Ocean Stories

Notes from the water.

Snowflake in the Faroes

Featured · Films · July 2026

Snowflake in the Faroes

A lone beluga whale in a Faroe Islands fjord, more than a thousand kilometres south of where it should be. One of a kind, out of place, fleeting.

By Matthew David Kaplan · 2 min watch

Why I Film the Ocean

Field Notes · June 2026

Why I Film the Ocean

I became a filmmaker because I believed that if people could see what I was seeing, something would shift in them. Not guilt. Not dread. Something closer to love.

By Matthew David Kaplan · 6 min read

What the Ocean Taught Me About People

Field Notes · June 2026

What the Ocean Taught Me About People

Most people will never dive. And yet the ocean connects all of us. This is what brought me from economics and NOAA research to a camera underwater.

By Audrey Cox · 5 min read