Ripcord Adventure Journal 1.3 Second Edition
We begin this issue with a call to adventure from Bear Grylls' Mission Survive expedition and survival expert Megan Hine which is followed by a filmmaking expedition to the icy desert of Antarctica. Our writers have crossed the Himalaya and have cycled around the world to make sure it is indeed round. We hear of legendary explorer John Rae and venture to Kilimanjaro to witness a high altitude rescue. Brought to you by the crew at World Explorers Bureau and Ripcord Travel Protection
We begin this issue with a call to adventure from Bear Grylls' Mission Survive expedition and survival expert Megan Hine which is followed by a filmmaking expedition to the icy desert of Antarctica. Our writers have crossed the Himalaya and have cycled around the world to make sure it is indeed round. We hear of legendary explorer John Rae and venture to Kilimanjaro to witness a high altitude rescue. Brought to you by the crew at World Explorers Bureau and Ripcord Travel Protection
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The Antarctica challenge<br />
Mark Terry<br />
growing in the world’s largest desert are some of the dramatic<br />
discoveries made this year that this film will profile.<br />
It takes a special kind of person to give up the comforts of civilization<br />
in order to save it.<br />
Will these scientific sleuths discover what’s needed to help mankind<br />
before it’s too late?<br />
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA<br />
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This is….The Antarctica Challenge.<br />
Yes, I can appreciate how this might sound to the scientific or<br />
academic mind, the primary audiences of the film, but this is<br />
precisely the style that industry stakeholders have come to expect in<br />
the business of show business. I began my campaign of pre-sales<br />
with a flurry of emails introducing the project with this one-sheet to<br />
broadcast in Canada and abroad. Since this is the norm for<br />
independent producers, broadcasters are often deluged by such<br />
electronic pitches therefore getting a reply of interest is genuinely a<br />
good sign.<br />
I emailed the one-sheet to Bruce with a cover letter that was more<br />
personal than most. To my surprise, he got back to me almost<br />
immediately! We arranged to meet and whenever that happens<br />
getting some kind of deal is virtually assured.<br />
It was the summer of 2008 and the monolithic structure of the CBC<br />
headquarters in downtown Toronto sparkled more than usual that<br />
day. I got my visitor`s badge at security and Bruce came down to<br />
meet me. He escorted me up to his office all the while speaking<br />
excitedly about my project. I began to think I didn`t have to do<br />
much selling but was eager to present a case that would yield the<br />
highest broadcast license fee possible. I brought out my pitch binder<br />
and started to go through it page-by-page. Before I could do that,<br />
however, Bruce simply picked it up and turned each page glancing at<br />
them briefly as one would scan a coffee table book on photography.<br />
When he got to the last page he snapped it shut and handed it back<br />
to me. “Looks good!” he said simply. “We’re definitely interested.”<br />
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