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I kinda want to see Antarctic midge (Belgica antarctica) before I leave this Earth.

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You could go on an Antarctic cruise and be the one person looking for midges instead of penguins... One of my favorite places on the ice is a 3-person helicopter refueling station I worked at near the Dry Valleys. Just a huge coastal moraine in the shadow of a piedmont glacier, but here and there as I walked around I'd find a clump of moss tucked under a stone, and knew (or assumed) that there were midges and springtails (the largest Antarctic terrestrial life) hidden in it. For me, though, it was the bright green color that thrilled.

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