Synopsis
This video contains footage filmed by Karl Kernberger on a 1963 trip driving through Canada to Alaska and then down the Yukon River on 2300-mile boat journey. The boat trip along the Yukon River began at Lake Bennett in British Columbia and ended in Alakanuk, Alaska, on the Bering Sea. Other members of the expedition included Kernberger’s friend J. Michael Jenkinson, Rafen Moon (Kathy) Jenkinson, Bill Carpenter, and John Loehr. A Swiss reporter, Maurice Bettex, also joined the group for some of the 3-month river trip. Kernberger documented this trip, planning to produce a documentary film. The project was never completed, but Kernberger used the footage to create various edited versions of the material. Footage from this segment of film is an edited version, not presented sequentially. Footage includes: Scenes in Alaska include views of Circle City, showing the Yukon Trading Post and US Post Office buildings. An extended view of the White Pass train. Views of many large white steamboats that are docked in a harbor, the Whitehorse, Casca, Aksala, and Klondike. A large paddle steamer is docked. Views of a town from many perspectives. Perspectives of a mining facility, with views of equipment up close and from afar. A small mouse runs through rubble. Views of large barges on the river. A large fish wheel operates in the river. A fish is gutted, its roe being extracted. A man drives a Franklin car with a Tennessee license plate. Views of a large white house and its garden. A…
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- Running time
- 63 minutes
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Yukon
- Alaska
- British Columbia
- Klondike
- expedition
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