Our magazine has a higher purpose than to finance and enable men bent on suicide. I doubt...

Thor Heyerdahl:

[Talking with three National Geographic's members]
Gentlemen. YOur magazine will be with me on a raft. At the mercy of the winds, all the way to Polynesia. It is further than from Chicago to Moscow. Here to here. [pointing it in a map behind him] Committee Member:
You'll have some sort of engine in case of emergency? Thor Heyerdahl:
No. Absolutely not. We will surrender to the current and the wind... like Tiki did. Committee Member:
[curious]
And by undertaking this extraordinary voyage, you are proving? Thor Heyerdahl:
That the oceans were not barriers, but roads. Not impediments, but pathways. I will prove that South American people sailed to Polynesia... Committee Member:
[refused]
Every schoolboy knows that Polynesia was peopled from Asia, not South America. Thor Heyerdahl:
And it is my job as a scientist to prove those schoolboys, and those who quote them, wrong. [turning to the map] Thor Heyerdahl:
Ancient man, being sun worshipers... Committee Member:
[interrupting Thor]
Mr. Heyerdahl. Doubtless the story of Norwegians drowning in the pacific will sell a lot of magazines. But not this one. Thor Heyerdahl:
[angry]
This is a scientific expedition! Committee Member:
Our magazine has a higher purpose than to finance and enable men bent on suicide. I doubt he'll have any success recruiting anyone for such a voyage