{"id":1581,"date":"2015-11-28T02:28:53","date_gmt":"2015-11-28T10:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/?p=1581"},"modified":"2015-11-20T22:10:53","modified_gmt":"2015-11-21T06:10:53","slug":"from-kon-tiki-to-hokulea-south-pacific-ocean-adventures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explore.globalcreations.com\/theblog\/featured\/from-kon-tiki-to-hokulea-south-pacific-ocean-adventures\/","title":{"rendered":"From Kon-Tiki to Hokulea – South Pacific Ocean Adventures"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Hokulea\"

Hokulea Arrives in Honolulu from Tahiti (1976). Photo by Phil Uhl [CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>]<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Kon-Tiki\"<\/a>

Kon-Tiki<\/p><\/div>\n

When I was a kid I came across a book titled Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific in a Raft<\/a>\"\"\u00a0by Thor Heyerdahl. \u00a0In the book, Heyerdahl tells the tale of his 1947 adventure setting off from South America with a small crew on a balsa raft headed toward Polynesia.<\/p>\n

The idea was to ride the Humbolt Current from Peru and show that it was, at least, possible that natives\u00a0in Polynesia came from South America. \u00a0The demonstration was a success when Heyerdahl and crew\u00a0ran aground on\u00a0a\u00a0reef\u00a0at\u00a0Raroia\u00a0in the\u00a0Tuamotu Islands. \u00a0Today there is a much larger adventure underway.<\/p>\n

Hokulea<\/h1>\n

Hokulea (\u00a0H\u014dk\u016ble\u02bba)\u00a0is the Polynesian name for the star Arcturus as well as the name of\u00a0\u00a0a full-scale\u00a0replica\u00a0of a Polynesian, double-hulled, voyaging canoe, shown in the photo at the top of this page and below. \u00a0The canoe hit the water in 1975 and has had several great adventures since then including:<\/p>\n