Hey All,
Just wanted to give everyone a quick update on Challenger’s situation.
We are still limping along, diving to only half our normal inflection point (500m). There has been no official word yet on whether or not we will be pulling the glider out of the water, but the way point has been set to Sao Miguel and Challenger is continuing on his way to port. Over the past day he has been closing in on the Azores and is now 160km from port.
Finally looking at the surface currents, we are on the outer edge of the cold core eddy to our east so over the next day or so we may begin to see currents pushing us to the North.
Lauren Cooney, Antonio Ramos, & Nilsen Strandskov