The Scarlet Knight reaches the halfway point on its journey across the Atlantic!

After 3 months at sea, the glider “Scarlet Knight” crossed the 42 degree meridian, crossing the halfway point. As of this week the glider has gone over 4490km along a curvy path across the Atlantic. Over the past three months, it has been pushed by the strong currents of the Gulfstream and navigated around oceanic eddies. This significant milestone of the journey could not have been reached without the great effort of our glider pilots. Over the last three weeks they have been particularly busy navigating around westward moving bulges of water and roving bands of biological obstacles mobbing the Glider at night. We now look forward to the second half of the mission as we continue east toward the Iberian Peninsula. The pilots will keep a close watch on the oceanic conditions along the way to ensure that the glider remains in a favorable “tailwind” as it heads across the eddy fields and through the Azores over the next couple months.