Agency:.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. Study guide available.

Script, Jean Lemire, Thierry Piantanida ; direction, Jean Lemire, Thierry Piantanida ; cinematography, Martin Leclerc ; sound, Hubert Macé de Gastines, Marie-Claude Gagné, Serge Boivin, Jean Paul Vialard ; picture editing, Frédéric Lossignol, Alain Belhumeur ; original music, Hervé Postic ; sound editing, Marie-Claude Gagné, Anton Fischlin, Claire Pochon ; music recording, null Claudia Sound ; music recording, null Studio Son G ; sound engineer, Stéphane Blaëss ; voice recording, Clovis Gouaillier ; director-coordinator, Jean Lemire ; research, Pascale Bilodeau, Virginie Millière, Catherine Giroul, Sara Marino ; technical director, Bruno Abate ; executive producer, Sally Bochner ; sound editing, null Sonomar ; producer, Jean Lemire, Éric Michel, Colette Loumède, Stéphane Millière.

Narration, David Suzuki, Jean Lemire ; voice, Arthur Holden, Marcel Jeanin, Harry Standjofski, Jennifer Seguin.

Recorded 2003.

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.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).