Albatross live long. They spend the majority of their years airborne,
gliding across vast oceans. In nesting season, they rack up
inconceivable mileage to feed their chicks waiting on the islands of
the Hawaiian archipelago. When Hob Osterlund happened upon a few
courting albatross in Kauai, in 1979, she embarked on a personal
journey that introduced her to the Hawaiian concept
of 'amakua -- spiritual ancestors who occupy the
physical forms of animals. This is the story of how the
albatross -- or Moli -- guided Hob on her journey, back
to the origin of a bargain she struck as a child.
