{"id":754,"date":"2009-11-08T05:07:30","date_gmt":"2009-11-08T13:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.racingyachtmanagement.com\/blog\/?p=754"},"modified":"2009-11-07T05:11:42","modified_gmt":"2009-11-07T13:11:42","slug":"life-at-the-poles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingyachtmanagement.com\/blog\/life-at-the-poles\/","title":{"rendered":"Life at the Poles"},"content":{"rendered":"

People keep on asking me what there is to see underwater in Antarctica. Seeing as I have dove yet I talked to the people I will be working with. When I went to Oban for dive week I dove with David Barnes one of the BAS scientists who will be coming down to Rothera. I will be taking him out on the boat so he can continue his scientific research. I came across an interesting article in which David talks about inventorying life at the poles. <\/p>\n

Dr Barnes told BBC News: “There is a widely held belief that life is very rich in the tropics and decreases through temperate areas, through to polar regions, which are thought to be barren. <\/p>\n

“That is partly because we see life from the land point of view – and when we see the Arctic and Antarctic, we just see ice. <\/p>\n

“But below the surface of the sea, it is an incredibly rich environment, and diving there is a bit like diving on a coral reef.” <\/em>
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