On the way down to Antarctica across the infamous Drake, we saw many Albatross including two of the largest in the world, the Southern Royal Albatross and Wandering type Albatrosses. The former can be IDed to the species. The latter unfortunately cannot. The Wandering Albatross was split into Snowy, Tristan, Antipodian and Amsterdam Albatrosses. I have good pictures of one but who knows which one it is. Luckily for me the Southern Royal is a bit easier to ID based on the amount of black in the wings. This one has almost all black wings with a white leading edge and some splotches in the middle. Speaking of the wings, this bird has an average wingspan of 9.8 feet!
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