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Fish have certain adaptations, like blood with built-in antifreeze, to survive in the Antarctic.
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Fish Adapt to Icy Water

This shadowy fish, Trematomus bernacchii, is well adapted to the ice-cold...
Weddell seals grind their teeth on holes in the ice to keep them open to their comings and goings between ocean and air.
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Weddell Seal in Antarctic Water

Weddell seals grind their teeth on holes in the ice to keep them open to their...
An amphipod within Arctic sea ice.
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Amphipod Under Arctic Sea Ice

Several species of amphipod like this one, Gammarus wilkitzkii, live permanently...
Jellies in the Class Hydrozoa are transparent and easily overlooked.
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Transparent sea jelly

Many jellyfish in the class Hydrozoa, such as this hydromedusa Aglantha digitale,...
Scientist Kevin Raskoff documents organisms by building an aquarium.
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Photographing Captured Animals

To document fragile organisms found in the Arctic, scientist Kevin Raskoff builds...
Ice divers study the abundance of marine life.
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Counting Creatures

Ice divers use a quadrat to study the density of creatures living on the underside...
Scientists use a multinet to collect zooplankton.
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Launching a Multinet

Scientists use a multinet to collect Arctic zooplankton samples from...
Marine biologist Gerald Kooyman of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography has documented climate-induced changes to emperor penguin habitats and impacts on how the penguins feed, breed, and raise their young.
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Emperor Penguins

Scripps scientist Gerald Kooyman's expeditions have documented climate-induced...
A pair of sea butterflies float in the Arctic ocean.
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A Pair of Sea Butterflies

This pair of sea butterflies (Limacina helicina) flutter not far from the ocean's...
Sound artist Halsey Burgund performs his composition Ocean Voices.
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Sound Artist Halsey Burgund

Halsey Burgund (right) performing Ocean Voices before a live audience at the Museum...
Arctic cod have a special protein that warms their blood.
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Arctic Cod Under Ice

Arctic cod have a special protein that keeps their blood from freezing in ice-cold...
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