A small pod of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas), consisting of several males and one lone female mating, Svalbard, Norway, Europe

A small pod of beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas), consisting of several males and one lone female mating, Svalbard, Norway, Europe

The white bodies of a group of Beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) breaking the surface of the calm water. These beluga whales that live in the St. Lawrence, Canada, year-round belong to the furthest southerly population of this arctic whale species.

Aerial view of beluga whale pod in the Churchill River near Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada.

Curious Beluga pod (Delphinapterus leucas) approach underwater in the Churchill River, Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada.