在这部康-蒂基纪录片/冒险片中,影片曾获得1952年奥斯卡最佳纪录片，记录了人类航海史上的一次奇迹。挪威人类学家、探险家托尔·海尔达尔和五名伙伴坐上一艘以太阳神康·蒂基命名的用9根轻型原木制成的原始木筏，从秘鲁出海远航，横渡大西洋，进行洲际间航海探险，101天后成功抵达玻利维亚，创下了航海史上的奇迹。这次活动源于一个传说：在很久以前，他们的祖先太阳神――康·蒂基带领自己的部族，从大洋东岸乘坐木筏，追随太阳移动的方向，漂洋过海……
第24届奥斯卡金像奖(1952) 奥斯卡奖-最佳纪录长片 Olle Nordemar
第4届英国电影和电视艺术学院奖(1951) 电影奖-最佳纪录片(提名)
"Kon-Tiki" was the name of a wooden raft used by six Scandinavian scientists, led by Thor Heyerdahl, to make a 101-day journey from South America to the Polynesian Islands. The purpose of the expedition was to prove Heyerdal's theory that the Polynesian Islands were populated from the east---specifically Peru---rather than from the west (Asia)as had been the theory for hundreds of years. Heyerdahl made a study of the winds and tides in the Pacific, and by simulating conditions as closely as possible to those he theorized the Peruvians encountered, set out on the voyage.
终于看完了“挪威越洋船kon-tiki"。至今仍极具教育意义的一部纪录片。
