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The article narrates about the six-person research team who set out on a 3-month campaign during the 2011-12 field season to explore the biodiversity of Prince Charles Mountains, the largest chain of rocky outcrops in Australia's Antarctic Territory. It informs that the mountains are among the least known places of Antarctica from a biological perspectives. The article also states that more than 275 soil samples were collected, with many of them supplemented by mites and botanical specimens.