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Looking through this iceberg's reflection in the Antarctic water, you can see the iceberg below the surface—some 90% of its total volume.

Overview

The Arctic and The Antarctic

September 2014

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The Ross Sea is a 1.9 million square mile (3.6 million square km) stretch of ocean off the coast of Antarctica.

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A Trip South to Antarctica’s Ross Sea

June 2013

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A polar bear and its cub in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.

Slideshow

Celebrating Marine Moms

April 2013

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Offshore Peru, during the Eocene (~56-34 million years ago), showing two archaeocetes (ancient whales): Ocucajea picklingi and Supayacetus muizon.

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Eocene Whales and Penguins Off the Coast of Peru

March 2018