article_snippet.sent: Antarctica's icy oceans are remarkably similar to Europa'sice-capped oceans. '
article_snippet.sent: Icefin's readings of the environment under Antarctica's ice shelves, and video of the life that thrives in these harsh conditions, will help understand how Antarctica's ice shelves are changing under warming conditions, and to understand how organisms thrive in cold and light-free environments.
article_snippet.sent: For example, standard electronics systems are not typically rated to the extreme temperatures found under the Ross Ice Shelf.
article_snippet.sent: Bore holes are often drilled on Antarctica for ocean moorings and sediment sampling.
article_snippet.sent: Massive icebergs clog McMurdo Sound after breaking off from the Ross Ice Shelf in Antartica, October 2003.
article_snippet.sent: The exchange between ocean and ice is a process that mediates biology, affects the climate system and controls the stability of glaciers. '
article_snippet.sent: an ice shell is built out of the ocean, but how that process works is not well understood.'