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. The videoreel is an unfinished edit using the Wilderness River source material and presenting the journey sequentially. This videoreel covers the boat journey along the Yukon River from the Yukon Territory into Alaska. It begins where Part I left off in Fort Selkirk and includes footage of Dawson City and Klondike City in the Yukon Territory up to Circle City in Alaska. Moon moving through red night sky. Man walking near river at Fort Selkirk. Cloud formations. Small black bear running up hillside. More views of hillside along river. Men carry moose carcass through river and proceed to butcher it. Man chopping wood and watering garden. Close-up of poppy flowers. Man and woman walking through garden. Man speaking to camera near remnants of Gold Rush era tram. Stoat running…
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- Running time
- 61 minutes
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Yukon
- Alaska
- British Columbia
- Klondike
- expedition
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