Naluark

NaluarkNaluark (nah LOO ahrk) in Inuktitut means "whitened skin. Mark took this image in a remote inlet along the Northwest Passage where hundreds of Belugas come to socialise and exfoliate their white skin in the shallow river mouths. Prize Sizes: Sizing Guide Page SMALL: 12" x 8" (+0. 2" border) Only 100 Limited Editions. All include a certificate with hologram, signature and edition series. MEDIUM: 24" x 16" (+0. 3" border) Only 100 Limited Editions. All

Her mum selflessly puts herself between the cold Antarctic wind and her chick

As its giant tail (flukes) came up after it last breath to dive

Antarctica is a delicate ecosystem

finished drinking my tea flask and from a few miles away kept the orcas within the focal range of my binoculars

maybe openings in the ice

just as the sun set in the glacial cut fjord in the Broughton Archipelago

as you leave Cummingham Inlet and start to approach the North West Passage

The Inuit are excellent trackers and can read prints well so this lead them to believe its true as its otherwise unexplainable

In the High Arctic at 74 degrees north the sun does not set for a few months during the summer

Families are very important in Killer Whales

It all adds up

It’s hard to describe what it feels like to be immersed in this surreal icy world on a small inflatable boat