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A surfacing beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas). Note the open blowhole, eye, distinctive lips, and pronounced forehed. St. Lawrence estuary, Canada Sequence 3/3.

Steering with its pectoral fins the friendly Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) turns its streamlined body towards the boat in order to dive under the hull. St. Lawrence estuary, Canada. Sequence 5/6

Curious Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) surfaces near the boat, its flippers widely spread in order to keep its balance. Note the distinctive lips and the open eye. St. Lawrence estuary, Canada Sequence 2/2.

Approaching the boat from behind, this Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) heaves its head out of the water. St. Lawrence estuary, Canada. Sequence 2/3.

Only for a few seconds the blowhole of a surfacing beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) is exposed and free of water. St. Lawrence estuary, Canada Sequence 1/3.

Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) swimming into a path of light created on the watervs surface by the setting sun. St. Lawrence estuary, Canada. Sequence 1/2.

The female Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) named Tic-Tac-Toe, a regular visitor to the area, breaches close to the research vessel. Out of joy, to fool around, or simply to impress people or her companion Siam? St. Lawrence estuary, Canada Sequence 2/3.

Minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata) surfacing in the green coloured water. Although exposed, she still has both blowholes tightly closed. Note the pronounced ridge on the rostrum, a main feature of rorqual whales. St. Lawrence estuary, Canada Sequence 1/2.

A surfacing beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas). Note the open blowhole, eye, distinctive lips, and pronounced forehed. St. Lawrence estuary, Canada Sequence 2/3.

Adult male walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus), Prins Karls Forland, Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway

A stranded Svalbard reindeer fawn (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on ice floe at Monaco Glacier in Wood Fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

A stranded Svalbard reindeer fawn (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on ice floe at Monaco Glacier in Wood Fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin pod (Stenella longirostris) underwater in Honolua Bay off the northwest coast of Maui, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean

California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) in San Ignacio Lagoon on the Pacific side of the Baja Peninsula, Baja California Sur, Mexico

A stranded Svalbard reindeer fawn (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on ice floe at Monaco Glacier in Wood Fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Mother polar bear (Ursus maritimus) with two coy (cubs-of-year) on multi-year ice floes in the Barents Sea off the eastern side of Heleysundet in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult male walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) on multi-year ice floes off Bolshoy Island, Barents Sea, Norway

Adult Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) killing and then eating a king penguin on the island of South Georgia, southern Atlantic Ocean

Adult male walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) on multi-year ice floes off Bolshoy Island, Barents Sea, Norway

Excited whale watchers on shore see all three resident killer whale (Orcinus orca) pods off Lime Kiln lighthouse, San Juan Island, Washington State, USA

A very rare sighting of an adult blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) fluke-up dive off the northwestern side of Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway

A stranded Svalbard reindeer fawn (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on ice floe at Monaco Glacier in Wood Fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Mother polar bear (Ursus maritimus) with two coy (cubs-of-year) on multi-year ice floes in the Barents Sea off the eastern side of Heleysundet in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult male walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) hauled out on the beach at Poolepynten in Prins Karls Forland, Barents Sea, Norway

A stranded Svalbard reindeer fawn (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on ice floe at Monaco Glacier in Wood Fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin pod (Stenella longirostris) underwater in Honolua Bay off the northwest coast of Maui, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean

A stranded Svalbard reindeer fawn (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on ice floe at Monaco Glacier in Wood Fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult male walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus), Prins Karls Forland, Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway

Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin pod (Stenella longirostris) underwater in Honolua Bay off the northwest coast of Maui, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean

Excited whale watchers on shore see all three resident killer whale (Orcinus orca) pods off Lime Kiln lighthouse, San Juan Island, Washington State, USA

Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin pod (Stenella longirostris) underwater in Honolua Bay off the northwest coast of Maui, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean

Gravid Sally lightfoot crab (Grapsus grapsus) with eggs in the litoral of the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean

Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin pod (Stenella longirostris) underwater in Honolua Bay off the northwest coast of Maui, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean

A stranded Svalbard reindeer fawn (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on ice floe at Monaco Glacier in Wood Fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Wild Galapagos giant tortoise (Geochelone elephantopus) feeding on fallen passion fruit on the upslope grasslands of Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador

Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin pod (Stenella longirostris) underwater in Honolua Bay off the northwest coast of Maui, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean

A very rare sighting of an adult blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) fluke-up dive off the northwestern side of Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway

Sally lightfoot crab (Grapsus grapsus) in the litoral of the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean

Excited whale watchers on shore see all three resident killer whale (Orcinus orca) pods off Lime Kiln lighthouse, San Juan Island, Washington State, USA

Adult male walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus) on multi-year ice floes off Bolshoy Island, Barents Sea, Norway

A stranded Svalbard reindeer fawn (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on ice floe at Monaco Glacier in Wood Fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

San Esteban spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura conspicuosa), an endemic iguana found only on Isla San Esteban in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico

A stranded Svalbard reindeer fawn (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on ice floe at Monaco Glacier in Wood Fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult waved albatross (Diomedea irrorata) at breeding colony on Espanola Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador

Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin pod (Stenella longirostris) underwater in Honolua Bay off the northwest coast of Maui, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean

Adult green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) in the protected marine sanctuary at Honolua Bay, Maui, Hawaii, USA

Adult waved albatross (Diomedea irrorata) at breeding colony on Espanola Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador

Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) tail throw in the lower Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California Sur, Mexico.

San Esteban spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura conspicuosa), an endemic iguana found only on Isla San Esteban in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico

Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin pod (Stenella longirostris) underwater in Honolua Bay off the northwest coast of Maui, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean

Excited whale watchers on shore see all three resident killer whale (Orcinus orca) pods off Lime Kiln lighthouse, San Juan Island, Washington State, USA

San Esteban spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura conspicuosa), an endemic iguana found only on Isla San Esteban in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico

Wild Galapagos giant tortoise (Geochelone elephantopus) feeding on fallen passion fruit on the upslope grasslands of Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador

Adult male walrus (Odobenus rosmarus rosmarus), Prins Karls Forland, Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway

California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) underwater in San Ignacio Lagoon on the Pacific side of the Baja Peninsula, Baja California Sur, Mexico

A curious adult polar bear (Ursus maritimus) approaches the National Geographic Explorer in the Barents Sea, Edge Island, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Adult waved albatross (Diomedea irrorata) courtship display at breeding colony on Espanola Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean

San Esteban spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura conspicuosa), an endemic iguana found only on Isla San Esteban in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico

A stranded Svalbard reindeer fawn (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on ice floe at Monaco Glacier in Wood Fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Mother polar bear (Ursus maritimus) with two coy (cubs-of-year) on multi-year ice floes in the Barents Sea off the eastern side of Heleysundet in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Wild Galapagos giant tortoise (Geochelone elephantopus) feeding on fallen passion fruit on the upslope grasslands of Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador

San Esteban spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura conspicuosa), an endemic iguana found only on Isla San Esteban in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico

Excited whale watchers on shore see all three resident killer whale (Orcinus orca) pods off Lime Kiln lighthouse, San Juan Island, Washington State, USA

San Esteban spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura conspicuosa), an endemic iguana found only on Isla San Esteban in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico

Adult puffin (Fratercula arctica) on calm waters off the northwest side of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Half undewater and half above water view of Olowalu Reef on the west side of the island of Maui, Hawaii, USA.

A very rare sighting of an adult blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) fluke-up dive off the northwestern side of Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway

Hawaiian Spinner Dolphin pod (Stenella longirostris) underwater in Honolua Bay off the northwest coast of Maui, Hawaii, USA, Pacific Ocean

California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) underwater in San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California Sur, Mexico

California Gray Whale (Eschrichtius robustus) calf breaching in San Ignacio Lagoon on the Pacific side of the Baja Peninsula, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Excited whale watchers on shore see all three resident killer whale (Orcinus orca) pods off Lime Kiln lighthouse, San Juan Island, Washington State, USA

Wild Galapagos giant tortoise (Geochelone elephantopus) feeding on fallen passion fruit on the upslope grasslands of Santa Cruz Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador

A stranded Svalbard reindeer fawn (Rangifer tarandus platyrhynchus) on ice floe at Monaco Glacier in Wood Fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

San Esteban spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura conspicuosa), an endemic iguana found only on Isla San Esteban in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico

Adult waved albatross (Diomedea irrorata) at breeding colony on Espanola Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador

Excited whale watchers on shore see all three resident killer whale (Orcinus orca) pods off Lime Kiln lighthouse, San Juan Island, Washington State, USA

A pair of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) on multi-year ice floes in the Barents Sea off the eastern coast of Edge Island, Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

San Esteban spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura conspicuosa), an endemic iguana found only on Isla San Esteban in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico

Adult puffin (Fratercula arctica) on calm waters off the northwest side of Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Gravid Sally lightfoot crab (Grapsus grapsus) with eggs in the litoral of the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador. Pacific Ocean