Where does life lurk under the ice of Antarctica? The answers keep surprising us. In January, for example, researchers found corals, sponges and even giant sea spiders some 750 feet under the waves — ...

A map of the Ross Sea region MPA was signed by CCAMLR ... three additional Southern Ocean MPAs remain under negotiation—in East Antarctica, the Weddell Sea, and around the Antarctic Peninsula.

Early explorers skimmed the boundaries of Antarctica in daring sea voyages ... of geographical exploration from a base on Ross Island in the Ross Sea. In 1902, Scott, Dr. Edward Wilson, and ...

A new map of the seafloor ... research in and around Antarctica, in a process called bathymetry. This includes British Antarctic Survey’s former ship RRS James Clark Ross. BAS contributed ...