the tweedy professor type think they have it all figure out . today people who inhabit polynesia descend from migratory asian and intrepidly move from the far east and island to island and eastward into tahiti and all the other exotic tropic isle of the south pacific over thousand of year . but the establish thinking just do not sit well with young norwegian ethnographer thor heyerdahl . if that explanation be true and how come some folk bear and breed in those island have tradition and artwork and and physical feature resemble not those from asia and but south america . how can the vegetation of ecuador and peru and chile look so much like what you would find on the island several thousand mile away . be it just a coincidence that the islander point out to sea in the direction of south america and say that be where their ancestor come from and lead by tiki and their equivalent of adam . meanwhile and how be it norwegians speak of scandanavian forerunner who be chase from the south american continent they have colonize and and and together with some of the native people they befriend and set off over the sea head west . it all too much to be a coincidence to heyerdahl . with an amazing amount of moxie and a handful of crewman and and the local know how for traditional raft building and an expedition begin . it a much a trip into the human imagination a it be a pseudo scientific demonstration that such a journey be possible with only the very basic of tool and seamanship . the oscar win documentary may be date in it tone and anglo ethnocentric approach and but it soar with a spirit of adventure best even the space program that launch a decade later and a men be willing to risk it all to test a theory they think be true . wonderful . do yourself a favor and read the book first . it be an amazing page turner and the perfect setup for the newsreel style movie .