2014-10-06 9:10 [Photo: Print screen google.com] 
hundredth anniversary of Norwegian explorer and traveler, became an opportunity to create another interesting doodle Google search. He became famous after a trip on a raft “Kon-Tiki” in 1947, which served as inspiration for graphic designers to create a drawing.
recreated Heyerdahl raft and sailed her one thousand kilometers through the Pacific to prove that the simple hardware enough to hold an extraordinary journey.
Traveler along with five companions sailed April 28, 1947 on a trip from Callao in Peru in the direction of the islands of Oceania. With modern equipment took only radio station. Getting to the Tuamotu islands, where the raft after traveling more than 4,300 nautical miles settled on the reef, the expedition took 101 days.
The book Heyerdahl’s “Kon-Tiki Expedition” has been translated into 70 languages, and a documentary of the expedition won an Oscar in 1951, the new version of the 2012 was nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe.
Norwegian died in 2002. aged 87 years.
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