In Search of the Bowhead Whale
1974•49m•9.0•Released
Documentary
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
Writer
Bill Mason
Languages
English
Studio
ONF | NFB
Cast
Bill Mason
Self
Scott McVay
Self
Jim Quakenbush
Self
Production
Company
ONF | NFB
Producer
Bill Brind
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