The SEA LIFE Trust has confirmed the safe arrival of two beluga whales, Little Grey and Little White, in their new sea sanctuary care area at Klettsvik Bay in Iceland.

This is the first time that Little Grey and Little White have been in the sea since they were taken from a whale research centre in Russia in 2011.

This is also the first time that captive beluga whales have ever been released to an ocean sanctuary. In partnership with WDC, the SEA LIFE TRUST Beluga Whale Sanctuary is one of the biggest developments in captive whale and dolphin care and protection in decades and the first of its kind to be created for cetaceans.

Merlin Entertainments, which owns the SEA LIFE aquarium chain and set up The Sea Life Trust, has a long-held principle that belugas and other cetaceans do not belong in captivity. It has been seeking a solution for the belugas since its acquisition of Changfeng Ocean World in 2012.

The Sea Life Trust picked the bay in Iceland as the site for its pioneering project to provide a natural sub-Arctic environment and wild habitat for the whales. The establishment of the sanctuary and the transfer of the whales has been carried out in conjunction with Whale and Dolphin Conservation and with a substantial donation from Merlin Entertainments.

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