Photo by paulnicklen / Sometimes a moment comes together on assignment, such as with the narwhals in Canada's far north and this image of the ivory brigade, as I call them. The water's surface churned as their ten-foot-long tusks spiraled into the sky, before they shattered the frigid Arctic silence with their breath. Reading about legendary animals in textbooks is one thing, but seeing them up close in the wild is another entirely. Follow me PaulNicklen, where I do my best to make the world's most iconic species accessible to everyone in the hopes of encouraging conservation. #Whale #Narwhal #Nunavut #Canada #Arctic #Tusks #Legendary #Iconic #Conservation