Abstract:The sea ice community plays an important role in the Arctic marine ecosystem. Species are transported by the Arctic transpolar drift system, and ice algae are an important source of the primary production that supports the sympagic community and may seed the spring phytoplankton bloom in ice edge areas. Because of the predicted environmental changes in the Arctic environment and specifically related to sea ice, the Arctic pack ice biota has received more attention in recent years using modern ice-breaking r...