In Search of the Bowhead Whale(1974)
9.0(1)49m1974-05-01
Documentary
Overview
This adventure film features Scott McVay, an authority on whales, and filmmaker Bill Mason. The objective was to film the bowhead, a magnificent inhabitant of the cold Arctic seas brought to the edge of extinction by overfishing. With helicopter and Inuit guide, aqualungs and underwater cameras, the expedition searches out and meets the bowhead and beluga.
- Director:
- Bill Mason
- Writers:
- Bill Mason
- Producers:
- Bill Brind
- Production:
- ONF | NFB
- Status:
- Released
Cast
Bill Mason
Self
Scott McVay
Self
Jim Quakenbush
Jim Quakenbush
Self
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