article_snippet.sent: Now, researchers have created a special robo-explorer to borrow into the ice and record the first footage of what lies on the seabed below the Ross Ice Shelf.
article_snippet.sent: One of the unique creatures spotted on the seabed.
article_snippet.sent: A first-of-its-kind robotic vehicle recently dove to depths never before visited under Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf and brought back video of life on the seafloor. '
article_snippet.sent: The Southern Ocean can be as deep as 5,000 meters.
article_snippet.sent: We saw evidence of a complex community on the sea floor that has never been observed before, and unprecedented detail on the ice-ocean interface that hasn't been achieved before,' Schmidt said.
article_snippet.sent: Video captured by Icefin shows eerie footage of an active seafloor 500 meters under the Ross Ice Shelf. '
article_snippet.sent: Biologists at McMurdo were just amazed at the amount of biology at that location which included sea stars, sponges and anemones that were at the ocean bottom,' West said. '
article_snippet.sent: To have We very first deep-ocean dive happen through a small hole in the ice and go all the way to the ocean bottom and get the video We did was pretty amazing.'
article_snippet.sent: When you can do that, you can begin to get a 3D picture of what's going on under the water,' Mick West said.
highlights_snippet.sent: Footage reveals huge variety of life on the seabed .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Sea stars, sponges and anemones can be seen at the ocean bottom .
  