Tracking the Wandering Albatross

From Nine to Noon 20 August 2013

Kath Walker and Graeme Elliot have been studying wandering albatross on the remote Antipodes and Adams Islands in the southern ocean for more than two decades. They go to the islands for up to three months – sometimes camping on rocky outcrops on the sides of the inhospitable islands, counting, banding, observing the amazing birds – all during unpaid leave from their regular jobs.

Satellite tracked locations of 46 Gibson's (blue) and 65 Antipodean (red) wandering albatrosses

Subantarctic Islands location map.

Graeme Elliott and Kath Walker.

Courting Gibson's wandering albatrosses on Adams Island

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