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: Men work in a shipyard, with large crates and a crane. A distant view of a group in a thin boat on a river. Views of rivers, clouds, plants, and a shore bank. A man guts a fish. A dot and an arrow are animated across a map of Alaska. Close-ups of an arrow pointing to particular cities in Alaska. The sun moves behind some trees. A man plays an acoustic guitar on a boat. Men point to a cross on a granite slab. Images of a large Russian Orthodox Church. A man cuts away at logs to construct a small building. A high view of a town and its buildings. Fish steaks are turned on a pan. Small puppies play together. People in a motorboat. Views of river and person on hill overlooking…
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- Running time
- 60 minutes
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Yukon
- Alaska
- British Columbia
- Klondike
- expedition
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