Beneath Cold Seas

BENEATH COLD SEAS

Images in a new book capture the Pacific Northwest's underwater wilderness.

Cross jelly swarm at night

BENEATH COLD SEAS

Images in a new book capture the Pacific Northwest's underwater wilderness.

Oral disk of rose anemone

BENEATH COLD SEAS

Images in a new book capture the Pacific Northwest's underwater wilderness.

A gigantic Pacific octopus emerges from its den.

BENEATH COLD SEAS

Images in a new book capture the Pacific Northwest's underwater wilderness.

A wolf-eel in the wreckage of a sunken ship.

BENEATH COLD SEAS

Images in a new book capture the Pacific Northwest's underwater wilderness.

About 40 curious Steller sea lions surrounded Hall when he encountered them foraging near a rocky island. Males, some weighing more than a ton, and 700-pound females pushed and poked him, seemingly oblivious to his vulnerability. A shaken Hall swam hastily to the surface and the safety of his boat, though not before getting this remarkable shot. 

BENEATH COLD SEAS

Images in a new book capture the Pacific Northwest's underwater wilderness.

In 2010, when sockeye salmon filled the Adams River in numbers not seen since 1913, Hall set out to document the event. The reek of carcasses of already spawned salmon filled the air as he waded into the water, barely able to stand in the swift current. As the sun set, he submerged part of his camera to capture the battling fish against the forest backdrop.