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The towering mountains and iceberg-filled seas of the western Antarctic Peninsula have for three decades formed the backdrop of scientist Bill Fraser's study of Advelie penguins. In that time, this breathtaking region has warmed faster than any place on earth, with profound consequences for the Advelies, the classic tuxedoed penguin that is dependent on sea ice to survive. During the Antarctic spring and summer of 2005-2006, author Fen Montaigne spent five months working on Fraser's field team, and he returned with a moving tale that chronicles the beauty of the wildest place on earth, the lives of the beloved Advelies, the saga of the discovery of the Antarctic Peninsula, and the story-told through Fraser's work-of how rising temperatures are swiftly changing this part of the world.