Agency - English program:.Pacific Centre. Agency:.Co-produced by the NFB and Island of Whales Productions Ltd. with the financial assistance of B.C. Film, Telefilm Canada, BC TV, CHCH, Nova, Environment Canada and Central TV.

Director, Mike Poole ; script, Mike Poole ; producer, George Johnson, Jack Silberman, Gillian Darling ; executive producer, Jack Silberman, Gillian Darling, Jerry Appleton ; associate producer, Jim Darling ; photography, Rudolf Kovanic ; sound, Chris Aikenhead ; editing, Shelly Hamer ; sound editing, Ingrid Rosen ; re-recording, Joe Grimaldi ; music, Bruce Ruddell.

Narrator, Gregory Peck.

Recorded 1990.

This film joins five of the world's leading whale researchers on a scientific expedition around Canada's Vancouver Island. Spectacular photography and sound recording, both above and under water, provide an imtimate look at killer, gray, and humpback whales, and the world they inhabit. Island of Whales examines the communication, habitat, food supply and behaviour of whales. What emerges is a picture of creatures more sophisticated and complex than ever before imagined. At the end of the film, we are left with one compelling question: Can these magnificent creatures survive in the face of declining food supplies and pollution?

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).