Akhlut

AkhlutIn Inuit mythology the word Akhlut is a supernatural white wolf that can shape shift and transform into an orca when it enters the ocean. While in the wolf form it is known by the above name, and the Inuit say they know that this change takes place as they have seen wolf tracks leading to the edge of the sea ice and ending at the water, or beginning at the edge of the water and leading to the shore. The Inuit are excellent trackers and can read prints

After an intense hour

An extremely rare image of a pair of elusive & mystical Narwhals hunting fish (Arctic Char) using their incredible tusks to slap and stun their prey

Sometime its sunny and belugas are swimming by

then for a reason unbeknownst to me they turned back

bedroom or living room centre piece

Hard not to have love and respect for these resilient animals

They have very complex languages with different dialects which they use to distinguish between different pods

it really was a supernatural experience and one I will never forget

as I have done for many hours as I get lost in this icy scene

I was lying on the wet floor of my zodiac — the timing perfectly lined up and I managed to snap this unusual angle (looking up and the fin) as I was low in the trough of the wave as he was surfacing to breathe on the crest

With no other humans around for many miles

we had spent the day exploring a glacier cut fjord in the Broughton Archipelago and on our evening boat cruise back to camp we spotted some blows in the distance a ways up the inlet