Local residents work to free California Gray whales trapped in arctic ice north of Barrow (now Utqiaġvik), Alaska, in October 1988. Onlookers watch as the whales surface for air in sections of open water cleared of ice by rescuers (Color/Silent/U-Matic videotape).
This sequence contains excerpts from AAF-5697--AAF-5699 from the Stuart and Maureen Aull Moving Images collection held by the Alaska Film Archives, a unit of the Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives Department in the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks. Note that much of the footage in AAF-5697 -- AAF-5699 was shot while the videographer was employed by CBC-TV in Whitehorse, Canada, which may hold copyright to the footage.
The Alaska Film Archives appreciates your support. Your donation in any amount will help us continue important preservation work. Please visit the “About” section of our YouTube channel to learn how you can help today. Thank you! For more information please contact the Alaska Film Archives.
