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Could an Antarctic Fish Hold the Key for Safely De-Icing Our Winter Roads?

The Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) is a large, nearly six-foot long resident of Earth’s very southernmost waters. It’s range begins at the 60th parallel, which is basically the beginning of the Southern Ocean which means, as the fish’s name might suggest, that it inhabits some of the coldest waters in the world right along the …