Researchers filmed a 'hidden' ecosystem in an Antarctic river

Scientists say that satellite images attracted attention to the new object. In images of polar ice

where the Ross Glacier leaves the mainland, researchers discovered a strange “furrow” that could be an estuary, the mouth of a river.

Using a hot water hose, researchersthey melted half a kilometer of ice under a small depression in the place of the found groove and found a river with melt water. The cavity formed by the river had a strange structure and was quite narrow, with many irregularities, the researchers note.

“She looks like a loaf of bread with a bulge at the topand a narrow bevel at the bottom. The water inside consisted of four or five different layers, flowing in different directions. This changes our current understanding and models of such environments,” said Craig Stevens, lead researcher.

The second unexpected discovery was the presence of many tiny crustaceans that surrounded the chamber, lowered into the water.

Scientists note that such a numberarthropods swimming around the camera speaks of the rich ecosystem of the under-ice world. The researchers plan to analyze water samples to better understand the origin and development of this ecosystem.

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