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THE MOKEN. 04 Swimming to shore after a fishing trip.

THE MOKEN. 03 The Moken often hunt for fish using long spears.

THE MOKEN. 02 Moken children playing in the sea.

THE MOKEN. 01. The Moken are a nomadic tribe who live on the Surin Islands islands 60 km off the coast of Thailand. Recent scientific studies have shown that the underwater eyesight of Moken children is more than50% percent better than the underwater…

Once frozen year round, this passage remains easily passable by ship in modern times. Today's Arctic ice melts earlier and freezes later than in decades past-easing ships' passage but altering a fragile ecosystem reliant on solid seas.

Built to rove where the big ship can't go, remotely operated Global Explorer dipped to 3000 metres, shooting video and still photos of marine life in the pelagic and benthic realms. It gave scientists great access to the deep sea.

In a surprising discovery, divers found these five-inch Arctic cod exploiting an unexpected habitat. Melted out hollows within the ice seem to provide the fish a refuge from predators-one of many ways life has adapted to a frozen world. Dr.…

Jeremy Stewart uses and underwater vacuum to suck up tiny critters. Scientists on the surface wait with excitement to see what jewels surface. Ice can be many years old and can house over 300 different species. As this ice melts these condo's for…

David Allen, injects a syringeful of water into a nutrient solution to see what grows at depths of up to 3000 metres below sea level. One focus, microbes that feed on pollutants.

Lowered into the sea, the unwieldly CTD/Rosette records conductivity, temperature, and depth, and grabs water samples as well. It provided scientists with thousands of samples to help build up their pool of baseline data.