Rare Antarctic Sea Life Photographed by Researchers

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Rare Antarctic coral is one of the organisms photographed by researchers. All photos via BAS / P. Bucktrout

Beneath the icy waters of Antarctica, in a place that seems so inhospitable, live amongst the rarest and most beautiful creatures on earth. Recently, a team of international researchers traveled to study marine life there, where ocean temperatures are rising more rapidly than anywhere else in the world. What they brought back are some of the most fascinating photographs of Antarctic sea life ever seen--portraits of organisms on the front-line of global climate change.

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