Pelagic birding is not just about trying to see a few new birds; it is a whole adventure which starts with climbing aboard a boat and heading into for us humans, an artificial environment way out to sea where land is no longer visible.
It is about being able to feel the fresh sea air and smelling the salt spray as swells push over the front of the bow.
It is about scanning the entire horizon from where you could be the only people on earth and then seeing an almost magical appearance of that first albatross as it glides effortlessly between the swells with barely a wing-beat. You immediately realize that you are in an extremely privileged position to be graced by the true avian masters of the deep oceans.