April 03, 2008

Dancing with the …whales!


Julia Petrik, had to cut through ice one foot thick to get in to the -2C (28F) water off the north-west coast of Russia.

Miss Petrik, 38, one of the world's top free divers, swims underwater with no air tanks and can hold her breath for up to two minutes.

After entering the water she grabbed hold of a passing Beluga Whale for a lift - a moment captured by British photographer Dan Burton.



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