According to the publication, the footage of the 3-4-meter fish was taken near the South Shetland Islands at a depth of about 490 meters at a water temperature of only +1.27 °C.
"We went there not expecting to see sharks, because there is a general rule that there are no sharks in Antarctica. And it's not even a small shark. It's a real trophy. These things are real tanks," the publication quotes researcher Alan Jamieson as saying.
Scientists suggest that the appearance of the predator may be related to climate change and warming oceans, which could potentially force sharks to move to the colder waters of the Southern Hemisphere. ria.ru.
