Wandering Albatros

The albatross is the ultimate glider. It spends large parts of the year soaring above the ocean, travelling thousands of kilometres in search of food. It can only do this because this way of flying uses very little energy. With its long wings, it uses changes in wind speed just above the waves. Albatrosses only come to land to breed, making their nests on inhospitable, and therefore safe, islands in the southern oceans.