Visit the Kon Tiki Museum in 2015

The National Geographic Society thought he was on a suicide mission as the reed boat was built with material that they felt could not survive a journey across the Pacific. But after 101 days at sea they finally made it to the French Polynesian atoll of Raroia. While skeptics still did not believe that South Americans had sailed across the Pacific to populate Polynesia they were impressed by Thor Heyerdahl's skills.

The Kon Tiki Museum in Oslo is dedicated to this expedition and is worth a visit.