Saturday marked exactly 60 years since the famed raft Kon-Tiki, skippered by one of the world's most famous Norwegians, set off on its expedition from Peru. The Oslo museum that displays the raft didn't let the day go by unnoticed.
Even though explorer and adventurer Thor Heyerdal's theories from the Kon-Tiki expedition have largely been proved wrong, his son and museum staff remain proud of the legendary Norwegian and his research.
He, four other Norwegians and a Swede sailed more than 8,000 kilometers for 101 days to prove that South American Indians could have reached islands in the South Pacific, using rafts that followed the winds and currents.
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