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

About Krill
About Krill, Photo: Stephen Brookes, Australian Antarctic Division, Krill: magicians of the Southern Ocean "With their large black eyes and transparent bodies, krill are beautiful creatures t
Adelie Penguins
Adelie Penguins Ocean Today NOAA Video length: 02:17.
Amazing Antarctica!
Amazing Antarctica! By Woody Marx HubPages A good combination of text, photographs, a video, and illustrations mostly the marine life and other animals that inhabit the Antarctic.
Antarctic Marine Ecosystem - Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists
Antarctic Marine Ecosystem - Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists Exploratorium.edu From this page you can view a slideshow, webcasts, and read about krill, the hub of the Antarctic foo
Antarctic Photo Library
Antarctic Photo Library U.S. Antarctic Program Welcome to the U.S. Antarctic Program Photo Library. Thousands of photos are available (complete with captions, credits and resolutions) for you to v
Antarctic seals and other animals
Antarctic seals and other animals Guillaume & Jennifer Dargaud's Website Images and text describing Antarctic sea animals.
Antarctic Seas Explode With Discovery
Antarctic Seas Explode With Discovery By Andrea Mustain 09 October 2010 Live Science "Colorful cast of creepy crawlies lives in the frigid ocean depths." Visit the website to learn more.
Antarctica fact file, birds, Snow Petrels
Antarctica fact file, birds, Snow Petrels Coolantarctica.com "Snow petrels are pure white birds with black beaks and eyes. They are the size of a pigeon and arguably the most beautiful of all the
Antarctica Wildlife - Images and Information
Antarctica Wildlife - Images and Information By Michael G. Shepard Great photos!!!
Blue Whale
Blue Whale Canadian Museum of Nature Natural History Notebook Where are they found? Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Southern Ocean The largest creature ever known
Blue Whale Photographs Underwater
Blue Whale Photographs Underwater Mike Johnson Marine Natural History Photography Underwater and topside nature photography from Southern California.
Bottoms Up: How Whale Poop Helps Feed the Ocean
Bottoms Up: How Whale Poop Helps Feed the Ocean, August 7, 2014, By Lavenia Ratnarajah, University of Tasmania; Andrew Bowie, University of Tasmania, and Indi Hodgson-Johnston, University of Tasma
Creatures of the Frozen Deep: Antarctica's Sea Life
Creatures of the Frozen Deep: Antarctica's Sea Life By Andrea Mustain, OurAmazingPlanet Staff Writer, October 08, 2010 LiveScience.com Close-up images and descriptions of seven species.
Dive & Discover: The Watery World of Salps
The Watery World of Salps By Larry Madin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Very interesting article, photos, and QuickTime videos on Salps, which are abundant in the Antarctica.
Emperor Penguins v Leopard Seal - Blue Planet - BBC Earth
Emperor Penguins v Leopard Seal - Blue Planet - BBC Earth YouTube.com Video length: 04:02
How a Cold-Blooded Antarctic Octopus Survives Frigid Temperatures
How a Cold-Blooded Antarctic Octopus Survives Frigid Temperatures, March 11, 2015, By Catherine Griffin, Science World Report, Octopopds are cold-blooded, so how can one survive the frigid tem
How Emperor Penguins Survive Antarctica's Subzero Cold
How Emperor Penguins Survive Antarctica's Subzero Cold, March 05, 2013, By Joseph Stromberg, Smithsonian Magazine Blog "The birds' plumage is even colder than the surrounding air, paradoxically
Humpback whales feeding on krill - Deep into the Wild - BBC
Humpback whales feeding on krill, Deep into the Wild, BBC Earth Video, Video length: 04:01.
Images: Strange Life at Antarctic Seafloor
Images: Strange Life at Antarctic Seafloor February 19, 2013, Megan Gannon, News Editor, Live Science Ever wondered what the marine life on the bottom of the Antarctic ocean look like? Check
Killer Whale Anatomy
Killer Whale Anatomy Ocean Today NOAA This video is a little over 3.5 minutes. Learn about the specific parts of its body and what they are used for.
Marine Mammals in Antarctica
Marine Mammals in Antarctica By Genevieve (Genny) Anderson Author of online Marine Science Santa Barbara City College Photos, with description. Great photography!!
Mysteries of Killer Whales Uncovered in the Antarctic
Mysteries of Killer Whales Uncovered in the Antarctic February 2, 2012: Dispatch By Fen Montaigne, for Environment 360 Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies "Two of the world's leadin
New Antarctic Animals Look Like Plants
New Antarctic Animals Look Like Plants Analysis by Jennifer Viegas Tue Jun 1, 2010 Discovery News Six new Antarctic animals that look more flora than fauna have just been described in the journ
New Deep-Sea Fish Species Found in Antarctica
New Deep-Sea Fish Species Found in Antarctica, May 9, 2013, By Douglas Main, Staff Writer, LiveScience.com This newfound species is the hopbeard plunderfish (Pogonophryne neyelovi). It can live
New Octopus Species Discovered: Big Pic
New Octopus Species Discovered: Big Pic Content provided by: Stuart Gary, ABC Science Online Photo credit: Brian Fry DNews While diving into the waters of Antarctica to collect octopus venom, sc
Octopus - WonderClub
Octopus WonderClub.com OCTOPUS The well armed octopus has a secret weapon. Concealed in the folds of its body lies a sackful of ink, which the octopus secretes to ward off or confuse its enemie
Octopus - YouTube
Octopus YouTube Video length: 0:57.
Penguin
Penguin Defenders of Wildlife Penguin Order: Sphenisciformes Penguins are birds that have adapted very well to life in the water. Their wing bones are flipper-like and, while useless for fly
Penguins in Antarctica
Penguins in Antarctica By Genevieve (Genny) Anderson Author of online Marine Science Santa Barbara City College Photos, with description. Great photography!!
Penguins of the Antarctic
Penguins of the Antarctic PBS.org Penguin Secrets of Survival Challenge Take a quiz to see how cleverly these flightless birds have adapted themselves to life on earth's least hospitable continen
Retreating Antarctic Ice Fuels Surprising Glass Sponge Invasion
Retreating Antarctic Ice Fuels Surprising Glass Sponge Invasion, July 11, 2013, by Joe Hanson, Wired Science, In the frigid, inky ocean depths beneath permanent ice shelves, life tends to move p
Return to Penguin City: Aggressive Penguins? Video
Return to Penguin City: Aggressive Penguins? Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom Animal Planet "Everyone knows the playful side of penguins, but do penguins ever show signs of aggression?"
Seabed sponge forest basks in ice-free Antarctic sun
Seabed sponge forest basks in ice-free Antarctic sun July 12, 2013, by Laurence Pope, New Scientist Global warming threatens to put many species on thin ice. But changing temperatures seems to
Snow Petrel
Snow Petrel Wikipedia.org The Snow Petrel (Pagodroma nivea) is a small, pure white fulmarine petrel with black underdown, coal-black eyes, small black bill and bluish gray feet. Body length is 3
Surprise Shrimp Under Antarctic Ice
Surprise Shrimp Under Antarctic Ice ScienceDaily (Mar. 17, 2010) At a depth of 600 feet beneath the West Antarctic ice sheet, a small shrimp-like creature managed to brighten up an otherwise gr
Surprisingly, some humpback whales stay in Antarctic for winter
Surprisingly, some humpback whales stay in Antarctic for winter, September 16, 2013, BY Elizabeth Howell LiveScience, NBC News Underwater conversations between humpbacks have revealed a surpri
Tardigrade Water Bear
Tardigrade Water Bear Astrographics.com Tardigrades (water bears, Echiniscus sp.) are an obscure group of invertebrates (Tardigrada) located between the nematodes (roundworms) and the arthropods
Tardigrades - The Video
Tardigrades Video by Martin Mach Visit the web site for the video.
The Disease Plucking the Feathers of Baby Penguins
The Disease Plucking the Feathers of Baby Penguins, Written by Alka Sharma, Scribol Staff, "Some penguin chicks are losing their feathers, and this feather-loss disorder has become a matter of se
Warming Antarctic seas likely to impact on krill habitats
Warming Antarctic seas likely to impact on krill habitats, Aug 23, 2013, By Staff Writers, Space Daily Antarctic krill are usually less than 6 cm in length but their size belies the major role
Weddell seals in Antarctica - Deep into the Wild - BBC
Weddell seals in Antarctica Deep into the Wild BBC Earth Video length: 01:57
What if our pain is a penguin's gain?
What if our pain is a penguin's gain?, August 18, 2015, By Russell McLendon, Mother Nature Network, A new study suggests Antarctica's ice loss could help penguins, whales and other animals by bo
What is Antarctic Krill?
What is Antarctic Krill? Written by Michael Anissimov Wisegeek.com Antarctic krill (Euphanasia superba) are a species of krill found in the Southern Ocean which surrounds Antarctica. They are