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Secrets of the frozen continent

Chapter 1

The dry and fiery desert

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Chapter 2

Life in the extreme depths

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Chapter 3

The continent with no rulers

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Chapter 4

A window to the cosmos

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Master of Secrets of the frozen continent

Ch 2 · Life in the extreme depths
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misslily Burrowed in the dark of the frozen shelves, Ghost anemones make a home for themselves.

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Lakes buried deep under ice

misslily Lakes buried deep under ice

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Fun Fact

Clear-blooded fish: The Antarctic icefish has completely clear blood because it lacks hemoglobin, the protein that makes blood red.

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Giants of the southern ocean

misslily Giants of the southern ocean

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Glossary
sponge (noun)
A primitive aquatic invertebrate with a porous body that typically lacks nerves and muscles. In 2021, geologists discovered stationary sponges living on a boulder under 870 meters of Antarctic ice.

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Quiz

What special compounds do icefish produce to stop ice crystals from freezing their blood?

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Gossip

Would you drink 15-million-year-old water?

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Quiz

What state do Antarctic tardigrades enter to survive freezing temperatures?

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Quiz

How long has Lake Vostok been sealed off from Earth's atmosphere?

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Quiz

In what year was the massive subglacial Lake Vostok officially discovered?

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Quiz

What biological phenomenon causes polar sea spiders to grow up to 30 centimeters wide?

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Quiz

Which microscopic worm can survive being frozen solid in Antarctica?

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Quiz

Why is the blood of the Antarctic icefish completely clear?

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Quiz

Under how many kilometers of solid ice is the subglacial Lake Vostok buried?

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