Hunters of the North Pole

195010 minFilm: Documentary

G

Direction: Nils Rasmussen

Production: Don Mulholland

Script: Don Mulholland

A glimpse of life as far north as it can be lived, with scenes of walrus, seal and polar-bear hunts. Taking us northward to Greenland, the camera records the year's round for the Inuit of Thule. In the lengthening daylight of spring, they cross the sea ice by dog sled in quest of seal and polar bear, racing towards land with their catch as the ice bridge begins to melt and crack. When the autumn days shorten, the hunters, in final preparation for the months of Arctic night, set out in boats to harpoon walrus.

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Subject categories


  • Fishing and Hunting Industries > Foreign CountriesHuntingSeal and Walrus Hunt
  • Indigenous Peoples in Canada (Inuit) > HuntingTraditional way of life
  • Foreign Countries > Scandinavia

Credits


director
Nils Rasmussen
camera
Nils Rasmussen
producer
Don Mulholland
script
Don Mulholland
sound
Clarke Daprato
Roger Beaudry
editing
Nicholas Balla
Douglas Tunstell
narrator
Lorne Greene
music
Eldon Rathburn