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Kävik, an Alaskan malamute sled dog, gets sold from Charlie One-eye to Mr. Hunter for $2,000 after winning the North American Sled-dog race and is loaded on a plane in an iron-barred cage. In the middle of the trip, something goes wrong and the plane crashes into the ground, killing pilot Smiley Johnson before he even has time to undo his ...
- Walt Morey, Peter Parnall
- 1968
Kavik, a champion sled dog, who has just won a race in Alaska, is sold for $4000 to George Hunter, a ruthless businessman from Seattle, who has local business interests. The plane carrying the dog crashes into the snow-covered wilderness; the pilot is killed and the dog is more dead than alive.
- Balto (1995) Animation, Adventure, Drama, History. 7.1/10. Buy/Rent on Prime Video. Watch on Netflix. Old but evergreen, Balto is an animated movie inspired by the true story of a Siberian Husky of the same name who helped save children in Nome, a remote village in Alaska.
- The Great Alone (2015) Documentary, Drama, Sports. 7.4/10. Buy/Rent on Prime Video. The Great Alone is a documentary film covering the comeback of a dog sled racer named Lance Mackey.
- Togo (2019) Adventure, Biography, Drama. 8/10. Like its predecessor, Togo is based on the serum run of 1925 and the diphtheria epidemic.
- Eight Below (2006) Adventure, Drama, Family. 7.3/10. Buy/Rent on Prime Video. Set in the freezing continent of Antarctica, Eight Below is a survival movie that centers on friendship and loyalty between a man and his dogs.
Jan 20, 1980 · The story of a champion Eskimo sled dog, named Kavik, who survives a plane crash in the wilds of Alaska and is found and cared for by a young boy, named Andy Evans, who brings Kavik back to his small hometown.
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- Drama
- Peter Carter
- 1980-01-20
The story of a champion Eskimo sled dog named Kavik who survives a plane crash in the wilds of Alaska and is found and cared for by a young boy named Andy Evans. But the dog's owner finds Kavik and takes him back to his home in Colorado where the dog escapes and embarks on a 2,000-mile odyssey in search of Andy.
Mar 28, 2013 · After being rescued by a boy following a plane crash, Kavik experiences love and gentleness for the first time, and when his owner reclaims him, the devoted dog sets out on a two-thousand-mile journey to return to his rescuer. Access-restricted-item. true. Addeddate. 2013-03-28 13:59:08. Bookplateleaf. 0002. Boxid. IA1151407. Boxid_2. CH129925.
Brief Synopsis. A sort of "Lassie Come Home" set in the wilds of Alaska, this Canadian-made TV-movie followed the 2,000-mile odyssey of a champion sled dog in search of a youngster who once saved his life, and is based on Walt Morey's popular -- in Canada, at least -- children's adventure tale. Filmed entirely on l.
