Sentences with phrase «polar research ship»

When the UK's Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) innocently queried the internet in search of a name for their new polar research ship, the web responded gleefully, and NERC got more of a response than they bargained for.

Universities and Science Minister Jo Johnson released a statement about the decision, saying: «The public provided some truly inspirational and creative names, and while it was a difficult decision I'm delighted that our state - of - the - art polar research ship will be named after one of the nation's most cherished broadcasters and natural scientists.»

ICYMI, Boaty McBoatface was selected as the name of a new polar research ship commissioned by the UK's Natural Environment Research Council -LRB-

ICYMI, Boaty McBoatface was selected as the name of a new polar research ship commissioned by the UK's Natural Environment Research Council (NERC).

It will be the first UK polar research ship with a helipad and a number of on - board laboratories.

I have been privileged to explore the world's deepest oceans alongside amazing teams of researchers, and with this new polar research ship they will be able to go further and discover more than ever before.

They will use one of the Autosub Long Range class of unmanned submersibles, the latest type of autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) developed by the NOC, now known as Boaty McBoatface, following last year's campaign by the Natural Environment Research Council to name the UK's new polar research ship.

► Science usually doesn't cover announcements of fancy new cruise ships — unless it's a $ 340 million polar research ship, like the one announced last Friday by U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne.

Not exact matches

While the ship will be named after famous naturalist and broadcaster Sir David Attenborough, the popular suggestion of the contest — Boaty McBoatface — lives on in the form of an unmanned submersible that will support the research ship to explore parts of the polar regions inaccessible to humans.

Early this morning, I received an e-mail message from one of many polar scientists whose important and costly field research in Antarctica has been seriously disrupted by the diversion of icebreakers to try to evacuate the journalists, tourists, crew and scientists on an unessential «expedition» aboard a chartered Russian ship.

The Fram (1892) was the first ship to be built in Norway specially for polar research.