via science news:
Scientists spotted the animal, known as an amphipod, frolicking in a hole drilled through the ice in late 2009.
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This video feed comes from a camera looking upward from the bottom of a hole that has just been drilled through the ice using a jet of warm water; the jet creates a scalloped pattern as it swirls downward.
The White Mountain from charles on Vimeo.
the face-cleaning starts at about 1:35
warning: this video’s audio track is some sort of high-pitched feedback squeal that drove me nuts inside of 15 seconds. maybe mute your computer. the only sound is tiny munching noises, anyway.