In Search of the Bowhead Whale
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.
In Search of the Bowhead Whale (1974)
Bill Mason
At a glance
Countries
Canada
Ratings
TMDB users
9.0/10
1 votes
Rating consensus
90/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Warm reception overall — weighted ~90/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Bill Mason
Self
Scott McVay
Self
Jim Quakenbush
Self
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In Search of the Bowhead Whale (1974)
Bill Mason
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