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A free diver exercises dynamic apnoea below an iced platform, in the chilly salt water of the White Sea, at minus 2 degrees Celsius. Must be
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
A free diver exercises dynamic apnoea below an iced platform, in the chilly salt water of the White Sea, at minus 2 degrees Celsius. Must be extremely prepared, brave and self-controlled to free-dive, holding the breath, in ambient without a fast and clear access to the surface. Reaching the underwater world, is an adventure itself since a thick layer of ice bars the passages every night, due to very low temperatures, and every day one must cut ice holes (called mainas by locals) into the ice platform. Salted water needs very low temperature to freeze. Below the ice platform, the upper layer is a melt of fresh and salt water, allowing a surprising amount of life to thrive. Location: White Sea, northern Russia.
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Couple of Sea Angel, Clione limacina, Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Couple of Sea Angel, Clione limacina, Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Beluga and diver under the ice White Sea Karelia Russia
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Sea anemone Spinecheek anemonefish - Papua New Guinea ; Spinecheek Clownfish in white Sea Anemone, Kimbe Bay, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
© Tobias Friedrich / WaterFrame - Agence / Biosphoto
© Tobias Friedrich / WaterFrame - Agence / Biosphoto
Sea anemone Spinecheek anemonefish - Papua New Guinea ; Spinecheek Clownfish in white Sea Anemone, Kimbe Bay, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Person who provide contact with the divers inside the maina (sawed entry hole) to dive under the ice, Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
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The edges of the sea are frozen with ice in winter, Arctic circle
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
The edges of the sea are frozen with ice in winter, Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
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The edges of the sea are frozen with ice in winter, Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
The edges of the sea are frozen with ice in winter, Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
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Scuba diver under ice and ice formation, Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Scuba diver under ice and ice formation, Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
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Scuba diver under ice walking upside down, exercise to practice
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Scuba diver under ice walking upside down, exercise to practice orientation, Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
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Scuba diver under ice walking upside down, exercise to practice orientation, Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Scuba diver under ice walking upside down, exercise to practice orientation, Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
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Scuba diver under ice in a halocline cloud, a subtype of chemocline caused by a strong, vertical salinity gradient within a body of water. Arctic
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Scuba diver under ice in a halocline cloud, a subtype of chemocline caused by a strong, vertical salinity gradient within a body of water. Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
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Scuba diver exit the maina (sawed entry hole) to dive under the
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Scuba diver exit the maina (sawed entry hole) to dive under the ice, Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
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Surface tender seen through the maina (sawed entry hole) to dive
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Surface tender seen through the maina (sawed entry hole) to dive under the ice, Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
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Scuba diver under ice and ice formation, Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Scuba diver under ice and ice formation, Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
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Beluga whales, (Delphinapterus leucas) swimming under ice, Arctic
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Beluga whales, (Delphinapterus leucas) swimming under ice, Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
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Sea spider, (Nymphon longitarse) Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Sea spider, (Nymphon longitarse) Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
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Common starfish, (Asterias rubens), Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Common starfish, (Asterias rubens), Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
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Shrimp (Lebbeus polaris) on a kelp leaf, Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Shrimp (Lebbeus polaris) on a kelp leaf, Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
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Hairy hermit crab, Pagurus pubescens, Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Hairy hermit crab, Pagurus pubescens, Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Sea Angel (Clione limacina), Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
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Sea Angel (Clione limacina), Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Sea Angel (Clione limacina), Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
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Small shrimp, coastal mysid of Arctic (Mysis oculata), Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Small shrimp, coastal mysid of Arctic (Mysis oculata), Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
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Comb jelly Beroe, (Beroe abyssicola), Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Comb jelly Beroe, (Beroe abyssicola), Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
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Common northern comb jelly (Bolinopsis infundibulum) Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Common northern comb jelly (Bolinopsis infundibulum) Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
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Comb jelly Beroe, (Beroe abyssicola), Arctic circle Dive Center,
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Comb jelly Beroe, (Beroe abyssicola), Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
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Nudibranch, (Dendronotus frondosus), Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
© Franco Banfi / Biosphoto
Nudibranch, (Dendronotus frondosus), Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia
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White sea urchin (Tripneustes ventricosus), in a mixed seagrass with Tape-grass (Halophila sp), Manatee grass (Syringodium filiforme) and Turtle
© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto
© Mathieu Foulquié / Biosphoto
White sea urchin (Tripneustes ventricosus), in a mixed seagrass with Tape-grass (Halophila sp), Manatee grass (Syringodium filiforme) and Turtle grass (Thalassia testudinum). Natural Marine Park of Martinique.
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White Anemone shrimp (Periclimenes brevicarpalis) on White Sea Anemone, Andaman Sea, Thailand
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
© Gabriel Barathieu / Biosphoto
White Anemone shrimp (Periclimenes brevicarpalis) on White Sea Anemone, Andaman Sea, Thailand
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Under the ice of the White Sea, Nilmoguba, Republic of Karelia,
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
Under the ice of the White Sea, Nilmoguba, Republic of Karelia, Russia
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Underwater fog, Decaying aquatic vegetation forming a layer of fog, White Sea, Nilmoguba, Republic of Karelia, Russia
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
Underwater fog, Decaying aquatic vegetation forming a layer of fog, White Sea, Nilmoguba, Republic of Karelia, Russia
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Dive Photographer and Underwater Landscape, White Sea, Nilmoguba, Republic of Karelia, Russia
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
Dive Photographer and Underwater Landscape, White Sea, Nilmoguba, Republic of Karelia, Russia
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Sea slug (Coryphella sp), White Sea, Nilmoguba, Republic of Karelia, Russia
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
Sea slug (Coryphella sp), White Sea, Nilmoguba, Republic of Karelia, Russia
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Ice on the surface of the White Sea, Nilmoguba, Republic of Karelia, Russia
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
Ice on the surface of the White Sea, Nilmoguba, Republic of Karelia, Russia
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Horned stalked jellyfish (Lucernaria quadricornis), White Sea, Nilmoguba, Republic of Karelia, Russia
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
Horned stalked jellyfish (Lucernaria quadricornis), White Sea, Nilmoguba, Republic of Karelia, Russia
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Wrinkled Star (Pteraster militaris), White Sea, Nilmoguba, Republic of Karelia, Russia
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
Wrinkled Star (Pteraster militaris), White Sea, Nilmoguba, Republic of Karelia, Russia
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Skeleton shrimp (Caprella septentrionalis), White Sea, Nilmoguba, Republic of Karelia, Russia
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
Skeleton shrimp (Caprella septentrionalis), White Sea, Nilmoguba, Republic of Karelia, Russia
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Skeleton shrimp (Caprella septentrionalis), White Sea, Nilmoguba, Republic of Karelia, Russia
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
Skeleton shrimp (Caprella septentrionalis), White Sea, Nilmoguba, Republic of Karelia, Russia
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Soft corail (Gersemia fruticosa) and Amphipod (Amphipoda sp), White Sea, Nilmoguba, Republic of Karelia, Russia
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
Soft corail (Gersemia fruticosa) and Amphipod (Amphipoda sp), White Sea, Nilmoguba, Republic of Karelia, Russia
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Lesser cylinder anemone (Cerianthus lloydii), White Sea, Nilmoguba, Republic of Karelia, Russia
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
Lesser cylinder anemone (Cerianthus lloydii), White Sea, Nilmoguba, Republic of Karelia, Russia
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Aurora Borealis over the White Sea, Nilmoguba, Republic of Karelia, Russia
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
Aurora Borealis over the White Sea, Nilmoguba, Republic of Karelia, Russia
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Aurora Borealis over the White Sea, Nilmoguba, Republic of Karelia, Russia
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
Aurora Borealis over the White Sea, Nilmoguba, Republic of Karelia, Russia
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Clonal plumose anemone (Metridium senile), White Sea, Nilmoguba, Republic of Karelia, Russia
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
© Bruno Guénard / Biosphoto
Clonal plumose anemone (Metridium senile), White Sea, Nilmoguba, Republic of Karelia, Russia
© Muriel Duhau / Biosphoto
Portrait of Atlantic Wolffish White Sea Karelia Russia