Ice fields, their fragments, hummocks, icebergs... A kind of necklace up to several hundred kilometers wide surrounding Antarctica. During the short south polar summer, expeditionary ships flying the flags of many countries conduct research here. The study of the life of this ice necklace, the drift of sea ice, their structure, the influence of icebergs on the ice regime of the Antarctic seas, the conditions for cargo operations off the coast of Antarctica with the annual change of personnel of wintering stations is the concern of oceanologists working as part of the Soviet Antarctic expedition. The book tells about them.