Where can you see the Beluga?
Some of the best places to see the Beluga in the wild include South Spitsbergen National Park (Norway), Forlandet National Park (Norway) and Northern Isfjorden National Park (Norway) — among 6 wildlife hotspots across Norway and the United States. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
Alaska, United States
+391 birds+58 mammals
Where the North Pacific collides with Alaska's rugged coastline, a sprawling archipelago of islands, rocky outcrops, and coastal headlands forms one of North America's most remote…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYForlandet National Park
Vera, Norway
+38 birds+12 mammals
Windswept Arctic tundra meets jagged coastal cliffs where the Barents Sea crashes against Norway's northernmost wilderness. This sliver of protected terrain on the Nordkapp Peninsula comprises…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNorthern Isfjorden National Park
Norway
+40 birds+12 mammals
Where the Arctic fjord system cuts deep into Svalbard's northwestern coast, Northern Isfjorden National Park protects a landscape of stark geological drama—towering cliff faces, tidewater glaciers,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNorthwest Spitsbergen National Park
Norway
+58 birds+17 mammals
Where the High Arctic converges with the Norwegian mainland, Northwest Spitsbergen National Park sprawls across one of Earth's most extreme and pristine wildernesses. Crowned by jagged…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSassen-Bünsow Land National Park
Soere, Norway
+30 birds+10 mammals
Where Arctic tundra sprawls across glaciated plateaus in the remote Svalbard archipelago, a realm of raw geological drama unfolds. Sassen-Bünsow Land National Park encompasses a landscape…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSouth Spitsbergen National Park
Norway
+41 birds+15 mammals
Glaciers and tundra meet in Norway's high Arctic, where South Spitsbergen National Park sprawls across the southernmost reaches of the Svalbard archipelago. Here, massive valley glaciers…
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