A calving iceberg exposed a region that never before had been seen by human eyes, revealing a vibrant, thriving ecosystem ...

Tendrils of ice-covered brine, or brinicles ... the seafloor is covered with thick carpets of feather hydroids (colonial animals related to corals) and with thousands of scallops.

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