The rich underwater world of the White Sea features:
- Arctic soft corals
- Huge variety of underwater dwellers, including starfish, sea urchins, crabs, hermit crabs, brittle stars (Ophiuroidea sp) and molluscs
- Scenic vertical rocks, covered with sea anenomes (Actinia sp), sponges and hydroids
- A wide variety of fish species: cod (Gadus sp), lancet fish (Alepisaurus sp), grouper fish (Epinephelus and Mycteroperca sp), sole (Soleidae sp), eelpout (Zoarcidae sp), scorpian fish (Myoxocephalus scorpius sp), eel-like gunnels (Pholidae sp) and Pinogor sp
- Kelp jungles
- Shipwrecks – the fishing boat Yaroslavets and a patrol boat
- Drift diving with tidal flow in channels between islands where currents can reach 2m/sec.
The White Sea fauna belong to the moderate-arctic zone. The underwater world of the White Sea is rich and distinctive in its nature. The rocky surface is laid with soft corals, sea anemones (Actinia sp), sponges, Ascidiacea sp and hydroids. In the rock crevices and among stones crawl starfish, brittle stars, crabs and shrimps. Among frequently seen fish are lancet fish, grouper, sole, eelpout, pinafore, Myoxocephalus scorpius and Pholidae. You can see exquisite Nudibranchiata molluscs, hermit crabs, and the big predatory White Sea gastropods Neptunea and Bukcinum, and a rare brittle star (Ophiuroidea gorgonacephalus) with the exotic name of the ‘Head of Gorgon’.
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