Impact 1 - Unit 2 - Reading: Adventures Near and Far

Jimmy Chin is not only a photographer. What else does Jimmy Chin do?

• He's a professional skier and climber

• He's an accountant

• He's a movie star

• He's a planetary scientist

Jimmy Chin has climbed and photographed mountains in which three countries?

• Nepal

• Tibet

• Alaska

• Pakistan

Why does Jimmy do such extreme work?

• He enjoys being in dangerous environments

• To act as a film advisor

• To study life on other planets

• It's his life's inspiration

What does Kevin Hand do as a planetary scientist?

• drills through ice to study microscopic lifeforms in the water

• climbs mountains

• travels to other planets to study life

• works in an office

What does Kevin hope studying life beneath the ice will help him with?

• it will help him with medical research

• it will help him study life on Jupiter's moon

• it will allow him to work in extreme places

• it will help him keep his life boring

On which two films has Kevin acted as an advisor on?

• Europa Report

• Alien vs Predator

• Aliens of the Deep

• Jupiter Ascending