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ABC Producer Margot Foster takes us on a voyage aboard the Aurora Australis, Australia's research vessel. The 7-week trip into the Southern Ocean around Antarctica lets scientists sample plants, animals, and ocean water quality and composition, in an attempt to uncover how climate change is affecting, and will be affected by, the ecology of the Southern Ocean. Producer Sarah Castor-Perry talks to scientists after the trip, to try to decipher the data they collected.
Links:
Aurora Australis
A look at the magnificent Aurora Australis that was used for the trip around Antarctica on the program.
Antarctic Sea Creatures
Here are some of the magnificent creatures that can be seen under the southern ocean around Antarctica.
Books:
 Polar Lakes and Rivers: Limnology of Arctic and Antarctic Aquatic Ecosystems
by: Warwick F. Vincent, Johanna Laybourn-Parry 2008
This book describes the ecology of glacial environments in both the North and South polar regions.It illustrates the diversity in both regions that provide habitat for plant and animal life. Giving us a better understanding on the way animal and plant life adapt to their extreme environment.
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