Acknowledgements; 1 Myth and legend; 2 The species; 3 The habitat (the Southern Ocean); 4 Food and foraging; 5 Flight; 6 Courtship; 7 The nesting cycle; 8 Human impacts; Appendix; Selected references; Index
Summary
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
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-136) and index
