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the Ice
Songs of the Ross Sea
Text and Photos by John B. Weller
Scientists have identified the Ross Sea as the most intact large
marine ecosystem on earth. The Ross Sea comprises only
3.2 percent of the Southern Ocean, but it is home to a hugely
disproportionate number of animals — 38 percent of all Adélie
penguins, 26 percent of all emperor penguins, 30 percent of
all Antarctic petrels, 45 percent of Weddell seals in the Pacific
Sector of the Antarctic, and the list goes on.
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