In preparation for an upcoming study on the rapid melting of Antarctic ice, scientists with NASA and the National Science Foundation drilled an 8-inch-diameter (20-centimeter-diameter) hole in the West Antarctic ice sheet. The
team then lowered an underwater video camera through the opening, suspending it 600 feet (183 meters) below
the ice sheet. Scientists were not expecting to find much more than a few microbes in the icy, dark water.
Therefore, they were completely astounded by what happened next: A curious shrimp-like creature swam in fror
of the underwater film equipment and parked itself on the camera's cable. Scientists determined that the 3-inch-
long (8-centimeter-long), pinkish-orange creature was a Lyssianasid amphipod. The creature is distantly related to
shrimp.
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The creature lives in a(n).
environment.
A cavernous
B synthetic
C legendary
D inhospitable