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This recently discovered hairy crab species (Kiwa hirsuta) has no eyes.
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The Census of Marine Life

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the front of an ice breaker
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Sea Ice in its Ever-Changing Forms

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a cold water dive
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Cold Water Diving with WHOI

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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.
Slideshow

A Trip South to Antarctica’s Ross Sea

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a large iceberg
Video

National Ice Center Monitors the Arctic and Antarctic

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A view of McMurdo Station with a frozen Ross Sea in the background.
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McMurdo Station

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Karen Romano Young's 19th AntarcticLog comic
Article

Comics at Sea: An Antarctic Logbook

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A large red research vessel among icy waters and snowy mountains
Article

Shipboard Life in the Antarctic

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A emperor penguin chick sits under its mother's legs.
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Emperor Penguin Chick with Mother

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A humpback whale breaching in Antarctic waters.
Article

Humpback Whales in Antarctica: What Are the Whales Doing?

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A humpback whale breaching in Antarctic waters.
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Humpback Whale in Antarctic Waters

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The New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands site was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1998. The islands are particularly notable for the abundance and diversity of nesting pelagic seabirds and penguins (including macaroni penguins, Eudyptes chrysolophus,
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New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands, New Zealand

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