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Life in Antarctica's ocean has followed a completely different evolutionary path from other ocean life because of how cold and isolated the ocean is.
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- Antarctic Circumpolar Current: an ocean current that flows clockwise from west to east around Antarctica.
- Polar Gigantism: The phenomenon that animals near the poles are larger than their temperate counterparts.
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Antarctica Footage | Virginia Schutte and Holly Bik, funded by the National Science Foundation
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