The beluga, or white whale

Two-time world freediving champion Natalya Avseyenko with white whales (Photo by Viktor Lyagushkin)

White whales in an open sea pen in Russia’s Far East

An employee of the Primorye Oceanarium of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Far Eastern Branch trains white whales in an open sea pen

An employee of the Primorye Oceanarium of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Far Eastern Branch trains white whales in an open sea pen