Little Grey and Little White are about to relocate to a spacious new home half a world away. (Photo: SEA LIFE TRUST Beluga Whale Sanctuary/for China Daily)
Two beluga whales living in a Shanghai aquarium will make a journey of more than 9,223-kilometre next year to a new open-water sanctuary in Iceland.
The "groundbreaking marine welfare project", the world's first sanctuary for beluga whales, was unveiled this week by the Sea Life Trust in partnership with Whale and Dolphin Conservation.
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