Spray Glider

Jeff Sherman (left), a specialist in the physical oceanography department at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, lead operations on the design of the Spray Glider during its inception in 1996. 

Breck Owens (center), a senior scientist in physical oceanography at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), helped to coordinate efforts for the glider's Gulf Stream crossing in September. With them is Brian Guest, a senior engineer at WHOI. (Tom Kleindinst, WHOI)