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Amazing Animals Hidden Under the Arctic Ice

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There are thousands of animals underneath the Arctic ice that most of us never get to see. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ocean Explorer took a scientific expedition to the Canada Basin to get much needed information about climate change, and brought back these amazing images.

1. Aulococtena














The aulococtena lives between 350 and 1,100 meters deep in the sea and is the size and color of an orange. It has two sticky tentacles, one of which can be seen here.







There are thousands of microscopic animals in our world that we rarely get a chance to see and which are as beautiful – and often more unusual – than more common creatures we are used to.

2. Larvacean



This is an unknown species of Larvacean; filter feeders who are plankton animals.

3. Clione









This Clione is also known as a sea butterfly. It is a form of shell-less snail that lives close to the surface.

4. Mollusc









These bivalves came from a core drilled deep into the ocean floor.

5. Amphipod









An unknown species of commensal amphipod captured below 1,000 meters with a multinet.

6. Sea Star









A stunning sea star brought up from the sea floor. Sea stars are a keystone species and have a huge effect on the surrounding environment and ecology.

7. Copoped









This male copepod (meaning 'oar feet') is known by its extra long tail and antennae. The males are rare and do not live long.

8. Hymenodora glacialis









These fascinating beauties are the only pelagic shrimps living in the water column known to survive in the Canada Basin.

9. Eusirus holmii









This amphipod species (a crustacean with no shell) was found both at 2,000 feet below the surface and up at the same level as the ice.

10. Crossota









These brilliant tiny jellyfish spend their lives as plankton in the water column.

Beautiful Sunrise Photos

Who says money doesn't grow on trees?

They say money doesn't grow on trees.

But it certainly appears to do so on the mysterious coin-studded trunks dotted around the UK's woodland.

The strange phenomenon of gnarled old trees with coins embedded all over their bark has been spotted on trails from the Peak District to the Scottish Highlands.

The coins are usually knocked into felled tree trunks using stones by passers-by, who hope it will bring them good fortune.

These fascinating spectacles often have coins from centuries ago buried deep in their bark and warped by the passage of time.

The tradition of making offerings to deities at wishing trees dates back hundreds of years, but this combination of the man-made and the natural is far more rare.

It used to be believed that divine spirits lived in trees, and they were often festooned with sweets and gifts - as is still done today at Christmas.

The act is reminiscent of tossing money into ponds for good luck, or the trend for couples to attach 'love padlocks' to bridges and fences to symbolise lasting romance.

Some pubs, such as the Punch Bowl in Askham, Cumbria, have old beams with splits in them into which coins are forced for luck.

There are seven felled tree trunks with coins pushed into them in the picturesque village of Portmeirion, in Wales.

Meurig Jones, an estate manager at the tourist destination, told the BBC: 'We had no idea why it was being done when we first noticed the tree trunk was being filled with coins.


'I did some detective work and discovered that trees were sometimes used as "wishing trees" .

Coins are hammered into trunks with rocks in the Lake District

Trees are traditional sources of good luck as deities were thought to reside in them