Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyssey

Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyssey (1999)

May 6th, 19990h 57min

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Overview

This award-winning PBS documentary sweeps viewers into a seafaring adventure with a community of Polynesians, as they build traditional sailing canoes, learn how to follow the stars across the open ocean, and embark upon a 2,000-mile voyage in the wake of their ancestors.


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