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Beautiful ecosystem thrives underneath Antarctic ice shelves

24 March 2025

A wide diversity of marine life, that may include previously unknown species, flourishes in a region of ocean once hidden beneath a thick cover of ice, finds a recently-returned Antarctic expedition co-led by Dr Aleksandr Montelli (UCL Geography).

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