An Iceberg of 510 Km2 Breaks Out in Antarctica and Opens a Window to an Intact Ecosystem for Centuries: Scientists Recorded a Glacial Crystal Squid Swimming at a Depth of 687 Meters

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The ice of Antarctica has opened an unexpected window to the bottom of the ocean. After the detachment of the iceberg A-84, a scientific team of the Schmidt Ocean Institute was able to explore with an underwater robot an area that had remained covered by the George VI ice platform. There did not appear a dark desert, but an ecosystem full of life. The image that has attracted the most attention is that of a Galiteuthis glacialis, an Antarctic cr…