A SURVEY OF ANTARCTIC BIOLOGY: LIFE BELOW FREEZING.

The article presents the author's discussion regarding what kind of biological research is being conducted in Antarctica and what science is learning from it. He says that to biologists, the animals of the antarctic seas are among the most fascinating on Earth. He reveals that a glycoprotein antifreeze has been found in the blood of Trematomus fishes and it keeps them from freezing in seawater which is below the freezing point. He presumes that perhaps the glycoprotein interacts with the water to keep it from freezing, it may be useful as a refrigerant for red blood cells, sperm, tissue and other biological materials.