Pascal Kobeh / Group of Narwhals (Monodon monoceros) swimming at the surface. Baffin island, Canada. Arctic ocean.

Yumiko Wakisaka / Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) female

Yumiko Wakisaka / Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) male

Flip Nicklin / Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) fluke of diving whale, Baffin Island, Northwest Territories, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) harvested by subsistence hunters, Baffin Island, Northwest Territories, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) pod in lead in pack ice, Baffin Island, Northwest Territories, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) meat hauled by Inuits, Baffin Island, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) meat and Inuit hunters, Baffin Island, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Researchers John Ford and Debbie Kavanagh looking for Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) from kayak, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) researchers recording vocalizations, Baffin Island, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) aerial view of a group of males, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Narwhal (Monodon monoceros) aerial view of male group, Baffin Island, Canada