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AUSTRALIAN NATURAL HISTORY SERIES
ALBATROSSES TERENCE LINDSEY ALBATROSSES
Most albatrosses range across the Southern Hemisphere from Antarctica to Australia and from
South Africa to South ferocious air encircling Antarctica is an impossible place for
almost all non-aquatic animals, but not for the albatross.
The most distinctive characteristic of albatrosses is that they ride do not evade
storms, or flee them, but climb aboard and ride them – effectively throughout their lives.
Aside from a few close relatives among the petrels and shearwaters, they are the only animals
that do this.
Albatrosses outlines the life histories of these spectacular birds, and explores some of the main
strategies that have evolved to enable them to achieve mastery of one of the most hostile
regions on the . Complemented by stunning photographs taken from remote locations,
this book will be treasured by natural history and bird enthusiasts.
Terence Lindsey is an experienced zoologist, naturalist, ornithologist, writer, photographer
and illustrator. For many years he was associated with the Department of Vertebrate Zoology
at the Australian Museum, and conducted courses in ornithology at the University of Sydney.
He has directed and/or scripted a number of wildlife documentaries for television, and he has
written and produced an extensive range of books, articles and encyclopedia entries over the
past 30 years.
TERENCE LINDSEY
ALBATROSSES
If I were reincarnated, I’d choose e back as an albatross.
Frans Lanting, 1993
I now belong to a higher cult of mortals, for I have seen the albatross!
Robert Cushman Murphy, 1911
This book is dedicated to my beloved daughter Claire
AUSTRALIAN NATURAL HISTORY SERIES
ALBATROSSES
TERENCE LINDSEY
Principal Photographer Rod Morris
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