Underwater walks with beluga whales

The reserve for beluga whales in the White Sea, you can swim and even touch these amazing white, enormous, and the creation of good-natured.

15 Photo © Andrey Nekasov / Ecoscene / Barcroft Media

A diver swims with a beluga two icebergs in the White Sea, Russia. Beluga whales seemed to help him swim grasping hands.





38-year-old photographer Andrew Nekasov from Odessa came to the White Sea in northwestern Russia, which has long been chosen by these amazing mammals white.



Some beluga some time been in captivity, but soon released them into the wild after treatment.



"The White Sea - a real sanctuary for these mammals. These belugas produce many animal and water parks. They breed well, here is full of children ", - says Andrey.



Curious by nature, beluga welcome divers in these icy waters, looking out of the hole. "Diving with the belugas are very popular because they are very friendly. When we are ready to dive, they look out of the water and look at us. They like you to customize, they say, come quickly, we have been waiting for. "



Andrew and his team arrived at the dive site on snowmobile. Organizers of the Polar Circle diving center doing a hole in the ice with hand drills and Buravov.



By removing large chunks of ice, divers plunge on the rope and swim to a depth of five meters.



Diver sitting in the hole prepared for it, ready to plunge into the icy water.



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10, plunged into the water, divers often play with beluga whales that seem to flaunt in front of them.



11. Beluga is not in the list of endangered or threatened animals, but this type is already threatened by pollution and habitat loss.



12. This reserve was created by marine biologists from the University of St. Petersburg in 2006.



13. This "natural farm" is the center of their breeding and the place where the white whale, which was previously used in the Water Park and Dolphinarium, undergoing rehabilitation, to then return to freedom.



14. Natural Bay under the ice to protect beluga whales from strong currents and leaves them a place to breed.



15. Sometimes this center guests can swim with beluga whales in the vicinity and even touch them



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