Boaty McBoatface? Oh, Internet…

New Polar Vessel visualisation. Credit: Cammell Laird / BAS


Beware what you ask the Internet to do, they just might do it. Authorities asked the public for ideas on what to name a new science vessel used for explorer polar regions, and they came through, sort of.

The leading vote getter right now is – Boaty McBoatface.  You can imagine that’s not what they had in mind.

Other top vote getters so far:

  • It’s Bloody Cold Here
  • Usain Boat
  • Boatimus Prime
  • Ice Ice Baby
  • Boatasarus Rex
  • Millenium Falcon
  • I like Big Boats and I Cannot Lie

-Kate

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