Remote summer job, anyone?

[jay]

Our camp on Devon Island is looking for a cook for a 6-week stint, or two people for 3-week postings. The job would entail feeding 20-30 people 3 meals daily, supervising the kitchen (incl. helpers), menu planning, and would get one day off per week. Pay would be $CDN 450/wk, roughly US$375/wk. No benefits other than working in a tent with space scientists and geologists, and medical care provided on the premises by the camp doctor. And transportation and costs to/from the camp, of course...

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[vokzal.livejournal.com]

Maybe you should say /when/ this is? And where exactly is Devon Island? Would a person need prior cook experience?

It sounds interesting... Must do more fieldwork!

Google is your friend

[firecat]

From http://www.arctic-mars.org/about/devon.html

Devon Island is located in the Territory of Nunavut in Canada. The expedition base camp will be located just outside the northwest area of the Haughton impact crater, which is located at 75°22'N latitude and 89°41'W longitude.

Devon Island is the largest uninhabited island on Earth, with a surface area of approximately 66,800 km2. ...

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Prior large-scale cooking experience, either in restaurant, field camp or institutional foodservice settings, is necessary. They might accept volunteer assistants without that kind of experience, but getting there is expensive...

[vokzal.livejournal.com]

Interesting. But I think the deal killer would be that I can't be exposed to wheat flour without a good mask.

And I tend to cook vegetarian. I never was one for large hunks of mystery meat.