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In Search of the Bowhead Whale
197449 min 25 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Bill Mason
Production: William BrindColin Low
Script: Bill Mason
An adventure film of a whaling expedition that included Scott McVay, an authority on whales, and filmmaker Bill Mason. The objective was to find and film the bowhead, a magnificent inhabitant of the cold Arctic seas brought to the edge of extinction by excessive commercial whaling. With helicopter and Inuit guide, aqualungs and underwater cameras, the expedition searches out and meets the bowhead and beluga.
Subject categories
- Animals > Aquatic AnimalsEndangered SpeciesResearch, Evolution and Animal Behaviour
- Environment and Conservation > Arctic Plants and WildlifeArctic RegionEndangered SpeciesOceans, Seas and Estuaries
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (Inuit) > HuntingNorthwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon
- Science > BiologyLife Systems/Ecology
- Social Studies > Contemporary Issues
- Geography > Environmental IssuesThe Arctic
Credits
- director
- Bill Mason
- commentary
- Bill Mason
- editing
- Bill Mason
- producer
- William Brind
- executive producer
- Colin Low
- camera
- Bill Mason
- Joseph MacInnis
- Rick Mason
- sound
- Chester Beachell
- sound editing
- Ken Page
- music
- Edward Kalehoff
- music editing
- Donald Douglas
- music recording
- Roger Lamoureux
- re-recording
- Michel Descombes
Awards
- Blue Ribbon Award - Category: Environment, Nature and WildlifeItinerant - American Film and Video Festival
- Chris Award International Film and Video Festival
- First Award for Best Film - Category: Exploration DiscoveryBlack Orca FIlm Festival
- Highest Merit - Category: non invited 1977 filmsInternational Wildlife Film Festival
- Silver Venus Medallilon for Best Film - Category: TV DocumentaryInternational Film Festival
- Jules Verne Award for Best Exploration FilmInternational Festival of Films on the Arctic