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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBoaty McBoatface submarine records successful maiden voyage
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jun/28/boaty-mcboatface-submarine-maiden-voyageA yellow submarine dubbed Boaty McBoatface has obtained unprecedented data from its first voyage exploring one of the deepest and coldest ocean regions on Earth, scientists have said.
The robotic submersible was given the name originally chosen for a new polar research ship by irreverent contestants in a public competition. Embarrassed officials decided to ignore the popular vote and instead named the vessel the RRS Sir David Attenborough in honour of the veteran broadcaster. A storm of protest led to a compromise that allowed the name to live on.
The submarine plunged to depths as far as 4,000 metres to obtain information about temperature, water flow speed and turbulence from Orkney Passage, a region of the Southern Ocean about 500 miles from the Antarctic Peninsula.
The data will help scientists to understand the complex ways that mixing ocean waters affect climate change.
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Boaty McBoatface submarine records successful maiden voyage (Original Post)
jpak
Jun 2017
OP
They should be glad the internet didn't name the boat "Hitler did nothing wrong"....
redgreenandblue
Jun 2017
#5
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)2. Excellent!
oberliner
(58,724 posts)3. Such a stupid name
What is wrong with people?
rocktivity
(44,577 posts)4. Well, it's smarter than having a yellow submarine
rocktivity
oberliner
(58,724 posts)6. Those are not the Beatles!
What the heck is that video?
rocktivity
(44,577 posts)9. Its karaoke, the only thing GoogleTube had.
rocktivity
redgreenandblue
(2,088 posts)5. They should be glad the internet didn't name the boat "Hitler did nothing wrong"....
Or PepeFrogFapSomething....
http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/08/14/mountain-dews-dub-the-dew-online-poll-goes-horribly-wrong/
oberliner
(58,724 posts)7. This is basically that
So stupid.
BumRushDaShow
(129,543 posts)8. Pic of sub
lol