BIOS: The Baffin Island Oil Spill Project

198223 min 9 secFilm: Documentary

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In 1978, a team of scientists and Inuit representatives engaged in the first of a series of small-scale oil-spill experiments to explore the ecological impact on marine life in northern waters and to determine the most effective clean-up measures. Filmed at Cape Hatt on the northern tip of Baffin Island, this documentary records the first phase of the most ambitious oil-spill study ever undertaken.

Subject categories


  • Environment and Conservation > Arctic RegionEnvironmental Disasters and PreventionOceans, Seas and EstuariesPetroleumPollution
  • Transportation > Freight TransportationWater Safety and Emergency Measures

Credits


cinematography
Michel Bouchard
Gary Sergy