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	Albatrosses By: Lindsey, Terence Published By: CSIRO Publishing PDF for Digital Editions Price: $35.95 Available to read online in eb20 (what's this?) PDF for Digital Editions	EBOOK OPTIONS ADD TO CART ADD TO WISHLIST TELL A FRIEND RECEIVE ALERTS
	Albatrosses are largely confined to the region referred to by early mariners as the 'Roaring Forties' and the 'Furious Fifties', otherwise known as the Southern Ocean. The single most distinctive characteristic of the albatrosses is that they ride storms. Aside from a few close relatives among the petrels and shearwaters, they are the only animals (of any kind) that do this. They don't evade storms, or flee them, or grit their figurative teeth and hang on through them, they climb aboard and ride them - effectively throughout their lives. The meterology of the Southern Ocean is so extreme that the region might reasonably be viewed as essentially one enormous, endless storm. One with random patches and periods of relative calm, true - but broadly speaking an eternal torrent of high-velocity air that completely encircles Antarctica. For any non-aquatic animal, this characteristic makes the Southern Ocean nearly as inhospitable as the polar wastes or the most extreme of deserts. To all but the albatross, that is. This work outlines the life histories of these spectacular birds, and explores some of the main strategies and tactics that have evolved to enable them to achieve mastery of one of the most hostile regions on the planet.

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