Whale of a Tale: Watching Humpback Whales in Newfoundland

A WHALE OF A TAIL - 2008 dvd release

From the "Outdoor Adventure Canada" Series

"Outdoor Adventure Canada" is a series of 26 programs celebrating Canada's outdoor heritage that were shot all across Canada. Programs for the series won an astonishing 80 international television awards, including 29 Gold & Silver medals, at leading American Film & Television Festivals.

All programs (25 min) are available only from Goldi Productions Ltd

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	A WHALE OF A TAIL The Humpback Whale in Newfoundland
	Viewers watch a wide variety of behaviour of humpback whales in Newfoundland and find out from scientists and naturalists why Newfoundlanders, who once saw the whales as the fisherman's enemy, have come to love and respect these great creatures. (DVD Cover, left)
	VIEWER COMMENTS "I am writing to express how pleased I was with the show you recently aired (Whale of a Tail) .... The show highlighted Newfoundland in an informative way and was beautifully filmed." - Sandra C. Kelly, Minister of Tourism, Gov't of NF The content and presentations and photography were all superb. This piece will serve as excellent promotion for Newfoundland for years to come. You have shown it in a glorious light. I congratulate your efforts." - Ella Heneghan, Wildland Tours, St. John's, NF


	Whale watching can be done from tour boats (above), from the beach at St. Vincent's (top left) as the whales lunge feed just meters off shore, or from the cliffs above Cape St. Mary's light (below ).

Humpbacks, like the one above, showing the huge nostrils on the back of his neck, just behind the pimples on his snout, are shown performing a wide variety of behaviours, including logging (hanging about like a .... above), lunge feeding (top left), breaching (above left), flippering (below left) and blowing foul smelling vapour.	"My dear People. Please accept my Admiration and Praise on your film on whales.!" - Mildred Carter, Petty Harbour, NF

Sunset at Cape St. Mary's (above), and an ice floe just off St. John's harbour, dwarfing a tour boat
GOLD STAR PLAQUE AWARD Worldfest Houston TX/ International Film & Video Festival SILVER STAR PLAQUE AWARD Worldfest Flagstaff AZ, International Film & Video Festival SILVER PLAQUE AWARD Internat'l Communications Film & Video Competition, Chicago IL SILVER SCREEN AWARD US International Film & Video Festival, Chicago, IL 3rd/CERTIFICATE OF CREATIVE EXCELLENCE US International Film And Video Festival, Chicago, IL 3rd PLACE/HONOURABLE MENTION Columbus International Film & Video Festival, Columbus OH

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