Scientists found life buried under 3,000 feet of ice in Antarctica, challenging the assumption that nothing could live in such conditions.
The findings were published in the peer-reviewed journal Frontiers in Marine Science on February 15, 2021.
Scientists previously thought Antarctica’s frigid temperatures and lack of light and food made it impossible for living creatures to thrive.
The creatures were found attached to a boulder in the arctic seas under the Filchner-Ronne ice shelf. Experts from the British Antarctic Survey drilled through 2,860 feet of ice before making the discovery.
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“The area underneath these ice shelves is probably one of the least-known habitats on Earth,” said Huw Griffiths, one of the scientists who made the discovery, in a Twitter video.
“We didn’t think that these kinds of animals, like sponges, would be found there.”
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