Blue Water, White Death
Peter Gimbel and a team of photographers set out on an expedition to find and film, for the very first time, Carcharodon carcharias—the Great White Shark. The expedition lasted over nine months and took the team from Durban, South Africa, across the Indian Ocean, and finally to southern Australia.
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72/100 blend
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Cast
Tom Chapin
Himself
Peter Gimbel
Himself
Valerie Taylor
Herself
Ron Taylor
Himself
Phil Clarkson
Self
Stuart Cody
Self
Peter Lake
Self
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Blue Water, White Death (1971)
James Lipscomb
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