Ashley Cooper / Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) with members of an expedition cruise ship. Curverville Island, Antarctic Peninsula.

Ashley Cooper / Balcony cafe over looking The Mer De Glace which has thinned 150 meters since 1820, and retreated by 2300 Metres, with a balcony cafe overlooking the rapidly shrinking glacier. Chamonix, France, Septe...

Ashley Cooper / Glacier at Recherchefjorden on Western Svalbard with moraine showing the massive rate of retreat in the last 100 years. Svalbard, Norway, July 2013.

Ashley Cooper / Glacier at Recherchefjorden on Western Svalbard with moraine showing the massive rate of retreat in the last 100 years. Svalbard, Norway, July 2013.

Ashley Cooper / Glacier at Alkehornet, Western Svalbard with moraine showing how far the glacier has retreated. Svalbard, Norway. July 2013.

Ashley Cooper / Glacier at Alkefjellet in northern Svalbard. At the side of the glacier is an unconformity where basalt rock has intruded as a sill between layers of limestone. Svalbard, Norway, July 2013.

Ashley Cooper / Meltwater pools and tourist buggy on the Athabasca glacier,which has lost 60 percent of its ice in the last 150 years. Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada. August 2012.

Ashley Cooper / Meltwater channels on the Athabasca glacier, which has lost 60 percent of its ice in the last 150 years. Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada. August 2012.

Ashley Cooper / Meltwater channels on the Athabasca glacier, which has lost 60 percent of its ice in the last 150 years. Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada. August 2012.

Ashley Cooper / Tourist ice buggy's on the Athabasca glacier, which has lost 60 percent of its ice in the last 150 years. Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada. August 2012.

Ashley Cooper / Meltwater channels on the Athabasca glacier which has lost 60 percent of its ice in the last 150 years. Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada. August 2012.

Ashley Cooper / Twenty ton ice explorer truck next to a Moulin, or sink hole for meltwater. Iceland, September 2010.