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 |
| Directing | Bill Mason | Director |
| Editing | Bill Mason | Editor |
| Production | Bill Brind | Producer |
| Sound | Ken Page | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Michel Descombes | Recording Supervision |
| Production | Colin Low | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Edd Kalehoff | Music |
| Camera | Rick Mason | Underwater Camera |
| Crew | Bill Mason | Cinematography |
| Camera | Joseph MacInnis | Underwater Camera |
| Sound | Donald Douglas | Music Editor |
| Sound | Roger Lamoureux | Recording Supervision |