An all-white, and possibly albino, killer whale was spotted in seas off eastern Russia, scientists reported Monday, dubbing the adult male “Iceberg.”
“In many ways, Iceberg is a symbol of all that is pure, wild and extraordinarily exciting about what is out there in the ocean waiting to be discovered,” Erich Hoyt, co-director of the Far East Russia Orca Project, said in a statement. “The challenge is to keep the ocean healthy so that such surprises are always possible.”
The researchers say Iceberg is the first adult, all-white male orca to have been documented.
