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Birds during a snowstorm off Spildra

Frenchman Arthur Guerin-Boeri before his dive to spot orcas. All photos: AFP

Guerin-Boeri's dives were off Spildra island, Norway, in the northern Arctic Circle

A killer whale in Kvaenangen Fjord, near Spildra

The area is where whales come to hunt herring

Guerin-Boeri is a five-time world champion in the dynamic apnea category of competitive freediving

He can swim more than 100 metres under water and hold his breath for several minutes

The ocean temperature is about 3°C while the air temperature is -4°C at this time of year

Guerin-Boeri spent a week diving from snowy Spildra, a tiny island in the Arctic Circle

The freediver plans to return next winter

His aim was simply to watch the majestic creatures

He said the experience was an 'unforgettable memory'

'I'm in the water next to two super-predators that accept me. It's majestic,' Guerin-Boeri said after his first dive with the mammals

Guerin-Boeri before his adventure

The diver warms up in a traditional Arctic hut by the fjord

Guerin-Boeri surfaces after a dive

He shelters from the unforgiving weather in a traditional Norwegian hut made from wood and covered with earth and grass

Guerin-Boeri approaches a killer whale

Diving in such inhospitable conditions is a tough challenge

Birds during a snowstorm off Spildra

Frenchman Arthur Guerin-Boeri before his dive to spot orcas. All photos: AFP

Guerin-Boeri's dives were off Spildra island, Norway, in the northern Arctic Circle

A killer whale in Kvaenangen Fjord, near Spildra

The area is where whales come to hunt herring

Guerin-Boeri is a five-time world champion in the dynamic apnea category of competitive freediving

He can swim more than 100 metres under water and hold his breath for several minutes

The ocean temperature is about 3°C while the air temperature is -4°C at this time of year

Guerin-Boeri spent a week diving from snowy Spildra, a tiny island in the Arctic Circle

The freediver plans to return next winter

His aim was simply to watch the majestic creatures

He said the experience was an 'unforgettable memory'

'I'm in the water next to two super-predators that accept me. It's majestic,' Guerin-Boeri said after his first dive with the mammals

Guerin-Boeri before his adventure

The diver warms up in a traditional Arctic hut by the fjord

Guerin-Boeri surfaces after a dive

He shelters from the unforgiving weather in a traditional Norwegian hut made from wood and covered with earth and grass

Guerin-Boeri approaches a killer whale

Diving in such inhospitable conditions is a tough challenge

Birds during a snowstorm off Spildra

Photo essay: Freediver dances with killer whales in Norway's Arctic waters

Arthur Guerin-Boeri travelled to the snowy island of Spildra to see the majestic creatures

The National

AFP

February 03, 2023

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