Avail. on NPR now: Remembering the Kon-Tiki's Voyage

Now on the air and also available here:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12560141 :
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On this day 60 years ago, a balsa wood raft called the Kon-Tiki completed a voyage from South America to Polynesia. The trip, headed by Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl, proved that ancient Peruvians could have crossed the Pacific and settled Polynesia.
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Includes a '99 interview with Heyerdahl and commentary.

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[ Edited by: Thomas 2007-08-08 14:47 ]

I saw this too, cool to reflect on. What a fantastic thing to actually do rather than theorize.

It's no "8 men and a duck?", or "Round Ireland with a 'fridge" but it certainly was good adventure.

There's more here. In fact, I think it's the same interview.