‘Nothing but fish nests’: huge icefish colony found in Antarctic sea

Researchers make unprecedented discovery of 60m active nests while collecting data in Weddell Sea

Researchers exploring Antarctica's seabed have discovered a thriving, unprecedented colony of icefish about a third of the size of London".

The surprise discovery of about 60 million active nests was made by a team of biologists while collecting routine data at 1.5-2.5 metres above the seafloor of Antarctica's southern Weddell Sea. Before this discovery, the largest found colony contained only 60 nests.