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Mission Impossible

In the current harsh climate for conservation filmmaking, Jean Lemire of Grand-Entrée, Canada's Glacialis Productions should not be able to make five hours of film on global warming. And, he certainly shouldn't be doing it with a CDN$5.9 million (US$3.8 million) budget. Lemire also shouldn't be able to sail across the top of the world through the famous Northwest Passage, where countless men on the Franklin Expedition and other ill-fated trips met their end. So, how is it that he can?

July 1, 2002

In the current harsh climate for conservation filmmaking, Jean Lemire of Grand-Entrée, Canada's Glacialis Productions should not be able to make five hours of film on global warming. And, he certainly shouldn't be doing it with a CDN$5.9 million (US$3.8 million) budget. Lemire also shouldn't be able to sail across the top of the world through the famous Northwest Passage, where countless men on the Franklin Expedition and other ill-fated trips met their end. So, how is it that he can?