I sidste halvdel af 1800-tallet lever sømændene en risikofyldt tilværelse. Mange fartøjer forsvinder, og historier om en gigantisk narhval, der uden nåde angriber og sænker skibene, begynder at florere. En professor sætter sig for at løse mysteriet om uhyret, og sammen med en frygtløs hvalfanger drager han til søs.
This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northern Quebec region. Although the production contains some fictional elements, it vividly shows how its resourceful subjects survive in such a harsh climate, revealing how they construct their igloo homes and find food by hunting and fishing. The film also captures the beautiful, if unforgiving, frozen landscape of the Great White North, far removed from conventional civilization.
Vi kender alle Herman Melvilles klassiske historie om Moby Dick. I denne film er historien flyttet til et mytisk univers hvor Kaptajn Ahab og hans folk jager drager for at få fat i det værdifulde stof Vitriol. Den unge Ishmael får job på skibet som bliver styrer med hård hånd af Ahabs adoptiv datter Rachel. Ahab er besat af jagten på den mægtige hvide drage som slagtede hans famillie da han var ung. Opslugt af sin hævntørst driver han sit hold ind i dragens hule.
An Eskimo who has had little contact with white men goes to a trading post where he accidentally kills a missionary and finds himself being pursued by the police.
Herman Melville's mad Capt. Ahab (John Barrymore) spends years hunting the white whale that got his leg.
A serial killer named The Shark is terrorizing London by killing his victims with a speargun and then, dressed in a scruba-diver's wetsuit, using the city's sewer tunnels to make his getaway.
Wile E. Coyote uses a bottle full of bees, a brick wall, a boulder in a catapult, and a harpoon gun in his attempts to catch the Road Runner.
One day in the lives of an average Greenlandic family, which happens to be of great importance for 8-year old Kali - he's about to catch his first prey with the harpoon. The whole family is looking forward for the huge step in boy's maturation.