00:00Antarctica, a land of ice and extremes.
00:03But today, it's warming faster than ever, and the effects are startling.
00:07For 20 years, marine biologist Simon Morley has dived beneath Antarctic ice,
00:12studying its vibrant underwater life.
00:15But now, the ice is too thin for safety,
00:18cutting his dives from over 100 a year to just a handful.
00:22This thinning ice creates a catch-22,
00:25too thick for boats, but too fragile for scientists to cut through.
00:29And it's not just ice.
00:31Giant glaciers are shrinking.
00:33King penguins are vanishing.
00:35Even invasive grasses are spreading.
00:38The fragile ecosystems below are at risk.
00:41With less ice, sunlight fuels algae blooms,
00:44smothering incredible life forms.
00:46And rising storms churn the southern ocean,
00:49making research harder than ever.
00:51As sea ice disappears,
00:53groundbreaking research faces a ticking clock.
00:56We're racing to gather data before it's too late.
00:59Antarctica is changing before our eyes.
01:01Can we act fast enough to save its secrets?
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