An Albatross Surfs the Wind
About this episode
The episode explores how albatrosses use wind currents to travel long distances across the ocean.
By moving from the faster high air to slower low air, or vice versa, an albatross can propel itself forward. In a series of sinuous loops, the albatross surfs the wind, up and down, repeating the pattern over and over again as it moves thousands of miles across the ocean.
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