A Benthic Ecologist and long-time Antarctica diver, Stacy Kim studies seafloor creatures and marine life communities in waters below freezing! Her team is developing and working with SCINI, the Submersible Capable of Under Ice Navigation and Imaging that can go to depths below those accessible to divers.

Jen Mannas is a wildlife ecologist based at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana. She has been working in Antarctica as a Weddell Seal researcher during the seal pupping season for a number of years. In this opening episode she talks about the seals she works with and the over 40 year study that seeks to understand these incredible animals.