Blue whales Balaenoptera musculus (22 images)

Blue whales, ( Balaenoptera musculus ) are the largest mammals on the planet, up to 33m long and weighing up to 190 tons. The images in this gallery were taken in the Barents sea off Svalbard, Denmark Straight off Iceland, and in the Greenland sea. This is a small selection from the 1000 plus images of blue whales in our archives