How It Is Done
In other ocean waters, fish are the powerful predators, but the Death Star is here to show us how things get done in Antarctica. Because the water in the area is extremely cold, fish do not thrive there. As a result, invertebrates such as the Antarctic sunstar occupy the top of the food chain.
Diving Down There
When you swim in Antarctic waters, it’s as if you’re peering through a window into what the oceans were like before humans arrived. Dr. Copley explained, “It’s the animals without backbones that dominate and dominate as predators, and that’s how the oceans were more than 250 million years ago.”