http://news.discovery.com/earth/new-ant ... pgn=emnws1

There are lots of really cool photos with descriptions on this site, hosted by the Discovery channel.

Jan. 3, 2012 -- Whole communities of previously unknown species thrive around deep-sea hydrothermal vents off the coast of Antarctica. A team of researchers led by the University of Oxford, University of Southampton and British Antarctic Survey used a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) to film and bring back samples from the depths at two locations.

"What we didn't find is almost as surprising as what we did," said team leader Alex Rogers of Oxford University's Department of Zoology in a press release. "Many animals such as tubeworms, vent mussels, vent crabs, and vent shrimps, found in hydrothermal vents in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans, simply weren't there."

The Actinostolid anemones and stalked vent barnacles (cf. Vulcanolepas) pictured here clinging to a vent were some of the dominant animals at the more southern location, dubbed E9, at approximately 60 degrees south latitude and 2,400 meters (7,900 feet) deep.

Make sure you scroll to the end and check out the Ghost Octopus.

Cool. Well you know what they say, expect the unexpected. I wonder how long those animals that live from vents have been on Earth. I suspect they are some of the oldest groups.

The Sea Lilt:
Although it looks like a flower, the sea lily, or crinoid, is actually an animal from the phylum Echinodermata. This one was photographed at the E9 site, near a collapsed lava dome known as the Devil's Punchbowl.

The crinoid is an ancient class of animal first appearing in the fossil record during the Ordovacian Period, which occurred between 488.3 to 443.7 million years ago.

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How long do I have to wait before I can have a few Yeti Crabs on my plate at Joe's Crab Shack?

I just wanted to be a part of that orgy they were having

Just think what we'll find when they crack into that lake in Antartica...a long-lost alien civilization perhaps?

Antarctica – the coldest, driest, windiest place on Earth. This amazing and vast land of ice is full of much wonder and discovery. If you want to see a great number of Antarctica animals photo I recommed you to visit: http://www.krillfacts.org

Is that a real post? I prefer Crawfish in cajun spices. Wait a minute, wouldn't anywhere but the actual South Pole be north?

Since fossils were only placed there as a prank and the earth is only 6000 years old, I'm not impressed.