Hoping to collect data on the Southern Ocean’s Ross Sea, scientists deployed Marlin, an autonomous underwater vehicle, two years ago. However, it got stuck under an ice shelf. Not all was lost ...
most likely due to warming of the Ross Sea because of climate change. The study, "Ross Ice Shelf frontal zone subjected to increasing melting by ocean-surface waters," was published in Science ...
 Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf in Antarctica, about the same size as the country of France. It is located in the Ross Sea and extends into the Southern Ocean. The ice shelf is named ...