Camping on ice
Ben Taylor makes movies about animals. We asked him to describe his favorite movie-making experience. “Last November, I had to make a movie about emperor penguins in Antarctica. I stayed on a boat, but one night I camped outside. It was very cold. I had to have a very warm sleeping bag and a special tent, but I didn’t need to take a flashlight. November is early summer in Antarctica, and it doesn’t get dark.
Antarctica isn’t quiet at night. You can hear the wind, and sometimes you can hear noisy penguins. You can hear the ice, too! Ice makes a strange sound when it moves. When I woke up the next morning, there was a family of emperor penguins near my tent. I filmed them for two hours. It was so exciting I forgot to have breakfast!”
A) Ben needed a flashlight while camping outside in Antarctica.
B) Ben remembered to have breakfast after filming the penguins.
C) Antarctica is quiet at night.
D) November is early summer in Antarctica, and it doesn’t get dark.