Gray whales – Wrangel Island

Gray whales have been hunted to extermination in the Atlantic Ocean. But you can still find some in the Pacific Ocean (and the Behring Straits).

These very quiet monsters may even jump out of the water (Is it a game? Is it communication? Nobody really knows).

Gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), Baleine grise.
Wrangel Island, Russia.
August 2018.