Overall: A This 1971 three Academy Awards winner follows the fate of a Jewish family
whose traditional way of life, family ties, and religious commitment are challenged by the pre-revolutionary environment of Russia.
As the newcomers expanded their domain over the next three centuries, they frequently displaced indigenous peoples,
whose traditional ways of life changed or disappeared entirely.
Many human communities want answers about the current status and future
of Arctic marine mammals, including scientists who dedicate their
lives to study them and indigenous people
whose traditional ways of subsistence are intertwined with the fate
of species such as ice seals, narwhals, walruses and polar bears.