White-Whale Hunters of Anse-Aux-Basques
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29mins
Directed by
René Bonnière,
Pierre Perrault,
On the North Shore of the St. Lawrence, the Otis family hunts for white whales and seals with rusty old rifles in hand-crafted boats. This is the traditional method of the Basque whalers who frequented the coast in the 16th century.
