Shrimp Found Swimming 600 Feet Below Antarctic Ices

In November 2009, the otherwise-gray day of researchers working on surveying the underside of the Antarctic ice sheet was brightened up when they discovered a shrimp-like creature swimming no less than 600 feet underneath the surface of the ice shelf. The animal was going about its business i... [ read more >> ]

This critter is a three-inch long Lyssianasid amphipod found beneath the Ross Ice Shelf, about 12.5 miles away from open water

Image comment: This critter is a three-inch long Lyssianasid amphipod found beneath the Ross Ice Shelf, about 12.5 miles away from open water
Image credits: NASA

This critter is a three-inch long Lyssianasid amphipod found beneath the Ross Ice Shelf, about 12.5 miles away from open water