Keret Archipelago Wall
White Sea · Russia
A vertical granite wall dropping from 2 metres to beyond 40 in the Keret Archipelago, encrusted with some of the densest cold-water invertebrate communities on earth. Plumose anemones, soft corals, hydroids, sea stars, and nudibranchs cover every centimetre of rock. The near-freezing water slows metabolism so organisms grow slowly and live long — the result is a wall that has been accumulating life for centuries.
Conditions
Depth
2 to 40 m
Advanced depths
Current
Can be moderate
Can pick up on the edge
Visibility
6 to 12 m
Clearest in the calm season
Water
-2 to 12°C
Drysuit mandatory
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