Movie Description

In Search of the Bowhead Whale

(1974)

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.

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Facts

Original TitleIn Search of the Bowhead Whale

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1974-05-01

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 00h 49m

Production CompaniesONF | NFB

Genres

  • Documentary