Last Surviving Crew Member of Kon-Tiki Expedition Passes Away

[ARRL]

Knut Magne Haugland, LA3KY, of Norway, passed away on December 25. He was 92. Haugland was one of six men, who with Thor Heyerdahl in 1947, successfully crossed the Pacific Ocean in a 45 foot raft made of balsa wood and bamboo -- named Kon-Tiki -- to prove that people from South America could have settled Polynesia in pre-Columbian times.



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[KB1TPX]

Amazing group of individuals. I read that book (by Thor Heyerdahl) back in the 60's when I was a kid. I think PBS had a show about the journey once, they should bring it back in honor of them, now that the last one has passed.


YouTube - Kon-Tiki

 

[mackmobile43]

They're all worm food in the end like me and you.