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Keeping up a six-year old tradition. Displaying banners to mark World Albatross Day
Members of Marion Island’s 82nd Overwintering Team with their World Albatross Day 2025 banner, replete with individual messages and the welcome news they have sponsored a hectare to the Saving Marion Island’s Seabirds: The Mouse-Free Marion (MFM)...
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The Australian Antarctic Division hosted its annual morning tea to celebrate World Albatross Day and its 2025 theme “Effects of Disease” on 19 June
Staffers and guests at this year’s World Albatross Day morning tea at the Australian Antarctic Division on 19 June. Dr Christine Bogle, ACAP’s outgoing Executive Secretary, holds the World Albatross Day banner on the left, incoming ACAP Executive...
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World Albatross Day celebrations around the world: Japan holds a three-week-long event
Organizers and contributing artists gather in the Nature Centre of the Tokyo Port Wild Bird Park on 07 July, the last day of a three-week exhibition held as part of the World Albatross Day and Seabird Week held over 15-21 June. The Short-tailed...
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World Albatross Day celebrations around the world – Australia’s Antarctic Division displays a banner and eats some cakes
Australian Antarctic Division staffers celebrate ‘WAD2024’ outside their Kingston headquarters, reusing their 2021 banner As in previous years, the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) marked World Albatross Day, this year with its theme of ‘Marine...
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An ACAP Cartoon Competition for World Albatross Day 2023? The Australian Antarctic Division takes the lead
The winning entry by Kyle Travers The Australian Antarctic Division has been an active supporter of World Albatross Day since its inception in 2020, with banners, games, and this year, cartoons, as well as a new banner. Climate Change. Ross the cross...
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The Antarctic Australian Division celebrates World Albatross Day in style with cakes, talks, a competition and a banner
Climate change cartoon by Leonie & Patrick Suter Already a valued supporter of World Albatross Day (click here) the Antarctic Australian Division (AAD), based in Kingston, Tasmania has pulled out the stops this year with an event held earlier this...
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The Australian Antarctic Division supports World Albatross Day with a new banner and an Albicake Bake Off
Post No. 5 for ‘WADWEEK2021’ AAD for WAD 2021: socially distanced Australian Antarctic Division staff take flight with nearly-life-sized Wandering Albatross banners for WAD 2021 Banner by the AAD Media & Communications team, albatross photograph by...
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Raising the banner for World Albatross Day in Australia as global celebrations get going today
Christine Bogle, ACAP Executive Secretary and Kim Ellis, Director, Australian Antarctic Division, along with some socially distanced AAD colleagues, join in global celebrations of the first World Albatross Day on 19 June 2020. Photograph by Simon...
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Australia displays World Albatross Day banners on sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island
Australian Antarctic Division’s Station Leader Finn Taylor (left) and Chef Arvid Brinkkemper display their WAD 2020 banner on Macquarie Island As part of raising awareness of the inaugural World Albatross Day on 19 June ACAP has been challenging field...
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Australia banner challenge
Australian Antarctic Division’s Station Leader Finn Taylor (left) and Chef Arvid Brinkkemper display their WAD 2020 banner on Macquarie Island Sara Larcombe, Wildlife Ranger (left) and Chris Howard, Ranger in Charge with their Tasmania Parks and...