Flight tracks and speeds of Antarctic and Atlantic seabirds: radar and optical measurements

• Published in: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 1993
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Giant Petrels; South Polar Skuas
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1993.0048; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.1993.0048

A tracking radar and an optical range-finder, placed on a ship, were used to register the flight of eleven species of seabirds, in waters off the Antarctic Peninsula and in the Atlantic Ocean. Albatrosses under calm conditions used swell soaring, turning and twisting extensively within a width of 30...