In Search of the Bowhead Whale

Synopsis

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

Written by

Bill Mason

Music

Edd Kalehoff

Studio

ONF | NFB

Released

1 May 1974

Genres

Documentary