The document discusses biodiversity data from Antarctica and efforts to make it freely accessible online. It describes several initiatives including SCAR-MarBIN, ANTABIF, and GBIF that host Antarctic biodiversity data and enable users to access over 1 million records. Examples of applications for the data are also provided, such as modeling species distributions, examining responses to climate change, and designing targeted scientific expeditions. Challenges in fully realizing the potential of the data are also discussed.