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Scientists rush to explore underwater world hidden for 120,000 years

Published February 13, 2018
LiveScience

A huge, trillion-ton iceberg about the size of Delaware broke free from Antarctica's Larsen C Ice Shelf in July 2017. As it moved away from its chilly birth mom and into the Weddell Sea, a vast expanse of water saw the light for the first time in up to 120,000 years.

And this month, a team of scientists will venture to the long-ice-buried expanse to investigate the mysterious ecosystem that was hidden beneath the Antarctic ice shelf for so long.
 
http://www.foxnews.com/science/2018/02/13/scientists-rush-to-explore-underwater-world-hidden-for-120000-years.html