Netsilik Eskimos, V: At the Winter Sea Ice Camp (1967)
Genres :
DocumentaryRuntime
2h 17m
Language
EN
Production Countries
Canada
Release Date
1967-12-23
Overview
In late winter when the cold is severe, the people and dogs are glad to stop their trek and make camp. In the blue dusk the men probe the snow and then cut building blocks while the women shovel a site. Soon all are under cover, and in the wavering light of the stone lamp they sleep, their breath rising coldly. In the light of day the men test and refurbish their spears, harness dogs to the sled and strike out on the sea ice. Each man, with a dog or two, explores the white waste, seeking scent of a seal's breathing hole. When a dog noses the snow, the man probes for the hole and, when he finds it, suspends a single looped hair to signal when the seal rises to breathe. Then he waits, motionless, to make his strike. He kills, and the others gather to taste the warm liver of his catch. Then, as night comes, the vigil goes on.
Top Billed Cast
Media
Similar
No Loitering
2002-03-17Uuttoq - Kaali på sælfangst
1985-01-01Inuit Languages in the 21st Century
2020-12-31Nalujuk Night
2021-11-12Faces of Death III
1985-03-10Twice Colonized
2023-03-30Video Nasties: Draconian Days
2014-03-01Eskimo Artist: Kenojuak
1964-01-01Nanook of the North
1922-06-11Debout sur leur terre
1983-01-18Angry Inuk
2016-05-02Amarok's Song - The Journey to Nunavut
1998-01-01How to Build an Igloo
1949-01-01The Last Ice
2020-10-24Tuktu and the Trials of Strength
1967-01-01Lypa
1988-01-01
Recommendations
Attack on Titan
2022-09-30Gangs of Lagos
2023-04-07Infelices para Siempre
2023-01-26Champagne !
2022-06-08Shark Side of the Moon
2022-08-12Nouveau départ
2023-09-27キングダム2 遥かなる大地へ
2022-07-15There Are No Saints
2022-05-27Two Witches
2023-03-02The Park
2023-03-02掃毒3︰人在天涯
2023-07-06Своя война. Шторм в пустыне
2022-06-02What Comes Around
2023-08-04A
2017-09-13American Symphony
2023-11-24Kompromat
2022-09-07Vikingulven
2022-11-18