In Search of the Bowhead Whale (1974)
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
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Bill Mason as Self |
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Scott McVay as Self |
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Jim Quakenbush as Self |
| Writing | Bill Mason | Writer |
| Editing | Bill Mason | Editor |
| Sound | Ken Page | Sound Editor |
| Production | Colin Low | Executive Producer |
| Production | Bill Brind | Producer |
| Directing | Bill Mason | Director |
| Camera | Joseph MacInnis | Underwater Camera |
| Crew | Bill Mason | Cinematography |
| Sound | Roger Lamoureux | Recording Supervision |
| Camera | Rick Mason | Underwater Camera |
| Sound | Edd Kalehoff | Music |
| Sound | Michel Descombes | Recording Supervision |
| Sound | Donald Douglas | Music Editor |