Understanding albatross
Dr David Thompson has spent years studying the habits of New Zealand species of albatross in order to try and keep the iconic seabirds out of danger from becoming bycatch of commercial fishing boats. He is a seabird ecologist with the National Insitute of Water and Atmospheric Research and has spent months on remote sub Antarctic islands fitting and retrieving tracking devices on albatross to gain a better understanding of where they fly, forage and feed.