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The Fur seal

United States, 1947
film

A complete photographic study of the fur seal in one of their main habitats - the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea. Investigates the fur seals’ evolut..

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United States, 1948
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Animals of the Arctic

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Life on ice

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The Eskimo: fight for life

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