The Antarctic ocean is one of the coldest oceans in the world. Just because it's extremely cold doesn't mean there aren't any plants or marine life; those that inhabit the Antarctic ocean have adapted to its extremely cold temperatures. Find pictures and articles on the antarctic plants and marine life.

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10,000 Year-Old Polar Ice Melt Will Raise Sea Levels | Video
10,000 Year-Old Polar Ice Melt Will Raise Sea Levels, May 21, 2015, Live Science, By the end of the decade, Antarctica's Larsen B Ice Shelf will disintegrate. That "conclusion is inescapable" a
30-kilometre ice crack makes PIG calve
30-kilometre ice crack makes PIG calve, July 10, 2013, by Laurence Pope, New Scientist A massive crack has split the Pine Island glacier (PIG) in Antarctica, creating an iceberg the size of Ne
Animation of Annual Variation in Sea Ice Extent in the Southern Hemisphere
Animation of Annual Variation in Sea Ice Extent in the Southern Hemisphere by Lisa Gardiner Windows to the Universe This animation shows the annual variation of sea ice extent in the Southern
Antarctic ice grows as climate warms
Antarctic ice grows as climate warms April 2, 2013, By Fred Pearce, NewScientist.com Call it a tale of two poles. While sea ice in the Arctic is vanishing fast, the extent of Antarctic ice has
Antarctic Ice Shelf in Last Throes of Collapse
Antarctic Ice Shelf in Last Throes of Collapse, May 15, 2015, By Becky Oskin, Senior Writer, Live Science, Antarctica's Larsen B ice shelf only has a few years left before it fully disappears.
Antarctic Landscape
Antarctic Landscape By Brian & Cherry Alexander Stunning photos of the landscape, people, and wildlife! Click photo to enlarge.
Antarctic Pollution - Video
Antarctic Pollution Canada Nature Museum Video length: 3:07
Antarctic Sea Ice Reaches Record Highs Due to Increasing Polar Winds
Antarctic Sea Ice Reaches Record Highs Due to Increasing Polar Winds, September 18, 2013, By Catherine Griffin, Scienceworld Report While temperatures have increased across the planet, somethi
Antarctica blows hot and cold - for now
Antarctica blows hot and cold - for now, April 19, 2015, By Tim Radford, Climate News Network, Natural variability may at the moment be affecting Antarctica's temperature more than human activ
Antarctica I
Antarctica Im All photos by Gerhard Hudepohl, Beautiful photographs of Antarctica's landscape and marine life; click on a photo to enlarge. There are five different pages in the Antarctica categor
Antarctica Photographs
Antarctica Photographs, By Tim Laman, Photojournalist, A series of 13 colorful images of Antarctica's glaciers and penguins.
Antarctica Was Once Home To Rainforest, Say Scientists
Antarctica Was Once Home To Rainforest, Say Scientists August 2, 2012 Huffington Post Green "Scientists drilling off the coast of Antarctica made a startling discovery recently that could hold cl
Antarctica's Lake Vostok is Test Case for Exploring Icy Jupiter Moon
Antarctica's Lake Vostok is Test Case for Exploring Icy Jupiter Moon, by Nola Taylor Redd, SPACE.com Contributor, February 13, 2012, Russian scientists in Antarctica have reached a lake that's
Antarctica's Ruddy Blood Falls May Mean There's Hope for Life on Mars
Antarctica's Ruddy Blood Falls May Mean There's Hope for Life on Mars, April 29, 2015, By Catherine Griffin, Science World Report, Antarctic may not be as barren as we thought, which means there
Antarctica's Spellbinding Stripy Icebergs
Antarctica's Spellbinding Stripy Icebergs, Written by Linda, Scribol.com, Amazing photographs with descriptions!
Antarctica's Spellbinding Stripy Icebergs
Antarctica's Spellbinding Stripy Icebergs, Written by Linda, Scribol Staff, Brief article with beautiful images.
Antarctica's Swirling Currents Revealed in Stunning Image
Antarctica's Swirling Currents Revealed in Stunning Image, May 13, 2015, By Becky Oskin, Senior Writer, Live Science, A new image reveals in amazing detail the turbulent rush of swirling eddies
Antarctica: Icebergs, glaciers, snow, ice and water YouTube
Antarctica: Icebergs, glaciers, snow, ice and water BarbaraGresbach | January 28, 2008 Video length: 01:06.
Antarctica: The Frozen Continent
Antarctica: The Frozen Continent Dive and Discover Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Most people know that Antarctica is the coldest place on Earth, with fewer than 1,000 people living there (
Autonomous Ocean Robot to Unlock Secrets of Antarctica
Autonomous Ocean Robot to Unlock Secrets of Antarctica by Ariel Schwartz, 10/25/10 Autonomous robots may be able to tell us just how bad the melting ice situation is in Antarctica and other har
Chain reaction caused massive Antarctic ice shelf collapse
Chain reaction caused massive Antarctic ice shelf collapse, By Charles Q. Choi, LiveScience, Jan 15, 2014, Mother Nature Network, "The disintegration of ice shelves could lead to more glacial
Climate change melting southern Antarctic Peninsula ice shelves
Climate change melting southern Antarctic Peninsula ice shelves Jeremy Hance mongabay.com February 23, 2010 The US Geological Survey (USGS) has found that every ice front in the southern part
Climate Change: Antarctic Ice Reveals 68,000 Years Of History, Hints At Oceans' Role In Temperature Change
Climate Change: Antarctic Ice Reveals 68,000 Years Of History, Hints At Oceans' Role In Temperature Change, By Philip Ross, April 30, 2015, International Business Times, Ice cores pulled from
Discovering Antarctica
Discovering Antarctica British Antarctic Society Take a journey through this site to discover Antarctica for yourself. Each section features activities, images, video clips and fact sheets, to h
Drone footage from the harshest place on earth will take your breath away
Drone footage from the harshest place on earth will take your breath away, Apr. 30, 2015, By Jessica Orwig and Christian Storm, Business Insider, Drones have given us the ride of a lifetime in
Enormous Canyon May Be Hidden Beneath Antarctic Ice
Enormous Canyon May Be Hidden Beneath Antarctic Ice, January 14, 2016, By Stephanie Pappas, Live Science Contributor, A large lake and a gaping rift about as deep as the Grand Canyon but way long
Gallery: An Expedition Into Iceberg Alley
Gallery: An Expedition Into Iceberg Alley Credit: Debbie Nail Meyer © 2009 MBARI LiveScience.com Ten photos, with description.
Gallery: An Expedition Into Iceberg Alley
Gallery: An Expedition Into Iceberg Alley, May 13m 2011, By Wynne Parry, Live Science, A gallery of 10 photos, each with a description.
Green Slime in Antarctica Offers Window into the Past
Green Slime in Antarctica Offers Window into the Past, September 2, 1025, By DNews, A thin layer of bright green slime at the bottom of an Antarctic lake is giving scientists a glimpse at life on
Hidden Channels Beneath East Antarctica Could Cause Massive Melt
Hidden Channels Beneath East Antarctica Could Cause Massive Melt, March 18, 2015, By Laura Geggel, Staff Writer, Live Science, "A glacier the size of California in East Antarctica is in danger
Hot Math Calculates Melting Sea Ice | Expedition Video
Hot Math Calculates Melting Sea Ice | Expedition Video, October 14, 2015, Live Science, Video length: 09:43, Math man Ken Golden needed to understand how water moves through sea ice. So he bun
How Ecotourism is Destroying Antarctica
How Ecotourism is Destroying Antarctica, Written by Andy Stone, Scribol staff, "How do we handle tourism to a place whose only appeal to most of us is its lack of large-scale human contact? Doesn
Huge iceberg forms in Antarctica
Huge iceberg forms in Antarctica By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News "Scientists are monitoring the birth of a monster iceberg in West Antarctica." Visit the website for photos,
Ice-covered valley, bigger than the Grand Canyon, found hidden under Antarctica
Ice-covered valley, bigger than the Grand Canyon, found hidden under Antarctica, By John Platt Jan 15, 2014, Mother Nature Network "The massive trench is 2 miles deep and 186 miles long." V
IceBridge Discovers Massive Crack in Ice Shelf
IceBridge Discovers Massive Crack in Ice Shelf Uploaded by truemaskedwabbit Nov 2, 2011 YouTube.com Video length: 4:01 minutes.
Keeping a Watchful Eye on Unstable Antarctic Ice
Keeping a Watchful Eye on Unstable Antarctic Ice February 9, 2009 Interview Yale Environment 360, "NASA's Robert Bindschadler, a leading expert on glaciers and ice sheets, is part of an internati
Million-Year-Old Bubbles Reveal Antarctica's Oldest Climate Snapshot
Million-Year-Old Bubbles Reveal Antarctica's Oldest Climate Snapshot, May 11, 2015, By Becky Oskin, Senior Writer, Live Science, Timeworn Antarctica ice suggests a strong link between carbon dio
Movie of Yearly Changes in Sea Ice around Antarctica
Movie of Yearly Changes in Sea Ice around Antarctica by Lisa Gardiner Windows to the Universe This movie shows how the sea ice around Antarctica and the South Pole changes from season to seaso
Mystery of Antarctica's Strange Disappearing Snow Is Solved
Mystery of Antarctica's Strange Disappearing Snow Is Solved, October 15, 2015, by Elizabeth Newbern, Staff Writer, Live Science, Researchers studying areas of eastern Antarctica where snow is
NOVA Online | Warnings from the Ice | Live and Breathe Antarctica
NOVA Online | Warnings from the Ice | Live and Breathe Antarctica PBS.org "Welcome to the companion site for the NOVA program "Warnings from the Ice," originally broadcast on April 21, 1998. Over
Now that's c-c-c-cold: Antarctica sets record of -135.8 degrees!
Now that's c-c-c-cold: Antarctica sets record of -135.8 degrees! December 9, 2013, Seth Borenstein, The Associated Press NBC News, Awesome photo, short video, and information.
Ocean STEMulation: Whale Falls | One World One Ocean
Ocean STEMulation: Whale Falls | One World One Ocean By Sarah Bedolfe, March 22 2013 This year, for the very first time, scientists documented a whale fall in Antarctic waters, almost a mile belo
Oxygen oasis at bottom of Antarctic lake resembles ancient Earth
Oxygen oasis at bottom of Antarctic lake resembles ancient Earth, Sept. 1, 2015, By Brooks Hays, UPI.com, The oasis of oxygen at the bottom of Lake Fryxell may offer clues as to what Earth was l
Photos: Giant iceberg breaks off Antarctica
Photos: Giant iceberg breaks off Antarctica mongabay.com February 26, 2010 An iceberg the size of Luxembourg broke off from Antarctica after it was hit by another iceberg, reports Reuters.
Polar Ice-Caps Biome
Polar Ice-Caps Biome The Wilderness Classroom We refer to the polar ice cap biome as the regions of the planet covered by ice most of the year. This includes large portions of the arctic and a
Polynya off the Antarctic Coast : Image of the Day
Polynya off the Antarctic Coast : Image of the Day, November 22, 2011, NASA Earth Observatory, Winter conditions in the Arctic and Antarctic lead to the formation of sea ice. But in some places w
Quick Facts on Ice Shelves
Quick Facts on Ice Shelves The National Snow and Ice Data Center University of Colorado, Denver Provides information on how ice shelves form, their importance, the Antarctic ice shelves, causes o
Rapid Melting Found Under Antarctic Glacier Could Add Several Feet to Global Sea Levels
Rapid Melting Found Under Antarctic Glacier Could Add Several Feet to Global Sea Levels, Denise Chow, LiveScience.com, Sep 16, 2013, The Weather Channel A two-month-long expedition to one of t
Ross Ice Shelf
Ross Ice Shelf Wikipedia.org The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf in Antarctica. This article discusses its exploration, composition and movement. It includes a map, two photos, and an il
Salty groundwater supports life in Antarctica’s extreme Dry Valleys
Salty groundwater supports life in Antarctica’s extreme Dry Valleys, by Scott K. Johnson, Apr 30, 2015, Ars Technica, Mars-like conditions prevail in a water supply that feeds several under-ic
Scientists weigh up new evidence on Antarctic ice melt
Scientists weigh up new evidence on Antarctic ice melt, May 7, 2015, By Tim Radford, Climate News Network, Southern continent's mysteries start to unfold as satellite data is used to measure t
Scientists zero in on only solution to climate crisis
Scientists zero in on only solution to climate crisis, April 22, 2015, By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network, Panel of international climate scientists says the world has only until 2050 to beco
Scott Polar Research Institute - Larsen Ice Shelf
Scott Polar Research Institute - Larsen Ice Shelf University of Cambridge Check out the animations and movies depicting the thinning of the Larsen Ice Shelf in the Weddell Sea that extends along
Shrinking of ice shelves raises sea level concerns
Shrinking of ice shelves raises sea level concerns, March 29, 2015, By Tim Radford, Climate News Network, Evidence of rapid reduction of West Antarctica's shelf ice could have serious implicat
Study: Melting of Antarctica's ice shelves to intensify
Study: Melting of Antarctica's ice shelves to intensify, October 12, 2015, By Brooks Hays, UPI.com, WOODS HOLE, Mass., Oct. 12 (UPI) -- In a new study on the future of sea level rise, researcher
Sudden and Rapid Ice Loss Discovered in Antarctica
Sudden and Rapid Ice Loss Discovered in Antarctica, May 21, 2015, By Becky Oskin, Senior Writer, Live Science, Article with video. Massive glaciers in the southern Antarctic Peninsula sudde
The Antarctic Ecosystem
The Antarctic Ecosystem Facts and Figures The Open Door Web Site There are six different types of seals in Antarctica. Five species of seal, including the elephant seal and the crabeater seal, d
The Antarctica Biome
The Antarctica Biome Simon Love General Classification Antarctica is a cold environment with tempratures ranging from 0 degrees to -100 degrees. Antarctica has a wide range of plants and animal
The Last Wild Ocean
The Last Wild Ocean June 10, 2013, By GAYATHRI VAIDYANATHAN, Seeker.com The Last Ocean, a documentary by filmmaker Peter Young, uses stunning visuals from Antarctica to lay out its central confl
The New Fifth Ocean
The New Fifth Ocean By Matt Rosenberg, ThoughtCo. Information on the fifth and newest ocean, the southern ocean, created by the International Hydrographic Organization in 2000.
The Ross Ice Shelf
The Ross Ice Shelf Virginia Institute of Marine Science College of William & Mary Close-up photographs of the ice shelf!
The Southern Ocean
The Southern Ocean by Lisa Gardiner Windows to the Universe The Southern Ocean is a bit different. Many mapmakers do not even recognize it as an ocean. The Southern Ocean (sometimes known as t
Tourists bring threat of Antarctic 'lawns'
Tourists bring threat of Antarctic 'lawns' 29th January, 2008 Ecologist Magazine "Increasing numbers of tourists and research centres in Antarctica are bringing with them seeds, spores, lichens a
Two Months Aboard an Ice Breaker Under Five Minutes - Video
Two Months Aboard an Ice Breaker Under Five Minutes By Cassandra Brooks, Live Science Amazing Video!! Cassandra Brooks created this timelapse sequence from her time aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer
Undersea Mountains Help Control Earth's Climate By Mixing Antarctic Waters, Says Study
Undersea Mountains Help Control Earth's Climate By Mixing Antarctic Waters, Says Study September 18,k 2013, By Treye Green, International Business Times Through a new study detailed in the jou
What lies beneath - evidence of life under the Antarctic ice
What lies beneath - evidence of life under the Antarctic ice, September 19, 2013, By Dominic Hodgson, British Antarctic Survey, The Conversation That extreme lifeforms might exist in the cold an
Why is Antarctica's Totten Glacier shrinking faster than its neighbors?
Why is Antarctica's Totten Glacier shrinking faster than its neighbors? December 10, 2013, By Sanden Totten, Southern California Public Radio, Figuring out what causes glaciers to shrink is im
Winds Carve Away Antarctic Snow
Winds Carve Away Antarctic Snow, October 13, 2015, From: The Earth Institute, Columbia University, Environmental News Network, A new study has found that powerful winds are removing massive am
Yet another Antarctic ice mass is becoming destabilized, scientists report
Yet another Antarctic ice mass is becoming destabilized, scientists report, May 23, 2015, By Chris Mooney, The Washington Times, "The troubling news continues this week for the Antarctic peninsu