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Taking the Plunge in the World’s Coldest Water

Justin Rowlatt reports from Antarctica's Ross Sea, where rising temperatures could affect marine life.

Antarctica recorded a record high temperature earlier last month of more than 20C.

This is bad news for the extraordinary marine life that lives in the icy waters of the world’s coldest continent.

The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's chief environment correspondent, Justin Rowlatt, went to the Ross Sea in Antarctica where he met some of the marine biologists leading the research into the impact the changing environment is having.

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