Scientists Floored as Seals Hit New Antarctic Depths

Scientists Floored as Seals Hit New Antarctic Depths
Night view of glaciers at Chiriguano bay in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica, on Nov. 8, 2019. Johan Ordonez/AFP via Getty Images
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Deep-diving seals have shed new light on the depths of Antarctic waters, with some travelling one kilometre below what was previously thought to be the ocean floor.

Data from more than 557,000 dives beneath the East Antarctic Shelf, an area where seals have been fitted with satellite-linked tags since 2004, was analysed in a study.