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Coolidge said: "How would you like to come to Harvard?" Somewhat astounded, Davis replied: "You bet, but-I need money. If you get some, I'll sail to Boston." Coolidge thought Davis sincere, but didn't think anyone would actually sail to school...
...honor was justified. Besides safely sailing 10,000 miles of ocean, Davis has accomplished these things: survived the worst gale to hit New Zealand waters in 30 years; become the first person ever to sail across the Pacific from New Zealand to Peru in mid-winter; and partly refuted or at least raised serious doubts of the validity of the Kon-Tiki theory, which at the time was called a major anthropoloical achievement...
...Miru was ready to leave Wellington. That day things looked decidely ominous. Steady, sleeting rain sleeked the ship's deck, and the barometer tumbled to record low; by morning it read 28.40 inches. Despite the black, raining sky, Davis decided to set sail, and without salute or fanfare, the Miru put to sea in the middle of the South Pacific's winter. Never before had anyone ever sailed in mid-winter from New Zealand to America along the 40th latitude--the "roaring forties." It was something that just wasn't done...
Down with the Sharks. Armed with special spring guns, ranging from needle shooters (to catch small fish relatively unmarred) to blunderbuss types shooting two-pound spears, the group will set sail next month for the Southern Red Sea, where the clear waters abound in all types of tropical fish. The group expects to tackle man-eating sharks and giant octopuses (with curare-tipped spears...
Davis set sail from New Zealand during the summer. He wanted to test a thesis of his on the trip from New Zealand to Peru--that the currents which took the Polynessians across the Pacific also went the other way, and they could have returned to Peru merely by shifting currents. It took him 68 storm-battered days to reach Peru...