Under the Ice

The polar deep — exploring the sea floor beneath the Antarctic and Arctic ice, among the strangest and least-seen habitats on Earth.

Part of Deep-Sea Exploration

10 moments in this segment.

1. 2007-05-16 — Arctic 2002: Breathtaking Under-ice Diving Photography. NOAA Ocean Exploration
2. 2018-03-16 — The Deepest Dive in Antarctica Reveals a Sea Floor Teeming With Life. OceanX
3. 2018-04-18 — Icebergs and asteroids: Mapping extreme environments. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
4. 2018-06-13 — Diving the Icy Blue Waters of Antarctica for Blue Planet II: Hugh Miller. OceanX
5. 2019-10-01 — Icy Missions. @AusAntarctic
6. 2020-12-09 — Denizens of the Arctic Deep: Hidden Ocean 2016: Chukchi Borderlands. NOAA Ocean Exploration
7. 2024-09-10 — The 'Finger of Death' that Freezes Everything it Touches | Earth's Great Seasons | BBC Earth. BBC Earth
8. 2024-10-01 — New MBARI research reveals the dynamic processes that sculpt the Arctic seafloor. MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
9. 2025-01-31 — Exploring Unseen Depths of Antarctica | #AntarcticClimateConnections. Schmidt Ocean Institute
10. 2025-03-25 — Scientists stunned by marine life discovered on Antarctic sea floor. Over the past two decades, Antarctica has lost 150 billion tons of ice mass on average every year. The thinning ice glaciers have raised alarms about the urgency of climate change, while offering researchers new depths of exploration. Dave Malkoff has more.