The Flying White Whales: The Story of Two Expeditions to Bristol Bay, Alaska, 1961

"The Flying White Whales. The story of two expeditions to Bristol Bay, Alaska with the cooperation of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Photography by Carleton Ray. Additional scenes in Canada and New York by Sam Dunton"--Film credits. "From August 5 to 27 [1961] Dr. Ray led an expedition to Bristol Bay where a male and two female Belugas were captured and subsequently transported to New York non-stop on a special plane. Accompanying this expedition were Seward Johnson, a member of the Zoological Society, and Robert Moore of the National Geographic Society. These collecting trips were carried out with the permission and aid of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and the assistance we received from this state agency was essential to their success"--1961 NYZS Annual Report.