The icebreaker ship crashes through the surf as it heads out to explore the frozen world of the Ross Sea
'The Ross Sea is fantastical, and I hoped to capture some of the humbling beauty. Every creature that I encountered in the Antarctic demanded my immediate and complete attention and respect.
'The Ross Sea is the last large, intact marine ecosystem left on Earth, illuminating the devastating assessment by the United States National Science Foundation.
'A more sobering discovery is that little if any of the ocean remains unaffected by fisheries, agricultural runoff, sewage, aqua culture and industry.
'The scariest estimates are that we've eaten our way through 90% of the world's top predatory fishes - tunas, groupers and sharks - since 1950. The most optimistic estimates aren't much better.'
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