Tony Wu / Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus), group socialising in shallow water, aerial view. Part of larger group of more than 50 whales congregating, Sea of Okhotsk sub-population, Russia.

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklets (Aethia pygmaea), Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklet (Aethia pygmaea), Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered auklet (Aethia pygmaea) portrait, Iony Island / Jonas' Island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered Auklet (Aethia pygmaea) female portrait, Jonah's island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Nesting colony of Thick-billed Murre / Brunnich's Guillemot (Uria lomvia) on St. Jonah's island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) calling, St. Jonah's island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July

Vladimir Medvedev / Whiskered Auklet (Aethia pygmaea) male and female courtship, Jonah's island, Sea of Okhotsk, Far East Russia, July .

Franco Banfi / Camp with tents on beach in Vrangel Bay where Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) congregate every summer. Primorsky Krai, Russia. August 2019.

Franco Banfi / Driftwood on beach, Vrangel Bay, Primorsky Krai, Russia. August 2019.

Franco Banfi / Woman paddleboarding close to Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus). Vrangel Bay, Primorsky Krai, Russia. August 2019.

Franco Banfi / Woman paddleboarding in Vrangel Bay to get close to Bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus). Primorsky Krai, Russia. August 2019.