Scientists went on the hunt for the elusive colossal squid – and brought along cruise ship tourists
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Kolossal hopes to film a colossal squid in its natural habitat, the waters around Antarctica.
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The squid is large, but elusive and difficult to study because it lives thousands of meters underwater.
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The use of Antarctic tourist boats made searching for the squid much more cost-effective.
Over four trips, tourists on an Antarctic cruise ship watched as researchers lowered a camera into the frigid, frigid waters of the Southern Ocean. They had the same question every day: "Have you found it yet?"
The scientists were looking for the colossal squid, an ...