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The Great Adventure
20031 h 29 min 36 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Jean LemireThierry Piantanida
Production: Sally Bochner (National Film Board of Canada)Jean LemireÉric Michel (National Film Board of Canada)Colette LoumèdeStéphane Millière (Gedeon Programmes)
Script: Jean LemireThierry Piantanida
Co-produced by Glacialis Productions, the National Film Board of Canada and Gedeon Programmes with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund, the Québec - Film and Television Tax Credit, the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit, Société de développement des entreprises culturelles - Québec, Culture et Communications Québec, with the collaboration of Télé-Québec, CBCTelevision Nature of Things, France 2, France 5, Centre National de la Cinématographie Canada-France, and Ministère délégué à la recherche et aux nouvelles technologies.
In The Great Adventure, filmmaker Jean Lemire and his crew undertake a five-month, 21 000-kilometre voyage to record the impact of global warming on the Arctic. We watch as the crew navigate a three-masted sailing ship through the legendary Northwest Passage - a treacherous, ice-choked route that has captured the imaginations of great explorers for centuries.
This compelling scientific and personal adventure is set against the backdrop of breathtaking northern scenery. Survival is a daily struggle in the Far North, and the Sedna IV's crew face unusually cold weather that makes navigation exceptionally perilous.
The Great Adventure unveils the beauty of this region and makes us keenly aware that climate change is seriously jeopardizing a fragile ecosystem.
Arctic Mission is a collection of five documentary films that explore the impact of global warming on Canada's North.
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Subject categories
- Environment and Conservation > Arctic Plants and WildlifeArctic RegionClimate and WeatherEcosystemsEnvironmental PerspectivesIndigenous Concerns
- Geography and Geology > Arctic RegionClimateExploration and Expeditions
- Technology > Climate-related Technology
- Indigenous Peoples in Canada (Inuit) > Environmental IssuesTraditional way of life
Credits
- script
- Jean Lemire
- Thierry Piantanida
- direction
- Jean Lemire
- Thierry Piantanida
- cinematography
- Martin Leclerc
- underwater cinematography
- Mario Cyr
- sound
- Hubert Macé de Gastines
- Marie-Claude Gagné
- Serge Boivin
- Jean Paul Vialard
- picture editing
- Frédéric Lossignol
- Alain Belhumeur
- original music
- Hervé Postic
- narration
- David Suzuki
- Jean Lemire
- voice
- Arthur Holden
- Marcel Jeanin
- Harry Standjofski
- Jennifer Seguin
- additional cinematography
- Marc Gadoury
- Sylvain Brault
- assistant camera
- Serge Boudreau
- online editing
- Denis Pilon
- titles
- Gaspard Gaudreau
- computer graphics
- Olivier Parent
- additional music
- Anthony Rozankovic
- sound editing supervision
- Martin Pinsonnault
- sound editing
- Marie-Claude Gagné
- Anton Fischlin
- Claire Pochon
- Sonomar
- sound editing - assistance
- Frédéric Cloutier
- post-production
- Geneviève Lagacé
- Danielle Raymond
- Claude Chevalier
- Martine Forget
- musician
- Liliana Baubet-Manu
- Claire Morand
- Frédérick Robin
- Johanne Mathaly
- Ghyslin Di Sacco
- Slim Pezin
- Cyril Normand
- Mihi Kim
- Carla Antoun
- Michel Dubeau
- Anthony Rozankovic
- music recording
- Claudia Sound
- Studio Son G
- music mixing
- Studio Son G
- sound engineer
- Stéphane Blaëss
- assistant sound engineer
- Isabelle Perry
- voice recording
- Clovis Gouaillier
- English adaptation
- Christine York
- A.J. Henderson
- off-camera direction
- Christine York
- A.J. Henderson
- insurance broker
- Taillefer Desjardins inc.
- Linda Dubuc
- auditor
- Fauteux Bruno Bussière Leewarden
- legal advisor
- Fernand Deveau
- Zénaïde Lussier
- Gylane St-Georges
- director-coordinator
- Jean Lemire
- script consultant
- Jacques Payette
- research
- Pascale Bilodeau
- Virginie Millière
- Catherine Giroul
- Sara Marino
- line production
- Bertrand Jenny
- Emmanuel Piovano
- Christiane Germain
- Josée Roberge
- post-production manager
- Nathalie Trucco
- production administrator
- Nicolas Portes
- Camille Chapuis
- technical director
- Bruno Abate
- documentalist
- Delphine Gaillard
- Leyla D'Aragon-Krim
- communications director
- Laurence Corre
- communications - assistant
- Julien Bablon
- executive producer
- Sally Bochner
- marketing officer
- Élise Labbé
- Jocelyn Robert
- Moira Keigher
- technical coordinator
- Richard Cliche
- administrator
- Colette Brodeur
- Anouk Brault
- Catherine Beaudoin
- Anik Fournier
- Jean-Paul Landry
- administrative team
- Dany Delpy
- Lise Fortin Roy
- production coordinator
- Catherine Beaudoin
- Brigitte Breault
- production assistant
- Geneviève Lagacé
- Céline Lafrance
- production manager
- Anouk Brault
- Catherine Beaudoin
- Anik Fournier
- Jean-Paul Landry
- producer
- Jean Lemire
- Éric Michel
- Colette Loumède
- Stéphane Millière