Franco Banfi / Scuba diver under ice next to large ice formation, Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia, March 2010. No release available.

Franco Banfi / Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) swimming under ice, Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia. Captive

Franco Banfi / Scuba diver under ice, surfacing to the hole, viewed from underneath, Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia March 2010. No release available.

Franco Banfi / Scuba diver under ice and ice formation, Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia March 2010. No release available.

Franco Banfi / Beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) swimming under ice and exhaling air, with scuba diver in background, Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia, captive

Franco Banfi / Person well dressed for cold temperatures, Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia. No release available.

Franco Banfi / Scuba diver with special head hood for cold water diving, Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, Northern Russia, April 2009. No release available.

Flip Nicklin / Southern Right Whale (Eubalaena australis) researchers Roger Payne, right, Jim Darling, left, and Gustavo Alvarez Colombo, center, watching individual dive, Peninsula Valdez, Argentina

Franco Banfi / Northern Lights / Aurora borealis, Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia, March 2010

Franco Banfi / Stalked jellyfishes (Lucernaria quadricornis) Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, Northern Russia

Franco Banfi / Sponge (Porifera) Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia

Franco Banfi / Shrimp (Eualus gaimardii) Arctic circle Dive Center, White Sea, Karelia, northern Russia