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Credits

Interactive Credits

Design
Mike Lundy
Interactive Producer/Creative Direction
Mathew Janzen
Development
Vincent Smuda
Jeff Nelson
Eric Franck
Development Coordinator
Doug Stewart
Writer and Producer 
Niobe Thompson
Director of Cinematography
aAron Munson
Aerials Cinematographer
Gabrielle Nadeau
Charles Taylor
Additional Cinematography
Daron Donahue
Christina Ienna
Stills Photography
aAron Munson
Niobe Thompson
Craig Foster
Charles Taylor
Vladimir Sertoon
Editors
aAron Munson
Christina Ienna
Krystal Moss
Production Manager
Sandra Tober

For CBC
Interactive Producer
Annette Bradford
Senior Producer
Caroline Underwood

 

Broadcast Credits

Produced and Directed by
Niobe Thompson
Directors of Photography
Daron Donahue
aAron Munson
Editor
Brenda Terning
Writer
Niobe Thompson
Production Manager
Sandra Tober
Production Coordinator
Emma Radford
Location Sound Recording
Gabrielle Nadeau
aAron Munson
Sound Design and Mix
Perry Blackman
Additional Aerial Cinematography
Charles Taylor Gabrielle Nadeau
Daniel Zatz
Scott Dickerson
Additional Photography
Charles Taylor
Adam Ravetch
Daniel Zatz
Rich Uren
Christina Ienna
Craig Foster
Dan Werkman
Scott Portingale
Kevin Sorensen
Andrew Manske 
Additional Still Photography
Vladimir Sertun
Craig Foster
Assistant Editors
aAron Munson
Glenn Sakatch
Location Producers
Blake McWilliam
Craig Foster
Dennis Wells
Music Composed and Conducted by
Darren Fung
Orchestration and Score Coordination
Vincent L. Pratte
Score Recording Engineer
Jeremy Tusz
Score Mixer and Editor
April Tucker CAS
Associate Music Producer
John Estacio
Music Technical Consultant
Harrison Lee
Music Preparation
Aaron Hawn
Music Preparation Assistant
Taran Plamondon Recorded by members of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Pro Coro Canada
and Booming Tree Taiko at the Francis Winspear Centre for Music For the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and the Francis Winspear Centre for
Music:
Artistic Administrator: Rob McAlear
Facilities Coordinator: Diana de Sousa
Musician Contractor: Eric Filpula  For Pro Coro Canada:
Artistic Director: Michael Zaugg
Executive Director: Russ Mann For Booming Tree Taiko
Featuring Greg Shimizu and Twilla MacLeod
Duduk Soloist
Mark Korven
Solo (Lebanese) Vocalist
Jenny Boutros
Art Director
Natasha Lazarovich
Costumers
Kari Lynn Kleinwachter
MJ Belcourt Moses
Greg Mottl
Craig Foster
Dan Werkman
Prosthetics and Make-up
Travis Shewchuk
Ashly Mckessock
Prop Artist
Wayne Jeanotte
Animal Wranglers
Paul Hvenegaard
Flo Krisko
James Milligan
Actors
Alberta
Jean Pierre Seme
Howard Kowalchuk
Brett Manyluk 
South Africa and Namibia
Andile Khuzwayo
Mario Ward
Sanna Adonis
Frans Booysen
Kyle Van Wyk
Dushdir Raven
Kalai Kruiper
Sanno Kruiper
Andreis Thys
Willem Van Wyk
Lena Malgas
Jean-Pierre Paulse
Joanna Booisens
Donovan Van Der Hyden
Roxanne Martin
Russia
Tanya Tuatogena
Valentin Yatta
Svetlana Tnenrul’tet
Pavel Lyunut
Aleksandr Lyunut
Viktoria Lyunut
Tatanya Lyunut
Ruslan Tynytegen
Jordan
Mehedi Saleh Al-Hewaitaat
Location Fixing

Philippines
Inky Santiago-Nakpil
Girlie Linao
Ramon Siojo Jr.
Dr. Filemon G. Romero
Papua New Guinea
Alois Mateos
South Africa 
Craig Foster
Nanette Fleming
Yvette Oosthuizen
Craig Nesbitt
Namibia
Arno Oosthuysen
Piet Sweigers
Botswana
Rich Uren
Brad Bestelink
Kenya
Charlotte Larson
Dubai
Anant Duseja
Israel
Nitzan Almog
Jordan
Mehedi Saleh Al-Hewaitaat
Russia
Vladimir Sertoon
Palau
Danka Ledgerwood
Easter Island
Mario Tuki
Online and Mastering
Joe Owens
Colourist
Glenn Sakatch
Closed Captioning and Described Video
Rachel Livingstone
Animation and Graphics
Kirk Hutton
Joe Raffa
Anders Petersen
Jeremy Kenning
Adolfo Ruiz
Mike Lundy
Matt Janzen
Vincent Smuda
Print Design
Laurel Halkier
Mark Dutton
Diving Instructor
Kevin Sorensen
Voice Coach
April Banigan
Production Books
Candice Slade
Production Solicitor
Linda Callaghan
Stock Footage
Zatzworks
Sherpa Cinemas
Mike Olbinski
T3 Media
Getty Images
Sheldon Woloshyn
NRK
Sam Low
Jeff Turner
Clearwater Documentary
Special Thanks
Mount Assiniboine Lodge
Brian Bildson
Linda Rosenstrøm Chang
Alison Turner
Mary Sturgeon
Edmonton Economic Development Corporation
Damon Foster
!Xaus Lodge
Bushmans Kloof Resort
Iziko Museum, Cape Town
Pinnacle Point Beach and Golf Resort
SAN Parks, South Africa
Rockefeller Archeological Museum, Jerusalem
Natural History Museum, London
University of Tübingen
St. John’s College, Cambridge
Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge
Christoffer Van Tulleken
Centre for GeoGenetics, Copenhagen
Prof. Pamela Willoughby
The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
Nature Ethnic Park Beringia, Russia
Administration of the Chukchi Autonomous Okrug
Russian Border Guards Service
Village of Novoe Chaplino, Chukotka
Village of Vankarem, Chukotka
Tordrillo Mountain Lodge, Alaska
Polynesian Voyaging Society
Henk Rogers
Museum of Archeology and History Francisco Fonck, Chile
Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
Kontiki Museum, Oslo
Prof. Erik Thorsby
Twisted Flow Wind Tunnel, Auckland
Governor Nurbert Sahali, Tawi Tawi
Congresswoman Ruby Sahali, Tawi Tawi
Captain Alberto A Cruz, Philippines Navy
Naval Task Force 62, Philippines Navy
The Badjao of Tandoh Village, Tawi Tawi
Kristian Leth
National Museums of Kenya
Sharjah National Council of Antiquities, UAE
Wadi Rum Protected Area
Make Something Edmonton  Edmonton Economic Development Corporation
A Production of Clearwater Documentary Inc.
Executive Producers
Caroline Underwood
Sue Dando
Tom Radford

Produced in Association with
the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
The Nature of Things

Senior Producers
Sue Dando
Caroline Underwood 

Produced with the Participation of the CMF Produced with the Assistance of the Government of Alberta, Alberta Media Fund  Produced by Clearwater Documentary Inc. for CBC in Association with NOVA/WGBH Boston Produced with the Participation of Taglicht Media GMBH  Produced with the Participation of Rogers Documentary Fund Produced with the Participation of the Bell Broadcast and New Media Fund 

Produced with the Assistance of University of Alberta Produced with the Participation of The Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit  Produced with the Participation of Rogers Telefund Canadian Federation of Musicians Distributed by FilmOption International Inc.  © Clearwater Documentary Inc. 2015 

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