Benthopelagic krill aggregations were found at the shelf edge in the southeastern Weddell Sea and observed directly along transects using a video camera mounted on a Remotely Operated Vehicle. The observations were made at depths of 480 and 416 m from a distance of up to 200 cm above the bottom. At one station a swarm was observed to reach densities of several tens to several hundreds of specimens per m3, maximum density exceeded 230 specimens per m3. At a second station only scattered krill were encountered. © 1994.