New life in the underwater world of the Antarctic

Australian, Japanese, and French scientists recently completed a trip off the East coast of Australia near Antarctica. The scientists came back with news of new creatures, specimens, and life never before seen or documented by any other persons.

From The Age:

Glass-like animals called tunicates, fish, starfish, sea urchins and other organisms were among the rich range of marine life found by the Australian vessel, Aurora Australis, which scoured the sea bed, led by voyage leader Martin Riddle.

“In some places every inch of the sea floor is covered in life,” Dr Riddle said.

“In other places we can see deep scars and gouges where icebergs scour the sea floor as they pass by.

“Gigantism is very common in Antarctic waters - we have collected huge worms, giant crustaceans and sea spiders the size of dinner plates.”

Take a look at some of the photos from this expedition at National Geographic.

I only get about 4 good channels on my TV. One of those channels is channel 10, which more often than not is showing news (this isn’t much of a coincidence since I turn on the TV at pretty much the same hours every day).

Anyway, I’m glad that I found channel 10 on YouTube. Lately, more and more news outlets have been uploading their more popular news clips to the site and I think this is a great idea!