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I'm a underwater photographer and
cameraman and also a free diving
instructor trainer so as a kid I always
had an interest in the ocean I also even
wanted to become a marine biologist that
interest led to an aren't giving me a
cook as a gift and there was a section
on Orca in their little description of
one Orca are and that always fascinated
me just the way they look this was the
apex predator years went on and things
worked out where I did not become the
marine biologist I ended up studying
Chemical Engineering the circumstances I
ended up working in the oil field around
about 2009 there was a recession and I
was round about the time I decided that
I had an office of oil field and this
isn't something I want to do anymore and
you know I always still had this love
for the ocean so I started scuba diving
and actually in my time off worked up to
the point of becoming a scuba instructor
this is where I started developing my
photography more using freedom
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I'm very lucky to be working with guys
like Guevara who know the coast around
northern Norway really well they also
know the marine life cold warning but
anyway I should not go down the divers
I'm glad between us we have a pretty
good idea of potential spots where we
might find the animals also you know
understanding the weather knowing where
you can dive or where you can sail to is
also a really important factor
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oh that's perfect audition 3d together
good so I'm on the road looking out and
we see a group of humpback whales
approaching us so the first thing I do
is I dive down and wait for them
basically you see the shapes long before
you see any fine details so you see any
shadows appearing out of the water as
they come closer and I look up and you
can see that now in this moment they're
aware it's really humbling to have an
animal that big stop turn and look at
really really look at you before moving
on and that's not just an animal which
is seeing something in the water and
trying to avoid it as genuine curiosity
that's really something special to
experience
we
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I their justice based on what we've seen
before we tend to go to places where we
know there are areas with a hairy
pentanoic and where we know when we seen
whales before but that can change from
day to day
right they were done so badly again
sorry
a lot of in and out of the boat today
moving around
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oh yeah they will take the arrogant down
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there's birds right overhead that the
eagle and all of these or car racing in
the same direction is something there
all right
more side on or side are perfect and
switch off the engine so do not swim
towards them until I tell you to get
very quietly get in the water now
we come into the Seward and we think
that there's Orca here we look around
and always see in every single direction
is Orca and humpback and they're just
everywhere every 20 seconds you have
Orca coming next to you and you know
Cobb is coming to look at you and you
have contacts just appearing out of
nowhere and then disappearing and
followed by more cast
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it's one of the most intense experiences
I've had with so many animals part of
the reason it can be so intense is that
when you're freediving you are using a
lot less equipment compared to scuba
diving this means your movement both
physically and in terms of your ability
to operate variable depths is not as
restricted this usually results in
better experiences
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here
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as a kid the idea of seeing one in the
wild like from shore isn't something I
ever imagined would happen so I perceive
them underwater it's just the furthest
thing I would ever imagine what actually
happened to me
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that's honest um that was positively
amazing
this is some of the most impressed
vocalizations I've ever heard you grab
me a blanket I can just sleep out here
on the paddleboard