Cooking on ice
1. How did Jennifer first of all find out about the job?
By a colleague (then a colleague told her about an advert for chefs to work in antarctica, so
she applied)
2. What did Jennifer have to do in order to accept the job offer?
Pass a medical test (her application was successful, on the condition that she could pass a
medical test)
3. When is food delivered to the research station?
At the end of January (a ship arrives at the end of January with supplies for the winter)
4. What does Jennifer find most difficult about her job?
Working at how much food to order ( but that’s not as big a problem as working out how
much food to order)
5. Which food did stuff used to exchange for other things?
Apples (one year, people started keeping apples to trade with each other)
6. Why did Jennifer forget to wear glasses one day?
busy planning a menu (I've been so busy planning a menu I just didn't remember to put
them on)
7. What advice does Jennifer give for keeping warm inside the research station? Give two
details. (proteleftea paragrafos sto telos)
Do some exercise before getting into bed
Put your clothes in the bed the night before
8. What does Jennifer miss? (teleftea paragrafos)
Relaxing in a hot bath
9. What does Jennifer like about living and working in Antarctica? Give four details.
The colours of the landscape (1)
Preparing meals that make people feel better (4)
Be Creative (4)
The Cold (5)
Save money (6)
How this newly discovered fish behaves differently from other ‘walking fish’
-uses its four fins to walk
-walks exactly like a land animal with four legs
-climbs waterfalls using its body to grip the rock
-keeps its tail straight as it walks
What scientists might learn from the discovery of this new fish
-why it moves in this unique way
-what life on Earth looked like 400 million years ago
-how living creatures learned to walk
-whether they are our earliest living ancestors
Why it was difficult for scientists to study this new fish
-only been found in eight caves in Thailand
-only around 2000 exist
-not allowed to remove them from caves
-needed to obtain special permission from Thai government