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Original Articles

How Wandering Albatrosses use weather systems to fly long distances. 3. The contributions of Antarctic LOWs to eastward, southward and northward flight

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Pages 111-120 | Received 03 Dec 2001, Accepted 14 Jan 2003, Published online: 22 Dec 2016

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