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title: "Aussie seabird researchers support World Albatross Day with their photos and quotes"
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# Aussie seabird researchers support World Albatross Day with their photos and quotes

*![AAD Aleks Terauds](https://www.acap.aq/images/WAD2022/AAD_Aleks_Terauds.jpg)  
Albatr**osses epitomise the wild natural world – their protection leads to conservation outcomes that cross biomes and ecosystems*- Aleks Terauds

 *ACAP Latest News* has received a number of inspirational quotes and photographs by Australian marine ornithologists that reside in Tasmania.  They were displayed on a big screen during the [Australian Antarctic Division](https://www.antarctica.gov.au/)’s [celebration](https://www.acap.aq/latest-news/4372-the-antarctic-australian-division-celebrates-world-albatross-day-in-style-with-cakes-talks-a-competition-and-a-banner) of [World Albatross Day](https://www.acap.aq/world-albatross-day/wad2022-climate-change/world-albatross-day-2022-logos-posters/4253-wad-2022-posters?highlight=WyJ3YWQyMDIyIiwiJ3dhZDIwMjInIiwiJ3dhZDIwMjInLiIsInBvc3RlcnMiXQ==) and its theme of **Climate Change** last month. A selection expressing “*insights and images from those lucky few who have sat quietly in the presence of an albatross”*follows.

 *![AAD Julie McInnes](https://www.acap.aq/images/WAD2022/AAD_Julie_McInnes.jpg)  
The seemingly endless sea of Black-browed Albatrosses on Steeple Jason was a sight to behold*- Julie McInnes

 *![AAD David Green](https://www.acap.aq/images/WAD2022/AAD_David_Green.jpg)  
Time spent amongst albatrosses has always given me an unparalleled sense of remoteness, and a feeling of how small we really are*- David Green

 *![AAD Mel Wells](https://www.acap.aq/images/WAD2022/AAD_Mel_Wells.jpg)  
It’s easy to see how albatrosses have become some of the most romanticized creatures.  In the sky they radiate grace and stillness – perfectly in paradox with the tumultuous Southern Ocean.  They have become specialists in the most fierce of conditions – yet are so vulnerable*- Mel Wells

 *![AAD Ben Viola](https://www.acap.aq/images/WAD2022/AAD_Ben_Viola.jpg)  
Observing albatrosses in their natural environment is the ultimate catharsis.  I’ve been working with these animals for five years now, and I still get childishly excited whenever I see one*- Ben Viola

 *![AAD Jaimie Cleeland](https://www.acap.aq/images/WAD2022/AAD_Jaimie_Cleeland.jpg)  
It seems an impossible task to find an animal more attuned to its environment than the albatross to the Southern Ocean*- Jaimie Cleeland

 *![AAD Roger Kirkwood](https://www.acap.aq/images/WAD2022/AAD_Roger_Kirkwood.jpg)  
The sea, the air, the birds ... the honour*- Roger Kirkwood

 *![AAD Kris Carlyon](https://www.acap.aq/images/WAD2022/AAD_Kris_Carlyon.jpg)  
Serene day crawling around the tussock reading Wandering Albatross bands on the southern Macquarie Island slopes... -*Kris Carlyon

 See Paige Green’s contribution [here](https://www.acap.aq/latest-news/4372-the-antarctic-australian-division-celebrates-world-albatross-day-in-style-with-cakes-talks-a-competition-and-a-banner).  Read more of the division’s celebrations of WAD2022 [here](https://www.acap.aq/latest-news/4391-an-acap-cartoon-competition-for-world-albatross-day-2023-the-australian-antarctic-division-takes-the-lead).

 With thanks to Jaimie Cleeland, Australian Antarctic Division.

 *John Cooper, ACAP Information Officer, 11 July 2022*