Quickly a man named Bengt Danielsson joined the expedition for his interest in the theory. Heyerdahl was certain that the six of them would be able to survive together on the boat. "No two of these men had met before, and they were all of entirely different types." The construction of the balsa raft took place in at a naval shipyard. The consturction itself did not take very long. They made sure that put it together so all those on board would feel some type of freedom while on the raft.
Many scientists and politicians came to see the raft that was supossedly going to carry six men across the pacific. Everyone had an argument against it succeeding. All the men tried to stay confident in their chances of survival.They filled the boat with food, lots of water, equipment and other provisions. Each man had his own living quarters. "On April 27, 1947, the Norweigan flag was hoisted." They had named the boat Kon-Tiki and had a ceremony for everyone to see them off.
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