The climate of our planet is changing. The most significant impact is in the Arctic region. According to gloomy scientific prognostications, the Arctic ice shield will melt completely for the very first time in the summer of 2059. It will disappear entirely by the end of the century. The The
White Sea, as the most southern of all Arctic seas and the only totally freezing European sea, gets the shortest end of the stick. Its unique biodiversity is under threat right now.
What is new
The vast biodiversity and bizarre creatures of the Northern Seas are well known, but all the photos of these small things show them in a black field—without any understanding of where they live.
We decided to change the point of view and came back from our spring 2018 expedition with completely new photos. We made pictures of the tiny animals in their natural environment—swimming and hunting under the ice among leaves of seaweed, communicating and fighting for food, and so on. These are the very first photographs of that kind.
Nowadays, climate change and environmental issues are a matter of common concern. The Arctic shield is melting due to extreme temperatures, and within a decade, the White Sea will lose its season ice. This will lead to endemic species extinction. Our task is to take photos of these wonderful creatures in their environment while they are still there and turn public attention to the problem of climate change.

The world changes before our very eyes, the Arctic ice is melting, the climate is changing, species are disappearing. My goal is to show people this wonderful world under the ice so that humanity understands what we will lose in the near future if we do not turn our attention to this problem. – Viktor Lyagushkin

Within the project, PHOTOTEAM.PRO has published numerous publications, including the White Sea Calendar 2020, held several exhibitions, and given a series of lectures on life in Arctic seas and climate change in the Arctic. One can find all the news with tag #until the ice melts.