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Paul Cziko, at right, and friend.

Paul Cziko, at right, and friend.

A single lineage of fishes, the Antarctic notothenioids, dominates the frigid and icy waters around Antarctica. They survive by virtue of special antifreeze proteins that bind to and arrest the growth of ice crystals that invade their bodies.

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Juvenile nototheniid fish on anchor ice
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