CONWAY — Sometimes the last degree can be the hardest.
That's what local filmmaker and cinematographer Jim Surette learned earlier this month when he joined a team of Greenpeace activists skiing from the 89th parallel to the North Pole as part of an effort to get the region declared a global sanctuary. The team of 16 spent five days dragging sleds weighing more than 100 pounds across snow and ice. They brought with them a "flag of the future," containing 2.7 million signatures from supporters of their cause, which they planted on the seafloor beneath.
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