Nature’s Best Photography
Ocean Views
Experience the Ocean Through the Art of Photography
June 11, 2008 through November 2008
Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas)
Cunningham River Inlet, Somerset Island, Nunavut, Canada
by Norbert Rosing, Grafrath, Bavaria, Germany
Each year in July, hundreds of beluga whales
congregate to mate and give birth in the
mouth of
the Cunningham River where warm, fresh water
blends with the cold,
salty
arctic sea. During
high tide they swim upstream with their backs
barely covered by the
shallow water, their stomachs
rubbing the small rocks of the riverbed.
"Flying in a Twin Otter
aircraft with the door
off, I was able to achieve a clear shot of this
natural
wonder. It was one of the highlights of my career
as a professional photographer.”
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