#Repost and credit ©️ 🎬 ✅ @lina.grube —— Norwegian Orca 2020 Memories of feeding orcas below your feet - munching the herring and leaving the bones and scales floating in the ocean glittering like a million stars. Since snorkelling with orcas became more popular in the past years the tourism boomed and I have doubts that our human impact is minimised on “watching”. What are your thoughts? #orca #killerwhale #underwater #cetacean #spekkhogger #orcas #diving #ocean #arctic #norway #ecotourism #tourism #humanimpact (at North Sea, Norway) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpD_gRktviN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Langblr Word of the Day Challenge Day Twenty-Seven - Ocean

hav (n) - ocean, sea vann (n) - water strand (m/f) - beach bredd (m/f) - shore bølge (m/f) - wave tidevann (n) - tide

skall (n) - shell blåskjell (m/f/n) - mussel østers (m) - oyster musling (m) - clam kamskjell (m/f/n) - scallop krabbe (m/f) - crab hummer (m) - lobster fisk (m) - fish hai (m) - shark hval (m) - whale spekkhogger (m) - orca delfin (m) - dolphin blekksprut (m) - octopus

båt (m) - boat skip (n) - ship ferge (m) - ferry yacht (m) - yacht undervannsbåt (m) - submarine

å svømme (v2) - to swim å seile (v2), å segle (v1) - to sail å surfe (v1) - to surf å dykke (v1) - to dive å drukne (v1) - to drown å holde pusten (v) - to hold one’s breath

Let me know if I’ve made any mistakes!

Del tre av norske dyrenavn - marine pattedyr og fiskearter

en abbor  -  a perch

en bever  -  a beaver

en blåhai  -  a blue shark

en blåhval  -  a blue whale

ei brugde  -  a basking shark

en delfin  -  a dolphin

en gråsel / havekrn / havert  -  a grey seal

en hai  -  a shark

en hval  -  a whale

en hvalross  -  a walrus

en hvithval  -  a beluga whale

en karpe  -  a carp

en knølhval  -  a humpback whale

en laks  -  a salmon

en makrell  -  a mackerel

en mort  -  a roach

en narhval  -  a narwhal

ei nise  -  a porpoise

en oter  -  an otter

en sel  -  a seal

ei sild  -  a herring

en spekkhogger  -  a killer whale / an orca

en spermhval  -  a sperm whale

ei stingsild  -  a stickleback

en sverdfisk  -  a swordfish

en torsk  -  a cod

en tumler  -  a bottlenose dolphin

ei ørekyt / ørekyte  -  a minnow

en ørret  -  a trout

en ål  -  an eel

Vær så snill og fortell meg om jeg har gjort noen feil.

Polar-themed word list in Norwegian

pol (m) = pole polarsirkel (m) = polar circle magnetfelt (n) = magnetic field magnetisme (m) = magnetism solvind (m) = solar wind solstorm (m) = solar storm Arktis = Arctic Antarktis = Antarctic  nord (n) = north sør (n) = south Nordpolen = the North Pole Sørpolen = the South Pole polarlys (n) = Aurora Polaris, polar lights nordlys (n) = Aurora Borealis, northern light sørlys (n) = Aurora Australis, southern light Nordishavet = Arctic Ocean Sørishavet = Southern Ocean is (m) = ice; ice cream snø (m) = snow snøstorm (m) = blizzard kulde (m/f) = cold isbjørn (m) = polar bear pingvin (m) = penguin sel (m) = seal manet (m) = jellyfish hval (m) = whale spekkhogger (m) = orca, killer whale drivhuseffekt (m) = greenhouse effect drivhusgass (m) = greenhouse gas havnivå (n) = ocean level

polar = polar arktisk = arctic antarktisk = antarctic nord- = used to describe something related to the north sør- = used to describe something related to the south sol- = solar kald = cold iskald = ice cold

å fryse = to freeze å smelte = to melt å stige = to rise

Norge = Norway Svalbard = Svalbard Sverige = Sweden Finland = Finland Russland = Russia Grønnland = Greenland Canada = Canada Alaska = Alaska

I hope you’ll find this list helpful and/or interesting! If you spot any mistakes and/or typos, please let me know so I can correct them as soon as possible!

A family of orcas follow our boat. En spekkhoggerfamilie følger båten vår. by harald.bohn on Flickr.

WOW Aurora underwater world. © 📷 @pxlexplorer Aurora Under the Water! We had #lightrays today!!! OH MY GOODNESS they are incredible! Stunning orange, yellow, red, even pinkish hues breaking through the dark emerald surface. I waited and waited, hoping for an #orca to come by that was snacking near the fishing boat. In the meantime I still took photos of these flickering, dancing shards of light. Then you guessed it one then two came by! The second orca came up from the depths slowly reaching the surface, his dorsal slicing through like he was opening the seas up to the heavens. It seriously was so magical and ethereal. 💙🤗 I also managed a beautiful clean shot of a humpback today so I’m extra happy! A northern humpback in emerald green waters. #bliss 💙🐋 Can’t wait to see what tomorrow brings! #whalesunderwater18 #whalesunderwater #killerwhales #orcas #wuworcas18 #orcasome #spekkhogger #shachi #kaudszarnyudelphin https://www.instagram.com/p/BqQKDorAbrg/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1xt9jji9fn0o2

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A young #orca plays between us during a very special interaction on a @arctic_freediving expedition! Winter is coming & it is almost time to head back north for incredible experiences like this one 🇳🇴 want to join us? We still have roughly 4 spaces left before the end of December 🐳 footage © J de Vos 🎥 shot with @ikelite 🐙 #followmeunderwater #orcas #killerwhale #spekkhogger #blackfish #cetacean #emptythetanks #ballenaasesina #freediving #underwaterphotography #norway #ocean #oceanlife #orcacalf #expedition #arcticfreediving #ikelite #freedivewithorca © 🎬 🖋 @jdvos_com https://www.instagram.com/p/B2ws-mmjvem/?igshid=r4k0gcn9rhoo

"Spekkhogger" - 🔵@maestro320 's Notes: Squeezing a post in today as Im busy packing my bags again for another trip into the twilight zone. In case you were wondering, "Spekkhogger" is the Norwegian word for Orca. This surreal footage was filmed in the Norwegian Fjords with the Team at Whales Underwater @whalesunderwater courtesy of Co-Founder, Professional Underwater Wildlife Photographer and Filmmaker, Good Mate, Jasmine Carey @pxlexplorer - Today I was so lucky to have Little Scratchii swim right up to me. Shot right past to check me out like a bullet train! so I had to slow the clip down. Boy, orcas are fast! Yes and even the little tykes 😄 The really #orcasome thing about Scratchii are the bite marks all over. I would love to know how this happened as Scratchii is definitely too adorable to be a #hooligan or a #troublemaker ...... a #JamesDean maybe but definitely a good calf. 😎 So after Scratchii zips past, a humpback comes along to feed at the bottom. I also thought you would all enjoy seeing what it feels and looks like floating around the #herringscales. It’s literally another #galaxy or like a shaken #snowglobe . Whichever you prefer it’s still a glittery chaos of spectacular beauty. Can’t wait for tomorrow 💙 • The orca behavioural states that are typically observed include travelling, resting, socialising and feeding. When cruising, orcas adopt a speed of 10 to 13 km/h, usually remaining within 20 m of the surface. When necessary, orcas are able to reach brief speed bursts of up to 45 km/h. Because diving is energetically costly, orcas usually stay less than a minute underwater. However when foraging, orcas can perform deep dives of up to 100-200 m and are able to stay underwater for nearly 15 minutes. ​Orcas are known to display aerial behaviours. These include spy-hopping (lifting the head vertically out of the water), breaching (launching the body out of the water) and tail-lobbing (slapping the water surface with the tail). The reasons for these behaviours remain poorly understood. - #Conservation #Education #Research #OneOceanGlobal #whalesunderwater18 #whalesunderwater #killerwhales #orcas #spekkhogger #wuworcas18 #orcasome https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqw2im-l9Ku/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1tyoigcbny6a7

Via @pnwprotectors What an experience. Post by our friends at @keiko_conservation_norway ・・・ For en opplevelse © @karischibevaag har klart å fange 💙 #lofoten #keikoconservation #spekkhogger #wildandfree #sakrisøy #orca #thanksbutnotanks #keepthemwild #killerwhale #orcas #orcapod #snow #ocean #sea #mountains

Credit to @aasjord_photo Hello old friend... It's been a strange november here in Tromsø. The whales has not invaded #Kaldfjord. A family of Orcas has been on some short visits, but most of the whales are still up in #skjervøy. We saw the signs last year, and now 99% of the whales are up there. I think they will come to my fjord on their way south. But only for a short period of time. I am happy for the people up around Skjervøy because its really good business for them. All the fishingboats and tourists will help on their economy! #tromsø #northernnorway #mittnorge #ilovenorway #discoverocean #killerwhale #nature #animals #orca #spyjumping #bestofnorway #superlokal #nrktroms #kildentiletrikereliv #jaw_dropping_shots #phototag_it #bigshot #visitnorway #spesial_shots #spekkhogger #wildlifeplanet #wildlifephotography

A family of orcas follow our boat. En spekkhoggerfamilie følger båten vår. by Harald Bøhn Via Flickr: Joining whalewatching at Andenes, Vesterålen Norway.