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Life in Antarctica's ocean has followed a completely different evolutionary path from other ocean life because of how cold and isolated the ocean is.
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To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:
- Antarctic Circumpolar Current: an ocean current that flows clockwise from west to east around Antarctica.
- Polar Gigantism: The phenomenon that animals near the poles are larger than their temperate counterparts.
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Virginia Schutte | Script Writer
Cameron Duke | Narrator and Director
Sarah Berman | Illustration, Video Editing and Animation
Nathaniel Schroeder | Music
Antarctica Footage | Virginia Schutte and Holly Bik, funded by the National Science Foundation
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Rennie, John. “Icefish Study Adds Another Color to the Story of Blood.” Quanta Magazine, 22 Apr. 2019, [ Ссылка ]
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