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![This recently discovered hairy crab species (Kiwa hirsuta) has no eyes.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/image001-full_1.jpg.webp?itok=Igx7JQV9)
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The Census of Marine Life
Did you know that over 17,000 species thrive in the deep sea where no light......![The Ross Sea is a 1.9 million square mile (3.6 million square km) stretch of ocean off the coast of Antarctica.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/Ross_Sea_Map.jpg.webp?itok=itPuq5ou)
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A Trip South to Antarctica’s Ross Sea
The Ross Sea, a 1.9 million square mile (3.6 million square km) stretch of ocean......![A view of McMurdo Station with a frozen Ross Sea in the background.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/mcmurdo_station.jpg.webp?itok=dXe8wGCy)
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McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station is the hub of the U.S. Antarctic Program. Since 1955, scientists......![Hedbergella sliteri - this specific specimen is the "holotype" for this species. That means it is the reference point for what all members of the species should look like.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/3_sliteri_holo_300-full_1.jpg.webp?itok=lH3JRMwW)
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Hedbergella sliteri
Hedbergella sliteri - this specific specimen is the "holotype" for this species.......![On average, Arctic sea ice has decreased by four percent per decade since the late 1970s.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/ExtremeIce_IcelandDSC_0052_full_1.jpg.webp?itok=_oOwCQ_s)
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Ice Melt in Iceland
On average, Arctic sea ice has decreased by four percent per decade since the late......![Two Adélie penguins on Paulet Island, Antarctica](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/PhilColla_AdeliePenguins.jpg.webp?itok=xEpMpFwX)
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Adélie Penguins, Paulet Island, Antarctica
“As we motored around Paulet Island in a Zodiac boat, these two curious penguins......![Nutrient influxes can cause phytoplankton blooms in the Antarctic.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/14_Phaeocystis_antarctica.jpg.webp?itok=UK_6XmYw)
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Phytoplankton Bloom in the Antarctic
Seasons in the Ross Sea are marked by ice freezing and melting, and these...![Bright colors seem to jump off of this comb jelly, or ctenophore.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/13_ctenophore.jpg.webp?itok=gHT61gSK)
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Floating Antarctic Comb Jelly
Bright colors seem to jump off of this comb jelly, or ctenophore. The rainbow......![Fish have certain adaptations, like blood with built-in antifreeze, to survive in the Antarctic.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/12_trematomus_bernacchii.jpg.webp?itok=kGVDcFPW)
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