Kids' English | The Dominions of the White Death (part 4/5)

The waters that bathe the south of Australia are a link preserved from a former union. 50 million years ago, this island-continent broke away from the Antarctic, abandoning it to the cold currents which froze it. Here, on the southern Australian coast, these waters come to the surface, giving to rise to a veritable explosion of life, an incredible proliferation of species, from plankton eaters to specialist predators. People often think that the sea is full of life, that everywhere creatures of one size