| ANTARCTICPETREL | Small seabird, Thalassoica antarctica, found in the Southern Ocean (9,6) |
| ALBATROSS | Large seabird found in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific (9) |
| ROSS | --- Sea, home of the world's largest marine reserve off Antarctica in the Southern Ocean (4) |
| WEDDELLSEA | Eel waddles around in the Southern Ocean (7,3) |
| ROARINGFORTIES | Strong winds in the Southern Ocean (7,7) |
| SWEATER | Something to warm you up after race ending in the Southern Ocean (7) |
| ROSSSEA | Body of water in the Southern Ocean named after an English polar explorer (4,3) |
| PACIFIC | Largest body of salt water on Earth, extending from the Arctic in the north to the borders of the Southern Ocean. (7) |
| DIVING | Seabird in the order Procellariiformes of the southern oceans (6,6) |
| PETREL | Seabird in the order Procellariiformes of the southern oceans (6,6) |
| AMUNDSENSEA | Arm of the Southern Ocean off western Antarctica, between the islands of Thurston and Siple (8,3) |
| ANTARCTIC | ___ Ocean, body of water also known as the Southern Ocean (9) |
| MAORI | ___ chief, notothen of the Southern Ocean (5) |
| ESPERANCE | WA town on the Southern Ocean (9) |
| WEDDELL | Sea which is part of the Southern Ocean (7) |
| PINCUSHION | ___ Cactus (Plant found in the southern Canadian Prairies which calls to mind an item in a sewing kit) |
| FIREANT | Stinging insect found in the southern U.S. |
| PEA | Black-eyed ___ (bean found in the Southern dish hoppin' John) |
| PENGUIN | Waddling, flightless bird found in the southern hemisphere (7) |
| PRION | Petrel of the genus Pachyptila, found in southern oceans (5) |