Try to recreate Kon-Tiki voyage ends with rescue
Authorities in Chile declare they have rescued 14 persons from two rafts, closing an effort to emulate the well known Kon-Tiki voyage of 1947.
The "Kon-Tiki2" expedition started out in Peru in November and the rafts reached Chile's Easter Island in 43 days.
On the other hand, the expedition organisers explained they had made a decision to bring the come back voyage to a finish since it had "proven more challenging because of atypical winds".
The Chilean government explained the rescued crew had been well.
The crew had tripped for Chile on the come back voyage in January but good currents pulled them off training.
Crossing the Pacific on tree trunks
The Chilean Navy explained in a assertion (in Spanish) that the rafts have been about 1,000 kilometers (1,600km) west of the location of Puerto Montt.
On Wednesday the expedition released a distress signal, asking for help.
"We recognize that reaching SOUTH USA will take too much time and we favor to evacuate to make sure security for all," expedition head Torgeir Higraff explained in a statement.
He blamed the El Nino climate phenomenon for creating "atypical" weather habits, adding that in "a standard year, we would have finally reached SOUTH USA by. Instead, we remain 900 nautical miles from land and the elements forecasts aren't promising".
A few of the crew up to speed were undertaking research on climate switch, pollution from microplastics and the effect of the El Nino weather condition effect.
The initial 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition observed a Norwegian team travel around over the Pacific on a raft predominantly.
That was led by the Norwegian Thor Heyerdahl, considered one of many superb adventurers of the 20th Century.
The expedition he led proved that it could have been possible to visit by raft from Peru to Polynesia, unlike the received wisdom at the proper time.
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