John Teal Jr. credited as playing...
Self - Narrator
- Narrator: [on capturing muskox calves] Sometimes they are swimming in the middle of the herd, and you have to dive under and watch for the shortest pair of legs swimming past and grab them. Of course, the calf struggles violently - you have to be sure to keep its head above water. The job is to drag it ashore, or to the plane when it lands - a job made more difficult by the icy water.
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- Narrator: It is easy to believe, watching these playful calves, that their domestication through selective breeding will one day soon open up the northern tenth of our earth to agriculture and civilization. Just call "umingmak", and they come running.
- Narrator: A herd of 52 animals, including calves, was found exactly where we had hoped. From the air, they looked big and fast, the calves far from easy to take from the herd - especially without weapons of any kind.
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- Narrator: Eskimos call this rare animal umingmak, "the bearded one"; others wrongly call it muskox - but it has no musk, and isn't an ox. Native to the Arctic, if it could be captured and domesticated, the umingmak would be the key to opening up the vast northern reaches of the earth to agriculture, the basis for permanent human settlement and civilization.
- Narrator: When winter comes, the umingmak - native of the Arctic - proves his suitability for northern farming. No blizzard will induce him to take shelter, and he peaceably digs through the snow for his meal - therefore, no need for barns, or winter feed.