The Antarctic Legacy of South Africa (ALSA) celebrates with the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels (ACAP) the First Wold Albatross Day on 19 June 2020. Over the years many Overwinter team members and Takeover Personnel have taken photo’s of Albatrosses. On the ALSA digital repository you will find ore than 500 images of Albatrosses taken with people. There are also many video material and documents available. ALSA would like to share the Wandering Albatross Dance video clip with you taken in 2011 while ALSA was visiting Marion Island, the footage was taken from the Marion station.
Featured image by Ben van der Walt in 2018 on Marion Island
ALSA showed support in baking a cake for the celebration. Photo credits on the Cake to Ben Dilley and Tom McSherry
See follow up article on all the activities on World Albatross Day at beginning of July 2020