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Arctic Tern Migration

Posted on 1/15/2010 at 11:42:31 AM

In the news this week was a small bird called the “Arctic Tern”, that migrates from the north to the south pole every year to breed.

It’s a pretty amazing little thing that weighs under 100 grams.. It spends it’s entire life flying from the north pole, to the south, where it breeds, then flies back again.. Its a journey of about 43,000 miles

Tiny radio trackers were used to track the birds as scientists wanted to know the exact route they took.. (up the spine of Africa if you are interested)

I find it pretty amazing that this little thing can make it half way around the world, where it takes us thousands of pounds of fuel, technology and carbon released into the atmosphere to do the same thing.