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Surprise shark caught on camera for first time in Antarctica’s near-freezing deep
- On Wednesday, the Minderoo‑UWA Deep‑Sea Research Centre at the University of Western Australia released footage showing a sleeper shark filmed in January 2025 off the South Shetland Islands near the Antarctic Peninsula.
- Sparse observations and few cameras explain detection gaps, as Antarctic research cameras operate only during Southern Hemisphere summer months and sleeper sharks remain hard to detect in remote, deep waters.
- At about 490 meters depth the camera recorded the photographed shark in 1.27°C water, with a skate motionless in frame, captured by the Minderoo‑UWA Deep‑Sea Research Centre.
- Alan Jamieson noted there was no prior Antarctic record of a shark, challenging experts who previously thought sharks were absent from Antarctic waters and expecting Antarctic sharks at similar depths feeding on carcasses.
- Scientists caution uncertainty over whether this reflects a range shift as Antarctic Ocean stratification to around 1,000 meters and seasonal camera coverage limit detection, prompting calls for more monitoring.
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Australian researchers have encountered a rare sight in Antarctica: a sleeper shark lazing close to the seabed in the icy waters.
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An ungainly barrel of a shark cruising languidly over a barren seabed far too deep for the sun’s rays to illuminate was an unexpected sight. Many experts had thought sharks did not exist in the frigid waters of Antarctica before this sleeper shark lumbered warily and briefly into the spotlight of a video camera, researcher Alan Jamieson said this week. The shark, filmed in January 2025, was a substantial specimen with an estimated length of betw…
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Surprise shark caught on camera for first time in Antarctica’s near-freezing deep
A marine researcher says he has video evidence of the first recorded shark in the Antarctic Ocean. Alan Jamieson says many experts had thought sharks didn’t exist in the frigid waters of Antarctica before a sleeper shark was recorded last year.
An unexpected and rare shark has been captured on camera for the first time in the near-freezing, dark depths of Antarctica, surprising the scientific community. The video shows a massive sleeper shark moving slowly over a barren seabed, at a depth where sunlight does not reach. The footage was recorded in January 2025 and, according to researcher Alan Jameson, the fish was about 3 to 4 meters long. “We didn’t expect to see sharks when we went t…
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