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 through Alaska. It begins where Part II left off in Circle City, Alaska possibly including footage of the town of St. Marys on the way to Alakanuk, Alaska, where the Yukon River meets the Bering Sea. Flock of birds in flight. Float plane takes off from water. Views of a large white house and garden. A woman swims in an indoor pool. An older woman works in her garden. Expedition members navigate green motorboat along river. Buildings and street scenes of town. Sign for “Arctic Circle Store.” Views of scenery, including sky, flowing river, and trees. Men gutting and hanging fish to dry. Man working…
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- Running time
- 62 minutes
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Yukon
- Alaska
- British Columbia
- Klondike
- expedition
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