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Photos: Barba’s Whale Safari
The Barba crew set out on an ocean safari to find and photograph the whales wintering in the cold waters of the Senja region, in Northern Norway.
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Updated: May 10, 2016
Tony Wu swims near a humpback whale’s fluke.
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Tony swims with two humpback whales.
Thomas Kleiven
Tony Wu ready to go to work photographing the whales.
Kari Schibevaag
Tony dives below with an orca bull.
Thomas Kleiven
The “footprint” of a humpback below the surface.
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The crew gets ready to get in the water.
Kari Schibevaag
Barba
patrolling the waters for whales.
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Norway is a land of contrasts.
Kari Schibevaag
Northern lights seen from the
Barba
base of operations, Hamn i Senja.
Kari Schibevaag
There’s no such thing as cold weather!
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The whales killed a herring for dinner.
Malin Waage
Mr Wu to the left, orca to the right performing what is known as a “spyhop”.
Kari Schibevaag
Andreas soaring with orcas using an underwater wing.
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A humpback playing next to
Barba
.
Tore Emil Lien
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