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Champions of the Wild: Humpbacks
199825 min 28 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Anthony Perzel
Production: Christian BruyèreIan HerringGeorge JohnsonMichael Chechik
Script: Andrew Gardner
Produced by Omni Film Productions Ltd. in association with the National Film Board and other partners.
This title is an acquisition.
A humpback whale is 40 tons of mystery. These giant creatures range from their feeding grounds off southern British Columbia to the waters around Hawaii, where they winter and breed. And every year, Dr. Jim Darling follows them as they travel through their ecologically fragile habitat.
Until Jim Darling came along, scientists who wanted to study whales killed them. Darling turned whale research upside-down in 1971 when he began tracking whales and their sounds with underwater microphones, and using photos to identify individuals. He brings incredible passion to his study of some of the most spectacular creatures on the planet.
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Subject categories
- Animals > Aquatic AnimalsEndangered SpeciesPortraits
- Environment and Conservation > Endangered SpeciesOceans, Seas and EstuariesPortraits
- Foreign Countries > United States
Credits
- director
- Anthony Perzel
- producer
- Christian Bruyère
- Ian Herring
- George Johnson
- executive producer
- Michael Chechik
- script
- Andrew Gardner
- narration
- Andrew Gardner
- camera
- Rudolf Kovanic
- Jeff Turner
- sound
- Rick Stanley
- George Lyske
- editing
- Jana Fritsch
- music
- Michael Conway Baker
- participation
- Jim Darling