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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Environment
Helen Scales

Discovered in the deep: scientists solve mystery of ‘pogo-stick’ seabed holes

A complete burrow showing a maerid amphipod at the last opening,
A complete burrow showing a maerid amphipod at the last opening. Photograph: Wiley online library

During an expedition in the cold waters of the Bering Sea, between Russia and Alaska, last summer, a team of scientists spotted neat lines of holes poked into the seafloor. But they did not know who – or what – had created them.

Scientists on the German research vessel Sonne set about hunting for clues. They sifted through several hundred images captured by a camera towed above the seafloor.

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