These pictures were originally collected from an email in 2008 claiming the photos were taken on Lake Huron, Michigan. While the photos themselves are real, the backstory was false. Read more about the Antarctic wave myth on Snopes.com.
Michigan has had the coldest winter in decades. Water expands to freeze, and at Macinaw City the water in Lake Huron below the surface ice was supercooled. It expanded to break through the surface ice and froze into this incredible wave.
This wave phenomena is seen in Antarctica, but in Michigan? Yes, it's been quite a winter!