Icebergs and bergy bits floating in the Weddell Sea in and around the Antarctic Peninsula during the summer months.

A massive tabular iceberg off the coast of Elephant Island in the South Shetland Island Group, Antarctica.

Detail of a melting iceberg (note the dripping icicles) grounded at Heroina Island in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica.

Detail of a melting iceberg (note the dripping icicles) grounded at Heroina Island in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica. Note the snowy sheathbill on top of the iceberg.

Juvenile Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) from a recently discovered colony on Snowy Hill in the Weddell Sea. This may be the northernmost Emperor penguin colony in Antarctica.

Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) from a recently discovered colony on Snowy Hill in the Weddell Sea. This may be the northernmost Emperor penguin colony in Antarctica.

Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) hauled out on fresh ice from a recently discovered colony on Snowy Hill in the Weddell Sea. This may be the northernmost Emperor penguin colony in Antarctica.

Sunset on snow-capped mountains and icebergs surrounded in brash ice in Crystal Sound near the Antarctic Circle on the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula.

Iceberg detail in and around the Antarctic Peninsula during the summer months. More icebergs are being created as global warming is causing the breakup of major ice shelves and glaciers.

Adleie penguins leaping in front of a beautiful Iceberg at Heroina Island in the Weddell sea, Antarctica.

Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) leaping off an iceberg to return to the sea to feed on Devil Island near the Antarctic Peninsula.

Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) hauled out on an iceberg in a snowstorm near Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Adelie penguins are truly an ice dependant penguin species.

Sunset on fresh sea ice and tabular icebergs in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica.