Rare White Whale Spotted Off The Coast Of Norway

 Rare White Whale Spotted Off The Coast Of Norway
These photographs are capture by the Da 32 year old Fisher,he was witnessing one of nature's rarest sights this is happen when he was on a boat trip to Svalbard in Norway when he noticed a giant white hump rise from the water extremely rare white whale humpback the largest animal in existence.
Rare white whale spotted off the coast of Norway
The humpback, looking like a real-life version of the iconic Moby Dick, was spotted swimming in a pod of whales off the coast of Norway

  Rare white whale spotted off the coast of Norway
The whale is probably white because of a condition called leucism, which causes a reduction in all types of skin pigment

  Rare white whale spotted off the coast of Norway
One of nature's rarest sights, it was spotted by Dan Fisher, 32, who was on a boat trip to Svalbard. He rushed up the boat's mast to snap these pictures

  Rare white whale spotted off the coast of Norway
A classic: Moby-Dick, by American author Herman Melville, was first published in 1851
A classic: Moby-Dick, by American author Herman Melville, was first published in 1851

  Rare white whale spotted off the coast of Norway
Mr Fisher, who has spent 10 years working at sea as a maritime engineer, says he had never seen anything like it before and called it a once-in-a-lifetime spot

  Rare white whale spotted off the coast of Norway
The engineer said no one believed he had witnessed the spectacular sight until he showed them these pictures

  Rare white whale spotted off the coast of Norway
He later decided to dub the rare humpback Willow the White Whale
  Rare white whale spotted off the coast of Norway
An 1825 illustration of the beached whale that inspired Moby Dick, based on a drawing by Richard Iveson of Hedon
An 1825 illustration of the beached whale that inspired Moby Dick, based on a drawing by Richard Iveson of Hedon
Via[Daily Mail,Life’s Little Mysteries, Mullagain on Reddit]
A scene from the 1998 mini-series based on Melville's novel
Whale of a time: A scene from the 1998 mini-series based on Melville's novel


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