在南极近极地峡湾海底，研究员意外发现大量种类丰富的海洋生物。

　　科学家本来预计会发现由于冰川沉积而深受其害，变得非常贫瘠的海底族群，类似已经被大量研究的北极地区的情形。但是令人意外的是，他们的海底照片上到处是毛足虫、海葵、海蜘蛛和片脚类甲壳类的动物，还有相当数量的海参、深海水母和其他物种。海底之上，磷虾遍布峡湾的水域。

　　Deep inside the subpolar fjords of Antarctica， researchers have uncovered an unexpected abundance and diversity of marine life at the seafloor. The scientists expected to find impoverished seafloor communities highly disturbed by glacial sedimentation， similar to those that have been documented in well-studied Arctic regions. But to their surprise， bristle worms， anemones， sea spiders， and amphipod crustaceans abounded in their seafloor photographs， along with a number of sea cucumbers， deep ocean jellyfish and other species. Above the seafloor， the fjord waters were dense with krill.

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