In Antarctic waters, danger often appears without warning. A radar may detect large icebergs from miles away, but dangerous growlers, fragments of floating ice that are often transparent, truck-sized, and less than 1 meter high, can remain nearly invisible in rough seas. Light conditions shift rapidly. Fog rolls in without notice. At night, crews rely on every available tool to navigate safely through one of the most challenging maritime environments on Earth. For Boris Herrmann and Team Malizia, these conditions are not theoretical. They are operational reality. And for nearly a decade, they have also been helping build the maritime AI systems designed to navigate them.