Epilogue: Bengt fell in love with Polynesia. He settled there and became a Consul General of Sweden. He died in 1997.

Epilogue: Erik built himself a sailboat, that became his home for 11 years. He worked as an artist until his death in 1972.

Epilogue: Torstein kept going on expeditions. He died in 1964 during an attempt to reach the North Pole on skis.

Epilogue: Knut resumed his career in military intelligence. He was also instrumental in the establishment of the Kon-Tiki museum. He died the Christmas of 2009.

Epilogue: Herman became the director of UN's Food and Agriculture organization. He died at Titica lake in 1986.

Epilogue: Thor wrote a book about Kon-Tiki. It was translated to over 70 languages, and sold over 50 million copies. The documentary about the expedition won an Oscar. Liv and Thor divorced after the Kon-Tiki expedition. Their boys lived with Liv, who later moved to the US where she died in 1969. Thor continued his work as an experimental archaeologist, author and explorer. He died in 2002.