20:42,284 Once the money comes through, we will buy what we need. 232 00:20:42,451 --> 00:20:44,453 That's it. 233 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:50,459 Sefior Heyerdahl? Jose Bustamente. 234 00:20:51,793 --> 00:20:54,087 Your Excellency. Thank you for seeing me. 235 00:20:54,254 --> 00:20:57,049 So, what can I do for you? 236 00:20:57,215 --> 00:20:59,426 Actually, I'm here to tell you about something I can do for you. 237 00:20:59,593 --> 00:21:03,221 - And what might that be? - By crossing the Pacific 238 00:21:03,388 --> 00:21:07,184 for 5,000 miles, I will prove that Peruvians 239 00:21:07,351 --> 00:21:10,270 were the first to settle Polynesia. 240 00:21:10,437 --> 00:21:16,109 What? Peruvians... discovered Polynesia? 241 00:21:17,069 --> 00:21:19,404 And how may I help you? 242 00:21:21,782 --> 00:21:24,451 So the president of Peru calls the American admiral 243 00:21:24,618 --> 00:21:27,746 and the admiral says we can have anything we want. 244 00:21:27,913 --> 00:21:30,499 In return, we have to invade Polynesia on behalf of Peru? 245 00:21:30,666 --> 00:21:33,460 And you thought he was a waiter? 246 00:21:33,627 --> 00:21:36,505 ...thermometers, battle rations, powdered soups, floating knives, 247 00:21:36,672 --> 00:21:40,634 desalination tablets, dinghies, fishing tackle, canned food, shark repellant... 248 00:21:40,801 --> 00:21:41,927 - Does it work? - What? 249 00:21:42,094 --> 00:21:44,638 - The shark repellent? - That's what we want you to find out. 250 00:21:56,441 --> 00:21:58,819 - Thor Heyerdahl. - Yes? 251 00:21:58,986 --> 00:22:01,822 My name is Bengt Daniels-son. 252 00:22:01,989 --> 00:22:04,950 - I'm a bit busy. - I came across this yesterday. 253 00:22:06,493 --> 00:22:11,289 So now you want to tell me that the first wave will tip the raft over, 254 00:22:11,456 --> 00:22:14,251 or we will sink two weeks out, or what do you think? 255 00:22:14,418 --> 00:22:15,585 - Giant squid? - No. 256 00:22:15,752 --> 00:22:18,505 I wanna show you how to assemble that camera. 257 00:22:28,015 --> 00:22:31,393 - Here you go. - You're a photographer. 258 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:35,439 No. Ethnographer. Just spent a year up the Amazon. 259 00:22:35,605 --> 00:22:37,941 - But you know how to use the camera? - Yes. 260 00:22:38,108 --> 00:22:40,110 Let me join you on the raft, and I'll show you. 261 00:22:40,277 --> 00:22:44,781 There's money to be made in a documentary... done right. 262 00:24:05,237 --> 00:24:09,157 Thor, I've been thinking. What about a sea trial? 263 00:24:09,324 --> 00:24:11,201 Just for a few days. 264 00:24:11,368 --> 00:24:13,745 We could still leave before the hurricane season starts. 265 00:24:13,912 --> 00:24:16,665 - No, it's too risky. - Risky? 266 00:24:16,832 --> 00:24:19,793 Risky. And besides, Tiki already made the sea trial. 267 00:24:23,296 --> 00:24:25,549 - Here's to Tiki! - Skol! 268 00:24:25,715 --> 00:24:28,802 - Tiki! - Skol! 269 00:24:30,929 --> 00:24:33,890 Excuse me. 270 00:24:35,392 --> 00:24:39,146 Us! Tripulantes! 271 00:24:39,312 --> 00:24:40,939 Tripulantes! 272 00:24:41,106 --> 00:24:44,985 No, you loco! 273 00:24:46,069 --> 00:24:48,613 I'm just calling to say goodbye, Liv. 274 00:24:48,780 --> 00:24:51,575 We're leaving in a few hours. 275 00:24:52,576 --> 00:24:56,872 - Goodbye, Thor. - I brought medicines this time. Plenty. 276 00:24:57,038 --> 00:25:00,458 - I hope you don't have to use them. - What? 277 00:25:00,625 --> 00:25:05,463 - I hope you don't have to use them. - Yeah. Me too. 278 00:25:07,591 --> 00:25:11,303 - The boys wish you good luck. - Thank you. 279 00:25:11,469 --> 00:25:13,138 You? 280 00:25:14,806 --> 00:25:17,309 Don't be angry, Liv. 281 00:25:21,521 --> 00:25:26,776 If I pull this off, Liv, our lives will be completely different. 282 00:25:26,943 --> 00:25:29,446 No more struggling. 283 00:25:32,365 --> 00:25:36,036 I just hope that 100 days from now your children still have a father. 284 00:25:36,203 --> 00:25:38,455 What did you say? 285 00:25:40,999 --> 00:25:44,169 Nothing, Thor. Nothing. 286 00:25:45,712 --> 00:25:48,840 You're breaking up, Liv. I'm sorry. 287 00:25:49,007 --> 00:25:53,845 I'm sorry, Liv... I called to say goodbye. 288 00:26:51,820 --> 00:26:54,114 Whoa! 289 00:27:21,850 --> 00:27:24,644 Thor, this way! 290 00:27:24,811 --> 00:27:27,772 Hey! 291 00:28:21,868 --> 00:28:24,120 Hey, Torstein, help me with this. 292 00:28:25,372 --> 00:28:28,500 We need to secure this box. 293 00:28:34,255 --> 00:28:36,549 No, no, no, there's plenty of space right there. 294 00:28:48,019 --> 00:28:52,357 If we get a westerly now, it'll take us right back to Callao. 295 00:28:52,524 --> 00:28:56,319 No, Tiki's wind came from the south. 296 00:29:04,244 --> 00:29:05,954 Now pull it up, Thor. 297 00:29:10,792 --> 00:29:13,962 - Ow! - Are you OK? 298 00:29:14,129 --> 00:29:15,588 More line starboard. 299 00:29:17,257 --> 00:29:18,967 More line starboard. 300 00:29:19,134 --> 00:29:22,804 - Which way is starboard? - Right! Christ. 301 00:29:23,763 --> 00:29:26,057 Nope. Nothing. 302 00:29:26,224 --> 00:29:28,184 It's the wrong course. 303 00:29:28,351 --> 00:29:30,311 - We have no steering. - That's fine, that's fine. 304 00:29:30,478 --> 00:29:33,940 Let's use the oar. Keep it pointing forward. 305 00:29:34,858 --> 00:29:36,276 Excellent work, boys. 306 00:29:59,424 --> 00:30:01,885 You can just sit back and relax. 307 00:30:03,136 --> 00:30:07,640 In 100 days, you can start your own Peruvian colony in Polynesia. 308 00:30:08,850 --> 00:30:10,393 That's not too bad. 309 00:30:13,188 --> 00:30:16,024 I would like it better if we were moving towards it. 310 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:25,074 You might want to take the lens cap off. 311 00:30:45,428 --> 00:30:47,889 And only 100 days to go. 312 00:31:08,952 --> 00:31:10,787 Thor? 313 00:31:11,829 --> 00:31:14,874 Remember those sailors in the bar in New York? 314 00:31:15,041 --> 00:31:17,460 Who said the logs would move and break the ropes? 315 00:31:17,627 --> 00:31:18,753 Hm-mm. 316 00:31:21,631 --> 00:31:24,842 Perhaps we should have used wire. 317 00:31:25,009 --> 00:31:29,514 The ropes held 1,500 years ago, and they will hold now. 318 00:31:29,681 --> 00:31:33,560 If you can't trust Tiki, you can trust me. 319 00:31:35,228 --> 00:31:36,563 Yeah. 320 00:32:02,255 --> 00:32:05,425 Does anyone know if we can eat them? 321 00:32:06,342 --> 00:32:08,678 Flying fish. 322 00:32:10,096 --> 00:32:13,349 Should be a delicious blend of herring and grouse. 323 00:32:15,810 --> 00:32:18,229 Herman, grab onto something. 324 00:32:18,396 --> 00:32:21,316 If you fall overboard, you stay overboard. 325 00:32:21,482 --> 00:32:23,860 We won't be able to turn around. 326 00:32:28,281 --> 00:32:30,825 Thank God one of us has been to sea before. 327 00:32:31,826 --> 00:32:34,120 I've heard that drowning is the best way to die. 328 00:32:34,287 --> 00:32:38,833 Well, not exactly. You might manage for a minute, 329 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:41,419 until you breathe out of reflex. 330 00:32:41,586 --> 00:32:44,047 Your lungs fill with water, you choke, 331 00:32:44,213 --> 00:32:47,383 and the, uh, acid created by the salt water in your stomach 332 00:32:47,550 --> 00:32:50,094 makes you feel like you burn up inside. 333 00:32:50,261 --> 00:32:53,389 Panic makes your heart kick in, forcing you to breathe again. 334 00:32:53,556 --> 00:32:55,558 More water. 335 00:32:55,725 --> 00:33:01,522 You lose control, and then you finally die. 336 00:33:01,689 --> 00:33:04,651 All in all, three or four minutes. 337 00:33:04,817 --> 00:33:07,695 Hold on. What about my life flashing past? 338 00:33:07,862 --> 00:33:10,698 Yeah, that's the worst part. 339 00:33:19,374 --> 00:33:22,126 Damn this radio! 340 00:33:23,419 --> 00:33:26,214 - Forget it, Torstein. - Excuse me? 341 00:33:26,381 --> 00:33:28,257 - Just forget it. - Forget it? 342 00:33:28,424 --> 00:33:29,592 What do you mean, forget it? 343 00:33:29,759 --> 00:33:31,886 The Andes. There's nothing we can do. 344 00:33:32,053 --> 00:33:35,139 The Andes are hundreds of miles away. 345 00:33:35,306 --> 00:33:38,017 OK? Just stay in bed. 346 00:33:38,184 --> 00:33:40,812 We can't risk you vomiting all over the radio. 347 00:33:42,772 --> 00:33:44,190 I need radio contact. 348 00:33:45,233 --> 00:33:48,945 Money follows attention, and I'm the one who has to pay for this. 349 00:33:49,112 --> 00:33:52,615 That's right, Thor. Keep filming. 350 00:33:52,782 --> 00:33:56,035 Look, all I need is to be able to contact the Coast Guard. 351 00:33:56,202 --> 00:34:01,165 They'd never make it out here in time anyway. I mean, if something happened. 352 00:34:06,087 --> 00:34:10,383 North-northwest, that's good. 353 00:34:11,801 --> 00:34:14,721 And what we want is west. 354 00:34:16,889 --> 00:34:20,810 The South Equatorial Current is the only road there is. 355 00:34:20,977 --> 00:34:23,062 I know. 356 00:34:23,229 --> 00:34:26,983 So... how do we get down to it? 357 00:34:29,152 --> 00:34:31,404 As navigator, I can tell you this. 358 00:34:31,571 --> 00:34:36,284 If you can't steer, you can't push yourself to change course. 359 00:34:45,042 --> 00:34:48,129 Oh... 360 00:34:52,216 --> 00:34:54,177 Should we wake the others? 361 00:34:55,094 --> 00:34:57,764 No. It's nothing. 362 00:34:59,223 --> 00:35:00,975 We'll let them sleep. 363 00:35:03,686 --> 00:35:07,190 Everyone on deck! Come on! 364 00:35:07,356 --> 00:35:09,108 Torstein! 365 00:35:11,736 --> 00:35:13,863 Get the sail down! 366 00:35:16,407 --> 00:35:18,075 Thor! 367 00:35:20,495 --> 00:35:22,413 Aah! 368 00:35:37,720 --> 00:35:39,597 Tie yourself, Thor. 369 00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:41,891 Tie yourselves! 370 00:35:42,809 --> 00:35:44,435 Get the sail down! 371 00:35:44,602 --> 00:35:47,021 Tie yourselves! 372 00:36:00,701 --> 00:36:02,703 Get the sail down! 373 00:36:07,875 --> 00:36:09,961 Just cut it down! 374 00:36:16,050 --> 00:36:17,552 Just cut it! 375 00:36:25,101 --> 00:36:27,478 Thor! Thor! 376 00:36:40,908 --> 00:36:43,911 Thor, grab my hand! Grab my hand! 377 00:36:45,329 --> 00:36:46,873 Thor! 378 00:38:25,805 --> 00:38:27,682 That wasn't too bad. 379 00:38:31,018 --> 00:38:33,187 - Hey. - Twelve degrees, 380 00:38:33,354 --> 00:38:36,524 five minutes, two seconds south. 381 00:38:38,067 --> 00:38:41,153 Eighty degrees north-northwest. 382 00:38:47,410 --> 00:38:49,954 Fifty-two-point-eight nautical miles. 383 00:38:52,206 --> 00:38:55,876 That makes two-point-two knots. 384 00:39:00,172 --> 00:39:02,008 That's quite good. 385 00:39:03,884 --> 00:39:05,553 Still too northerly. 386 00:39:05,720 --> 00:39:08,139 This is where we are after four days. 387 00:39:08,305 --> 00:39:10,141 So the worst thing that can happen is that 388 00:39:10,307 --> 00:39:11,976 we drift back to the coast, right? 389 00:39:12,143 --> 00:39:14,854 No, the worst thing that can happen is we get carried up 390 00:39:15,021 --> 00:39:17,648 into the maelstrom south of Galapagos. 391 00:39:17,815 --> 00:39:19,775 That's where we're heading right now. 392 00:39:19,942 --> 00:39:22,153 I never heard about maelstroms around Galapagos. 393 00:39:22,319 --> 00:39:24,989 Please, Thor, I'm serious. Look. 394 00:39:25,156 --> 00:39:27,950 We'll be fine. Have faith. 395 00:39:29,577 --> 00:39:31,245 I have faith. 396 00:39:32,288 --> 00:39:34,206 Problem is I also have a sextant. 397 00:39:37,209 --> 00:39:40,171 The Galapagos maelstrom, a gigantic vortex, 398 00:39:40,337 --> 00:39:44,008 creates waves over nine meters high and its powerful roar 399 00:39:44,175 --> 00:39:46,510 can be heard ten miles away. 400 00:39:47,845 --> 00:39:50,056 Even has a nice illustration. 401 00:40:11,494 --> 00:40:14,580 - We need it higher. - Take it higher. 402 00:40:16,165 --> 00:40:18,876 OK, higher! 403 00:40:26,175 --> 00:40:27,468 There... 404 00:40:28,552 --> 00:40:29,637 - We've got something. - Yes? 405 00:40:30,679 --> 00:40:32,807 His name is Hal. Transmitting from Los Angeles. 406 00:40:32,973 --> 00:40:34,767 Can you relay messages to the press? 407 00:40:35,935 --> 00:40:37,353 Thor is out of debt. 408 00:40:39,438 --> 00:40:41,524 I lost him. 409 00:40:41,690 --> 00:40:44,902 No, no, no, no! Oh! 410 00:40:45,945 --> 00:40:48,531 Stupid, stupid, stupid bird. 411 00:40:48,697 --> 00:40:50,908 Hey! Just leave her. 412 00:40:57,039 --> 00:40:59,834 Whose idea was it to bring that bird anyway? 413 00:42:19,955 --> 00:42:21,290 Bengt. Bengt! 414 00:42:21,457 --> 00:42:24,710 Camera. Get the camera! 415 00:42:32,885 --> 00:42:35,346 Get the camera! Bengt! Bengt! 416 00:42:35,512 --> 00:42:37,139 Get the camera! 417 00:42:51,570 --> 00:42:55,449 - Completely harmless. - Harmless, are you crazy? 418 00:42:55,616 --> 00:42:57,993 That one can tip us over just like that. 419 00:42:58,160 --> 00:43:00,579 - In Vietnam, it's a deity. - They call it "Ca Ong." 420 00:43:00,746 --> 00:43:01,747 It means Sir Fish. 421 00:43:01,914 --> 00:43:06,001 - Bengt, the camera. - Right. 422 00:43:09,505 --> 00:43:10,547 Here it comes. 423 00:43:36,240 --> 00:43:38,701 - Bengt, where's the camera? - I'm loading it! 424 00:43:44,290 --> 00:43:46,792 Aah! 425 00:43:46,959 --> 00:43:49,211 - It's trying to overturn us! - No, it's just feeding off the raft. 426 00:43:49,378 --> 00:43:50,546 Don't worry. 427 00:43:54,466 --> 00:43:55,509 Where are you? 428 00:44:05,227 --> 00:44:07,146 Look at that. 429 00:44:22,036 --> 00:44:24,246 Hey. Put that away. 430 00:44:34,256 --> 00:44:35,883 - No! - Yah! 431 00:44:52,524 --> 00:44:53,525 Erik! 432 00:44:57,446 --> 00:44:59,114 - Erik! - Get him up! 433 00:45:05,329 --> 00:45:08,207 I've got you. It's all right. I got you. 434 00:45:08,374 --> 00:45:10,876 Herman! Herman! Are you deaf?! 435 00:45:11,043 --> 00:45:13,128 He told you to put the harpoon away! 436 00:45:13,295 --> 00:45:15,464 - He wanted to tip us over. - It's all right. 437 00:45:15,631 --> 00:45:17,049 Obey your orders! 438 00:45:19,343 --> 00:45:21,345 It's all right. 439 00:45:25,057 --> 00:45:26,266 I'm sorry. 440 00:45:32,981 --> 00:45:35,109 - He didn't listen. - No, he didn't. I know. 441 00:45:35,275 --> 00:45:37,528 But it's my job to tell him that, not yours. 442 00:45:37,694 --> 00:45:40,322 He sells refrigerators. 443 00:45:41,865 --> 00:45:43,742 He got frightened. It happens. 444 00:45:59,675 --> 00:46:01,427 How are you? 445 00:46:01,593 --> 00:46:03,262 Fine. 446 00:46:13,313 --> 00:46:14,898 Yeah. 447 00:46:15,941 --> 00:46:20,028 People who can't get rid of their demons try this. 448 00:46:20,195 --> 00:46:22,406 Drifting across the Pacific. 449 00:46:26,118 --> 00:46:27,327 Hey, Lorita. 450 00:46:50,601 --> 00:46:52,936 Thor, um... 451 00:46:53,979 --> 00:46:55,981 About the shark or the whale or... 452 00:46:56,148 --> 00:46:59,693 - ls Knut OK? - He's fine. 453 00:46:59,860 --> 00:47:01,487 Don't worry. 454 00:47:06,366 --> 00:47:09,995 Why the oar? 455 00:47:10,162 --> 00:47:13,248 Trying to catch the South Equatorial bus. 456 00:47:14,833 --> 00:47:17,544 Unless we already missed the stop. 457 00:47:17,711 --> 00:47:20,506 We won't. 458 00:47:20,672 --> 00:47:22,424 We could have. 459 00:47:24,384 --> 00:47:26,887 No. 460 00:47:27,054 --> 00:47:28,514 We couldn't. 461 00:49:08,322 --> 00:49:10,741 Building a life raft? 462 00:49:10,907 --> 00:49:12,951 No, it's for my daughter. 463 00:49:13,118 --> 00:49:15,162 She's six months old. 464 00:49:20,208 --> 00:49:21,460 We just don't have enough power. 465 00:49:21,627 --> 00:49:23,211 It's not about the wattage. 466 00:49:23,378 --> 00:49:27,382 Oh! Oh, come on! 467 00:49:35,766 --> 00:49:37,809 Put out that cigarette. 468 00:50:16,807 --> 00:50:18,809 Look. 469 00:50:20,185 --> 00:50:22,229 There's something down there. 470 00:50:51,508 --> 00:50:53,301 Look at that. 471 00:50:54,970 --> 00:50:55,971 Look at that. 472 00:51:08,817 --> 00:51:11,069 Shark protection. 473 00:51:11,236 --> 00:51:13,864 Right. I see. 474 00:51:14,030 --> 00:51:16,825 - So are you going down? - No. Bengt is. 475 00:51:16,992 --> 00:51:19,077 That's right. Send the Swede. 476 00:52:04,122 --> 00:52:07,125 Shark. 477 00:52:17,803 --> 00:52:21,348 It's getting waterlogged. Just as you showed me. 478 00:52:22,808 --> 00:52:24,643 Showed? 479 00:52:24,810 --> 00:52:27,771 I broke off a piece and threw it overboard. 480 00:52:27,938 --> 00:52:29,856 Sank like a stone. 481 00:52:30,023 --> 00:52:32,526 The raft is absorbing water. 482 00:52:32,692 --> 00:52:36,321 - It looks worse than it is. - We're not even on the right course. 483 00:52:48,124 --> 00:52:52,045 You just earned yourself another dog watch. Let's get back to work. 484 00:52:52,212 --> 00:52:54,130 This is not a holiday. 485 00:53:27,622 --> 00:53:29,791 There. Got him. 486 00:53:29,958 --> 00:53:32,419 Ready? 487 00:53:32,586 --> 00:53:34,504 Um... yes. 488 00:53:36,172 --> 00:53:40,218 To: Royal Norwegian Embassy, Washington, D.C. 489 00:53:40,385 --> 00:53:44,055 From: Thor Heyerdahl, Kon-Tiki, May 16th, 1947. 490 00:53:44,222 --> 00:53:48,018 Zero-niner degrees, 36 minutes, 58 seconds south. 491 00:53:48,184 --> 00:53:50,103 The raft is keeping up well. 492 00:53:50,270 --> 00:53:54,316 We are on our way, and morale is high. 493 00:53:55,984 --> 00:54:00,196 Having had problems with the radio, we have been unable to establish contact. 494 00:54:00,363 --> 00:54:04,451 Wind conditions are stable and we are traveling an average speed... 495 00:54:07,203 --> 00:54:09,539 - You all right? - Yep. 496 00:54:11,291 --> 00:54:13,668 - Sure about this? - People will want to see 497 00:54:13,835 --> 00:54:15,503 a picture of the raft in the ocean. 498 00:54:15,670 --> 00:54:17,088 Around your wrist. 499 00:54:17,255 --> 00:54:20,133 It's about 5,000 meters deep, so don't drop it. 500 00:55:48,555 --> 00:55:50,724 Thor! Shark! 501 00:55:53,143 --> 00:55:56,104 - Get it up! Get it up! - Don't jerk the rope! 502 00:55:58,648 --> 00:56:00,025 Take my hand. Take my hand! 503 00:56:00,608 --> 00:56:02,110 Grab my hand! 504 00:56:07,240 --> 00:56:08,950 I'm fine. 505 00:56:10,493 --> 00:56:12,662 Bengt. Bengt! 506 00:56:12,829 --> 00:56:15,040 Why are you giving the sharks oursoup? 507 00:56:15,206 --> 00:56:17,042 It's the shark repellant the Americans gave us. 508 00:56:17,208 --> 00:56:19,294 No, it isn't. It's tomato soup. 509 00:56:21,588 --> 00:56:23,381 Where's the shark repellent? 510 00:56:23,548 --> 00:56:25,508 Well, I guess we ate it then. 511 00:57:21,022 --> 00:57:22,524 Lorita! 512 00:57:26,778 --> 00:57:29,948 Lorita! Lorita! 513 00:57:32,784 --> 00:57:35,703 No! 514 00:58:49,027 --> 00:58:50,653 Watch your feet! 515 00:58:51,946 --> 00:58:53,406 Whoo! 516 00:59:03,666 --> 00:59:08,213 Stop! This is madness! We'll only attract more sharks! 517 00:59:22,852 --> 00:59:24,979 Aah! 518 01:00:11,985 --> 01:00:13,987 Please. 519 01:00:14,153 --> 01:00:16,489 It's our only chance. 520 01:00:20,243 --> 01:00:23,162 Our only hope now is to try to strengthen the lashings. 521 01:00:23,329 --> 01:00:25,665 Tie her together. 522 01:00:25,832 --> 01:00:27,375 Don't you see? 523 01:00:29,711 --> 01:00:32,922 We built this raft exactly the way Tiki did. 524 01:00:33,089 --> 01:00:36,009 And we'll get there just as he did. 525 01:00:37,343 --> 01:00:38,761 Have faith. 526 01:00:38,928 --> 01:00:42,307 Faith? 527 01:00:43,808 --> 01:00:46,811 This isn't religion, Thor. 528 01:00:46,978 --> 01:00:49,022 This is insane. 529 01:00:51,149 --> 01:00:53,443 This is bigger than us. 530 01:00:57,613 --> 01:00:59,490 Please. 531 01:01:01,284 --> 01:01:05,413 Look at the logs. Feel the raft. 532 01:01:06,622 --> 01:01:08,082 I'm begging you. 533 01:01:08,249 --> 01:01:13,046 All I'm asking is just a little safety with modern materials. 534 01:01:13,880 --> 01:01:16,007 Please? 535 01:01:25,975 --> 01:01:27,518 No! 536 01:01:30,605 --> 01:01:33,024 No! 537 01:02:00,843 --> 01:02:03,971 At least I won't lose my leg to frostbite. 538 01:02:22,949 --> 01:02:24,075 Herman! 539 01:02:25,493 --> 01:02:26,911 Herman, grab the rope! 540 01:02:27,078 --> 01:02:29,122 Hold on! Hold on! 541 01:02:32,708 --> 01:02:34,460 Grab the oar! 542 01:02:35,753 --> 01:02:38,506 Hang on! 543 01:02:49,767 --> 01:02:51,978 Throw the shark overboard! 544 01:03:00,236 --> 01:03:02,321 Pull it in again! 545 01:03:03,948 --> 01:03:05,783 Throw it out! 546 01:03:06,451 --> 01:03:10,246 Herman! 547 01:03:31,267 --> 01:03:33,436 Knut, no! 548 01:05:11,617 --> 01:05:15,371 Three years ago, I shot four men. 549 01:05:19,041 --> 01:05:22,503 The Gestapo finally found me with my radio. 550 01:05:26,924 --> 01:05:31,846 - It was war. - Yeah. 551 01:05:32,013 --> 01:05:33,639 Tor-stein says the same. 552 01:05:36,100 --> 01:05:40,813 He helped sink the Tirpitz. A thousand men went down. 553 01:05:40,980 --> 01:05:43,608 That doesn't bother him. 554 01:05:47,028 --> 01:05:48,571 Thank you. 555 01:05:51,365 --> 01:05:53,576 You saved my life. 556 01:05:55,953 --> 01:05:57,955 That's what I mean. 557 01:05:58,122 --> 01:06:00,249 Thank you. 558 01:06:24,273 --> 01:06:27,026 I couldn't have saved you. 559 01:06:29,654 --> 01:06:32,323 I couldn't have saved you. 560 01:06:37,662 --> 01:06:40,331 I can't swim. 561 01:06:43,876 --> 01:06:46,087 I know. 562 01:06:49,382 --> 01:06:51,300 We all know. 563 01:08:04,081 --> 01:08:05,624 What time is it? 564 01:08:08,878 --> 01:08:10,755 Ten past two. 565 01:08:13,632 --> 01:08:17,720 - You sure about that? - Yes. Ten past two. 566 01:08:27,104 --> 01:08:30,191 - We need to talk. - Yes? 567 01:08:36,655 --> 01:08:38,908 We're on the South Equatorial. 568 01:08:39,074 --> 01:08:40,826 Heading straight for Polynesia. 569 01:08:46,123 --> 01:08:48,334 - Are you sure? - I'm sure. 570 01:08:48,501 --> 01:08:52,296 My God! 571 01:08:56,592 --> 01:09:00,095 Look at that! Look at that! We found it! 572 01:09:05,643 --> 01:09:09,855 - Is that it? Are we there? - Whoo-hoo! 573 01:09:11,732 --> 01:09:13,901 - I knew it! You see? - No, you didn't! 574 01:09:14,068 --> 01:09:17,947 I knew it! 575 01:09:20,783 --> 01:09:22,201 Herman. 576 01:09:25,246 --> 01:09:28,123 At last! Hey, let me have one. 577 01:10:09,081 --> 01:10:11,125 You didn't doubt it, did you? 578 01:10:20,801 --> 01:10:24,889 On course, and shipshape, we have now passed the critical point. 579 01:10:25,055 --> 01:10:26,724 And spirits are high. 580 01:10:28,142 --> 01:10:30,936 Every nautical mile is a nautical mile 581 01:10:31,103 --> 01:10:34,315 closer to the proof I have sought. 582 01:10:43,365 --> 01:10:47,870 Early man did not see the ocean as a barrier, 583 01:10:48,037 --> 01:10:51,582 but rather as a means of communication. 584 01:10:59,965 --> 01:11:04,637 This is science that cannot be done behind a desk 585 01:11:04,803 --> 01:11:06,472 or by a committee. 586 01:11:07,848 --> 01:11:10,267 One thousand five hundred years ago, 587 01:11:10,434 --> 01:11:14,563 a South American civilization possessed the maritime 588 01:11:14,730 --> 01:11:16,690 and navigational skills 589 01:11:16,857 --> 01:11:19,860 to successfully maneuver a balsa wood raft 590 01:11:20,027 --> 01:11:23,447 over 5, 000 miles. 591 01:11:24,990 --> 01:11:30,704 We are using the same stars as they did. 592 01:11:36,293 --> 01:11:40,631 It's as if we're the only human beings left in the universe. 593 01:11:40,798 --> 01:11:42,967 Maybe we are. 594 01:11:43,133 --> 01:11:46,011 Maybe they've dropped more bombs on each other. 595 01:11:47,262 --> 01:11:49,932 Every city like Hiroshima. 596 01:11:50,099 --> 01:11:53,227 Then we wouldn't have radio contact, Bengt. 597 01:11:56,313 --> 01:11:59,316 Maybe nature has just accepted us. 598 01:12:00,317 --> 01:12:02,861 As a part of itself. 599 01:12:03,028 --> 01:12:05,990 Like a fish or a... or a bird. 600 01:14:40,102 --> 01:14:42,104 Bird... 601 01:14:43,313 --> 01:14:45,149 A bird! 602 01:14:45,858 --> 01:14:48,527 Hey! 603 01:14:50,362 --> 01:14:52,281 Hey, look! A bird! 604 01:14:55,701 --> 01:14:57,578 What's going on? 605 01:15:03,959 --> 01:15:05,627 Look! 606 01:15:41,830 --> 01:15:44,791 Whoo-hoo! 607 01:15:51,548 --> 01:15:53,967 Five thousand miles behind us, 608 01:15:54,134 --> 01:15:57,346 and the worst danger lies just ahead. 609 01:15:57,512 --> 01:16:00,599 - Human beings, right? - No. 610 01:16:01,600 --> 01:16:03,435 The Raroia reef. 611 01:16:03,602 --> 01:16:07,231 A barrier of underwater razor blades. 612 01:16:07,397 --> 01:16:08,982 Why didn't you mention that before? 613 01:16:09,149 --> 01:16:13,237 There was no way of knowing exactly where we would end up. 614 01:16:13,403 --> 01:16:14,988 We could try to force our way south. 615 01:16:15,155 --> 01:16:18,200 Ought to hit Samoa in 30 days. 616 01:16:18,367 --> 01:16:21,245 Good, thanks. 617 01:16:21,411 --> 01:16:23,247 What other options are there? 618 01:16:31,255 --> 01:16:36,218 We could try and, uh... surf over it. 619 01:16:36,927 --> 01:16:38,428 Surf? 620 01:16:39,429 --> 01:16:40,806 Yes. 621 01:16:40,973 --> 01:16:43,767 You see, waves build in cycles of 13. 622 01:16:43,934 --> 01:16:47,980 Meaning every 13th wave is significantly bigger than the rest. 623 01:16:48,146 --> 01:16:50,816 Um... let me show you. 624 01:16:50,983 --> 01:16:55,570 Uh... when we get close to the reef, 625 01:16:55,737 --> 01:16:58,532 we'll throw out an anchor or something heavy 626 01:16:58,699 --> 01:17:03,161 to hold the raft back in position. 627 01:17:03,328 --> 01:17:06,707 - Then what? - Then we count the waves. 628 01:17:06,873 --> 01:17:10,961 And just before the 13th wave, we cut the rope, 629 01:17:11,128 --> 01:17:15,257 and hopefully surf the raft over the reef. 630 01:17:15,424 --> 01:17:17,259 That might work. 631 01:17:23,890 --> 01:17:25,767 I like it. 632 01:17:29,187 --> 01:17:30,188 That's the way. 633 01:17:32,316 --> 01:17:34,443 - Let's do it. - All right. 634 01:17:34,609 --> 01:17:36,028 Let's find something heavy. 635 01:17:47,664 --> 01:17:50,584 Approaching Raroia reef. 636 01:17:50,751 --> 01:17:53,795 If no word within 36 hours, 637 01:17:53,962 --> 01:17:57,424 contact Norwegian Embassy in Washington. 638 01:17:57,591 --> 01:18:00,344 Two hundred and 50 yards to go. 639 01:18:02,346 --> 01:18:03,347 Ow! 640 01:18:09,144 --> 01:18:11,897 - Put your boots on! - Everybody, get your boots on! 641 01:18:45,013 --> 01:18:47,391 Are we ready? ls everything set? 642 01:18:47,557 --> 01:18:51,937 - When you're ready, Herman. - Yep! All right! Drop the anchor! 643 01:19:10,831 --> 01:19:12,582 One! 644 01:19:15,127 --> 01:19:16,962 Did you ever consider life jackets? 645 01:19:17,129 --> 01:19:18,880 Two! 646 01:19:22,134 --> 01:19:24,094 Three! 647 01:19:28,140 --> 01:19:29,558 Four! 648 01:19:34,312 --> 01:19:36,565 Five! 649 01:19:40,652 --> 01:19:42,362 Six! 650 01:19:45,574 --> 01:19:46,575 Seven! 651 01:19:50,454 --> 01:19:51,830 Eight! 652 01:19:54,416 --> 01:19:55,876 Nine! 653 01:20:01,673 --> 01:20:04,759 We've lost it! Pull tight! 654 01:21:41,273 --> 01:21:42,816 Thor! 655 01:21:42,983 --> 01:21:45,652 Thor! Wait! 656 01:25:56,069 --> 01:25:59,489 This is BBC Radio reporting worldwide. 657 01:25:59,656 --> 01:26:01,282 This is Radio Australia World News... 658 01:26:01,449 --> 01:26:03,201 A stunning achievement being reported today 659 01:26:03,368 --> 01:26:05,161 from the Tuamotu Islands in Polynesia. 660 01:26:05,328 --> 01:26:08,706 . . . six Scandinavian explorers, 5,000 miles of sea 661 01:26:08,873 --> 01:26:11,084 and one balsa wood raft. 662 01:26:11,251 --> 01:26:14,921 ...cheating death over a 101-day voyage. 663 01:26:15,088 --> 01:26:17,173 Not since Ernest Shackleton's journey to Antarctica 664 01:26:17,340 --> 01:26:19,592 - has anyone done something so bold. - An awe-inspiring tale of man 665 01:26:19,759 --> 01:26:22,846 against nature.