Photograph by @paulnicklen // After spending months of camping on the sea ice, I finally took off in my ultralight airplane with my friend and ace pilot, Brian Knutsen. We expected to see a few Narwhals from the air but never did I expect to find a large group of male narwhal surrounded by the most stunning pattern and shape in the sea ice. Once we saw this, we landed immediately and walked up within 4 feet of hundreds of narwhals. Please #follow me on @paulnicklen to see my favorite images from this encounter. There really are unicorns out there in the wild. The spiral, ivory tusks just so happens to be on a beautiful and very real whale rather than a fictitious horse. #unicornsofthesea #unicorn #narwhal #whale #nature #gratitude #naturelovers #beauty @natgeo @natgeocreative #climatechange #climatechangeisreal