Antarctica’s rapidly receding sea ice could have a negative impact on the food supply of seabirds that breed hundreds of miles away from the continent. Most of the world’s albatrosses, and their close relatives, petrels, breed on islands in the Southern Ocean, which surrounds Antarctica. Antarctica’s rapidly receding sea ice could have a negative impact on the food supply of seabirds that breed hundreds of miles away from the continent. Most of the world’s albatrosses, and their close relatives, petrels, breed on islands in the Southern Ocean, which surrounds Antarctica. Plants & Animals Ecology Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories