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- noun a light raft made of balsa
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Thor Heyerdahl, the Norwegian explorer best known for sailing across 4,300 miles of the Pacific Ocean in a raft called the Kon-Tiki, is testing a 13th-century text that claims the Viking god Odin was a king who lived in Russia in the first century B.C.
Periscope 2007
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a 4,300 mile trip taken by six men in a raft called the Kon-Tiki .
Wired Top Stories Brandon Keim 2011
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Hyerdahls 'Kon-Tiki' that made a similar voyage in 1947, the vessel is being manufactured out of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) - the same material used to make water bottles.
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Hyerdahls 'Kon-Tiki' that made a similar voyage in 1947, the vessel is being manufactured out of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) - the same material used to make water bottles.
WN.com - Articles related to Traditional plastics shelved in bio-product industry 2010
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'Kon-Tiki' that made a similar voyage in 1947, the vessel is being manufactured out of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) - the same material used to make water bottles.
WN.com - Articles related to Traditional plastics shelved in bio-product industry 2010
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'Kon-Tiki' that made a similar voyage in 1947, the vessel is being manufactured out of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) - the same material used to make water bottles.
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At the top of the range is the renowned Kon-Tiki which is also now available in a stunning new low-line profile.
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Kon-Tiki, by Thor Heyerdahl (1950) Nine balsa-wood logs, a big square sail, a bamboo "cabin" with a roof made of banana leaves — thus did Norwegian Heyerdahl and his companions set sail from Peru toward Polynesia to prove a point: that the South Pacific was settled from the east.
The 100 Greatest (Non-Fiction) Adventure Books of All Time KaneCitizen 2009
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(Here's a clip from the Academy Award-winning documentary about the Kon-Tiki)
Archive 2009-01-01 KaneCitizen 2009
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(Here's a clip from the Academy Award-winning documentary about the Kon-Tiki)
The 100 Greatest (Non-Fiction) Adventure Books of All Time KaneCitizen 2009
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