Marine Census in Antarctica by Daniela Simkova

The scientists of New Zeland, U.S., and Italy began a voyage to Antarctica to realize first census of Antarctica marine life ever. The project is a part of an International Polar Year, which is a global program designed to improve our knowledge in the land and sea environment in Antarctica and Arctica. The voyage is supposed to take about two months and is to reach the destination of the north coast of Antarctica. This program is multinational which also makes team consisting of various countries. New Zelands Prime Minister Helen Clark said: "involving 23 countries and 11 coordinated voyages to survey marine ecosystems and habitats in waters surrounding Antarctica." The scientists will collect sample pieces of sea life coresponding with photo images of He sea floor. They will go into the depth of 13,000ft in the areas previously unexplored. These collected data will, as Helen Clark said: "assist decision-making on environmental issues such as climate change and its effect on Southern Ocean ecosystems." Winston Peters, a Foreign Minister, stated that voyage in Antarctica would help safeguards to detect its ecological viability. Better knowledge of land and sea environment could help on the researches of sea environment in different world locations.

by Daniela Simkova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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