The First Expedition To Explore An Ancient Antarctic Ecosystem Is Underway
Back in July 2017 , long after a fling began propagate through a slither of Antarctica , a monumental crisphead lettuce calved from the Larsen C Ice Shelf . Drifting out into the Southern Ocean , it not only cater researchers with a close - up view of this spectacular process , but a opportunity to see what lay below : an ecosystem that ’s been shield from sunlight and the surface for around 120,000 years ....