Stunned scientists have discovered there may be as something as large as five million square kilometres living under Antarctica.
While the frozen continent is generally thought of as a hostile climate - with only the likes of penguins, seals and fish able to survive there - researchers have now suggested something larger may be present in the icy waters.
Boffins have long observed the blooms of photosynthetic algae that emerge in Antarctica during the warmer months, when the seasonal ocean ice melts away, reports the Daily Star.
