The BAS new US$284 million polar research ship, after an online poll to name it, in now called “RRS Boaty McBoatface.”
The new 129.6 m (425 ft) long, Royal Research Ship (RRS) currently under construction at Cammell Laird shipyards, will be used in both the Antarctic and the Arctic, carrying 60 scientists and support staff, when it becomes operational in 2019.
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The Natural Environment Research Council last month opened a poll, asking the internet what they should name the new boat.
The top three suggestions were:
RRS Boaty McBoatface – 124,109
RRS Poppy-Mai – 34,371
RRS Henry Worsley – 15,231
via BBC
source BAS
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