Earhart expedition update: Weather prevents shore work Thursday; ID update expected in next 48 hours

Thanks to Abby, via Purdue:

‘Winds and rough seas near Nikumaroro made conditions unsafe for the 17-person Taraia Object expedition team to use transport boats from the Marin Mainiku vessel to the South Pacific island Thursday (Oct. 15). In the interest of safety, the Marin Mainiku may stay as far as a mile away from the atoll’s imposing reef…’