Voyage To The Sea Of Ice, Fishing The Labrador

Produced by the CBC, this program follows a group of fishermen as the travel by schooner to fish the Labrador. It was not to be as they had hoped.

[@garychynne1377]

My granfather went to the labrador once. the schooner had a mast break off in the storm. they went ashore, cut a tree and in 3 days had the mast installed. the towed barge sank. he never went again but worked in the woods the rest of his life. a hard dangerous life.

[@gerrymcguire7521]

What a heart breaker, I was rooting for them to strike it big!

[@jb1934]

that is a remarkable documentary. no idea why KZbin put it in front of me, but so glad it did.

[@lenhowl]

Love this show. Have looked at it three or four times. Should be shown in schools so kids could see how men worked in them days.

[@willymueller3278]

They would probabely say that they can do all this very easy on their notebooks.

[@pauldunphy9066]

This info is relative to the pilot in this video that landed in St Anthony harbour and took the fishing skipper up to view the ice conditions ! I became aware of this utube video on FB and since I live in St Anthony, it intrigued me, therefore I reached out and this is what I found. Roger Penney pm’ed me this comment and I have Roger’s permission to share it. It appears this pilot was a great mentor to many young pilots including Roger and he obviously has a lot of respect for Capt Bennett ! “Paul that Beaver is CF-OCS which I flew for the man himself Capt. Bill Bennett in the 60s. First time I've seen him without white hair. He was a friend who fired me every second day but called the next day with a trip for me. Great Man who taught a lot of pilots how to fly and survive. Gander Aviation Ltd.”

[@pauldunphy9066]

Great documentary of the way the fishery was ! Really enjoyed watching it !

[@lenhowl]

Awesome show. Thanks for posting.

[@granskare]

when I was a kid at Shelter Bay on Lake Superior on the USA side, I recall the reels for drying the nets but now, no nets, no commercial fishermen, just pleasure boats.

[@kentoxford9330]

My Grandfather, Thomas Roberts.

[@doctorshawzy6477]

the forecast wants a northwest wind..lovely....

[@edward6902]

a few comments we stayed a night in the lighthouse keepers bed & breakfast on Quirpon...the howl of the wind drowned out the blare of the fog horn going off at the lighthouse just there across the yard you can tell these fellers and Gordon Pinsent are all from the same neck of the woods also, the music is well done wish there was a credit roll or a credit list in the description to see who the talented people are who made this ... had a buddy whose dad used to do CBC's camera work for Land and Sea '...two millstones and we was the corn' swear that cook is j blagdon (musgrave harbour?) i'm from town...grew up a good ways back from the water, north of elizabeth ave...there was fair mornings when the air was still and the unmistakable beat of a make 'n' break skiff steaming past Chain Rock would carry clear as the fog horn to our back yard

[@peterparsons7141]

And the few cod they managed to load, the drove pitch forks into them to put them aboard . This used to drive my father and uncles crazy to see men destroy fish by driving pitch forks into them. They did it because , that’s what they were used to doing. It changed over time and most stopped the method of moving fish.

[@09whitesquall]

My hometown of Little Bay Islands and my Grandfather Tom Roberts, skipper on the Nina W. Corkum.

[@ih302]

Your grandfather seems to have been the kind of skipper who lead by example, he was one hard worker.

[@ih302]

I grew up in Griquet (between St. Anthony and Quirpon) and my father has told many stories about fishing the Labrador (Dumpling Island) as a boy. They used to travel down by costal boat with their trapskiff loaded on the deck. I have to say, I never thought I would see how it was back then, thanks so much for uploading. I was wondering about the rest of this film, this upload seems to be missing then end. Any chance you could re-upload the complete film? Thanks.

[@doctorshawzy6477]

in 1967 I recall some ofthe people goingdown Labrador still wore moccassins..

[@doctorshawzy6477]

saw schooners with cut down masts at Main Harbour..1968..

[@carolcumbie8346]

Art

[@doctorshawzy6477]

the old Canada that attracted me...all gone..

[@doctorshawzy6477]

I came by here in 1967.......

[@tervtoomlearn]

likes these old documentaries..hoping to see more... :)

[@doctorshawzy6477]

heros ..

[@AntonioSilva-cm3mw]

António Silva Olá a todos.Os portugueses comem bacalháu há mais de 500 anos - Hello everyone. The Portuguese have been eating cod for over 500 years

[@deansutherland3570]

😎

[@doctorshawzy6477]

came by here in 1967...

[@Hockeyfan9884]

It is now 2017. How much does one have to pay for 15,000 pounds of salt cod from the grocery store ?

[@pawloalbanskyj2487]

I believe this was made around 1969. although I remember a different start to the documentary

[@mactcampbell]

Almost as though I was there. Some of these should have considered a career in acting. They Camera didn't phase them at all.

[@shanewalters4632]

The cut down masts on the schooner were sad to see. Lots of that in the '60s.

[@willymueller3278]

What a beautiful movie, it reminds me when I saild to Labrador and Greenland on my own boat in 1989.That schooner floates very low, and its not even loaded and the masts are stepped way forward, is there any reason ?

[@ih302]

She was built in 1922 by the same yard that build the original Bluenose (Smith and Rhuland), I imagine she was good and soggy by 1968. Notice how in almost every scene where her starboard side is visible, there is water coming out the bilge pump outlet. She actually ended up being bought by a New York real estate agent in the fall of '68 and was almost lost in a storm on the voyage there (several of the crew abandon the trip at St. Anthony). The idea was to have her restored but for one reason or another that didn't pan out and she ended up sinking at her berth sometime in the mid 1970s at City Island I believe. The last record I could find of her afloat was in 1972, she was named Joan B. when she sunk, I imagine she was hauled ashore, cut up and burned after that. A couple of other interesting tidbits.... Besides this film, she also stared in a couple of big budget movies, Captains Courageous" (1937) and “The World in His Arms" (1952), both of which are on KZbin. One of her original sister ships (build by Smith and Rhuland in 1938) is still afloat. Her name is Theresa E. Connor and she is owned by the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic in Lunenburg.

[@doctorshawzy6477]

great bread

[@doctorshawzy6477]

june is early on this coast

[@doctorshawzy6477]

i was on a trip and was blocked by sea ice in JULY..

[@JamesSmith-lp3my]

Dan - any chance of getting a portion of this recording for my boss - his father is the pilot in it section 10 -14 mins?

[@fenlander7114]

Just download it mate

[@JamesSmith-zi8jx]

How?

[@ih302]

The stories he could tell...

[@bradreardon8509]

Whats the pilots name?

[@JohnSmith-zv8km]

what a shame it seemed to stop before the conclusion

[@ih302]

I thought the same thing as well but found a TV listing from a 1969 Quebec newspaper online (google newspaper archives I believe) and the listing was for one hour so 49:28 is probably the full run time less commercials. I actually have an article from an internal CBC newsletter from when this was made and it turns out the fish was so late turning up that the film crew left Cape Harrison and went to Goose Bay until they received word that the there was a run of fish at which time they returned to the cape. In the film there seems to be a gap in filming - from when the skippers are talking about how bad the situation is and the 47:00 minute mark where they are catching fish. My guess is the film was not intended to go the way it does but due to circumstances, they had to work with the footage they captured in the time-frame they had, thus the rather abrupt ending.

[@bonniebairn844]

The narrator sounds like Gordon Pinsent.

[@shanewalters4632]

I thought so, too.

[@towedarray7217]

When would this have been? 1978 or so?

[@ih302]

1968

[@kentoxford9330]

1968 the narrator says.

[@doctorshawzy6477]

old Newfoundland ..all gone

[@pauldunphy9066]

James Smith,,, your bosses father was Capt Bill Bennett ?

[@patriciaharris6922]

?

[@doctorshawzy6477]

men were men then ...now they...oh..better not say...

[@doctorshawzy6477]

heros compared with the pansy men of today

[@doctorshawzy6477]

women not represented on these vessels...should be 50%..i am shocked and triggered..

[@doctorshawzy6477]

CBC nowadays prefers to focus on diversity,trans issues,etc....what do you expect given their hiring practices...?

[@Hockeyfan9884]

Farteen undred , Farteen undred , Yis I Spose by. all bull shit newfies still ripping off LABRADORIANS . eh by wha yiss sir indeed i tells ya buys fir shore yiss by.

[@afishingmagician]

All better men than you will ever be!

[@pamelablackwood3647]

You represent LABA DOR IES so well . Bravo too Steve everyone lets give him a round of applause his unfortunate sore buttocks 👏👏👏

[@doctorshawzy6477]

please..the lack of diversity is painful.....

[@fritzstehr]

Promoted as 1080p, this blurry mess which is not even a 360p, narrated in '69 by a leftover voice from the 40s - 50s propaganda Movietone Newsreel earned this POS by 1:43 an upgrade from 12 on thumbs down icon to a 13.

[@Icecold0505]

It is from 1969 you silly little bitch.

[@ih302]

Drama much?

[@JohnSmith-zv8km]

get a life and create something instead of complaining about the work of others

[@davidevans3175]

Ya you got ripped off, you should demand your money back.

[@doctorshawzy6477]

are you insane..seek help