Kelp have been able to float some 20,000 kilometres (12,427 miles) from the southernmost reaches of the Indian and Atlantic oceans all the way to the shores of Antarctica – a trip previously thought to be impossible.
Fraser et al. 2018. Antarctica’s ecological isolation will be broken by storm-driven dispersal and warming. Nature Climate Change , 8 (8): 704-708
AN UNDERWATER OBSERVATORY AT KERGUELEN
