Others, like many fish and insects, have special chemicals in their blood that keep them from freezing. Birds also have waterproof feathers. Some animals leave Antarctica during its coldest months, from June until August. Animals like the Humpback whale move to warmer waters to reproduce after eating huge amounts of krill in Antarctic waters. Plants Antarctica has very little land available for soil to grow plants.
Plants are limited to algae, lichens and mosses.
Some coastal seaweed survive in warmer northern waters.