On the Spring Ice
odd: label: General
content: Local Numbers: HSFA 2003.5.2
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content: Matanuska-Susitna School District educational film collection
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Film reel (color sound; 1,620 feet, 16mm)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1974
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Human Studies Film Archives
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Film reels
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content: Edited film is a documentary of a yearly walrus hunt where three Yupik Eskimo from Gambell, Alaska, are trapped on the ice. The villagers struggle to save the hunters who are finally rescued by a Coast Guard helicopter.  Shown are a successl walrus hunt and the preparation and drying of walrus meat.  In Siberian Yupik Eskimo with English subtitles.