US EditionShark Spotted in Antarctica for the First Time Ever. See Video.
The sleeper shark was filmed at 1,600 feet deep in a warmer mid-depth layer, suggesting adaptations enable it to survive in Antarctic conditions, researchers said.
7 Articles
7 Articles
A shark has never been documented so far in the south of the Earth's hemisphere. Now a four-metre-long animal passed directly by an underwater camera. Researchers have a guess why.
A Shark Was Filmed in Antarctic Waters for the First Time Ever
Antarctica has long been considered a place too cold and too hostile for sharks. Well, maybe we just weren’t looking hard enough because a shark, for the first time, has been filmed swimming in Antarctic waters. The New York Times reports that in January 2025, researchers with the Minderoo-UWA Deep-Sea Research Centre captured footage of a huge sleeper shark gliding through the South Shetland Trough, more than 1600 feet below the surface. The wa…
A large dormant shark was filmed for the first time in the ice waters of Antarctica, 490 metres deep. This accidental discovery calls into question the long-established hypothesis that these sharks cannot survive in waters at temperatures close to 1°C. It is possible that the warming of the oceans may cause sharks to migrate to cooler waters, but this remains to be confirmed. With more than 500 known species, the sharks are [...] This article A …
Researchers have filmed for the first time a sleeping shark in the cold waters of Antarctica. This unexpected observation, 500 metres deep, challenges the idea that these predators were absent from the South Pole and opens up new questions about the fauna of the abyss.
On TV Azteca Quintana Roo we tell you that a large shark was captured emerging from the depths of the ocean, generating surprise among witnesses and users on social networks because of the shocking video-recorded scene. Where did the sighting of the giant shark occur? A giant shark between 3 and 4 meters in length emerged from the depths in a shocking recording captured for the first time in the icy waters of Antarctica. The specimen, identified…
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 67% of the sources lean Left
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
