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Photographic image". Archived from the original on 29 August 2011 . Retrieved 18 April 2017. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ( link) Zoologist, angler and television presenter Jeremy Wade investigated the creature in 2013 as part of the series River Monsters, and concluded that it is a Greenland shark. The Greenland shark, which can reach up to 20 feet in length, inhabits the North Atlantic Ocean around Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, and possibly Scotland. It is dark in colour, with a small dorsal fin. [126] According to biologist Bruce Wright, the Greenland shark could survive in fresh water (possibly using rivers and lakes to find food) and Loch Ness has an abundance of salmon and other fish. [127] [128] Wels catfish River Monsters' Finale: Hunt For Loch Ness Monster And Greenland Shark (Video)". The Huffington Post. 28 May 2013. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015 . Retrieved 28 December 2014. On 24 August 2011, Loch Ness boat captain Marcus Atkinson photographed a sonar image of a 1.5-metre-wide (4.9ft), unidentified object that seemed to follow his boat for two minutes at a depth of 23m (75ft), and ruled out the possibility of a small fish or seal. In April 2012, a scientist from the National Oceanography Centre said that the image is a bloom of algae and zooplankton. [69] George Edwards photograph (2011)Loch Ness monster: The Ultimate Experiment". Crawley-creatures.com. Archived from the original on 3 May 2008 . Retrieved 28 May 2009.