Looking at footage from the team's deepest dive, which was taken at 10,000m in the Tonga Trench, off the coast of New Zealand, Dr Alan Jamieson says that there is still much to learn about this part of the ocean.

At 9,000m in the Tonga Trench, off the coast of New Zealand, small creatures called amphipods swarm. These efficient scavengers can strip a dead dolphin to the bone in weeks.

At 7,700m in the Japan Trench, in the Pacific Ocean, the Oceanlab team recorded a large shoal of snail fish  the deepest fish ever to be filmed alive.

Dr Alan Jamieson explains how the team has been able to film the creatures that live thousands of metres below sea level.

A creature called an isopod, filmed at 7,100m in the Japan Trench, in the Pacific Ocean, surprised the team with its strange swimming technique.

At 7,000m in the Kermadec Trench, the team filmed vividly coloured animals swimming around the bait.

At a depth of 6,000m in the Kermadec Trench, off the coast of New Zealand, creatures like this red crustacean do not linger for long in one place - as Dr Alan Jamieson explains.

Dr Alan Jamieson from the University of Aberdeens Oceanlab explains how a rat-tail, which was filmed at a depth of 5,500m on the edge of the Marianas Trench in the Pacific Ocean, finds food in the dark.

It is pitch black, icy cold and the pressure is phenomenal. The deepest parts of the ocean are some of the least hospitable places on Earth - yet footage from recent expeditions reveals that life in the oceanic trenches is thriving. Click on the images below to see the remarkable creatures of the deep.