Kon-Tiki (2012) follows Thor Heyerdahl’s daring 1947 voyage across the Pacific Ocean on a balsa wood raft. He sets sail with a small crew to prove his theory that South America, not Asia ...

More commonly known as the balsa tree ... source of the lightweight wood used to make snap-together model dinosaurs, Popsicle sticks, and Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki raft. My noble specimen ...