Meet white dolphins

For the first time divers and Arctic photographer Franco Banfi, 58, had an interesting meeting with white dolphins (Delphinapterus leucas) in the icy White Sea of ​​northern Russia.

Franco Banfi diver swims with white dolphins

Franco Banfi, working at the Arctic Diving Center, and his colleagues broke the ice surface layer of about 0.5m thick, jumped into the cold White Sea at -100C temperature for the purpose of approaching white whales in self Of course.

The job requires certain determination: while Franco Banfi dives below, his colleague on the ice surface prevents the water from freezing for a few minutes. The group's efforts eventually achieved results when Banfi reunited a white dolphin in the sea.