When the Larsen C ice shelf broke, it exposed a hidden world
Science teams are racing to Antarctica to assess ice, seafloor ecosystems
![RRS James Clark Ross](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/101217_CG_larsen_c_main.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
ICY VOYAGE In February, an expedition led by the British Antarctic Survey will journey to Antarctica on the RRS James Clark Ross (shown here during the Antarctic summer of 2010‒2011) to study a mysterious ecosystem exposed in July by the calving of the Larsen C iceberg.
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