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Starkly beautiful wave-like ice formations like the ones captured below can indeed be found in parts of Antarctica: Examples: However, such formations are not created (as claimed in the text accompanying these images) by waves of water hitting frigid air and instantly freezing in place; they're typically formed over time from ice that has been compacted and uplifted by glaciation, then shaped through exposure to the elements: These particular photographs were taken at the Antarctic base of Dumont D'Urville by Tony Travouillon in 2002. Beginning in March 2008, newer versions of these pictures described the ice formations as a phenomenon occurring in Lake Huron near Michigan, thereby erroneously placing them thousands of miles away (and in the wrong hemisphere) from their true source.
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