Weather and ocean conditions “will continue to be a factor”, researchers say, and El Niño could limit daily access to shore. Michael Krivor, a marine archaeologist on the trip, said he is currently concerned about a weather pattern traveling from east to west that could interfere with “safe transit in and out of the blasted channels”.
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