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The albatross's good-bye

19 Dec 2011 | by IW:LEARN
© Mike Hood, JC066 Nov-Dec 2011 A good indicator that we are moving northward is that there are fewer and fewer albatrosses around the ship. We have probably left their favourite distribution range as we have reached the subtropical waters (seawater temperature at surface is 20°C today!).