1. Our only companion is the wandering albatross, which glides effortlessly and gracefully behind the yacht.

2. The wandering albatross is the biggest of some two dozen different species.

3. As if offering an avian embrace, a wandering albatross strikes a courtship pose for its mate near South Georgia island in the southern Atlantic Ocean.

4. Large sea birds, such as the wandering albatross, glide over the sea.

5. A wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans) contracts its wings during a mating ritual on South Georgia Island, Antarctica.