Most of us who live in the city rarely get the chance to see the stars and night sky from a remote desert, let alone do it for a living. Greg Quicke, originally from southern forest country, is one of the lucky ones. He speaks softly, with a calm, unhurried manner that seems to befit life in the far north.

“Ultimately my 30 Days movie experience came from knowing David Slade,” says Templesmith, after the 30 Days of Night director, a fan of his work, asked to meet him. “I don’t think I would have been crashing at his house in LA or riding in the limo with him to the premiere without that. It wasn’t the typical process.

This low level of impact, together with reservation of forest areas by CALM, has meant that even though the logging industry is in good health, vast areas of forests can remain untouched, their ecosystems intact so they live long into the future.