Our ocean is warming, becoming more acidic and filled with plastics. To fight this, we need hope, action and engagement.

Kjetil C Astrup is a world renowned underwater cinematographer. Beneath the surface he has filmed everything from James Bond and Kygo to killer whales and plastic pollution. Kjetil has a deep and long standing passion for the ocean and everything in it.

In this short film, Kjetils mesmerising subsea shots from Norways coastline is combined with his thoughts on the ocean - what he has observed, what threatens it and what it takes to conserve it.

DPJonas Murstam

Underwater cinematographerKjetil Astrup

Underwater cinematographerTim Koch

EditorTormod Berge

Subsea short film by underwater cinematographer Kjetil C Astrup for Nordic Ocean Watch