• Fishermen have found a beluga whale in Norway wearing a harness with a camera mount. The harness read 'Equipment of St. Petersburg' and it is believed it could have been trained by the Russian Navy to be used for special operations. EPA
    Fishermen have found a beluga whale in Norway wearing a harness with a camera mount. The harness read 'Equipment of St. Petersburg' and it is believed it could have been trained by the Russian Navy to be used for special operations. EPA
  • A Norwegian fisherman observes a beluga whale swimming below his boat before they were able to removed its tight harness. The harness strap, which features a mount for an action camera, says 'Equipment St. Petersburg', has prompted speculation that the animal may have escaped from a Russian military facility. AP
    A Norwegian fisherman observes a beluga whale swimming below his boat before they were able to removed its tight harness. The harness strap, which features a mount for an action camera, says 'Equipment St. Petersburg', has prompted speculation that the animal may have escaped from a Russian military facility. AP
  • Fisherman Joergen Ree Wiig tries to reach the harness attached to a beluga whale. AP
    Fisherman Joergen Ree Wiig tries to reach the harness attached to a beluga whale. AP
  • Norwegian fisherman Joar Hesten tries to attract a beluga whale swimming next to his boat to enable them to remove the tight harness. AP
    Norwegian fisherman Joar Hesten tries to attract a beluga whale swimming next to his boat to enable them to remove the tight harness. AP
  • The beluga whale was discovered by fishermen off the coast of northern Norway, close to a fishing village of Inga, Norway. Norwegian marine experts believe that the whale, wearing a harness reading 'Equipment of St Petersburg, was allegedly trained by Russian Navy to be used for special operations. EPA
    The beluga whale was discovered by fishermen off the coast of northern Norway, close to a fishing village of Inga, Norway. Norwegian marine experts believe that the whale, wearing a harness reading 'Equipment of St Petersburg, was allegedly trained by Russian Navy to be used for special operations. EPA
  • Fisherman Joergen Ree Wiig holds the whale harness after it was removed from a beluga whale off the northern Norwegian coast. AP
    Fisherman Joergen Ree Wiig holds the whale harness after it was removed from a beluga whale off the northern Norwegian coast. AP

Beluga whale wearing harness found by fishermen - in pictures


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