Ancient ecosystem uncovered beneath Antarctic glacier collapse

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 An octopus rests on the seafloor at a depth of 1,150 meters in the Bellingshausen Sea off Antarctica, in an area where the edge of the shelf and the slope are carved by several underwater channels. (photo credit: Screenshot, ROV SuBastian / Schmidt Ocean Institute)
Scientists uncover a thriving ecosystem beneath an Antarctic glacier, revealing corals, octopuses, and giant sea spiders untouched for centuries.

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