Look at the strange creatures that live under the ice. Five of them are unknown to science

Director and scientist Emiliano Cimoli showed an edited mini-film about the lives of the strangest sea creatures

creatures off the coast of the South Pole.The footage shows close-ups of jellyfish and from unexpected angles, scallops and other soft-bodied and transparent inhabitants of the ocean in the Ross Sea area. It is located in the Pacific sector of the Southern Ocean, off the coast of Victoria and Mary Baird Lands, between Capes Adare and Colbeck. The International Date Line runs through the sea.

The exceptional detail of the video allowed researchers to spot a dozen species of gelatinous animals. Two species of jellyfish and three species of crested jellyfish are still unknown to science.

Emiliano Cimoli, study co-author and graduate studentfrom the University of Tasmania in Hobart, Australia, captured the footage while visiting Antarctica for research in 2018 and 2019. He was testing sensor equipment to track algae that live under sea ice, the director said in the description of the YouTube video. Video recording and the discovery of new species are a by-product of other research in general.

“Subglacial algae play a decisive role inpolar marine food webs and ecosystems - explains Cimoli. "The research theme of the expeditions was to study their numbers and physiology in the face of climate change."

Ultimately, the scientist and filmmaker's work has opened a window into a rarely seen ocean ecosystem for other researchers. “It’s a kind of magical portal to another world,” concludes Cimoli.

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