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Scott Roberts

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The light in arctic goes hard, I prefer late October and early November to have the longest days but no matter what sunsets and sunrise up here seem to go on for hours.

Shot with #nauticamhousings @sonyalpha.anz A1 aboard @arctic_freediving

#orca #killerwhale #arctic #arcticfreediving #norway #70degreesnorth #diving by @scottrobertstries

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The ocean delivered yesterday with my first false killer whales!

These cousins of the orca are actually dolphins (like orcas), and while they look quite a bit different than the orcas they get their name from (no white patch and much more thin), their skulls appeared almost identical to scientists in 1841, hence there name!

Shot with @sonyalpha A1 housing in @nauticamhousings with a WACP

On tour with @latitude.encounters @mathiasvanasch

#falsekillerwhales #whales #dolphins #nauticamhousings #freediving #diving #swimwithwhales by @scottrobertstries

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Found a female manatees with three little calves following her around today in the spring. This was the first time I’d ever seen one mother with three calves, usually the most you’ll see is two!

Shot with @nauticamhousings @sonyalpha A1 with Nikonos RS13mm

#manatees #manatee #florida #springs #diving #snorkeling by @scottrobertstries

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Unboxing with scottrobertstries and Tiberius by @scottrobertstries

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Consider this my love letter to Oceanic white tips, sun rays, blue water and most of all silly little pilot fish.

One of those shots I’ve been after for years is a blue shark or oceanic with just a squad of 10 pilot fish. But when you find these sharks in the deep blue, every encounter is a bit of bottled magic.

Shot with #nauticamhousings @sonyalpha.anz A1

#oceanicwhitetip #longimanus #pilotfish #freediving by @scottrobertstries

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I’m not bored of orca photos yet. This was the end of the 6 hour feeding event from this season, only @jdvos_com and I were still going, the partner vessel had switched to paddle boarding. I kept sharing these two curious juveniles with the paddle boarders, as they would bump them and then come down to check me out freediving below.

Arctic magic.

Shot with #nauticamhousings WACPC and @sonyalphanz A1

#orca #whales #norway #arcticcircle by @scottrobertstries

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When big island hits it HITS, @thesaltyskipper spotted this blow on the horizon and what followed was one of the best ocean days. My first time seeing sperm whales and this whole pod was incredibly social and curious for hours, this individual came by exceptionally close and then turned around and gave us a second pass.

We spent most of the day observing them topside so they could rest and socialize unbothered, can’t wait to see more of these in Dominica in February!

Shot with #nauticamhousings @sonyalpha.anz A1 WACP aboard @seethroughsea

#spermwhales #whales #whale #freediving by @scottrobertstries

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Been holding back my favorite orca portrait from this last trip. I was the only person in the water to the horizon, this juvenile went back and forth a number of times coming within an arms reach again and again. Best orca interaction to date.

This type of interaction is special but not the baseline, I’ve spent three weeks in the Arctic each of the last two seasons to maximize chances of an interaction like this. Hundreds of drops, all beautiful in their own way but not quite as special as this. You won’t see anything if you don’t go out, but be ready to try again and again.

Taken November 1, 2025

Shot with #nauticamhousings @sonyalpha.anz A1

#orca #killerwhales #arcticcircle #whales #freediving #arctic #arcticfreediving by @scottrobertstries

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Still processing this year’s migration to the Arctic, already prepping for next year. This has turned into the trip I look forward to the most each year, because you every encounter feels earned. The temperature, the weather, the amount of boat traffic, and the animals themselves make nothing guaranteed. It’s an addicting environment to dive into, especially if you can get off the map and away from the crowds.

As a bonus there’s whales, lots and lots of whales.

Shot with a variety of lenses + settings with #nauticamhousings @sonyalpha.anz A1

#orca #orcas #baitball #finwhale #arcticfreediving #arcticcircle #arctic #norway #whales #whales #whales by @scottrobertstries

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A school of herring creates a window around a lions mane jellyfish in the arctic circle.

These balls of herring are the reason for all of the life here, they come as part of their annual migration to rest and shelter from predation before spawning (not very successfully I might add) and come in such numbers that they can completely fill the fjords.

Shot with #nauticamhousings @sonyalpha.anz A1

#arcticfreediving #herring #baitball #arctic #arcticcircle by @scottrobertstries

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Fin whales are the second largest animal to ever live, behind only the blue whale. This was not my first time seeing one, but was the first time I had clear enough water and enough light to hope to even capture the full 26m/80+ feet of this behemoth.

Swimming next to something this large breaks your brain, you keep waiting on it to end and it just keeps going and going by you. This one was taking sideways lunges at a baitball in front of me and would appear for seconds every ten minutes.

Shot with #nauticamhousings @sonyalpha.anz A1 and a WACP aboard @arctic_freediving

#finwhale #whales #whale #arcticcircle #arcticfreediving #arctic by @scottrobertstries

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Humpback whales appearance in the annual Norwegian herring migration, creates a spectacular but potentially dangerous component of this spectacle. Out of nowhere, you’ll see a flash of white fins and then a black shadow will appear right in front of you with a 40 ton animal lunging through a bait ball.

One more reason to avoid a drysuit up here, mobility keeps you not crushed! Very happy to get a feeding shot of one, can’t wait for next season!

Shot with #nauticamhousings @sonyalpha.anz A1 WACP

#whales #humpback #seventydegreesnorth #arctic #freediving #humpbackwhales #arcticcircle by @scottrobertstries

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