Flip Nicklin / Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) cows and calves in shallow estuary, Somerset Island, Nunavut, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) curious group, Lancaster Sound, Nunavut, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) whale, curious pod at 200 foot depth, Lancaster Sound, Nunavut, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) pod underwater, Lancaster Sound, Nunavut, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) whale, group surfacing, Lancaster Sound, Nunavut, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) curious pod at 200 foot depth, Lancaster Sound, Nunavut, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) whales at 200 foot depth, Lancaster Sound, Nunavut, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) group swimming and molting, Cunningham Inlet shallows, Northwest Territories, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) group swimming and molting, Cunningham Inlet shallows, Northwest Territories, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) whale, group surfacing, Cunningham Inlet, Northwest Territories, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) group swimming and molting, Cunningham Inlet shallows, Northwest Territories, Canada

Flip Nicklin / Beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) stranded on shore awaits incoming tide, cries to protect eyes while out of water, Canadian Northwest Territories