In order to learn how various drifting iceberg-lets affect cold-water marine animals and algae, a team of scientists from MBARI's Midwater Ecology group spent December chilling out - literally! - in the Weddell Sea. Studying marine life in and underneath Antarctic icebergs, the team used nets, sampling bottles, and a small ROV to compare the animal communities normally associated with icebergs to communities in the open ocean.
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