Pacific

Islands

Monthly

October 17, 1947

Vol. Xviii. No. 3.

Established 1930.

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WELCOME TO NORWEGIAN RAFT SCIENTISTS IN TAHITI, after they had drifted on their raft, “Kon Tiki,” from South America to the Tuamotus. The six Norwegians are distinguished by the Polynesians’ Leis around their necks. Their names are: Thor Heyerdahl (leader), Knut Wagne Hangland, Herman Wafzinger, Torstein Baaby, Erik Hesselberg, and Bengt Danielsson. With them in the group are the British Consul, Mr. Henderson, and the United States Consul, Mr. Scudder Mersman.